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PE Inspection Flashcards

1
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Which of these might be purposes for inspection?

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  • Valuation
  • Checking lease compliance
  • Checking statutory compliance
  • Assessing repair and condition
  • Assessing marketability
  • Risk assessment
  • Professional advice
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What is the most important thing to do prior to inspection?

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  • Health and safety risk assessment
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3
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How would you check access requirements/obligations for an occupier property (and make sure you get it right first time)?

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Check the lease

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4
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Which would be the most logical inspection methodology?

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Surrounding area, external, internal

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5
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Where would you look in the Red Book Global for information on inspection?

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VPS2

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6
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What factors might you observe on an inspection that affect value?

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  • Location
  • Design
  • Specification
  • Age
  • Construction
  • Repair/condition
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7
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How would you check the age of a property?

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  • Architect’s plans
  • Historic maps
  • Planning history
  • Building Regulations history
  • Record of Practical Completion
  • Lease (and historic deeds)
  • Speak to the landlord/tenant/local people
  • Date plaque or similar on the buiding
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8
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How might you recognise a Victorian property?

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Bay windows iron railings, coloured solid wall brickword, sash windows

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9
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What type of foundations might be used on unstable ground/land with poor load bearing capacity?

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  • Raft
  • Piled
  • Pad
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10
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What are the dimensions of a brick?

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215mm x 102.5mm x 65mm

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11
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How would you recognise a brick cavity wall?

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Stretcher board

Evidence of cavity ties etc

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12
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What is spalling?

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Flaking brickwork

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13
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What might you note observations of in the surounding area?

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  • Location
  • Aspect
  • Local facilities
  • Public transport
  • Contamination/environmental hazards
  • Flooding
  • High voltage power lines
  • Comparables
  • Local market conditions
  • Agents’ boards
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14
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How might you check a site boundary?

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OS map

Title plan

Lease plan

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15
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What is a deleterious material?

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Degrade with age causing structural problems (and may also be harmful to health)

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16
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What are deleterious materials?

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Cladding, e.g. Grenfell Tower

High Alumnia Cement

Calcium chloride

Mundic

Regent Street disease

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17
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What is High Alumnia Cement?

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Material banned in 1970s with poor srength and vulnerability to chemical attack

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18
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What is Calcium chloride?

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Material used until 1970s, used to accelerate hardening of concrete but corroded steel reinforcement

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19
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What is Regent Street disease?

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Corrosion of steel frame leading to expansion and cracking, common from 1905

20
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What are examples of hazardous materials (i.e. harmful to health)?

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  • Asbestos
  • Wood wool slabs
  • Lead piping
21
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Does the RICS provide any guidance on contamination?

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Understand obligations

Know responsiblities

Comply with the law

Recommend specialist advice where appropriate

22
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Generally, what should you do as a surveyor in relation to contamination?

A

Understand obligations

Know responsilbities

Comply with the law

Recommend specialist advice where appropriate

23
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What key legislation relates to contamination?

A

Environmental Protection Act 1990

24
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What is the key principle relating to comination?

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Polluter pays, but if not possible to identify the owner is responsible

25
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What are signs of contamination?

A

Evidence of chemicals
Oils
Subsidence
Underground tanks
Bare ground
Vegetation
Landfill

26
Q

What is an EIA?

A

Environmental Impact Assessment - assesses impacts of a project on the environment, together with social, economic and environmental aspects

27
Q

What is Radon and where might it be found?

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Radioactive gas due to natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock and water whihc can lead to cancer through long-term exposure

28
Q

Why is Japanese Knotweed problematic?

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Hard to control

Damages surfaces

Costly to eradicate

Offence to grow in the wild

Could get an ASBO if it’s found on neighbouring land

29
Q

What is a latent defect?

A

Something that could not have been discovered by a reasonably thorough inspection

30
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What does the Defective Premises Act 1972 say?

A

Landlord owes a duty of care, as is reasonable in the circumstances, to all people who might reasonably be expected to be affected by defects in the premises

31
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What is subsidence?

A

Vertical downward movement of foundations due to reduced ground support

32
Q

What might be caused by a fungal attack?

A

Dry rot

33
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What defects might you find in a period building?

A

Rot

Tile slippage

Death watch beetle

Damp penetration at roof and ground level

Water ingress around openings

Structural movement/settlement

34
Q

What should you do if you identify a defect when inspecting?

A

Note observation & take photos, try to identify cause, inform client and recommend specailist advice

35
Q

Surface water?

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Surface water runs into water course, e.g. soakaway, storm drain

36
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Foul water?

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Foul water drains from soil pipes int sewage system

37
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What might you find in retail shell specification?

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Concrete floor
Capped services
No suspended ceiling
No shop front
Ready to receive fit out works

38
Q

How might you identify a concrete framed office?

A

More columns
Narrower span
Lower floor heights

39
Q

What does Category B mean in terms of office space?

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Completely fitted out to occupier’s requirements

40
Q

What is found in Grace A office?

A

Passenger lift
Double glazing
12-15m depth to allow for natural light
LG7 compliant lighting
Suspended ceilings
Fully access raised floors with floor boxes
Air conditioning
1 person to 80-100 sq ft (or 1-200sq ft on Greenfield sites)

41
Q

What is a risk relating to air conditioning?

A

R22 now banned - exsting equipment can still be used but not repaired/topped up

42
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What might you find in a B8 distribution unit of institutional specification?

A

Clear rectangular spaec

Min 6m clear eaves height (up to 18m for modern racking)

Min 30KN psm floor loading, ideally 50KN psm

Plastic coated steel profiled cladding with brick/block walls

Full height loading electrically operated doors

3 Phase electricity (415V)

5-10% office content and WC facilities

Capped services

10% roof lights

45% site cover

43
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What statutory compliance issues might you look for when inspecting?

A

Asbestos

Building Regulations

H&S

Fire Regulations

Equality Act

Planning

44
Q

What are three types of obsolescence?

A

Physical
Functional
Economic

45
Q

Which section(s) of the Red Book Global relate to inspections?

A

VPS 2 and VPGA 8

46
Q

When were the Control of Asbestos Regulations last updated?

A

2012

47
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What is the current RICS guidance relating to asbestos?

A

Guidance Note Asbestos: legal requirements and best practice for property professionals and clients UK 4th edition

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