Wustemann, Louis | Features | Health and Safety at Work magazine
Published: 30.04.2008
It's been described as the equivalent of building two Terminal 5s in half the time. The transformation from scratch in six years of 2.5 square kilometres of industrial land in east London into performance space for the world's greatest athlete is a huge challenge. We begin a five-year chronicle of the steps to safeguard workers on the UK's biggest construction project.
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Question: Workplace temperatures
Due to the recent cold snap, a number of employees in my office have been complaining that the building is too cold to work in comfortably. I have checked the guidelines, which say that we must provide a reasonable working temperature of 16 degrees centigrade for office work. We are comfortably above that temperature according to our office thermometer. But some staff have pointed out that the thermometer doesn't show much variation whether it is left in a warm patch of sunlight or when it is placed in the draughty corner meeting room. Is there an industry-standard thermometer I should be using?
Feb 22 2008 10:03AM
Your problem appears to be one of thermal comfort rather than just a temperature...
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