Is the need of the time to turn our attentions towards the
much needed trend of supervision in the modern times? Don’t have any idea,
where to start from or what to do and how to do? We got a solution for you.
A lot of companies around the world have turned their attention to the new supervision centers and spaces which are centralized and consolidated but this can be a fairly pricey multi year commitment. One option available is to re occupy and reuse the already existing supervision rooms, but this cannot be done without extensive refitting of the equipment and latest alliances.
There are some limitations with this problem as the extensive refitting will still be considered as a compromise and the cost of refitting and other appliances can almost match the cost of a new
control room design. So how would you proceed forward from here on?
Here are some of the important aspects of operation that
need to be ensured while designing a supervision centre.
- A
shared vision must be developed after the defining of the needs and
requirements of the organization.
- Both
the primary and secondary users are needed
- Three
important things to ensure while designing are number, suitability and style of
supervision centers
- Placing
the electrical appliances adjacently by keeping the comfort factor in mind
- Those
areas need to be pointed which are a hindrance in the way of operator’s
enhanced ability to diagnose, detect and react to unusual situations which may
include 
- Ergonomics
- Comfortable
furniture
- Proper
lighting and installation of HVAC system
- Noise
reduction
- Flow
of traffic
Engineers must keep in mind all the necessary design factors
that may influence factors like health, safety, comfort, efficiency and
effectiveness of all operators through architectural designing of the centre
and proper lighting. According to the medical officers supervision rooms must
be illuminated at 1000 lux as this amount of light helps the operators to
adjust their circadian cycles.
If proper lighting is not provided it increases the chances
of operators experiencing sleep disorders which may result in unfavorable
health conditions like cardiac diseases and other diseases and issues can also
happen which automatically decreases the reliability of the operator and the
process of supervision is seriously affected and it can also result in an
unwanted incident or any accident inside the supervision space.
The importance of proper lighting in the control room design
is influenced by
the fact that more than 60 percent of the operators have confessed that they
sleep during the night shifts.