FTE´s

This should be a common question that's asked in the first Eco-Charrette with the Client. We ask them to develop a number and get it to us with in the first week. Most have a pretty good idea of staff count, and then we help them estimate customers / visitors. If the staff doesn't travel much and works a single shift you might use the furniture plan and deduct 1 or 2 to allow for vacations, sick time, and people traveling to other locations. Calculating visitors will be another issue, but your going to need to develop this to determine parking capacities.