Staffing

Operator staffing comes down to science. Equipment, feed, and automation workload can be measured using our Automation Index Modeling tool (AIM). Allows you to determine how many operators you need in the control room and the field.

Alarms

Alarm management can be achieved when you have the right philosophy, training, action required alarms, knowledge on the operating limits, and setting alarm limits around your ideal operating envelope.

Interface

Operator Displays require a human factors design using analog objects, strict color guidelines, and 3 levels of notification of a change. Using 4 levels of design, you can reduce the total number of displays required, improve operator performance during an upset, and drastically improve operator response to alarms.

Screens

Once you know what the operators need on the displays you need to know how to display the information with the right number of screens, size of screens, and placement of the screens to make sure you are mitigating fatigue, stress, and preventing health issues while enhancing the operator ability to monitor multiple data points without missing critical information.

Console

Once you know how many operators you need, what information they need, and how to display the information you can integrate all that knowledge into an ergonomic console design specifically designed for the user.

Control Room Design

Finally, if you combine all the information gathered from phase 1-5, our architect can develop a customized user centered control room design purposely built for high performance and abnormal situation management.  

High-performance control room operations are vital for maintaining the seamless function of critical systems, orchestrating swift and effective responses to real-time data and emergencies. We ensure optimal control room design using these 6 key factors.

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