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1 RICS professional guidance, globalMeasured surveys of land, buildings and utilities3rd guidance noteMeasured surveys of land,buildings and utilitiesRICS guidance note, global3rd editionThis guidance note is endorsed byPublished by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)Parliament SquareLondonSW1P responsibility for loss or damage caused to any person acting orrefraining from action as a result of the material included in thispublication can be accepted by the authors or by the Geomatics working group of the Royal Institution ofChartered edition published as Specification for surveys of land, buildings andutility services at scales of 1:500 and larger, March 1986 Second edition published as surveys of land, buildings and utility servicesat scales of 1:500 and larger, February 1996 ISBN 978 1 78321 064 0 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) November in all or part of this publication rests with RICS.

2 No part of thiswork may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means includinggraphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,taping or web distribution, without the written permission of RICS or inline with the rules of an existing in Great Britain by Columns Design XML Ltd, Reading, guidance 1 Preface .. 3 Measured survey specification 51 Project Project Purpose of Client/agent responsible for payment Form of contract .. Survey location/extent of survey .. Project requirements Survey schedule Project contacts .. Site access principles .. Site access Survey facilities.

3 Information to support project execution .. Competence of survey Calibration and checking of Protection of property .. Risk assessment and safety Client identified project constraints .. Surveyor identified project constraints .. Obscured Action to reduce/remove Access Survey records Survey records Cost for supply of 102 Survey accuracy, control, coordinate grid anddatum .. Survey Survey accuracy Survey accuracy band table .. Survey coordinate reference system .. Connection of chosen survey grid to othercoordinate reference Survey control network.

4 Survey control network plan accuracy .. Survey control height accuracy .. Survey control 16 Measured surveys of land, buildings and utilitiesiiRICS guidance note, globalEffective date 8 December Survey control markers .. Survey control marker locations .. Survey control marker Survey control maintenance .. Survey control point 183 Topographic Default accuracy Topographic survey Topographic Permanent buildings/structures .. Temporary/mobile Road, path, track features .. Visible boundary features walls,fences, Street Statutory authorities plant andutility covers where Trees, wooded areas, limits Water features.

5 Earth works .. Industrial sites ( treatmentworks, oil refineries, etc.) .. Railway Other specialist requirements orenvironments not yet covered .. Digital terrain model/3D model definition .. 264 Measured building Default accuracy Measured building survey Measured building survey Fitting out .. Roofs (if requested in ).. Internal roof spaces and External features .. Areas and Cross-section features .. Elevations features .. Additional information/references .. 305 Underground utility How PAS 128 is Selection of survey type to be Instructing detection 32 Effective date 8 December 2014 RICS guidance note, Extent of survey Utility survey outputs.

6 Presentation of survey information .. Additional information .. 326 Setting out Default accuracy Setting out outputs .. Setting out Setting out interval .. Setting out For points in hard surfaces(concrete, tarmac, etc.).. For points in soft surfaces (grass,earth, etc.).. 347 Monitoring and Default accuracy Deformation monitoring Survey type .. Features to be Monitoring frequency .. Monitoring point 368 Deliverables .. CAD Digital terrain model (TIN) Format of digital terrain model (TIN) (grid).. Point cloud Point cloud viewer deliverables.

7 GIS deliverables .. Report deliverables .. Imagery deliverables .. Video deliverables .. Spreadsheet Textual data Supply of surveyor Hard copy deliverables .. Method of delivery .. Notification/receipt of delivery .. Validation of delivery .. Building information modelling (BIM).. Basic survey 4 BIM 43 AppendicesAppendix A: Permanent ground 45 Appendix B: Quick specifications .. 46 Appendix C: 48 Appendix D: References and online 50ivRICS guidance note, globalEffective date 8 December 2014 Measured surveys of land, buildings and utilitiesRICS guidance notesInternational standardsRICS is at the forefront of developing internationalstandards, working in coalitions with organisationsaround the globe, acting in the public interest to raisestandards and increase transparency within Property Measurement Standards (IPMS ), International Construction MeasurementStandards (ICMS), International Ethics Standards (IES)and others will be published and will be mandatory forRICS members.

8 This guidance note links directly to andunderpins these standards and RICS members areadvised to make themselves aware of the internationalstandards (see ) and the overarchingprinciples with which this guidance note of RICS are uniquely placed in the market bybeing trained, qualified and regulated by working tointernational standards and complying with guidance notesThis is a guidance note. Where recommendations aremade for specific professional tasks, these areintended to represent best practice , which in the opinion of RICS meet ahigh standard of professional members are not required to follow therecommendations contained in the note, they shouldtake into account the following an allegation of professional negligence is madeagainst a surveyor, a court or tribunal may takeaccount of the contents of any relevant guidance notespublished by RICS in deciding whether or not themember had acted with reasonable the opinion of RICS.

9 A member conforming to thepractices recommended in this note should have atleast a partial defence to an allegation of negligence ifthey have followed those practices. However, membershave the responsibility of deciding when it isinappropriate to follow the is for each member to decide on the appropriateprocedure to follow in any professional task. However,where members do not comply with the practicerecommended in this note, they should do so only for agood reason. In the event of a legal dispute, a court ortribunal may require them to explain why they decidednot to adopt the recommended practice. Also, ifmembers have not followed this guidance, and theiractions are questioned in an RICS disciplinary case,they will be asked to explain the actions they did takeand this may be taken into account by the addition, guidance notes are relevant to professionalcompetence in that each member should be up to dateand should have knowledge of guidance notes within areasonable time of their coming into guidance note is believed to reflect case law andlegislation applicable at its date of publication.

10 It is themember s responsibility to establish if any changes incase law or legislation after the publication date havean impact on the guidance or information in date 8 December 2014 RICS guidance note, status definedRICS produces a range of professional guidance and standards products. These have been defined in the tablebelow. This document is a guidance of documentDefinitionStatusStandardInternat ional standardAn international high level principle based standarddeveloped in collaboration with other relevant bodiesMandatoryPractice statementRICS practice statementDocument that provides members with mandatoryrequirements under Rule 4 of the Rules of Conduct formembersMandatoryGuidanceRICS code of practiceDocument approved by RICS, and endorsed by anotherprofessional body / stakeholder, that provides users withrecommendations for accepted good practice asfollowed by conscientious practitionersMandatory or recommendedgood practice (will beconfirmed in the documentitself)