My project has five conference rooms that will not be used frequently. How should I go about calculating the amount of visitors for them, and how should peak visitors be estimated in this case?
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David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1980 thumbs up
February 2, 2012 - 4:54 pm
It's up to the project team to decide the most accurate way to determine FTE, program so there's no set rule. Usually the client provides an estimate of the total number of visitors for an office based on their planning or programming. You can make an educated guess and verify with the client if that sounds reasonable based on their needs and experience.
Lawrence Lile
Chief EngineerLile Engineering, LLC
76 thumbs up
July 23, 2012 - 10:18 am
I have this situation, and relied on the management to give an estimate. They said that the conference room would be rented at 50% of capacity two days a week for 4 hours, so a 200 person conference room would be 200*50%*4*2/40 or 20 FTE. Peak calculatuions are simply the seating capacity of the room, because eventually there will be a standing-room-only crowd.