Measurement

It is vitally important that measurement practice applied to buildings is both accurate and consistent. There are a number of situations that require a surveyor to measure and record dimensions from drawings and on site, depending on the stage of the project.

In 2003 an RICS report found that measurement was used inconsistently by professionals in the procurement process and that SMM7 no longer provided the level of detail needed in the procurement process. It was replaced by NRM2 with the latest edition effective from December 2021.

Cost information should be measured and presented in standard formats to ensure the accuracy of cost advice.

This section is maintained by Duncan Cartlidge, FRICS Reading and Glasgow Caledonian University.