Measurement L1

Question 1

Tell me about your understanding of RICS Property Measurement.

Answer 1

x

Question 2

When would you use NIA as a measurement basis?

Answer 2

For standard shops and convenience stores.
Used in:
- Agency
- Rating
- Valuation

Question 3

When would you use GIA as a measurement basis?

Answer 3

For industrial / warehouses, supermarkets and department stores.
Used in:
- Agency
- Rating
- Valuation

Question 4

When would you use GEA as a measurement basis?

Answer 4

Used in:

• Planning
• Council Tax
• Building reinstatement costs

Question 5

Tell me about what is included in NIA/GIA/GEA?

Answer 5

x

Question 6

What measurement basis would you use for office property?

Answer 6

IPMS 3 - Office

Question 7

What measurement basis would you use for industrial property?

Answer 7

GIA.

Question 8

What measurement basis would you use for retail property?

Answer 8

NIA.

Question 9

How does RICS Property Measurement differ from the old Code of Measuring Practice?

Answer 9

x

Question 10

Why is accuracy important when you measure buildings?

Answer 10

Measurement is key to understanding buildings. Accurate measurements form the basis for analysis and valuation. Very important when clients’ money is at stake.

Question 11

Tell me about how you use floor plans to facilitate measuring buildings?

Answer 11

Plot areas on a scale floor plan. Can use a scale ruler to scale off, ensuring to use the correct scale.

Question 12

Why do you take check measurements?

Answer 12

Check measurements are useful to avoid human error and to ensure that your laser disto is calibrated correctly.

Question 13

Tell me about a strength and weakness of a measuring technique you have used.

Answer 13

x

Question 14

When would you use a tape measure?

Answer 14

In addition to using a disto, when measuring very small areas such as skirting boards etc.

Question 15

When would you use a trundle wheel?

Answer 15

Measuring large outdoor areas with no solid reference points (such as fields).

Question 16

What is a potential source of error when measuring?

Answer 16

x

Question 17

What is IPMS?

Answer 17

International Property Measurement Standards.

Question 18

Why has IPMS been introduced?

Answer 18

IPMS for industrial, office, residential and retail buildings have been drafted by the independent Standards Setting Committee and establishes a consistent methodology for measuring buildings around the world.

Question 19

Which IPMS standards are adopted by RICS?

Answer 19

Office and Residential.

Question 20

What is dual reporting and when would you use it?

Answer 20

Dual reporting is reporting IPMS areas as well as NIA areas (for example). A client may prefer NIA, in which case you must dual report, if instructed to use NIA you must document the reason for departure from IPMS.

Question 21

What is IPMS1/2/3 (a, b and c) and when are these used?

Answer 21

x

Question 22

What are limited use areas and how do you report these?

Answer 22

In certain markets there may be areas in buildings that are incapable of legal or effective occupation due to local or national legislation.

Such areas and their limitations are to be identified,
measured and stated separately within IPMS reported
areas.

IPMS does not specify what a limited use area is, as that differs from market to market.

Question 23

What is the internal dominant face?

Answer 23

The internal dominant face (IDF) is the inside finished
surface comprising more than 50% of the floor to ceiling height for each IDF wall section. If such does not occur, then the finished surface is deemed to be the IDF.

Question 24

What other IPMS standards have been introduced?

Answer 24

x

Question 25

What equipment would you use to measure a property?

Answer 25

Laser Disto Tape measure Wooden ruler Trundle Wheel

Question 26

How do you select the appropriate method of measuring a property?

Answer 26

x

Question 27

How do you calibrate a laser measurer?

Answer 27

By carrying out regular check measurements.

Question 28

What do you include on a floorplan?

Answer 28

Scale North Point Copyright

Question 29

When was IPMS made mandatory?

Answer 29

1 May 2018 (as per RICS PS Property Measurement 2nd ed.)

Question 30

Define IPMS 3 - Office. (NIA)

Answer 30

IPMS 3 – Office: The floor area available on an exclusive basis to an occupier, but excluding standard facilities and shared circulation areas, and calculated on an occupier-by occupier or floor-by-floor basis for each building.

Question 31

Define IPMS 2 - Office. (GIA)

Answer 31

IPMS 2 – Office: the sum of the areas of each floor level of an office building measured to the internal dominant face and reported on a component-by-component basis for each floor of a building.

Question 32

Define IPMS 1.

Answer 32

IPMS 1 is a universal standard that applies to all building classes. IPMS 1: The sum of the areas of each floor level of a building measured to the outer perimeter of external construction features, and reported on a floor-by-floor basis.