Measurement Flashcards

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What are the main RICS Documents in relation to measurement ?

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  • RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition (Guidance Note), May 2015
  • RICS Professional Statement Property Measurement 2nd Edition Jan 2018
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What is RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition (Guidance Note) 2015 for?

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  • Measurement for all other building that does not include office and residential
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What is RICS Property Measurement 2nd Edition (Professional Statement) 2018 for ?

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  • Adoption of the IPMS standards for office and residential
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What is the purpose of IPMS?

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  • International Property Measurement Standards
  • To provide consistency in global property market
  • offer greater transparency
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What does IPMS 3 include during measurement?

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  • Measurements should be taken to what is known as the ‘internal dominant face’ (the area within each vertical section [wall] that makes up the perimeter of the building/unit). This can include inside the window recess (to include inside glazing), as long as the glazing is 50% or more of the floor to ceiling height
  • Pillars/Colum’s included within measurement
  • Include areas under 1.5m in height (IMPS 3)
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What is NIA and what is included and excluded within measurement?

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  • Net Internal Area
  • The usable space within a building measured to the internal face of perimeter wall.
  • Used for valuing and marketing Office and Retail
  • Inclusions:

Entrance Halls
Kitchens
Storage

  • Exclusions:

Common Areas
Toilets
Circulation areas
Fire escapes
Car parking
Areas less than 1.5m in height

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What is GIA, what’s it used for and what is included and excluded?

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  • Gross Internal Area
  • The entirety of space as measured from the inside face of the main external walls
  • Used for valuing and marketing Resie and Industrial
  • Inclusions:

Lift wells
Colum’s
Mezzanines with permeant access

  • Exclusions:

Canopies
Fire Escapes/external stairs

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What is GEA, what’s it used for and what is included and excluded?

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  • Gross External Area
  • The entirety of the space contained within the main external envelope of the building, measured externally at each floor level
  • Used for Town planning, rating and council tax and in some building cost estimation
  • Inclusions:

Loading Bay

  • Exclusions:

Canopies
Fire Escapes
Greenhouses

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What are the types of measurement ?

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  • IPMS 1 - GEA (planning and building costs purposes)
  • IPMS 2 - GIA (agency/valuation)
  • IPMS 3 - NIA (agency/ valuation)
  • GEA - Town Planning/ Rating buildings
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How would you measure a shop?

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By NIA taking appropriate measurements needed to calculate ITZA (Zoning)

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Can you explain Zoning?

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  • Zoning is a standard method of measuring retail premises to calculate and compare their value. (Main purpose for Vals)
  • retail premises are divided into zones each of a depth of 9.14 meters.
  • Zone A first 9.14m (most valuable space)
  • Zone B is halve of 9.14m and again to Zone C.
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What scales would you use for maps?

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  • Room Plan 1:50
  • Building Plan 1:100
  • Location Pan 1:1,250 or 1:2,500
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Does your firm use IPMS?

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  • No we do not carry out measurements using IMPS
  • However we make this clear in our ToE’s and on Brochures.
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What is the difference between IPMS and Standard Measurement Practice?

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The biggest difference is the replacement of terminology. IPMS will include all measurements but will categories certain items so that they can be valued at a different rate (inclusions and exclusions)

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Where would you use IPMS3 ? How does this differ from NIA ?

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  • Measuring an office
  • Internal columns are now included whereas before they were not
  • iincludes heights of 1.5m
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Can you name some titles from the RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition?

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  • Introduction
  • application references
  • core definitions and diagrams
  • technical definitions and diagrams
  • special use definitions and diagrams application references
  • core definitions and diagrams
  • technical definitions and diagrams
  • special use definitions and diagrams
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What is the RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition 2015 for?

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  • The purpose of the code is to provide succinct, precise definitions for the accurate measurement of buildings and land.
  • The correct calculation of the sizes, areas and volumes associated of buildings are provided on a common and consistent basis.
  • Support surveyors undertaking property inspections for valuation, management, conveyancing, planning, taxation, sale, letting and acquisition to provide a common framework to measure buildings.
  • The code contains a hierarchy of definitions: GEA, GIA, NIA.
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How would measure as coombe room?

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Measure as normal but exclude any space below 1.5m

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What measurement do you use for land?

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  • For planning Hectares and Agency Acres.
  • I use promap’s to measure land
20
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What is a disto and how do you calibrate it?

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  • Laser tape measure
  • Check accuracy against known measurement
  • return to manufacturer annually for calibration
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What are the IPMS standards ?

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  • Residential
    IPMS 1 - External - GEA
    IPMS 2 - GIA
  • IPMS 3 - Differentiation of the inclusions with the NIA

IPMS 3A-GEA
IPMS 3B-GIA (All resie)
IPMS 3C- EFA

  • Offices
    IPMS 1 - External - GEA
    IPMS 2 - GIA
    IPMS 3 - NIA
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Where would you use IPMS1? How does this differ from GEA?

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  • Usually for planning reasons or building cost estimates. IPMS brings in standards to measure the wall up to the internal dominant face
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Where would you use IPMS2? How does this differ from GIA?

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  • Intended to be the same as GIA but categorises different areas if they have lower heights, smaller floor areas, open atriums, balconies, lifts etc
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Where would you use IPMS3 ? How does this differ from NIA?

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  • For offices. Internal columns are now included whereas before they were not in NIA.
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What are the benefits of IMPS?

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  • Consistency
  • Reduces Risk
  • Accuracy
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When would you not zone a retail property?

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  • Retail warehouse
  • Department Store
  • Supermarket
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Do you know sq m to sq ft conversion?

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10.7639

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Are you aware of IPMS all buildings?

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  • yes brought in Jan 2023
  • Will supersedes all previous published IPMS documents under IPMS Coalition to set one standard
  • Property Measurement and Code of Practice still remain
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How would you zone the 1st floor of a shop?

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  • Apply 10% of floor space
30
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What is Return Frontage?

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  • When a property benefits from 2 frontages (corner units typically)
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What are eaves heights?

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  • Height between floor and lowest point of roof
  • Internal and External eaves