These values can vary widely and must be addressed carefully for each project.
This number includes the support space outside the laboratory that is needed. Quality control and production laboratories tend toward the low end of this range, whereas research laboratories are at or above the high end of the range. Quality control, biology, and analytical laboratories range from 20 to 28 ELF per person. Typical chemistry laboratories are designed to provide from 28 to 30 ELF per person. Typically, every two laboratory personnel whose work mostly involves hazardous chemicals should have at least one chemical hood, and these should be large enough to provide each person with a minimum of 3 linear ft, but it could be 8 ft or more depending on the planned activities and type of chemistry. Equipment ELF includes the length of floor space for equipment that does not fit on a bench. Bench ELF is the required length of benchtop on which instruments can be set and where preparatory work takes place, as well as the length of laboratory chemical hoods. ELF can be divided into two categories: bench and equipment. When designing new laboratory spaces, consider the equivalent linear feet (ELF) of work surface within the laboratory. Team sizes, in some disciplines, have risen and are frequently as high as 12 to 20 individuals.ĩ.B.4. These laboratories often support large or multiple teams and are configured with relocatable furnishings.Įven when not using a multidiscipline approach, many facilities have moved toward larger, more open laboratories with the belief that working in teams raises overall productivity, promote open communication, and facilitates resource sharing. At the same time, laboratory designers have moved to open multiple-module laboratories that allow a wide variety of configurations for casework and equipment setups. Since the 1990s, the trend has been for researchers to collaborate in a cross-disciplinary nature chemists, biologists, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists work together on a common goal. The three walls separate the space and extend from floor to ceiling, with no shared spaces. The top figure is an example of a typical closed laboratory design with four separate laboratories. Visitors and students should not have to walk through laboratories to get to researchers' offices, because those persons do not have personal protective equipment (PPE). Occupants should not have to walk through laboratory areas to exit from their office space. In this design, it is best to have an obvious separation between the laboratory area and the office area using partitions or, at a minimum, aisle space, but preferably using a wall and a door that can be closed.
Some laboratories have office spaces within research areas. Locating the office zone very close to or adjacent to the laboratory for easy access and communication is desirable. Locating all offices outside the laboratory environment allows for a safer workspace where food can be consumed, quiet work can be done, and more paper and books can be stored. The need for personnel safety, evolutionary technology allowing for computer-based research and data monitoring outside of the laboratory, as well as a desire to foster better interaction between researchers has driven the offices outside the laboratory proper. Their desire to be aware of procedures and to have a constant presence in the laboratory usually demands that office space be located near the laboratory. Relationship Between Laboratory and Office SpacesĪlmost all laboratory personnel require both laboratory and office support space.
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