In other words, what do you value about the outcome?
With limited riser space this means upper-floor office conversions are preferable, though these tend to be less advantageous from an access or structural point of view..It is essential roof exhausts have efflux arrangements that ensure discharged fumes get sufficiently away from the building to prevent recirculation into make-up systems or to anyone on the roof or in a nearby building.
In the UK, the British Standard has a blanket statement requiring fume stacks be either 3m high or 25% the building height – whichever is greater.For tall buildings this can lead to very high stacks that would impact the building’s appearance and will likely require Planning Permission.For example, a 10-storey office building with an average floor to floor height of 4m would require a stack 10m tall (nearly 3 storeys.)
There are a few ways to challenge this, including CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) modelling and the use of alternative discharge stacks (e.g.strobic fans), which may be necessary for some office to lab conversions.
Of course, local standards elsewhere will vary.. 5.
Existing office buildings may struggle to accommodate new laboratory utility plant and distribution.. A typical lab will consume two to five times as much energy as an office and may also have additional back-up power requirements.While this has since evolved, the use of a Reference Design continues to be a central part of their strategy to deliver schemes across the UK..
In addition to the public sector health and custodial programmers, we are currently deploying Reference Design and Chip Thinking across the private sector, particularly in the.data centre market.
and for logistics and fulfillment centers..The benefits of using a Reference Design even with a traditional supply chain.