Inspection Flashcards
What is the 4 step process to an inspection?
- Consider personal safety
* * Undertake a H&S risk assessment from the office and know firm’s policy. - Inspection of the local area.
- External inspection
- Internal inspection
What items should be taken on an inspection?
Mobile phone
Camera
Laser measure
Files, plans, other supporting information
PPE
Pen and paper/site notes
What is the RICS guidance note relating to Health and Safety?
Surveying Safely 2011
What do the Surveying Safely guidance notes provide advice on?
- Personal and corporate responsibilities - H&S Acts, Employers Liability insurance, public liability.
- Legal considerations and duties for employers/employees.
- Assessing hazards and risks.
- Property professional’s p[laces of work.
- Occupational health - including stress and bullying.
- Visiting premises and sites (travel, lone working, PPE).
- Procurement and management of construction work (including CDM regulations).
What should you do when leaving the office?
Tell a colleague where you are going and when you will complete the job/return.
What should you do when you arrive at a construction site?
Sign in and out and receive a site induction.
What should you consider regarding the local area?
Location/aspect/local facilities/public transport
Contamination/environmental hazards/flooding/high voltage power lines
Comparable evidence/local market conditions/ agent’s boards
What should be noted when undertaking an external inspection?
Method of construction
Repair and condition (from roof downwards)
Car parking/access/loading arrangements
Defects/structural movement
Check site boundaries against OS/Title Plan
Date the building - ask client, research date of planning consent/building regs approval, Land Registry, local historical records, architectural style, or architect’s certificate of practical completion.
What should be noted during an internal inspection?
Layout and specification (flexibility and obsolescence)
Repair and maintenance
Defects
Services - age/condition
Statutory compliance - asbestos management, building regs, H&S, Equality Act, fire, planning.
Fixtures and fittings and improvements
Compliance with lease obligations
What should you understand when undertaking an inspection for valuation purposes?
Location
Tenure
Aspect
Form of construction
Defects
Current condition
Occupation details
What should you note in an agency valuation?
Condition
Repair and maintenance issues
Statutory compliance
Services
Presentation of the accommodation
Flexibility
Marketability
What guidelines should you mention when describing an inspection and H&S?
RICS Surveying Safely 2011 guidance notes.
