When we try to find the terms \u201carchitectural inventory\u201d, \u201cbuilding inventory\u201d or \u201carchitectural-building inventory\u201d in Polish Acts and ordinances, we won\u2019t find the definition of them anywhere. For this reason it\u2019s crucial to precisely specify when making a request for proposal, or during the negotiations, what exactly should be included in the area measurements and later when transferring the measurements to a graphics software, such as CAD. How large can the differences be? Let\u2019s use a real life situation I\u2019ve encountered several times as an example. When making an architectural inventory, the client requested for all the wiring (in the floors, ceilings and walls), the sockets and the descriptions of construction materials to be present on the drawings. The price difference between the \u201cbasic\u201d architectural inventory (load bearing and regular walls, windows, passageways and rooms dimensioning, height measurements, balcony measurements) and an inventory with an addition of all wiring measurements and sockets is a few times difference for 1m2 of measuring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWhat should an architectural inventory include?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\nWhen making an architectural inventory it\u2019s generally best to choose from the following:<\/p>\n
\n- Architectural measurements<\/strong> – actual measurements (representation) of walls, columns, doors, heights, balconies along with the basic dimensioning.<\/li>\n
- Area measurements<\/strong> – calculating the area according to the PN-ISO 9836:1997 norm, since we calculate the area of the project in the building permit according to said norm; The dimensioning should be included in the measurements of all floor plans, on all storeys – both the underground and ground level ones. The inventory is usually done using a 1:50 or 1:100 scale of measurement.<\/li>\n
- Cross-sections of a building<\/strong> – the number of cross-sections depends on the type and complexity level of a building. Cross-sections of all levels should be made.<\/li>\n
- Elevation measurements<\/strong> – can be a measurement of an elevation on one wall or the whole building, or creating the elevation in software such as CAD. Each wall alone or the elevation can be a plane of projection, that means we show all the walls of a building at the same time.<\/li>\n
- Networks inventory<\/strong> – electrical sockets, water and gas supply network. It can be a network location measurement alone, but we can also include a description and photographic documentation.<\/li>\n
- Roof measurements<\/strong> – measuring all roof elements, including technical equipment such as air conditioning or antennas, but also all walls.\u00a0Roof measurements can be applied to the heights of the national geodetic coordinate system or the zero of the building (in such case we know the height of the building relative to the elevation before the entrance).<\/li>\n
- Site plan<\/strong> – means marking the location of a building in relation to the lot borders, includes land management, for example pavements or plants.<\/li>\n
- Technical specifications<\/strong> – optionally. As a part of an architectural inventory, it should include the location, type and purpose of the building, number of levels, building height, area and other elements depending on the building.<\/li>\n
- Photographic documentation<\/strong> – optionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWhen is an architectural\/building inventory needed?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\n\n- \n
\n- In case of a renovation or rebuilding – adding or removing parts of the object<\/li>\n
- In case of a change in the floor plan<\/li>\n
- In order to arrange the inside of a building – both the interior design and a change in network placement<\/li>\n
- In case of a historic building demolition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWho should prepare a building inventory?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\nGenerally, as the name suggests, you should direct an architectural inventory to an architect. How does it work in practice? In practice, architects usually hire geodesists to make such inventories anyway. It comes from the fact that architectural companies usually don\u2019t have measuring equipment at their disposal – tachometers, scanners, levels. Geodetic companies have this kind of equipment. The receivers of architectural inventories usually are architects, and it\u2019s them who ultimately works with the inventory. That\u2019s why such inventories are usually signed by architects. Because of that both sides can make such inventories, and both sides actually cooperate in that field. A geodesist\u2019s measurements will be far more accurate than an architect\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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Architect or surveyor?<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
Who would reflect a building better?<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column 0=””][vc_column_text]
<\/div>\nCopying the article or its parts without the author’s permission is forbidden.<\/p>\n
Author: Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Translation: Julia Paj\u0105k<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nMonika Ho\u0142ub<\/strong><\/p>\nCo-owner Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Polish\/English language<\/p>\n
