CADS’ survey team was selected by Savills to deliver a measured survey to include GIA (gross internal area) and NIA (net internal area) calculations of luxury Mayfair apartments.
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London-based Savills is a real estate services company, providing a wide range of property-related services across the UK and internationally.
Savills approached CADS with a need for a measured survey of Queensbury Court – a block of luxury residential flats in Mayfair, Central London.
Situated in a prime location – adjacent to Hyde Park Corner – Queensbury Court consists of flats arranged over the ground floor and five upper floors, as well as a basement car park which is shared with a nearby office block.
Savills’ required a measured survey to gain up-to-date information on the premises, due to a need to update the building’s fire alarm system to meet new legislation changes.
We worked with Savills to understand their full requirements prior to carrying out the measured building survey.
In order to comply with new regulations for fire safety legal provisions within section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022, Savills needed to understand the height of the Queensbury Court building from street level up to the top floor as the height of a building affects the level of fire precautions required.
Also, Savills needed up-to-date scale drawings of the internal spaces, as well as correct GIA and NIA measurements of the building for the purpose of insurance and valuation calculations.
This information needed to be obtained prior to October 2023 when the new fire safety guidance came into force.
The CADS survey team spent two days on site in July 2023.
Our flexible team worked around the availability of access to the flats to survey the interior communal areas and apartments within the building. Working efficiently and effectively, around one hour was required per single storey flat, and around two hours for the duplex flats.
We captured features throughout the building including wall heights, door and window heights, columns, beams, stairs and lifts, as well as fixtures and fittings such as sanitary ware, fixed furniture, kitchen fixtures and changes in floor finish.
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Read case studySavills required up-to-date building information – and our team are very experienced in efficiently and effectively capturing building data. We conducted a measured building survey of Queensbury Court to gather the measurements and insight Savills’ required.
Following completion of the survey, we provided Savills with point cloud survey data and 2D drawings of each floor of the building.
This included the entrance lobby, concierge office, bathroom, storeroom and electrical room on the ground floor, as well as the interiors of the flats and communal corridors of floors one to five.
On the plans, we noted heights, room names and/or room usage, location of incoming mains services where identifiable and marked fire exits.
In addition to this, we provided accurate GIA and NIA calculations for each floor.
The deliverables we provided gave Savills the information they needed to upgrade the fire alarm system at Queensbury Court – and comply with new fire safety regulations under the Building Safety Act 2022, by 1st October 2023.
This act was introduced following the building safety failures which led to the fire at Grenfell Tower in London in 2017. Section 156 of the act featured a number of amendments to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to improve fire safety in all buildings regulated by the FSO.
As Phase 3 of these improvements, estate managers and property developers must strengthen their fire safety measures by:
This project was part of a wider trend in the surveying industry.
Following the updates to the Building Safety Act 2022 – which included the new fire safety rules – real estate managers and property developers are making a number of changes to their buildings to comply with these updates.
One of the most significant rules is that all high-rise residential buildings which are at least 18 metres or seven storeys tall, with two or more residential units, should be registered with the Building Safety Regulator by 1st October 2023.
As part of this process, many are commissioning the measured building surveys we deliver to obtain accurate and reliable building data to inform the changes and comply with regulations.
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