Introduction

The planning of personnel requirements

include planning for employee parking, locker
rooms, restrooms, food services, drinking
fountains, & health services. The facilities
planner must integrate barrier-free designs in
addressing the personnel requirement of the
facility.

Philosophies relating to personnel when planning personnel

requirements:
1. Our firm is responsible for our employees from the moment
they leave their home until they return. We must provide
adequate methods of getting to and from work
2. Employees should earn their parking location; all spaces should
be assigned to specific individuals.
3. Employees spend one third of their life within our facility; we
must help them enjoy working here.
4. A happy worker is a productive worker.

5. A hot lunch makes a worker more productive since it supplies

them energy.
Philosophies (continues..)
6. Workers who do not feel well are unsafe workers; we should
provide medical care to maintain health.
7. Our company has an obligation to our personnel; we will make
all our facilities no FDA (Filipino with Disabilities Act)
complaint.
8. Except for individual in private offices, no one is allowed to
smoke in our building.

9. Our employees work hard; the least we can do is provide a

place for them to unwind after a hard days work. Employees
who play together will work better together.
10. Personnel considerations are of little importance in our
facility. We pay people to work; not to have a good time.

Employee-Facility Interface
> Employee Parking
Procedure in planning employee parking area:
1. Determine the number of automobiles to be parked.
2. Determine the space required for each automobile.

3. Determine the available space for parking.

4. Determine alternative parking layouts for alternative parking
patterns.
5. Select the layout that best utilizes space and maximizes
employee convenience.

 For remote sites not being serviced by public

transportation, a parking space may be required
for every 1.25 employees.
For centralized location serviced by public
transportation, a parking space may be required
for every 3 employees.

Recommended range of stall widths (SW) The factors to be

considered in determining the specification for a specific
parking lot are:
1. The percentage of automobiles to be parked that are compact
automobiles. As a planning guide, if more or current data are not
available, 33% of all parking is often allocated to compact
automobiles.
2. Increasing the area provided for parking decreases the amount of
time required to park and de-park.
3. Angular configuration allow quicker turnover; perpendicular
parking often yields greater space utilization, although it also
requires wider aisles.

4. As the angle of a parking space increases, so does the required

space allocated to aisles.

Single and double-loaded module options

Storage of Employees Personal

Belongings
A location for storage of employee personal
belongings should be provided between the
employee entrance and work area.
For lockers, 6ft2 should be allocated for each
person using the locker room.

Storage of Employees Personal

Belongings

Restrooms
A restroom should be located within 200ft of
every permanent workstation.
For space planning purposes, 12.5ft2 or 15ft2
should be allowed for each toilet and 6ft2 for
each urinal.
Employee Restroom
Plumbing Fixture Requirement for Number of Employees
Business, Mercantile, Industrial Other than Foundry and Storage

Water Closets

Employees

Lavatories

1 1-15
2 16-35

1
2

3
4
5
6

4
5
6

36-55
56-80
81-110
111-150 7

151-190
7
8

One additional water closet for each

40 excess of 190

Employees

1-20
21-40 3 41-60
61-80
81-100
101125
126150
151175

One additional lavatory for

each 25 excess of 175

Industrial, Foundries and Storage

Water Closets

Employees

Lavatories

Employees

1-10

1-8

11-25

9-16

3 26-

1730

3145

4665

50
4

51-80

81-125

One additional water closet

for each 45 in excess of 125

One additional lavatory

for each 25 in excess of
65

Assembly, Other than Religious, and Schools

Water Closets

Occupants

1-100

1-100

1-100

101-200

101-200

101-200

201-400

201-400

201-400

401-700

401-700

401-700

701-1100

701-1100

701-1100

One
additional
water closet for
each 600 in excess
of 1100

Urinal

Male Occupants

One additional
urinal for each
excess of 1100

Lavatories

Occupants

One additional lavatory

for each 1500 in excess of
1100. Such lavatories
need not be supplied with
hot water.

 50-50 distribution for male and female

restrooms. However, in certain conditions it
may vary.
A space allowance of 15ft2 should be used for
the entrance.
A sample restroom layout showing
minimum clearances is shown below.

typical

Employee Food Service

Food service facilities should be planned by considering the
number of employees who eat in the facilities during peak
activity time. Kitchen facilities, on the other hand, should be
planned by considering the total number of meals to be
served.
Food services requirement may be satisfied by any of the
following alternatives:
1. Dinning away from the facility
2. Vending machine and cafeteria
3. Serving line and cafeteria
4. Full kitchen and cafeteria

The figure shows an efficient walkthrough serving line which can be used
for sandwiches in combination with catered food service.

Typical Institutional Vending Area

Space Requirement for Cafeteria

Classification

Square Footage Allowance per Person

Commercial
Industrial
Banquet

16-18
12-15
10-11
Space Required for Full Kitchens

Number of Meals Served

100-200
200-400
400-800
800-1300
1300-2000

Area Requirement (sq. ft)

500-1000
800-1600
1400-2800
2400-3900
3250-5000

2000-3000
3000-5000

4000-600
5500-9250

Employee Health Services

The types of health services that may be provided
within a facility include:
1.Pre-employment examinations
2.First aid treatment
3.Major medical treatment
4.Dental care
5.Treatment of illnesses

 The minimal requirements for a first aid room

are an approved first aid kit, a bed, and 2 chairs.
A minimum of 100ft2 is required. If a nurse is to
be employed, the first aid room should have 2
beds and should be expanded to 250ft2. in
addition, a 75ft2 waiting room should be
included. For each additional nurse to be
employed, 250ft2 should be added to the space
requirements and 25ft2 should be added to the
space for the waiting space.

Figure below shows a typical nurse/first aid

area for a plant facility.

Barrier-Free Compliance
The intent is to ensure that disabled persons shall
have the same right as the able-bodied to the full
and free use of all facilities that serve the public.
To this extent, all barriers that would impede the
use of the facility by the disabled person must be
removed, thereby making facility barrier free.
The figure illustrates the wheelchair dimensions reach and
maneuverability requirements.

An illustration for an able-bodied persons typical clearance and reach requirement.

Office Facility Planning

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Approaches to Office Planning

Benefits of an open office

1.Improved communications
2.Improved supervision
3.Better access to common files and equipment
4.Easier to illuminate, heat, cool and ventilate
5.Lower maintenance costs
6.Reduced space requirements due to space flexibility

Objections frequently cited concerning open office

1. Lack of privacy
2. Lack of status recognition
3. Difficulty in controlling noise
4. Easy access for interruptions and interference Area
requirements
Presidents office: 250-400 sq ft
Vice presidents office: 150-250 sq ft
Executive office: 100-150 sq ft
Partitioned open spacesupervisor or manager: 80-110 sq ft

 Open spaceclerical or secretarial: 60-110 sq ft

Conference rooms
15 sq ft per person (theater style)
20-30 sq ft per person (conference seating)
Mail room: 8-9 ft wide; length depends on the amount of usage
Reception area
125-200 sq ft (receptionist and 2-4 people)
200-300 sq ft (receptionist and 6-8 people)
File room: 7 sq ft per file with a 3-4 aisle width