As the industry leader in the design, construction, and implementation of mission-critical control rooms, we pride ourselves on being the gold standard worldwide for control rooms and the consoles that operators prefer. Our goal is to maintain operator comfort including sightlines and ergonomics to make jobs easier to perform. That is why we have teamed up with the best chair manufacturers to extend operator comfort from the consoles to the chair. Learn about the 24-hour chairs we recommend to our customers and why.

Join us as we dive into a new blog series where we showcase some of our most exciting customer projects and installations. This month, we're shining the spotlight on our collaboration with The Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and the incredible consoles we designed, built, tested, shipped, and installed for them. Discover how these consoles were crafted with their specific needs in mind.

Today we are featuring one of our latest control room projects, a demo we made for our partners at Weytec. This 4-column sit-stand console is a state-of-the-art Response NEXTGen built to withstand the harshest of environments.

This post showcases a unique Evans project that we designed, manufactured, and installed. This project feature is an installation of the Trans Bay Cable control room, located in San Francisco, CA. Learn more about the design of this room and the unique project elements.

We are excited to feature a project recently completed by Evans. This showcase is a Response Sit-Stand console with quite a few unique project elements. Read on to learn more about the unique project elements including PowerLinc and custom end panels.

Mission-critical centers include a lot of equipment and thousands of feet of cable. How do you manage these cables without it turning into a complete nightmare? Surely, you don't want your operators tripping over mismanaged wires, hot cables that create a fire risk, or the dreaded rats' nest of tangled cables. Wire management is essential to keep your control room organized.

(Post revised and updated on August 25th, 2021)

Sit-Stand Consoles: Trend or Fad?

Sit-stand consoles have been around for quite a few years now. As we see the popularity increase we can obviously see that this is a growing trend and not just a fad. A trend is something that solves a problem and gets stronger over time. A fad however is something that is popular for a short period of time and then fades out quickly. Case in point, this blog post. We are updating this post on Sit-Stand Consoles from 2019 as the trend is seemingly getting even stronger since then.

Control room sit-stands are here to stay

So this is not just a trend; adopting sit-stand workingis here to stay for a variety of reasons.With growing evidence of thebenefits of sit-stand workstations, it’s not hard to see why they are becoming increasingly popular in control rooms around the world. To summarize: sit-stand workstations allow operators to adjust the height to their preference for sitting or standing positions while they work. 

Today, the need for oil is high. And as such, the oil and gas industry is constantly changing and adapting to new technologies to better serve customers. The oil and gas industry has many emerging trends that are welcomed largely by the operator. There are a few trends in the industry that are making their way to the norm.