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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine project requirements
   • Establish communication with the client and obtain information regarding the client needs and expectations
   • Determine design parameters and constraints based on client requirements and review of the site
   • Take accurate site measurements and record and identify location of current services for impact on design
   • Accurately document project requirements
2. Examine layout options
   • Identify key use zones for bathrooms and determine prime activities and associated sanitaryware, fixtures and fittings in the context of the brief
   • Identify traffic flow patterns and considerations for space based on client requirements
   • Identify location of services and determine implications for relocation
   • Identify the need or potential for structural change based on scope of the brief
   • Analyse suitability of layout options for space and determine limitations and benefits based on information gathered
3. Determine storage options
   • Identify storage requirements of bathrooms from brief and client information
   • Examine storage options for suitability to bathroom spaces and determine implications for design
   • Identify for design, dimensions and space requirements of standard and potential customised storage options
4. Assess bathroom ergonomic considerations
   • Examine and use basic principles of ergonomics to determine space planning implications
   • Identify requirements for working height based on specific client needs
   • Identify manual handling considerations for bathroom design tailored to client needs
   • Consider storage principles to determine implications for design
   • Take into account special considerations for children, older people and/or disabled people in accordance with brief or client needs
5. Examine requirements for appliances, fixtures and fittings
   • Determine manufacturer guidelines and statutory regulations regarding the placement and installation of sanitaryware
   • Establish space implications for appliances and determine implications for design
6. Determine planning and contractual considerations
   • Recognise the need for work or change that is subject to compliance requirements based on outcomes of assessment
   • Determine and integrate implications of structural work and relocation or change to service requirements into the design process
   • Identify and organise the need for specialist expertise and advice
7. Collate and document information
   • Analyse, collate and combine information gathered based on the needs of the project
   • Document information from assessment in a format that allows for easy reference as the design project progresse.