- Author
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Rubin, A. I.
- Title
- Office Workspace for Tomorrow DOT Workshop (November 13-14, 1991) Transcript of Proceedings.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
- Report
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NISTIR 4802,
July 1992,
221 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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architectural programming
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building design
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building environment systems
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design module
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furniture
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information systems
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lighting
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office-of-the-future
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office technologies
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telecommunications
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woakstation design
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workstation standards
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ergonomics
- Abstract
- This report contains the proceedings of a workshop conducted November 13 and 14, 1991 for the Department of Transportation (DOT). The workshop was held to assist the Department in planning a new Headquarters Building. Eighteen experts, representing various disciplines associated with building design and use participated in a workshop, and prepared papers prior to the meeting. The present report consists of the edited transcript of the meeting - presentations and discussion. An earlier report (NISTIR 4801), contains the prepared papers. Workshop presentations covered the following topics: workstation design process, programming tradeoffs, workstation standards and criteria, ergonomics, human resource issues, leading edge workstation design, impact of new technologies on office and workstation design, lighting, environmental technologies, information and data systems, building design, facility management, forecasts of the office-of-the-future. These issues were discussed by panel members, and with representatives from the Department of Transportaion and other federal agencies.