Measurement Flashcards
What is the main RICS Guidance for Measurement?
RICS Professional Statement: RICS Property Measurement 2018 (incorporating International Property Measurement Standards)
What is included in the RICS Professional Statement: RICS Property Measurement 2018?
Introduced mandatory International Property Measurement Standards to improve consistency across the world.
Members are encouraged to report on a dual basis until IPMS is embedded into market practice.
Members should advise clients of the benefits of IPMS.
What general principles of measurement and calculation to include in reports are included in the RICS Professional Statement?
Mandatory to:
Date measurements taken
State measuring methodology
Provide the reference and scale of plans used
State conversion factor from metric/imperial and any rounding
Measurements and calculations clearly documented
Retain a record of the RICS member responsible to certify the above requirements.
When is IPMS Mandatory?
It is mandatory for residential and office space. However, it is recommended to report on a dual basis until IPMS is embedded as standard practice.
When is IPMS 1 - Offices used?
IPMS 1 Offices is used for planning or building costs purposes. It is similar to Gross External Area
When is IPMS 2 Offices used?
IPMS 2 Offices is used for agency or valuation purposes. It is similar to Gross Internal Area
When is IPMS 3 Offices used?
IPMS 3 Offices is also used for agency and valuation purposes but is similar to Net Internal Area.
What is IPMS 1
It is similar to Gross External Area and is used for measuring the area of a building including external walls. It is used for planning or building costs purposes.
It includes but states separately balconies and roof terraces. It excludes external parking and stairwells.
What does IPMS 1 included and exclude?
It includes balconies and roof terraces but they are stated separately.
It excludes external parking and stairwells and refuse areas.
What is IPMS 2?
It measures the interior of an office, including all areas of direct use to the Internal Dominant Face. It is used for agency and valuation purposes and is similar to GIA.
Included but stated separately are balconies and roof terraces.
Excluded are external areas like parking and yards and upper level voids of an atrium.
What is the Internal Dominant Face?
It is the inside finished surface compromising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each wall section.
What is included and excluded in IPMS 2?
Included are balconies and roof terraces.
Excluded are external areas like car parks and yards, and upper level voids of an atrium.
What is IPMS 3?
IPMS 3 is used for measuring the occupation of floor areas in exclusive use by the occupier to internal dominant face.
It excludes standard or shared facilities like toilets, lifts, stairs, cleaners cupboards. It is similar to NIA. It is used for agency and valuation purposes.
What is excluded in IPMS 3?
Shared and common facilities like toilets, stairs, lifts, cleaners cupboards. it only includes areas available to the occupier on an exclusive basis.
What are the differences between IPMS 3 and NIA?
Measurement to Internal Dominant Face
All columns included
Balconies for exclusive use are included and stated separately
On floors with multiple occupiers the measurement is taken to the midpoint of the partition wall.
What is IPMS 1 for residential buildings?
It includes the external area.
What is IPMS 2 for residential buildings?
It is the internal area of the building.
What is IPMS 3 for residential buildings?
It is the area of the building occupied on an exclusive basis by the occupier.
It is broken down into 3 sub areas:
IPMS 3a - Measurement to the outer face of the external wall and centre line of shared walls
IPMS 3b - Measurement of area in exclusive occupation including internal walls and columns to Internal Dominant Face and finished surface.
IPMS 3C - Measurement of the area of exclusive occupation excluding walls and columns to the Internal Dominant Face and finished surface.
What is IPMS 3A?
Measurement to the outer face of the external wall and centre line of shared walls
What is IPMS 3B?
Measurement of the area in exclusive occupation to the internal dominant face and finished surface.
What is IPMS 3C?
Measurement of the area in exclusive occupation EXCLUDING walls and columns to the internal dominant face and finished surface.
What is the RICS Code of Measuring Practice 2015?
It is still best practice document for measurements except for offices and residential buildings.
Provides precise definitions to ensure a common and consistent approach to measurement.
What is GEA and when is it used?
Gross External Area is used for town planning, council tax valuations and building cost estimates for housing. It is measurement to the exterior face of external walls, including external projections like balconies and excluding open spaces like car parks.
What is GIA and when is it used?
Gross Internal Area is used for estate agency, rating, valuations, building cost estimates for industrial and commercial premises. It is the total internal area measured to the internal face of the walls. Includes WCs, wall partitions and other shared areas, excludes perimeter wall thickness, external projections like balconies.
