City of Rockingham

To undertake a community infrastructure functionality audit report on 15 of the City of Rockingham’s community buildings, including community centres, sports pavilions, tennis clubs and bowls clubs.

• Undertake a site inspection and assessment, and review of background documentation, of each building to identify the current provision standards, level of service (against City requirements) and functionality (capability and capacity).
• Identification of how each building or broader site could meet relative ‘fit for purpose’ criteria to inform future infrastructure needs and where relevant, highlight areas for improvement.

• There was a lack of data for some leased buildings, which meant that Otium was unable to assess the current usage of these facilities.
• The project did not include consultation with key users of each building, which meant that specific recommendations relating to what changes, additions or modifications may be required could not be made.

• Development of a functional profile for each building, including layout, dimensions, a visual record and condition, that will lead to the development of recommendations for consideration within the City’s Long-Term Financial Planning process.
• Development of a new functional profile template for buildings and Prioritisation Assessment Matrix (PAX) for prioritisation.

Parks and Leisure Australia WA

To develop a tool for practitioners in the Parks and Recreation industry to determine appropriate standards and options for facility provision, and to support an orderly and planned process of facility and service development.

• Extensive literature review of relevant documents from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada to establish key themes and industry benchmarks.
• Data collection on facilities per capita and facility access.
• Development of a library of plans for facilities suitable for a range of locations, populations and uses.
• Production of a series of guideline statements for identified priority areas.

• The guidelines are currently being used to inform state and local level planning across a number of disciplines. Due to the engagement and peer review undertaken, the outputs have significant weight in the land use planning decision-making process.

• Due to budget constraints, the project was undertaken in three key stages over a period of eight years.

City of Wanneroo

To develop the Community Facilities Planning Framework with a view to provide structure to the way the City plans for new and existing community facilities, including sport and recreation spaces, community centres, shared use facilities and sports buildings

• Extensive documentation review.
• Development of a Framework establishing provision standards to guide the planning and development of the City’s community facilities.
• Development of an audit tool to be used in the analysis of existing and future community facilities.

• Establishment of three core recommendations – Planning Principles, Standards of Provision and Project Prioritisation.

• Incomplete and out of date documentation requiring a full document review to be undertaken, extending the timeframe of the project.