The technical design should be most appropriate to the reality of the situation, taking into consideration resource availability, possibilities for substituting labor and capital, trade-offs between capital and recurring costs, and the implications of these for management and manpower requirements.
The appraisal should determine whether the design is suitable in terms of capital expenditure per head, scale in relation to market, skills requirements, input requirements against available domestic materials and products in relation to target markets. It should also show how superior this project design is over other alternatives.
The LGU's appraisal team should look at:
• Issues of technical design such as size, location, timing, and technology package proposed for the project;
• Advantages and limitations of the technology used by the project;
• Environmental impact that would arise out of using the proposed design of the project; and
• Gender impact of proposed design of the project.