monika.holub@geodetic.co<\/strong><\/p>\ntel. +48 785-041-079<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Efemeryda Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Miko\u0142ajczyka 21\/136 Street, 03-984\u00a0Warsaw<\/p>\n
Malinowa 16 Street, 02-495\u00a0Warsaw (under construction)<\/p>\n
www.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.academy.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.services.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.realestate.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.resources.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.geodezyjny.com<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
What should an architectural inventory include?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\nWhen making an architectural inventory it\u2019s generally best to choose from the following:<\/p>\n
\n- Architectural measurements<\/strong> – actual measurements (representation) of walls, columns, doors, heights, balconies along with the basic dimensioning.<\/li>\n
- Area measurements<\/strong> – calculating the area according to the PN-ISO 9836:1997 norm, since we calculate the area of the project in the building permit according to said norm; The dimensioning should be included in the measurements of all floor plans, on all storeys – both the underground and ground level ones. The inventory is usually done using a 1:50 or 1:100 scale of measurement.<\/li>\n
- Cross-sections of a building<\/strong> – the number of cross-sections depends on the type and complexity level of a building. Cross-sections of all levels should be made.<\/li>\n
- Elevation measurements<\/strong> – can be a measurement of an elevation on one wall or the whole building, or creating the elevation in software such as CAD. Each wall alone or the elevation can be a plane of projection, that means we show all the walls of a building at the same time.<\/li>\n
- Networks inventory<\/strong> – electrical sockets, water and gas supply network. It can be a network location measurement alone, but we can also include a description and photographic documentation.<\/li>\n
- Roof measurements<\/strong> – measuring all roof elements, including technical equipment such as air conditioning or antennas, but also all walls.\u00a0Roof measurements can be applied to the heights of the national geodetic coordinate system or the zero of the building (in such case we know the height of the building relative to the elevation before the entrance).<\/li>\n
- Site plan<\/strong> – means marking the location of a building in relation to the lot borders, includes land management, for example pavements or plants.<\/li>\n
- Technical specifications<\/strong> – optionally. As a part of an architectural inventory, it should include the location, type and purpose of the building, number of levels, building height, area and other elements depending on the building.<\/li>\n
- Photographic documentation<\/strong> – optionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWhen is an architectural\/building inventory needed?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\n\n- \n
\n- In case of a renovation or rebuilding – adding or removing parts of the object<\/li>\n
- In case of a change in the floor plan<\/li>\n
- In order to arrange the inside of a building – both the interior design and a change in network placement<\/li>\n
- In case of a historic building demolition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWho should prepare a building inventory?<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/h3>\nGenerally, as the name suggests, you should direct an architectural inventory to an architect. How does it work in practice? In practice, architects usually hire geodesists to make such inventories anyway. It comes from the fact that architectural companies usually don\u2019t have measuring equipment at their disposal – tachometers, scanners, levels. Geodetic companies have this kind of equipment. The receivers of architectural inventories usually are architects, and it\u2019s them who ultimately works with the inventory. That\u2019s why such inventories are usually signed by architects. Because of that both sides can make such inventories, and both sides actually cooperate in that field. A geodesist\u2019s measurements will be far more accurate than an architect\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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Architect or surveyor?<\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
Who would reflect a building better?<\/span><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column 0=””][vc_column_text]
<\/div>\nCopying the article or its parts without the author’s permission is forbidden.<\/p>\n
Author: Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Translation: Julia Paj\u0105k<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nContact<\/h3>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nMonika Ho\u0142ub<\/strong><\/p>\nCo-owner Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Polish\/English language<\/p>\n
monika.holub@geodetic.co<\/strong><\/p>\ntel. +48 785-041-079<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Efemeryda Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Miko\u0142ajczyka 21\/136 Street, 03-984\u00a0Warsaw<\/p>\n
Malinowa 16 Street, 02-495\u00a0Warsaw (under construction)<\/p>\n
