Overview
EN ISO 11064-2:2000 (ISO 11064-2:2000) is Part 2 of the ISO 11064 series on ergonomic design of control centres. It provides principles and guidance for the ergonomic arrangement of control suites - the rooms and spaces that support control-room operations. The standard focuses on functional layout, space allocation and operational links between control rooms and their supporting areas to optimize operator performance, safety and usability.
Key Topics
- Design scope and intent
- Applies to non‑mobile control centres (processing, transport, emergency services) with many principles relevant to mobile centres.
- Emphasizes user requirements and human factors throughout design.
- Design procedure
- Phased approach: Clarification → Analysis and problem definition → Conceptual design → Detailed design → Implementation and operational feedback.
- Functional analysis
- Identification of functional areas, task zones, and task allocation between operators and systems.
- Estimation of space provisions for each functional area and defining workspaces and workstations.
- Layout principles
- Determining operational links, routing, distances and communication patterns between rooms.
- Planning the control suite location relative to the site/process (site/plot planning implications).
- Ergonomic considerations
- Physical, organizational and environmental factors of the work environment.
- Accessibility needs (including provisions for physically challenged users).
- Verification and validation
- Methods for checking and validating preliminary and final layouts to ensure they meet operational and ergonomic requirements.
- Annex content
- Informative annex with detailed considerations for specific rooms and areas.
Applications
Who uses this standard:
- Control room and facility designers
- Ergonomists and human factors engineers
- Architects and space planners
- Control systems and HMI designers
- Safety, operations and project managers
Practical uses:
- Designing new control suites or refurbishing existing control rooms.
- Space planning and defining workstations, circulation and communication routes.
- Integrating human-centered design into control centre layouts to reduce error, improve situational awareness and enhance productivity.
- Informing vendor requirements and tender specifications for control-room fit-out.
Related Standards
- ISO 11064-1: Principles for the design of control centres
- ISO 11064-3: Control room layout
- ISO 11064-4 to -7: Workstations, displays/controls, environment, evaluation
- ISO 6385: Ergonomic principles in the design of work systems
- EN 614-1: Safety of machinery - Ergonomic design principles
Keywords: ergonomic design, control centres, control suites, control room layout, ISO 11064-2, human factors, workstation design, space planning.