BST205 Lecture 10

BUILDING SURVEYING
PRACTICE I (BST205)
Lecture 10:
Requirements of
Building & the Duties of
Building Surveyors
By:
Sr Mohd Nurfaisal Baharuddin (Resource Person)
Programme of Building Surveying
Department of Built Environment & Technology
Univ. Teknologi MARA (Perak)
UiTM:M.N Baharuddin (2014)/BSR205
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LECTURE OUTLINE
❖ Learning Outcomes
❖ Introduction
❖ Building Requirements
❖ Duties of Surveyors
❖ References
PRESENTATION
OUTLINE

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LEARNING OUTCOMES
❖ Students are able to explain the main

building requirement as a components to
fulfill an acceptable standard;
❖ Students are able to understand the
duties of building surveyors.

INTRODUCTION
❖ In order to achieve an acceptable standard, the design

and construction of a building has to be consider a
variety of issues. These may be considered as being :-
a) Functional Requirement
b) Performance Requirement
c) Statutory Requirement
d) User Requirement

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT
❖ Every building, regardless of its original, intermediate or

ultimate use, can be expected to fulfill certain basic
functional requirements.
❖ These requirements are primarily concerned with

protection from the external environment, human
comfort, and organization of activity and space.
❖ Unless the function of a building is known, it cannot be

judged to be good or bad.
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PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT
▪ For a building to be successful, it must satisfy the basic

functional requirement noted above.
▪ The way in which it meets these demands, both as a

building and as a collection of related and interrelated
parts, may be determined by how it performs in relation
to a number of defined performance measure or
standards.
▪ The performance requirements of a building and its

various elements may be considered under the following
headings :-

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PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT (Cont’)
Access and egress Sound control Lighting and ventilation

Appearance Security Strength and stability
Durability Cost Weather exclusion
Sanitation Fire protection Thermal comfort
Many of these performance requirements from the basis of

statutory and non-statutory demands that need to be met, both
in relation to new buildings and continued use of those already
in existence.

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STATUTORY REQUIREMENT
❖ There are various statutory and non-statutory

requirements that make demands on those who design,
build, manage, repair, maintain, occupy or demolish
building. In practice, many of these demands are made
in relation to the health, safety and well-being of such
persons.
❖ Some of the examples such as :-

a) Uniform Building By Laws 1984
b) Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133)
c) Local Government Act 1976
d) Environmental Quality Act 1974
e) etc

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USER REQUIREMENT
❖ The user of a building can expect to live or work in a

space that satisfies basic human requirements and in
addition certain needs that are specific to the activities
being performed.
❖ The ways in which these are met, and whether one is in

conflict with the other, is a measure of how appropriate
the building is for the activity or activities in question.
❖ Fitness for purpose is thus an important measure of how

building matches the requirements of its user.

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USER REQUIREMENT (Cont’)
❖ User requirement studies attempt to identify :
a) Purpose in terms of activities (the things people do)
b) Human needs (physical, psychological, physiological

and social)
❖ for a building to be fit for its purpose it must

allow its occupants to carry out their activities
economically and conveniently and have
satisfactory environment to suit the user.

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USER REQUIREMENT (Cont’)
❖ Such a study will typically consider the following :-
a) Classification of user (e.g. task orientation)

b) Analysis of activities (e.g. social interaction)
c) Requirement of space (e.g. circulation in and
round buildings)
d) Environmental conditions (e.g. sensory
stimulation)
e) Structural implications (e.g. compatibility)
f) Cost (e.g. improvements)

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THE DUTIES OF SURVEYORS
❖ The standard of care which is required of a surveyor or

valuer carrying out an inspection of a property should be
no less than that required of the average practitioner
within profession. In trying to access whether the
surveyor has achieved the requisite standard, there are
three tests which may be applied:-
a) Construction
b) Omission
c) Projection

THE DUTIES OF SURVEYORS (Cont’)
a) Construction
❖ Surveyors must identify the building construction which
been used in that particular building
❖ Familiar with the type of construction and be aware of
specific failures
❖ E.g: if the property has a flat roof which has not been
built to the modern standard of design, the surveyors
must knows that is the defect waiting to happen. It is a
common knowledge within the profession and must be
included in the advise that surveyors give to the client.

b) Omission
❖ Surveyors are responsible for carefully inspecting the property
and reporting upon the defects which are evident to them.
❖ In the event the defect which were existence and visible at the
time of the inspection not having been reported, they will be
negligent provided that it was reasonably practical to have noted,
recorded or seen the failures in existence.
❖ It is unreasonable for a surveyor to be expected to find defects
which are concealed by the building construction
❖ In many cases, the argument may be whether the failure which is
visible at the time of dispute was evident at the time when the
inspection was carried out. If the surveyor had recorded the
condition of the building by taking photograph, many point of
issues would be easily determined.

c) Projection
❖ Surveyors are responsible not only for recording defects which
were evident but also for advising on the likely consequences of
those failure noted. (Prognosis)
❖ They should be able to report upon the natural consequences of
those deficiencies which have been noted by projecting the
existing circumstances into future consequences.

REQUIREMENT FOR FINAL PRESENTATION
1) A1 Board Presentation


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BUILDING SURVEYING

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin (2014)/BSR205

❖ Students are able to explain the main

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin (2014)/BSR205

❖ In order to achieve an acceptable standard, the design

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin (2014)/BSR205

❖ Every building, regardless of its original, intermediate or

❖ These requirements are primarily concerned with

❖ Unless the function of a building is known, it cannot be

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin 5 (2014)/BSR205

▪ For a building to be successful, it must satisfy the basic

▪ The way in which it meets these demands, both as a

▪ The performance requirements of a building and its

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin 6 (2014)/BSR205

Access and egress Sound control Lighting and ventilation

Many of these performance requirements from the basis of

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin 7 (2014)/BSR205

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❖ There are various statutory and non-statutory

❖ Some of the examples such as :-

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❖ The user of a building can expect to live or work in a

❖ The ways in which these are met, and whether one is in

❖ Fitness for purpose is thus an important measure of how

UiTM:M.N Baharuddin 11 (2014)/BSR205

❖ User requirement studies attempt to identify :

a) Purpose in terms of activities (the things people do)

b) Human needs (physical, psychological, physiological

❖ for a building to be fit for its purpose it must

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❖ Such a study will typically consider the following :-

a) Classification of user (e.g. task orientation)

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❖ The standard of care which is required of a surveyor or

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