Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop access and use policy.
- Nature of project and demographics of occupants or users are researched and noted.
- Statistical information on the probable volume and range of disabilities in the occupant or user demographic groups is researched and noted.
- Applicable access and use compliance requirements are reviewed, and conflicting compliance provisions and areas that are not the subject of legislation are identified and noted.
- Project clients and other key stakeholders are consulted, notes on initial findings are discussed, and access and use design policy is developed and documented within required timeframe.
- Analyse access and use requirements and develop options.
- Project documentation is analysed with reference to access and use policy, and areas of the project are divided according to levels and types of access and use provision required.
- Areas of project where minimum compliance requirements are to be applied are analysed and prescribed specifications for access and use provisions are noted.
- Areas of project where access and use provisions are recommended to exceed compliance requirements are analysed and ideas for solutions that meet the access and use policy of the project are developed.
- Conflicting compliance provisions and areas of a project that are not the subject of legislation are analysed and ideas for solutions that meet the access and use policy of the project are developed.
- Areas of project where a full or partial exemption from compliance requirements is sought are analysed and a report on the exemption is prepared as required.
- Consult client to confirm and select access and use options.
- Minimum access and use requirements for project areas are discussed and authorised with client and stakeholders, or enhancements and refinements are developed in line with access and use policy.
- Ideas for enhanced access and use solutions in line with project access and use policy are presented to client and stakeholders, and costs and practicalities are discussed.
- Ideas for access and use solutions for areas of project that are not the subject of legislation, or where compliance provisions are conflicting, are presented to client and stakeholders; and costs and practicalities are discussed.
- Non-compliant access and use provision and related exclusion rationale for areas that cannot meet compliance requirements are presented to client and stakeholders, and discussed and refined.
- Decision-making process is supported with additional information as requested and selected options are noted.
- Develop detailed specifications for access and use solutions.
- Detailed specifications are prepared for access and use provisions in areas of project where compliance requirements are to be applied.
- Detailed specifications are prepared for selected access and use solutions in areas of project that exceed compliance requirements.
- Detailed specifications are prepared for selected access and use solutions in areas of project where legislation does not apply or compliance requirements conflict.
- Detailed specifications and supporting management plan, if required, are prepared for non-compliant access and use provision.
- Rationale for exemption from compliance requirements on the grounds of unjustifiable hardship is prepared in agreed format with full analysis of reasons, costs and alternatives.
- Finalise and submit design policy and design brief.
- Access and use design policy for project is updated with reference to the access and use solutions selected.
- Specifications for access and use solutions are collated into a formal design brief in line with client requirements.
- Documentation to support the design brief is prepared or obtained.
- Design policy and design brief are presented to client and stakeholders, reviewed in detail to ensure accuracy and completeness, and amendments are noted.
- Finalised design policy and design brief are submitted to client for authorisation and circulated to stakeholders as required.