Maritime Human Factors services

ErgoS Human Factors Engineering offers practical and efficient services to fleet owners, engineering contractors and shipyards, on each of the subjects in the list below – and more.
Contributions can take place in each phase of the project and vary from 4 to > 400 days per vessel. Having an internal team of 3D designers, ErgoS also offers state-of-the-art 2D and 3D modelling, visualization, animation and virtual reality deliverables:

General

• Task analysis
• Human Factors review of Building Specification
• Human Factors review of General Arrangement
• Human Factors review of design proposals from yard or suppliers
• Human Factors rules & regulations compliance check
• Verification and validation analysis, CRIOP
• User Interface design / Interaction design
• CCTV camera system design
• Interior design, including selection of wheelmark approved materials
• Color schemes for engine rooms and other technical spaces
• 3D modelling
• 3D animation
• full size mockups (workplaces and control panels)

Ships bridge / wheelhouse

• Bridge design
• Bridge rules & regulations compliance check
• Bridge class compliance check
• Bridge Human Factors / Ergonomics
• Bridge design user participation
• Bridge shape / contour design
• Bridge field-of-vision study (in 3D)
• Bridge workplace arrangement
• Bridge doors, windows and window wiper arrangement
• Bridge wash platform design
• Bridge detailed workplace design (including mock-ups)
• Bridge detailed furniture design
• Bridge operator chair & deck rails specification
• Bridge inventory list
• Bridge detailed console design
• Bridge console controls & displays arrangement

ECR, control rooms and control cabins

• ECR design
• ECR rules & regulations compliance check
• ECR class compliance check
• ECR Human Factors / Ergonomics review
• ECR design user participation
• ECR workplace design
• ECR detailed workplace design (including mock-ups)
• ECR detailed furniture design
• ECR inventory list
• ECR detailed console design
• ECR console controls & displays arrangement

Accommodation

• Accommodation design
• Accommodation rules & regulations compliance check
• Routing and arrangement analysis
• Cabin arrangement, design and optimisation
• Galley design
• Messroom design
• Recreation room design
• Gym design
• Office design
• Wayfinding plans

Deck

• Deck arrangement rules & regulations compliance check
• Human Factors optimisation of deck arrangement
• Shelters

Be noted this list is not comprehensive: contact ErgoS HFE for more information.