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NATTONAL RESEARCH COUNCTL OF CANADA

DTVTSTON OF BUTLDING RESEABCH

TECHNICAL REPORT

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s-REPORT ON

SPACE REQU]RETIENTS FOR SCIENTTFTC NESEAR

LABgEATORIES by J. Lorne Gnay A N A L Y Z E D Ottawa January, 1949 P r l c e 10 e e n L - q i { . r l " C. N'). I 9L3

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FOREWORD

The DLvislon of Bulld.lng Research ls prlvlleged. to provl-d.e a med.lum for the publt-catl.on uf thls unusually valuable report by I\fir. Lorne Grayn tshe Report sunmarLses a great

d.eal of lnfor.matlon on the utllLsatlon of

I a b o r a t o r y s p a e e w h l c h h a s b e e n a s s e m b l e d b y nilr. Gray Ln the course of hls specl-al dutles a s Sclentlfic A s s l s t a n t t o t h e P r e s l d e n t o f t h o Councl-l, Dr, Co Jo MackenzJ.eo Tt 1s belleved that the lnforrnatlon hereln

pre-s e n t e d . w 1 1 1 be of pre-special upre-se to thopre-se

engaged. in plannlng laboratory facllltles.

It may, therefore, be roprod.uced. ln whole or

ln part, provlded. that d,ue acknowled.goment ls made of the source of the fu:formatlon and of

I\ffr. Grayls authorshlp, It ls requested. that

the und.erslgned be ad.vls6d whenever the Report 1s so reproduced.o

Robert Fo Legget Dlrecto:r

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}IATION},L RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANA,DA a REPoRT 0N SP.ACE REQUTREMENTS FOR SCTE}iTTFTC RESEARCII I.,ABORATORIES

Ey Jo Eorne Gray

T h e results of a d.etailed. study of space occupancy ln the Natlonai. Research raboratorLes ;.re o f f e r e d as a help to those who are d.oslgnlng new l a b o n a t o r l e s or appralslng the d.egree oF utfttsation o f e x l s t l n g l a b o r a t o r l e s o

-The laboratorles stud.Led, eover a wtde lange of uses and lncIud.e the largo sussex str:eet raboratory, Ottawa, in whlch ovor goo are &cconffilo-d.ated. ln the DLvlsions of Applled Blorogy, crremfstry, Physlcs, Rad.lo and. Electrlcal EngJ_neeri;A; fnfonna-- -t l o n servlces, and. Adnlnrs-tra-tlvo a n d Exe6utlve Offlees; the MontreaL Road. group of nlne aeronautlear labora-torLes near ottawa whero 3Eo are employed., and certaln l a b o r a t o r L e s at the Atomtc Energy pi,oJ6ct, Chalk Rlver, ln whleh 650 are employed.o

O*Jy those laboratonl.es are reportod. ln tabular form urhlch are occupled. to rnaxlmr:m'"rp""t[y o" llear-ilaxlmum gapacltyu and. as there are many iauori-t o r L e s of dlffereniauori-t s L z e s and. character reported. in !h" gtud.prr and as the totar nr:mber of ennplbyees, isoo, ls sLzeableu the overall fl-guros found. can be eonslcl.ered. representatlve

lot fulIy occupled l-abor"atory build.ir€s of the general type under conild.eratLon,

T h e d.ata col_lected have been set out ln T a b r e s r to rv and the followlng are definlttons o i d . e s c r l p t l v e terms used ln the d.lscusslon of the Tableso *useful Areart ls the area computed from lnsf.d.e room

m e a s u r o m e n t s o The total of ulaboratorvrr^ r r o f f L c e r r , nstoresnu nshoptr *rrd. ti;lh;;n" Y l " s constdered. to be useful spaceo

t r G r o s s Area* - is the totar floor &rea, eomputed. from outslde bul1dlng d.inenslonio Eho d.Lfference between Useful_ and Gross Areas ls the eomblned area occupLed. by wall_s, corrLd.ors, stairways and wash_ r o o m s o

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Page 2 r r l a b . Area*, ttOffi.ce Areattu rtstores Arearf and. *Shop

Area'r - &ro used. ln the usual sense anb. a r e s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y "

t r o t h e r

A r e a t t l s a r e a n o t stri-ctly c h a r g e a b r e a s U s e f u l Aroa but whlch is nevertheless a n e s s e n t l a l p a r t o f t h e b u i l d l n g ( e o g o p c o m p r e s s o r r o o m s , transformer v a u l t s o p o w e r equlpment, llbrarles o r l e e t u r e r o o n s ) o

r r u s e Factortt - is the ratiou expressed &s a pereentage, o f U s e f u l A r e a t o G r o s s A r e a "

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Ieboratory p e r PersonArea i : D l s t r L b u t l o n Percento f U s e f u l Soace usel'ul G r o s s Colurnn f

rr

rrI

rV

V VT V T I V T I I

rX

A p p l i . e d B l o l o g y D l v o BlologLcal Ip.bo Ao Iabs. i 238 I ; ? 5 8

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i 237 I 269 I

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i ?.22 C h e m l s t r y D i v o L a b s n Chemlstry Iebr A" ChemLstry T,ab, B. P h y s l c s D l v o L a b e o

