In order for our team to create a successful design solution, we had to first identify factors for consideration, as well as constraints to our design. Breifly, these included;

• Must reduce costs
• Source as locally as possible
• Who will use it?
• User friendly 
• Fit within ute tray
• Compatability with off-road terrain
• Eco-friendly
• Must work for 100m deep boreholes

When creating our design, we had to refer to the research that we had previously done as part of the Human-Centred Design Process. This helped us to consider how the project would be used, and how it would interact with the community and the environment. Furthermore, this assisted us in identifying constraints that our design had to meet.

We considered costs deeply in our design solution, and identified this as a major constraint that our design would have to follow. Our research indicated that the communities of Cape York, on average, have a low socio-economic status, though data taken from the Bureau of Statistic’s website. This was a significant challenge that we had to overcome, as we were forced to search for cheap products that were still reliable and accessible.

Following on from that, we considered the isolated nature of the peninsula when we searched for components for our design solution. This included shipping distances, and we tried to seek out components that were close to major centres near Cape York, namely Cairns, due to its close proximity to Cooktown, a major town in the Cape York region.

We also had to consider the usability of the design, and how the design and the users would interact. This meant that we had to consider how the design would be transported, as well as how the design would interact with the bore wells. Therefore, we had to source parts that would best fit within the consideration of usability.

Size was also an identified constraint in relation to this project. We had to find figures that showed the size of the components within the design, in order for us to provide overall dimensions for the project and to show the locations of included components. We also had to do research on common platforms used in the area, so that the design could be mobile, and to give us a maximum size of our design. In response to this, we decided that a ute tray would be the most efficient form of transport, for which we could get reliable figures for sizing.

These were all significant challenges that the team had to overcome, however, we were successfully able to navigate through the considerations of the design, and the constraints they posed, to find a suitable solution that met the ethical, social, cultural, global and environmental factors of the design.