Why quiet offices ruin your concentration
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A 40-desk call-centre floor fixed for distraction distance, not reverberation time -- and why that's a genuinely different measurement. An illustrative worked example: a 22 x 14 x 3.2m open-plan call-centre floor (986m3, 40 desks). This case is framed around ISO 3382-3 distraction distance rather than a simple before/after reverberation figure -- the source material doesn't give RT numbers, and the episode correctly doesn't invent any. Starting distraction distance covered 3-4 desk positions with no screening. Brand guidelines ruled out taller desk screens, so the fix used a like-for-like high-performance suspended ceiling tile across the full 310m2 floor, 40 low, sightline-preserving fabric dividers, and a tuned low-level sound-masking system. Result: distraction distance down to roughly one desk position, with concentration complaints back in line with the company's other sites the following quarter.
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