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Can I determine a room capacity for a classroom or lab by just walking in and measuring the room's square footage and using a load factor?
Some of our classrooms have so many desks it looks like a cattle car going to slaughter. I'd like to be able to go room to room and say, "This is the maximum allowable seats...". Appreciate any simple tips for a simple guy. Thanks. Posted anonymously by a member for discussion. Discuss this | Submit a Question | Subscribe
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Chris L.
3/8/2019 10:55:08 am
Posting for the first time.
Ron Pierce
3/8/2019 04:00:44 pm
It certainly doesn't make it any easier reading conflicting posts that suggest university classrooms are considered "office" classification (100 LF!). I suppose the intent of the K-12 designation for "Educational" space is assuming younger, less-agile occupants. But can we equally apply that same logic to the older occupants of a college classroom? I'd think the LF would be less for adults (versus children) in the same environment... Leave a Reply. |
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