Technlcal Physlcs l€.bo A. T e c h n l c a l P h y s l c s L a b , B . Englnoerfug & Gontrol lab. H o s p l t a l L a b o

R a d l o & E l e c o E n g o D l - v . Iebs E l e c t r o n l e D e v e l o p . I € b o Chalk RLver Labs, (Av. ) NRC tr{aln Ie.bs. (Avo }

5 6 5 5 1 1 3 5 5 5 5 8 366 337 5 6 6 584 346 5?6 ? 3 4 2 3 2 3l.,2 3L4 6 5 " 2 7 6 " 5 7 1 , 6 6 7 . 7 6'l rz ? 1 . 5 7 3 . 5 7 0 . 2 6 6 " 2 6 7 0 g 6 8 0 4 6 9 " 1 7 5 . O 7 0 " 6 7 L . 4 i \ 84o2 i, 6 5 . O j 8 5 . 0 i 5 9 r 4 6 7 " 0 i 63"4 i 9 ? " O i ! 5 8 . O i I 5 5 . 9 I I 4 7 . 2 ! I 1 0 , 1 7 . O 1 0 . 6 14.4 1 9 . 5 3 . O 1 9 . 5 4 5 . 8 1 5 . 9 1 5 " I 2 2 r A 2 0 . 3 1 ? o B : 3 " 7 9 , 8 1 . 9

in.,

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4 . 5 ' i L 6 " 1 i j 5 0 5 i t 2 O . 9 i I 9 " 6 I 2 . 9 7 0 1 8 . 0 2 " 1 1 3 " I 1 3 " 6 5 o 9 5 . 8 TABI,E T

SPACE UIIITZATTON SI]R\TEY NATTONAL RESEARCH IABCRATORIES CANADA

N o t e S A l l d l v l s l o n s a r e l o c a t e d a t t h e m a l n Natlonal Researeh Laboratorleso A l l o t h e r l a b o r a t o r l e s a r e l o c a t e d a t t h e Atomlc Energy ProJect.

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Page 4 TABI,E II ADII{fNISTRATf 0N UNITS E o c a t l o n A r e a p e rP o r s o n u s e l ' u I l G r o s s Usefulg,u r o s s Column I

rT

I T l

rV

General Offlcos (Ctratt< Rlver) Gate House and. Offlces (Cfraft

R l v e r ) I n f o r n a t i o n S e r v l e e s A d m l n l s t r a t l o n & E x e c u t l v e 104 150 117 1 4 L 1 6 0 192 166 2 0 0 6 5 0 0 6 9 . 5 7 0 " 4 7 0 " 4 TABLE TIT SHOP ITNTTS TABLE] TV

MTSCELI,ANEOUS UNTTS - EXCESSIVELY CROWDED f,oeatlon - aroa perP e r s o n

u S e I ' u I l t i r o s s

Ufefulff, u r o s s

Colurnn I r I I I I I

Instrunent Shop (Chalk Rlver) Malntenance $hop (Cha1k HLver) Carpentry Shop (Chalk Rlver) f n s t " & ModeL shop (Ottawa)

' 1 5 " 7 8 5 " 5

8 7 " O

7 9 o g

t o c a t l o n ( C t r a t f Rlver) Area per"P e r s o n UsefuLe4

G;E

Useful G r o s s

Column T I T

Irr

IV

Industrlal Chemlstry Labo

B l o l o g l c a l l e b " B T e c h n l c a l P h y s l c s L a b " C 1 6 8 L34 12L 2 4 2 184 L72 6 9 o 5 ' 1 2 oB ' 1 Q . 4

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Page 5 DISCIISSTON OF TABI,ES

Table I

The number of people occupylng lnd.ivldu,al" s e c t l o n s varles from LE to 28i,, whl1e the numbers ln

t h e g r o u p s of laboratorles s h o w n 1n the last two ltems

of TabLe f are approxlmatel"y 650 and. gOO"

f h e fLrst six laboratorles 1 1 s t e d . in

Table r are of the usual type of blol"ogLcai", chemleal

or_physlcaL laboratory, and the useful spaee varles

only trom 237 to 246 squaro feet per person. fhls

sTall 1ange of space requirements ls very strlklng ln

vlew of the fact that tlie actual dlstrtbutlon of fpaeo

l n t o laboratory, o f f l c e , s h o p , stores and. other

ts-d . l f f e r e n t for each Laboratory,

T h e fechnlcal Physlcs laboratorles I l s t e d

ln Tabl-e f have useful space of ZAg and pyO square

f e e t p e r p e r s o n but they are speclal areas udrr ltmlted, personnel and much speelal equlpmentu The {rpaee flgures

lor !!e_Englnoertng and Control laboratory anA for tne

Hospltalrrare of a slmllar order of magnitud.e, although

t t r e uses to whlch the space ls put are quLte- dlffer6nt" T h e ftgures for tho seetlons of Radlo and.

