scope:

Covers ergonomic design principles for control centres, more specifically the various arrangements of rooms in a control suite. The principles are based on an analysis of tasks that have to be supported by the control room and functionally related rooms. They include identifying functional areas, estimating the speace provisions for each functional area, determining operational links between all the activities conducted in the control suite. The control suite includes rooms or areas such as meeting rooms, equipment room, office(s), relaxation room and other rooms which support control room activities, as well as the control room itself.