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Control Room Layout and Design
Like the design of almost all
man-machine systems, the key in control center design is to
understand the functional requirements of the system prior to
creation of the physical layout. Too often the first step in control
center design is to start sketching out what rooms will look like.
Without understanding the requirements for the building, this will
likely result in a sub-optimal design.
The last step in the process
should be the physical layout of the building and rooms, for,
without first defining the people who will be in the rooms and how
the rooms will be used, a layout that satisfies those requirements
will strictly be the result of luck.
Beville Engineering, Inc., has
assisted in the design of control centers for BP, Chevron, Citgo,
ConocoPhillips, and Shell, among others. Our approach focuses on the
human aspects of the center, concentrating on the following:
- Who will be using the control
center, and what will they be doing?
- What workstations are
required for each position?
- How do the control center
elements interact?
- What process interactions are
represented?
For more information, download our control center design manual
here via the Published Papers page or
contact us at 937-434-1093 or
beville@beville.com.
For further information, visit the
links below.
Plant Modernization
and Consolidation
RELATED ARTICLES/PAPERS
To download these papers, please visit our
Published Papers page.
- A Humanistic Approach To Managing Plant
Modernization Projects
- Impact of Control Room Consolidation on
Operator Workload
- Human Factors Engineering in Control Room
Design and Operation
- Staffing Levels
- Control Room Design Manual
- Control Room Consolidation: It's More Than
Just a New Building - World Refining Magazine, December, 2003,
B.A. Walker/Brad Adams Walker Architechture, P.C., & D.A.
Strobhar, PE/Beville Engineering, Inc. Contact World Refining
directly (ask for Amy) at 800.874.2544, ext. 129 to request a
copy.
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