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Welfare facilities – Canteen/mess room

• Sites must provide hygienic facilities where
employees can prepare hot food and drink.
• Clean drinking water should be provided

along with suitable cups. In hot climates
water should be stored and chilled to avoid
bacterial growth.
6. Welfare and Health
• Canteens/mess rooms must be provided
with enough tables and chairs to
accommodate those employees who will use
them.

• If a site cannot accommodate all staff in the
canteen/mess room breaks should be
staggered.

• Welfare facilities should be well lit, heated
and ventilated. In hot climates air-
conditioning should be installed.

• Major projects should be able to provide a
fully catered canteen service.

• Satellite facilities must be to the same
standard as those in the main compound.

2 Visual Standards | Feb. 2019