Consultation in the design phase is critical to develop a clear understanding of requirements and allow any issues to be flagged upfront and factored into the design of the project in terms of scope, cost estimates, schedule and allocation of human resources. Some specific areas to ensure coverage in the design process of a similar project are: • The extent of data requirements • Data availability • Data accessibility, and whether language translation will be required. • The timeframe by which data will be required • The determination of key parameters for the transmission planning system models, and implications of changing assumptions/parameters • The need for proposed renewable energy project locations to be provided, and the timeframe for their provision
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