Elements and Performance Criteria
- Evaluate design requirements
- Consult relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards that impact on project
- Determine need for enhancement to new or existing telecommunications network from telecommunications project plan and associated project brief
- Determine specific purpose and type of network growth and enhancement using collated data from other relevant sources
- Consult client regarding enterprise criteria and determine timeframe for design plan
- Establish and organise design resource requirements
- Evaluate information to prepare design drawings
- Obtain site access through consultation with affected property owners where project impacts on private property
- Collect field data and propose ways to manage physical impediments that may affect building construction work
- Verify existing equipment, equipment layouts and building services to plan for network growth
- Ascertain impact of relevant heritage, environmental and other governmental legislation, and initiate action or organise consultative processes to gain approvals according to enterprise policy
- Prepare design drawing according to enterprise requirements
- Select design option
- Prepare design plan
- Prepare detailed design plan, including relevant geographical and topological information, equipment and material and cost estimates
- Discuss final designs with planners and project management, and obtain approval to proceed
- Produce final detailed design brief with drawings, material requirements, and testing and maintenance plans for operational staff to follow