Measurement Flashcards
(37 cards)
What is the most up to date measurement guidance?
RICS Professional Standard: Property Measurement 2nd Edition (2018)
When was the RICS Professional Standard: Property Measurement 2nd Edition?
2018
Which asset classes does RICS Code of z
Measuring Practise (2015) provide the latest guidance for?
All asset classes except residential and offices
What is included in RiCS Professional Standard: a property Measurement (2018) but not the RICS code of measuring practise (2015)?
IPMS guidance for offices and residential
What is included in measurement reporting?
- Purpose of measurement
- Date of instruction & measurement
- Adopted measurement standard
- If IPMS not used, document why
- Measurement method
- Scale of any plans
- Name of RICS member
What is the idea behind IPMS?
Aimed to increase consistency and transparency in measurement
When was IPMS for office published and incorporated
Published - 2014
Incorporated - 2015
When was IPMS for residential published and incorporated?
Published 2016
Incorporated 2018
Have IPMS for industrial and retail been published?
Yes, but not yet incorporated
When was IPMS: All Buildings published
2023
What does IPMS 1, 2, and 3 relate to for offices?
1 - for planning and construction (GEA)
2 - for valuation or agency purposes (GIA)
3 - for agency or valuation purposes (NIA)
What is included by stated separately in IPMS 1 for offices?
Balconies, terraces, covered galleries
What is excluded in IPMS 1 for offices?
Open external stairwell, patios, external parking
What is included by stated separately under IPMS 3?
Covered galleries, balconies, accessible roof terraces
What is excluded under IPMS 3?
WCs, lifts, corridors, stairs
What is the difference between IPMS 1 and GEA?
GEA did not include galleries or terraces.
They are included in IPMS 1 but stated separately
What is included under IPMS 2 but stated separately?
Covered galleries, balconies, accessible terrace
What is excluded under IPMS 2?
Patio, decking, external parking, open light wells, upper void of atrium
What is the difference between IPMS 3 and NIA?
Perimeter measurements taken to IDF
No restrictions for height of less than 1.5M
Columns included
On floors with multiple occupiers, take measurements from centreline of shared wall
Covered galleries and balconies included but stated separately
What would you measure industrial, supermarkets, or retail warehousing on?
GIA
What would you measure offices and high street shops on?
NIA
What do you exclude in NIA measurements?
WCs, plant and lift rooms, areas less than 1.5M, cleaners room
Definition of internal eaves height
Clear height between floor and lowest point of underside of roof
What is site depth?
Measurement from front to rear of boundary
