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Posted By Steven R Boulter
I need to establish the maximum occupancy allowed for the whole of an office premises and also our large boardroom. Does anybody know how I go about finding this out? Is there a calculation I can do?
Your help is greatly appreciated
Steve
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Posted By SNS
Hi,
from memory - not an ideal place to be, but a starter ....
A little vague but is it not in the management of HSW regs? - don't have a copy to hand. Office space of around 11 cubic meters or thereabouts per person, only space up to 3m above floor level to count and not including furniture.
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Posted By SNS
correction to my last .....
Workplace Health Safety & Welfare (HS&W) Regs, Reg 10 - Room dimensions and space.
"sufficient floor area, height and unoccupied space for the purpose of HS&W.
11 cu metres, but you need to read the detail and exclusions.
The boardroom will be covered by basically the same Reg, but check the occupancy periods, and its unlikely to be cramped!!
Rgds,
S
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Posted By Messy Shaw
For Fire safety purposes, Approved Document B of the building regulations (appendix C - page 135) states an occupancy figure of:
6m2 per person for Office use
1m2 per person for meeting room, conference room etc
Take your pick
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Posted By Chas
Alternatively you could refer to the Building Regs App Doc B. Table C1 suggests 6m2 per person in an office environment and Table 4 uses fire escape/exit numbers and widths to determine max occupancy. Hope this helps.
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Posted By Chas
Messy shaw beat me to it.
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Posted By Jack
The 11 cubic metres figure referred to above does not apply to rooms being used for lectures, meetings and similar purposes.
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