Nowadays control rooms are functional, dynamic and aesthetically attractive than ever before. Developing technology, improved video monitoring, extensive operator use, and a requirement for showcase settings have led to main modifications in control room design.
The Power of Ergonomic Control Room Design
It focuses on attaining performance purposes for the control room as meeting recognized ergonomic standards for connections between workstations, machines, occupants and workplace settings. Every interface must be measured, as of raised flooring and lighting to the common welfare health, security, and performance of operators of the control room.
The Modification in Top-Down Method
Dave Tawel in his article is of the view that a top-down method to the ergonomic design of control room gives a structure for design choices built on practical demands. Centered on the ISO 11064 standard, the top-down method identifies that no problem were faced when it comes to learn that how to fit a control room design is, the entire system will fall short if operators are poorly trained, overloaded, or tension to read unreadable displays.
The Right Placement of Visual Devices:
While designing the control room display arrangement, focus shall be mainly on the top-down efficient objectives rather than trying to perceive how many monitors shall be allocated to an operator. The type and amount of data that operator can manage might be limited. It is believed that operators may perform well if the control room design offers ample space and the environment is working friendly. Distracting factors and unauthorized accessed shall be avoided as this will help the operators to perform efficiently.