B42 Investigate and assess resources factors affecting potential sustainable project developments
B42.1 Identify and assess technical, energy demand and production factors affecting resources
Performance Criteria - this involves being able to...(a)identify the areas of the development where resources will be needed and plan an investigation to quantify the resources and to decide what technical, energy demand and production factors affect their selection
(b)identify the alternative resources required for the development which may potentially meet the technical, energy demand and production factors
(c)research and evaluate alternative resources against the technical, energy demand and production factors, including appraising feedback and evidence from previous use
(d)analyse the claims of new resource innovations and verify their certification and accreditation
(e)summarise and confirm findings of research, evaluation and analysis, and present the results to enable decisions to be made on resource selection / The Range...
[1]Identify:
• review of development requirements;
• standard lists and procedures;
• investigative research
[2]Resources:
• land;
• construction materials, products and systems;
• building services installations;
• construction plant and equipment;
• site facilities and ancillary site services
[3]Technical:
• project type;
• purpose;
• client, user and community expectations, options and preferences;
• site and location;
• durability;
• scale;
• occupancy;
• legal and regulatory constraints;
• flexibility and adaptability;
• adjacent site conditions;
• surrounding environment;
• specified technical performance standards;
• available and projected technology;
• health and safety;
• quality;
• cost including whole-life costs;
• security;
• certification & accreditation of products & build systems;
• environmental impact;
• sustainability
[4]Energy demand:
• low carbon;
• alternative energy sources;
• energy usage and efficiency;
• embodied carbon;
• life cycle assessment and costing (raw material extraction, transport, manufacture, use and disposal);
• use and properties of low energy materials (use and properties of recyclates, industrial
symbiosis);
• passive design & new active technology/products & innovations;
• insulation characteristics;
• energy efficient site plant and equipment
[5]Production:
• planning and coordinating construction processes (including lean construction);
• pre-fabrication and off-site manufacture;
• degree of inter-connectedness between building components (e.g. bathroom & kitchen pods);
• buildability and on-site activity (remove inefficiency,
design out waste, materials recovery and reuse);
• ease of maintenance;
• costs and availability of replacement parts
(including any bespoke components and ease of
installation);
• service support;
• skills needs;
• costs and availability of labour – ease with which local trades could undertake repairs/alterations, or the need to employ manufacturer-approved contractors;
• advice of experts, including experienced
craftspeople and suppliers
[6]Certification and accreditation:
• compliance with regulations;
• compliance with industry recognised standards
B42 Investigate and assess resources factors affecting potential sustainable project developments
B42.1 Identify and assess technical, energy demand and production factors affecting resources
The Evidence - performance and processProduct Evidence:
(1)Report(s) on procurement and use of resources which include: areas of development where resources will be needed; investigations to quantify the resources; cost programmes,; influencing factors; analysis of alternative resource innovations including accreditation and feedback from previous use. (all) [all]
Process Evidence:
(1) Presentation(s) of evaluation report(s) (e) [2] / The Evidence - knowledge and understanding
(1)What do you identify as the areas of the development where resources will be needed and plan an investigation to quantify the resources and to decide what technical, energy demand and production factors affect their selection? (understanding) (a) [all]
(2)What do you identify as the alternative resources required for the development which may potentially meet the technical, energy demand and production factors? (understanding) (b) [all]
(3)How and why do you research alternative resources against the technical, energy demand and production factors, including appraising feedback and evidence from previous use? (analysis) (c) [2,3,4,5]
(4)How and why do you evaluate alternative resources against the technical, energy demand and production factors, including appraising feedback and evidence from previous use? (evaluation) (c) [2,3,4,5]
(5)How and why do you analyse the claims of new resource innovations and verify their certification and accreditation? (analysis) (d) [2,6]
(6)How do you summarise and confirm findings of research, evaluation and analysis, and present the results to enable decisions to be made on resource selection? (application) (e) [2]