Measurement

Question 1

What is the global latest measurement standards? What does this mean?

Answer 1

I P, M,S all buildings, January 2023
Updated version of RICS property measurement guidance is expected

Question 2

Tell me about what you know about IPMS?

Answer 2

International property measurement standards publish standards on office, residential industrial retail all building asset classes.
RICS members instructed in professional statement, property measurement to apply Office and residential.

Question 3

What has recently been published?

Answer 3

International property measurement standards coalition published latest standards, January 2020 3IPMS all buildings

Question 4

How many IPMS bases have been published by IPMSC?

Answer 4

IPMS 1
IPMS 2

IPMS 3.1
IPMS 3.2

IPMS 4.1
IPMS 4.2

Question 5

How will I PMS3 office deal with limited use areas?

Answer 5

Measure separately, limited floor area, additional measurement, balconies, terraces, columns, less than 1.5 m.

Question 6

How will I PMS affect your area of practice?

Answer 6

Will require IPMS3 office as mandatory in code of measuring practice and expected new code of the measuring practice soon

Question 7

What are RICS document guides measurement?

Answer 7

RICS professional statement property measurement 2018, which incorporates guidance note RICS code of measuring practice

Question 8

What measurement bases did you measure London Road Portsmouth in?

Answer 8

Net internal area. NIA

Question 9

What did you exclude in London Road Portsmouth measurement

Answer 9

It was a retail measurement so excluded internal columns and insured measurement to correct services

Question 10

What measurement bases did you record for Northumberland Road Portsmouth

Answer 10

Industrial unit letting gross internal area, measured internal face of external walls, measured in clear, internal height, external and internal eaves height

Question 11

How do you ensure your laser is calibrated?

Answer 11

Regular check measurements

Question 12

What is the main change to IPMS

Answer 12

Internal dominant face

Question 13

What is internal dominant face?

Answer 13

Internal finish comprising 50% or more of the surface area

Question 14

What is NIA?

Answer 14

Internal face of external walls, but with exclusions

Include kitchens.
Exclude toilets, plant rooms, clean cupboards

Question 15

What is GIA?

Answer 15

Internal face of external walls.
Includes columns lifts loading base mezzanine office.

Question 16

What is G EA

Answer 16

Gross external area measure around outside of building includes external walls

Question 17

What measurement basis would use for Office property?

Answer 17

I P,MS3

Question 18

What measurement basis would you use for industrial property?

Answer 18

GIA

Question 19

What are the general principles of RICS Property Measurement, 2018?

Answer 19

Advise clients of the benefits of using IMPS
Document the reason for not using IMPS
Must provide a date when the measurements are undertaken
State the measuring methodology adopted
Provide the reference and scale of any plans used
State the conversion factor from metric / imperial and any rounding
Measurements and calculations must be clearly documented

Question 20

When is IPMs 2 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

Answer 20

building cost purposes

GIA

Question 21

When is IPMS 3 - Offices used? What method of measurement does it most closely correspond to?

Answer 21

NIA Agency vals tax property manangenrnt

Question 22

What are the differences between IPMS 3 and NIA?

Answer 22

measurements taken to ‘Internal Dominant Face’
All columns are included
On floors with multiple occupants, the area is taken to the midpoint of the partition wall between tenancies
Covered galleries and balconies for the exclusive use of one tenant are included and stated separately

Question 23

5 principles of measurement

Answer 23

Standard
Method
Unit
Sage
Verified and why

Question 24

What discount do you apply to get from GEA to GIA?

Answer 24

3%

Question 25

On what scale would you typically measure a building?

Answer 25

1:100

Question 26

On what scale would you typically measure a street?

Answer 26

1:1250

Question 27

On what scale would you typically measure a location?

Answer 27

1:2500

Question 28

What would you put on a plan?

Answer 28

Scale, North point, copyright

Question 29

What is IPNS one similar to and used for

Answer 29

Similar to GEE used for planning costing development proposals

Question 30

What is IPMS to similar to and used for?

Answer 30

GIA-residential buildings

Question 31

What must be retained on file or in report?

Answer 31

Purpose of instruction.
Date of instruction
Date of measurement.
Measurement standard adopted.
Scale of plans.
If I PMS not used reason for departure.
Unit of measurement.
Name of member or firm

Question 32

What is an example of measurement tools

Answer 32

ProMap, C A, D.
DISTO
Trundle wheel.
Fibre tape.
Rod. 

Question 33

Northumberland Road, Portsmouth why did you measure the internal height?

Answer 33

Surface and lowest point of ceiling

Question 34

What area did you exclude in Northumberland Road Portsmouth?

Answer 34

Canopies fire, escapes

Question 35

What did you record during inspection?

Answer 35

 Weather condition, tenants improvements, licensed

Question 36

How did you measure the eaves height?