ntl wythenshawe

[Martin]

Where did some of the people go after the fire? Is there another office local??

[peterska2]

Originally posted by Martin
Where did some of the people go after the fire? Is there another office local??

Quite a lot of people where moved to an office in Baguley which is about 1.5 miles away.

The rest stayed in the unaffected third of the wythenshawe building but are stressing coz they are hotdesking and are used to having their own fixed desks.

In true ntl style the managers response was that they are sorry for the inconvinence caused.

[scrotnig]

Originally posted by peterska2
Quite a lot of people where moved to an office in Baguley which is about 1.5 miles away.

The rest stayed in the unaffected third of the wythenshawe building but are stressing coz they are hotdesking and are used to having their own fixed desks.

In true ntl style the managers response was that they are sorry for the inconvinence caused.

My understanding is the hot desking stopped a bit back.

Here in the Baguley building we had to do that for a short while because at short notice there were insufficient desks with PCs available. We didn't mind because we just wanted to get everything up and running again ASAP.

That's now sorted and there's no hot desking here.

[peterska2]

Well last time I was in there (6 weeks ago now ) they were still hot desking at wythenshawe.

I stayed there and was fed up with it after 3 days.

BTW dunno if anyone else picked up on this but there is only one way out from the second floor so surely that is a breach of the fire safety regulations

[The Diplomat]

I think that depends on the number of people there and their location in respect of the fire exit.

[basa]

Originally posted by The Diplomat
I think that depends on the number of people there and their location in respect of the fire exit.

For a single escape route, no point in an office should be more than 18m from a 'protected' area (this could be a fire resistant corridor or staircase).

In any event, upper storeys should have more than one escape stair if the number of occupants for each storey exceeds 500 or the floor space exceeeds 900 sqm (in which case at least one of the staircases needs to be a 'firefighting' stair which have very strict regulations for fire and smoke resistance).

There are of course pages and pages of regulations regarding Fire Safety affecting all manner of things from means of escape, fire resistance and access for fire fighters, but I think the above is enough for now !!)

[scrotnig]

Originally posted by basa
For a single escape route, no point in an office should be more than 18m from a 'protected' area (this could be a fire resistant corridor or staircase).

In any event, upper storeys should have more than one escape stair if the number of occupants for each storey exceeds 500 or the floor space exceeeds 900 sqm (in which case at least one of the staircases needs to be a 'firefighting' stair which have very strict regulations for fire and smoke resistance).

There are of course pages and pages of regulations regarding Fire Safety affecting all manner of things from means of escape, fire resistance and access for fire fighters, but I think the above is enough for now !!)

The remaining operational sections of the Wythenshawe office have been fully inspected by Fire Safety officers and they are more than satisfied with the arrangements apparently.

The upper storey is only a very small area, as most of the upper (second floor) areas were the ones that were damaged in the fire, as that is where the fire apparently started.

The majority of the Wythenshawe office only has two floors, not three, anyway, so only a small area is involved here.