E l e c t r l c a l E n g l n o e r l n g and for an Electronlc

Develop-ment Eaboratory, rnrhLch were fu1ly occupJ.ed. but not

e x c e s s l v e l y crowded, are based on a number of sampLes t o o limlted to justLfy a falr conelusJ.on, but they ao show that these partJ"cular raboratorles have usefi.L s p a c e flgures of 160 and 1b8 square feet per persono

The last two lLnes of TabLe I are perhaps

m o s t interestlng s l - n c e they refer to the compleie grbup

of ohalk RLver laboratorles and. the maln National

-R e s e a r c h laboratorleso A s t h e g r o s s area flgures are

p r a e t l e a l l y l d e n t t e a l , t h e use faetor shows tne same

v a r l a t l o n a s the usefuL area, roughly flve per eento

f h e hLgher use factor Ls easil"y aeeounted fbr by the more temporary nature of the eonstrr.rctlon of th6

chal"k Ri"ver bulldlngs" The rather arnazlng observatlon

1 s the sLmllarlty-in t h e flgures f or usefil s p a e e p e r

pgrpol ln spLte of the d.ifferenee ln the type- of uie of thls spaee as skrown Ln eolurnne V to fxo

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A d n l n t s t r a t l o n U n L t s

T a b l e If lndlcates that adnLristratlon a r e a s roqulre mueh less space than research areago T h l s ls a natural concluslon ufien lt ls consldered. t h a t such as accounts, stenographLc pool.s and pur-c h a s l n g s e pur-c t l o n s are tnpur-cluded 1n thls groupo Useful a r e a s of about 110 square feet per person appear to

bo sufflcLent for general offl-ces and somewhat hlgher

r e q u l r e m e n t s for senlor admlnlstratlve a n d . e x e c u t l v e

s t a f f n F o r g e n e r a l eonslderatlons an allowance of

1 5 0 s q u a r e feet of useful space per person should be

ample for adrninlstratlve requlrementso

Shop Unlts

f a b l e III s u g g e s t s that area

requlre-m e n t s for shops vary consld.erably. T h e flrst t h r e e

a r e specl-al shops ana tne space itgures for these w o u l d not necessarlly be appllcable to shops of more

normal tpe" The Instrument and Mod.el Shop, howevero

ls a rather large complote shop, lnclud.ing not only t h e s h o p areas but also the stores and offl.ce sreas r e q u l r e d l n c o n n e c t l o n w l t h l t s o p e r a t l o n , a n d . t h e f l g u r e of 258 square feet per person of useful space mlght be used. as a guid.e f or the roqulremonts of- an a v e r a g e well-equtpped. .shop"

A r e a s Excesslvely Crowded,

T a b l e IV has been lncluded to lndicate t h e occupancy flgures of areas that were being

o p e r a t e d und.er excessively crorvd.ed condltlonso A

Te-chnlcal Physics Laboratory wlth a useful spaee of 121 square feet per person was very erowded.r- and. Lt w a s the oplnlon of those concerned wlth thls area that the cramlled cond.ltlone were causlng a d.efinlte d . e e r e a s e l n efflclencyo

SPEC]AL ENGI NEERING I,ABORATORIES

T h e o c c u p a n c y figures o f t h e a e r o

-n a u t l c a l e n g i n e e r l n g i a b o i a t o r l e s v a r l e d o v e r a w r d . e

range, owlng partly to the type of bulldlng, but

m o r e p a r t l c u l a r l y t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e b u l l d . l n g s a r e

_not yet fully occupled., and aecordlngly the flgures

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page 7 u s e f u l space per person for thls entlre group was 4 7 2 equare feet; but such 'abonato"r"r as those of t h e hydraullcs sectlon wlt

and. an occupancy of over I naturalLy puts these Labor c a t e g o r y n L a b o r a t o r l e s of

c l a l a r e a s p r o v l d e d to e m e n t s " T t i s l n t e r e s t l n e

are made for tho mod.el-n e - t e s t l mod.el-n g b e d s , tho gro"u

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3f"i:H;tl"tl;:"1:-o e c u p a n c y 3f"i:H;tl"tl;:"1:-o + 6 on the basls of full

USE FACTO}r RECOIviI,fiSNDATI ONS o n o b t a l n e d from this n n l n g - o r d l n a r y b l o l o g L c a l , l n e e r l n g r e s e i r c h t a 6 o r J _ " o s s a r e a p e r person should

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pago I fn order to allow for a reasonable

lncrease of staff and frextbtllty ln operation, the NatLonal Research couneil has ad6pted i, rrgo"e"oi---t O O ^ s q u a r e feet of gross space per person as a d e s l g n speciflcation f o r new laLonatorios of thls t y p e r wlth an estLmated. use factor of ?o per ceritc

The recomnend.ed. flgures of 4OO cquar€ f e e t g r o s s g p a c e per person and a use factor dr zo per cent are not applicable to one or more detached. 11b_or1!gry rooms but- only !o * bullitlng or a group of bulldlngs ln whlch ar6 housed. all t6e aomtnls-tratlve, offleo, shop" and store spac€ needed. for the openation of the laboratorles,

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