3.1  General Requirements8

The design of the Facility will be influenced significantly by the opportunities to create an environment conducive to promotion of sport, leisure and participation in a healthy life style.  

The Contractor shall ensure that the accommodation matches or meets the needs of Users for leisure accommodation in relation to rights to privacy, security, dignity, respect and fulfilment.  The reception area shall be welcoming in style.  Stairways shall be free of obstructions throughout their length. Corridors should make imaginative use of space, avoiding long, narrow, straight runs.  The Contractor shall consider use of suitable colour schemes and colour coding to aid orientation and assist Users with visual and cognitive impairment including, for example, the careful use of contrast; use of bands of differing tiles in shower and changing rooms, etc.

External and internal planning shall afford easy movement and full access to staff and Users, particularly to persons with restricted mobility including those who use wheelchairs, who are physically frail, who are visually or hearing impaired.

The design shall be sensitive to the cultural, ethnic and religious background of the Users.

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8  This may be too vague for a legal specification and the Authority may need to clarify that this will not form part of the Construction Completion process.