Elements

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Determine project requirements

1.1 Establish communication with the client and obtain information regarding the client needs and expectations

1.2 Determine design parameters and constraints based on client requirements and review of the site

1.3 Take accurate site measurements and record and identify location of current services for impact on design

1.4 Accurately document project requirements

2. Examine layout options

2.1 Identify key use zones for bathrooms and determine prime activities and associated sanitaryware, fixtures and fittings in the context of the brief

2.2 Identify traffic flow patterns and considerations for space based on client requirements

2.3 Identify location of services and determine implications for relocation

2.4 Identify the need or potential for structural change based on scope of the brief

2.5 Analyse suitability of layout options for space and determine limitations and benefits based on information gathered

3. Determine storage options

3.1 Identify storage requirements of bathrooms from brief and client information

3.2 Examine storage options for suitability to bathroom spaces and determine implications for design

3.3 Identify for design, dimensions and space requirements of standard and potential customised storage options

4. Assess bathroom ergonomic considerations

4.1 Examine and use basic principles of ergonomics to determine space planning implications

4.2 Identify requirements for working height based on specific client needs

4.3 Identify manual handling considerations for bathroom design tailored to client needs

4.4 Consider storage principles to determine implications for design

4.5 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

5.1 Determine manufacturer guidelines and statutory regulations regarding the placement and installation of sanitaryware

5.2 Establish space implications for appliances and determine implications for design

6. Determine planning and contractual considerations

6.1 Recognise the need for work or change that is subject to compliance requirements based on outcomes of assessment

6.2 Determine and integrate implications of structural work and relocation or change to service requirements into the design process

6.3 Identify and organise the need for specialist expertise and advice

7. Collate and document information

7.1 Analyse, collate and combine information gathered based on the needs of the project

7.2 Document information from assessment in a format that allows for easy reference as the design project progresse.