www.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.academy.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.services.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.realestate.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.resources.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.geodezyjny.com<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
When making an architectural inventory it\u2019s generally best to choose from the following:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Architectural measurements<\/strong> – actual measurements (representation) of walls, columns, doors, heights, balconies along with the basic dimensioning.<\/li>\n
- Area measurements<\/strong> – calculating the area according to the PN-ISO 9836:1997 norm, since we calculate the area of the project in the building permit according to said norm; The dimensioning should be included in the measurements of all floor plans, on all storeys – both the underground and ground level ones. The inventory is usually done using a 1:50 or 1:100 scale of measurement.<\/li>\n
- Cross-sections of a building<\/strong> – the number of cross-sections depends on the type and complexity level of a building. Cross-sections of all levels should be made.<\/li>\n
- Elevation measurements<\/strong> – can be a measurement of an elevation on one wall or the whole building, or creating the elevation in software such as CAD. Each wall alone or the elevation can be a plane of projection, that means we show all the walls of a building at the same time.<\/li>\n
- Networks inventory<\/strong> – electrical sockets, water and gas supply network. It can be a network location measurement alone, but we can also include a description and photographic documentation.<\/li>\n
- Roof measurements<\/strong> – measuring all roof elements, including technical equipment such as air conditioning or antennas, but also all walls.\u00a0Roof measurements can be applied to the heights of the national geodetic coordinate system or the zero of the building (in such case we know the height of the building relative to the elevation before the entrance).<\/li>\n
- Site plan<\/strong> – means marking the location of a building in relation to the lot borders, includes land management, for example pavements or plants.<\/li>\n
- Technical specifications<\/strong> – optionally. As a part of an architectural inventory, it should include the location, type and purpose of the building, number of levels, building height, area and other elements depending on the building.<\/li>\n
- Photographic documentation<\/strong> – optionally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWhen is an architectural\/building inventory needed?<\/h3>\n
<\/div><\/h3>\n- \n
- \n
- \n
- In case of a renovation or rebuilding – adding or removing parts of the object<\/li>\n
- In case of a change in the floor plan<\/li>\n
- In order to arrange the inside of a building – both the interior design and a change in network placement<\/li>\n
- In case of a historic building demolition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/div><\/h3>\nWho should prepare a building inventory?<\/h3>\n
<\/div><\/h3>\nGenerally, as the name suggests, you should direct an architectural inventory to an architect. How does it work in practice? In practice, architects usually hire geodesists to make such inventories anyway. It comes from the fact that architectural companies usually don\u2019t have measuring equipment at their disposal – tachometers, scanners, levels. Geodetic companies have this kind of equipment. The receivers of architectural inventories usually are architects, and it\u2019s them who ultimately works with the inventory. That\u2019s why such inventories are usually signed by architects. Because of that both sides can make such inventories, and both sides actually cooperate in that field. A geodesist\u2019s measurements will be far more accurate than an architect\u2019s.<\/p>\n
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Architect or surveyor?<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n
Who would reflect a building better?<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\nCopying the article or its parts without the author’s permission is forbidden.<\/p>\n
Author: Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Translation: Julia Paj\u0105k<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nContact<\/h3>\n
<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nMonika Ho\u0142ub<\/strong><\/p>\n
Co-owner Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Polish\/English language<\/p>\n
monika.holub@geodetic.co<\/strong><\/p>\n
tel. +48 785-041-079<\/strong><\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Polish Geodetic Group<\/p>\n
Efemeryda Adrian Ho\u0142ub<\/p>\n
Miko\u0142ajczyka 21\/136 Street, 03-984\u00a0Warsaw<\/p>\n
Malinowa 16 Street, 02-495\u00a0Warsaw (under construction)<\/p>\n
www.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.academy.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.services.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.realestate.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.resources.geodetic.co<\/p>\n
www.geodezyjny.com<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
- Area measurements<\/strong> – calculating the area according to the PN-ISO 9836:1997 norm, since we calculate the area of the project in the building permit according to said norm; The dimensioning should be included in the measurements of all floor plans, on all storeys – both the underground and ground level ones. The inventory is usually done using a 1:50 or 1:100 scale of measurement.<\/li>\n