Janice FPSO Control Room Design
Background
Following on from our previous human factors studies of the existing control room on the Janice FPSO CCD were appointed to redesign the production control area of the room to improve the working environment with the aim of increasing efficiency of operations.
Project
Various design options were explored and developed with input from Maersk and a single agreed concept was then taken forward to detail design and thorough human factors assessment to ensure that the final result worked first time.
The project scope included:
- Providing an improved workstation design with a high quality appearance and featuring more work surface space for a better arrangement of equipment and job aids
- Creating a design that adequately supported the system hardware being supplied by others
- Working with a subcontractor to develop a production design that ensured the modifications could be carried out in a challenging environment, with minimum disruption to operations
- Ensuring that other requirements for seating, storage, environment design and H&S requirements were all met
CCD used task analysis, SAMMIE modelling, workshops, meetings and design development techniques to ensure that all of the requirements were met within the constraints of the project and the environment. The main constraints were some fixed elements from the existing room design that limited the opportunity for change as well as some of the existing equipment and cabling which could not be moved. The SAMMIE software proved to be a particularly useful to tool to identify where the main issues were, to consider and visualise options for tackling them and to work interactively with the client to achieve a suitable solution.
Outcomes
The project involved some challenging constraints but resulted in a design solution that achieved the aims set out in the project scope. CCD delivered design drawings along with a report that outlined the operational requirements and described how the design achieved the best solution within the limitations and compromises imposed by the existing design.