Measurement Flashcards
(12 cards)
What codes of measuring practice? 6th ed, 2015
Guidance note, good practice
-definitions and examples worked examples
IMPS?
Coalition of 80 global professional organisations to set one standard for consistency
IMPS all buildings 2023
designed to satisfy the needs of the market by
Difference from IMPS3 and NIA?
-IMPS measured to internal dominate face
-internal walls and columns included
-window recesses
-under 1.5m included but stated separately
-walkways included
NIA
-walls and columns excluded
-under 1.5 excluded
GEA
building measured externally at each floor
eg planning use, taxes, BC estimation
exclude open-balconies, canopies, voids
GIA
internal face of the perimeter walls at each floor
NIA
all usable areas within a building measured to the internal face of the perimeter wall at each level
excluded: WC, stairwells, internal walls, 1.5m less
eg shops and offices
-rating
What is IMPS?
New principle-based standards on how to measure assets
ensure consistency, confidence
-doesn’t define metrics of measurement, instead what to include and exclude
mandatory for offices and resi
IMPS all buildings effective 2023
Difference GEA and IMPS1
covered galleries GEA included, IMPS1 included but stated separately
basement level in IMPS1 calculated by extending the plane of the perimeter wall downwards or estimating wall thickness if different floor plan
IMPS included roof terraces but state separate
GIA and IMPS2
IMPS includes window reveals
covered galeries included but stated separately
What’s IMPS 4 used for?
selected parts within a Building. Such measurements are directly linked to specific defined criteria
eg hotel rooms
What was the recent IMPS update?
IMPS all buildings 2023 instead of IMPS offie etc
-shorter more concise document
key definitions in IMPS?
-internal dominate face
-component - one main element into which floor area of a building can allocated
-component area
-standard facilities - shared such as lifts, wc
