 
          Getting Real Column - 8
        
        
          5: “YIKES! What the #$#% did I just do?!!!!” is the
        
        
          thought that goes through any layout owner’s mind
        
        
          when demolition begins. Oh well, there’s no turning
        
        
          back now. It took less than an afternoon to clear most
        
        
          of the old layout out down to the open grid lower deck
        
        
          benchwork.
        
        
          Before I started drawing a track plan, I decided on some basic
        
        
          assumptions:
        
        
          Single level
        
        
          Minimize the number of turnback curves in the space
        
        
          Model a couple of recognizable CV locations as Layout De-
        
        
          sign Elements (LDEs)
        
        
          “Comfortable” aisle widths
        
        
          No grades
        
        
          Simple, open, accessible staging
        
        
          
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          MRH-Mar 2013