The International Property Measurement Standards for office buildings code (IPMS) published in November 2014, is  the revised code for international measuring practice, taking over in the UK from the the current RICS Code of Measuring Practice, now in its 6th edition.

The IPMS consultation process closed on 15 September and the IPMS Standard Setting Committee (SSC) recently finalised the International Property Measurement Standards: Office Buildings, available from the  IPMS Coalition website.

In addition, the IPMS SSC provides new international measurement standards for the other building classes such as residential, industrial, retail and mixed use, due for publishing over the course of the next two years.

RICS (the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) has a working group of profession experts (representing all RICS professional groups) to create a suite of RICS professional guidance for measuring different property classes.

The IPMS consultation process closed on 15 September and the IPMS Standard Setting Committee (SSC) recently finalised the International Property Measurement Standards: Office Buildings, available from the IPMS website.