Post on 01-Aug-2018
More or Less – Land Area Disputes “The giant multinational Subway Restaurant chain was caught short
recently when Perth teenager… posted a photo to the company’s Australia’s Facebook page featuring a “footlong” sandwich with proof that it only measured 11 inches! The posting went viral with hundreds of thousands of views world-wide and even the filing of class action law suits against the company in some states in the US.
When it comes to the purchase of Land, the physical dimensions and overall area of any property is hardly as trifling a concern as an undersized sandwich. Land areas are required to be recorded in contracts and for newly subdivided blocks being sold as part of a property development usually, a full plan showing all of the dimensions of the block is also required.
With modern surveying techniques enabling measurements to be taken down to the millimetre and considering the ever increasing costs of land, it is any wonder that property owners and buyers are very keen to make sure they get every square centimetre of what they paid for.” The Zande Law Team
International Property Standards Coalition
• 58 Professional and not for profit organisations
• Includes API, PCA
• Includes FIG, RICS, IMF
• Excludes SSSI, ISNSW, ISV
• Australia represented on Standards Committee, but not PCA members
Part 2: Principles of Measurement • General Principles
• Best Measurement Practice
Units
Tolerance
Reporting
• Limited use areas
Area difference from internal dominant face
Areas with limited height
Areas with limited natural light
Above and below ground
• Interface adjustment
Implications
• Surveyors will need to learn new standards
• Legislation may need to be gradually amended
• Other property professions will need to be advised of the standard.
• Clients may request both NLA and IPMS, requiring conversions.
Opportunities
• Surveyors can lead the way in learning and adopting the new standards.
• Opportunities to “teach”/advise other disciplines of the standard.
• Knowledge of new standard reinforces perception of surveyor as expert in measurement
• SSSI join IPMSC
• Involvement with Property Council of Australia in promoting and instigating the new standard