according to"Management outside the box: Get out of the office! New thinking to reduce costs and improve efficiency"The book "The inevitable phenomenon is that efficiency is the ultimate goal of the office." In fact, the office designs of many major foreign brands are full of ingenuity, from office tables and chairs to decoration to layout. The main ideas behind each design are The consideration is "efficiency." Do you also want to create a comfortable, efficient, and regulatory-compliant office space for your employees?
This article collects office building regulations and a lazy bag of legal specifications for office space design, structure, safety, barrier-free facilities and environmental protection requirements. If you also want to provide a comfortable and efficient working environment for your employees, then don’t miss this article!
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Office planning principles: Based on the 4-point principles, sort out planning ideas!
Do you think that the planning of the office makes you feel overwhelmed? Or don’t know where to start designing? In fact, there are different planning methods for office spaces in different industries, but B-studio This article briefly summarizes 4 office planning principles that can be applied to common industries, allowing you to sort out preliminary ideas on office planning!
1. High efficiency and flexible space
In addition to the traditional placement of desk space, in fact, more and more companies today will rationally allocate office and employee leisure and social space in office planning. Flexible work areas can be created according to different needs of the industry, such as: open offices, conference rooms, leisure areas, etc., which can be organized team building Improve teamwork and individual work efficiency.
2. Employee comfort
When planning the space, various factors such as "lighting", "air circulation", "temperature", and "barrier-free space" should be considered, and theOccupational Safety and Health Facilities RulesProvide a comfortable working environment that complies with office regulations and create a healthy and productive environment for employees.
3. Sustainable Development & Energy Saving
With the international ESG The concept of sustainable development has gradually been discussed and advocated, and many companies and listed companies have begun to adopt energy-saving methods in office planning.Green building materialsMaterial,Green Building Labeland equipment, maintain natural lighting and air circulation, implement the concept of green office, comply with environmental protection regulations, reduce energy consumption, create a sustainable working environment for enterprises, and implement corporate social responsibilities.
4. Safety & Regulations
Office design must comply with relevant regulations such as building safety, fire protection, and barrier-free facilities to ensure that the workplace can provide a safe office environment for employees.
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Office Building Regulations: 4 Common Basic Rules
The relevant office regulations in Taiwan include "Building technical rules for building design and construction"Relevant regulations and provisions for factory working areas and office areas are clearly defined; there are also regulations for the work safety of the majority of workers."Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules”, this article will introduce the relevant regulations to you based on the basic regulations that will be encountered in various industries (office entrances and exits, office lines, office barrier-free spaces, office noise), so that when designing your future office, you can ask your designer to incorporate such regulations Relevant conditions are reserved in the design blueprint.
Entrance and exit of workplace
There should be bright lighting at the entrance and exit of the office. Emergency lights should be on when not in use. Exit or passage doors should be of the outward-opening type.
This provision is based onOccupational Safety and Health Facilities RulesChapter 2 Workplaces and Access Roads, Section 3 Access Roads, it is pointed out: "Article 30,Employers shall provide appropriate lighting or lighting for workplace entrances, exits, stairs, passages, safety doors, safety ladders, etc. in accordance with the provisions of Article 313. When necessary and as needed, an emergency lighting system to be used when the normal lighting system fails should be set up."
Accessible spaces in the workplace
When setting up a barrier-free office space, if you want to use slopes instead of stairs, special attention should be paid to the inclination angle and the road surface material.
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Rules, Chapter 2 Workplace and Access, Section 3 Access, it is clearly stated:
"Article 38,If the employer installs an incline instead of a staircase, the employer should comply with the following regulations:
1. The slope of an inclined road shall not exceed 20 degrees.
2. The surface of the inclined road should be made of rough and non-slip material.
3. For other matters, the provisions of paragraphs 1, 5 and 8 of the preceding article shall apply mutatis mutandis."
Therefore, special attention must be paid to both the angle and the material of the road surface.
Electrical wiring in the workplace
No matter what kind of industry the office wants to purchase electrical equipment and wires, etc., they should comply withNational standard specificationsIn addition, special attention needs to be paid to the location of wires, which need to be kept away from flammable materials, wooden floors, and walls to avoid the threat of fire from office wires.
According to Chapter 10 of the Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Regulations on Prevention of Electrical Hazards, Section 1 Electrical Equipment and Circuits "Article 240: Employers should keep a considerable distance from combustible materials such as wooden walls and ceilings, such as high-voltage or ultra-high-voltage switches, lightning arresters, or similar electrical appliances that may generate arcs when in operation. However, this does not apply to those using fireproof materials for isolation."
Noise regulations in the workplace
According to the regulations, the noise in the workplace must not exceed 90 decibels and the person is exposed to the workplace for more than 8 hours. Generally, the driving decibels of large trucks can reach 80 decibels. Therefore, in offices and conference rooms, effective sound insulation materials should be selected in the building materials (ceilings, Install sound-absorbing materials on the walls) or air-tight windows to effectively block noise and avoid affecting work efficiency.
Rules for Occupational Safety and Health Facilities Chapter 12 Hygiene, Section 1 Hazardous Work Environment, "Article 300-3: Machinery that generates strong vibrations and noises should be silenced, sealed, vibration isolated, or use buffer damping, inertia blocks, sound-absorbing materials, etc., to reduce the occurrence of noise."
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Office area per person
according to CBRE CBRE The report "Future Trends in Office Space Utilization" was released. The report pointed out that insufficient office space and too much clutter will cause excessive stress on employees and significantly reduce work efficiency and production capacity.
In the past, when many companies planned office space, they often had the problem of inappropriate office planning square footage, which resulted in new decoration costs. Therefore, how to arrange the per capita area is also a big question. Follow B-studio and continue to read!
Key points of office area planning
Arrangement of per capita area:
Regarding the area arrangement, CBRE proposed: "Each employee can use 1.7 square feet of office space, which is almost the minimum. If it is less than 1.7 square feet, the company may not be able to retain employees."
Therefore, in terms of per capita area arrangement, office areas of similar size can be used as much as possible to give employees a comfortable space.
The office reserves room for team growth:
When designing the office, remember to mention to the designer that they may continue to recruit new partners in the future, so that the designer can pre-plan about 20% of the reserved seating area.
Flexible space settings:
In terms of space, designers can also use an open design for part of the space. For example, use part of the unused space as a leisure area for employees and furnish it with soft furnishings (lazy bones, sofas). When the space is needed in the future, it can be flexibly moved to allow tables and chairs to be used. Convenient to add, remove or move.
Increase ground height:
Have you ever found that most traditional office desks and chairs cannot be adjusted flexibly?
In fact, it is because the lines are fixed in certain positions that the tables and chairs cannot be moved at will. Therefore, modern designers will raise the floor and place the lines under the elevated floor. When it is necessary to adjust the positions of tables, chairs, and soft furnishings At this time, plumbers and designers can directly lift up the floor and modify the wiring. There is no need to spend a lot of time on cement construction, drilling the floor, and adjusting the wiring. However, what needs special attention is the ground heightening material, which must be selected. Fireproof insulation materials.
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