Space Office materials

Unfinished Products. Unfinished fiber glass products are available in the form of boards, blankets, and batts in various thicknesses and densities. These products are used by fabricators who apply finishes to make products suitable for ceilings, walls, open-plan office screens, etc. They also are used for sound absorption behind decorative and protective facings such as perforated or expanded metal and wood grilles. Thicker materials have better low frequency performance than thinner materials. Low frequency performance can be improved by spacing the material away from a sound-reflecting surface rather than applying the material directly to the surface. 

Check for underventilation caused by obstructed vents, faulty dampers or other HVAC system malfunctions, or from problems within the occupied space. Furniture, papers, or other materials can interfere with air movement around thermostats or block airflow from wall or floor-mounted registers. If office cubicles are used, a small space (i.e., two to four inches) between the bottom of the partitions and the floor may improve air circulation. 

A supervisor s office may be a separate room, although an area with partitions extending part-way to the ceiling is often just as satisfactory and less expensive. In addition, such partitioning offers the bonus of valuable extra wall space. A large window between office and laboratory is recommended for good supervision of activities. Since books and reference materials are often kept in this office, adequate space for shelves must be provided. In a small laboratory without much interference, the supervisor may simply need a desk in a corner of the room. 

Relative positions of storage and process areas control room, laboratories and offices - i.e. areas of highest population density switch-house materials receipt and despatch areas effluent treatment facilities. Spacing distances according to standard guidelines. 

In office buildings it is very common to have plenums, i.e. spaces above rooms where the air handling system is located, together with electrical wires and cables, as well as abundant wood and other construction materials. These concealed spaces are usually ca. 1 m (3 ft) high and are invisible from the room below. 

Including 20 ft2 for miscellaneous items not identified in this section, 110.3 ft2 must be rented, at an annual cost of 44,100/yr. Note that this moderately sized complex is added to an existing electronic materials manufacturing facility. Hence, no direct charges are added for infrastructure, such as non-clean room and office space. The total purchase cost, 6,492,100, provides equipment modules that require small installation costs, on the order of 1% that is, 65,000. Note also that two PECVD reactors are provided to assure uninterrupted operation when the plant is in operation, around the clock, 330 day/yr. While the robot loads and unloads one of the reactors, the other reactor is in operation. 

An item of major importance to the preparation of an applications campaign is a complete and easily understood checklist for the collection of all the information that will ultimately be needed by both technical and market-research personnel at his home office. This form should include space for observations on the total size of the market, the share enjoyed by the company interviewed, and the probable influence of selling price of the new material within that market. Only when the interviewer brings back information from which the technical obstacles, market size, and potential profitability can all be judged realistically on a preliminary basis—only then can a commercial development manager make the necessary decisions on the future for his material. 

It is not possible in the space available to list all the precautions to be taken when handling hazardous chemicals. Many texts have been written about laboratory safety see Literature Cited for a selected list of examples. Obviously, all national and local laws should be obeyed as well as all institutional regulations. Controlled substances are regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. By law, Material Safety Data Sheets must be readily available. All laboratories should have a Chemical Hygiene Plan [29CFRPart 1910.1450] and institutional safety officers should be consulted as to its implementation. Help is (or should be) available from your institutional Safety Office. Use it. 

CHARLES E. KOLB is president and chief executive officer of Aerodyne Research, Inc. Since 1971, his principal research interests at Aerodyne have included atmospheric and environmental chemistry, combustion chemistry, materials chemistry, and the chemical physics of rocket and aircraft exhaust plumes. He has served on several National Aeronautics and Space Administration panels dealing with atmospheric chemistry and global change, as well as on five National Research Council committees and boards dealing with environmental issues. He served as vice chair of the Stockpile Committee from mid-1997 to mid-2000. From 1996 to 1999, he was atmospheric sciences editor for Geophysical Research Letters. In 1997, he received the Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology from the American Chemical Society. 

Fig. 1. Triangular spacing between the major process components. Offices, control rooms, maintenance, and similar departments should be located outside the triangle. Distances A, B, and C should be carefully selected based on the nature of the process and local conditions. U, Loading and unloading zone for hazardous materials P, process plant S, storage space for hazardous materials.

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