Human Factors Control Room Ergonomics & Desk
It’s the experience that we have earned over all these years, that helps us in planning the correct control room solutions for our customers. We have designed and engineered. Human Factors Control Room Ergonomics & Control Room Desk more than 150 Control Rooms in just 8 years. Our customers address us with the name “Control Room Guys”. Our control room solution is directed towards catering the needs of its users. Every control room has different needs which are all governed by the human machine interface. We therefore take the human factors and ergonomics into consideration while planning a design of task specific control room.
The Human factors that we take into consideration while designing a control room are mostly inclined towards control room operators, their interaction with machines within the control room and the various functionalities of the control room environment, as the alertness and focus of the operators is what it takes in executing mission critical tasks of a control room.
Location of control room building with respect to the plant
Location of control room in the building Functionality defining the no of operators HFE incorporating ergonomics, viewing angles, lux levels, dynamic lighting, HVAC, fire & safety, traffic patterns, furniture design and overall aesthetics
Location of the building depends on the overall plant layout and definition of the primary source of information to the operator. And this defines the nature/form of building (normal/blast proof, windows/ blank walls, remote/plant vicinity)
Location of the control room in the building depends on the functionality and safety concerns in the building. It should facilitate the operators with easy egress in case of emergency and should allow a hassle free environment equipped with suitable paraphernalia and facilities in the vicinity. Its recommended that the control room should avoid canteen and noise creating areas in the vicinity.
Functionality and occupancy of the Control is derived out of a workshop with the stake holders of the project ie the end users, automation contractors and the consultants involved. The task analysis of the each operator , corresponding console and relation to video wall defines the space and the matrix, thereby giving form and boundaries to the space. For example a convex console would be suitable if the video wall is smaller than the overall console length and if vice-versa its concave, the first row of operators see the bottom of the video wall the second row sees the middle and the third row sees the top.
These factors govern the layout and general arrangement of the CCR.