On 28/11/2013 07:47, Tim Watts wrote:
On Thursday 28 November 2013 00:33 Nightjar wrote in uk.d-i-y:

On 28/11/2013 00:06, Matty F wrote:
On Thursday, November 28, 2013 10:19:45 AM UTC+13, Nightjar wrote:
On 27/11/2013 20:36, Matty F wrote:
... And why not have a few columns inside to hold the roof up instead
of
huge expensive trusses that can fall down?

Columns constrain how you can lay out the area and nobody knows what
sort of layout might be needed a few decades from now.

It's just an airport where people wander around aimlessly. No particular
layout is needed....

Until somebody decides they want a lot of check-in desks in that nice
open area.

Supermarkets have lots of columns and that's no problem....

You obviously haven't been in my local Tesco, where columns sprout out
of the middle of aisles since they changed the layout.

Colin Bignell

That says a lot about the moron who designed the new layout!


The new layout has narrower aisles, allowing more product shelving which
means more money in. I suspect that heavily outweighs any considerations
of inconveniently placed columns. However, it does illustrate my point
about layouts having to change to suit changing needs.

Colin Bignell