The final deliverable of the Global Design Effort, the ILC Technical Design Report, was completed and submitted in draft form to the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) in November 2012. Following a successful technical review in December, an international cost review of the TDR ILC value estimate was chaired by Norbert Holtkamp of SLAC […]
The cost estimate for the ILC’s Technical Design Report
This week's issue features a Director's Corner from Gerry Dugan, Americas Region Cost Manager
The cost estimate for the ILC that will accompany the ILC Technical Design Report (TDR) is intended to be a credible, comprehensive, and well-documented presentation of the costs associated with the ILC design as described in the TDR. To provide the cost information in a format which is useful for all regional partners, the estimate […]
Costing the ILC Technical Design Report
For a very large potential project like the ILC, costs are obviously a very big issue. Reliably costing such large projects with ambitious new technologies, in advance of having a detailed technical design and implementation plan, is a real challenge. In addition, costing is done differently in different countries, making it particularly difficult to provide […]
Thanks, Peter!
In 2005, I appointed three cost engineers, Wilhelm Bialowons (DESY), Tetsuo Shidara (KEK) and Peter Garbincius (Fermilab) to work together to develop the methodology and to perform an international VALUE costing of the reference design for the ILC. Peter and his cost engineering colleagues did an outstanding job of costing the ILC as a global […]
Keeping ILC costs under control
Director’s Corner 13 May 2010 Barry Barish Keeping ILC costs under control The cost of the project "next-generation linear collider" ILC has been a major issue, ever since we began our ILC design work in 2005. The scale of the project and the costs of the ILC are roughly equivalent to the largest present-day science […]
Cost and cost growth in science megaprojects
Director’s Corner 6 May 2010 Barry Barish Cost and cost growth in science megaprojects Many of the most important science questions facing us in the 21st century require developing very large facilities. Certainly, small-scale science is very much alive and innovative single-investigator research continues to produce many important discoveries. But, the trend towards larger science […]
Strawman Baseline 2009 Report preparations and the new ILC Cost Estimating Tool
Director’s Corner 17 December 2009 Peter Garbincius Strawman Baseline 2009 Report preparations and the new ILC Cost Estimating Tool Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Peter H. Garbincius, Global Design Effort Cost Manager. Season’s Greetings! We are currently preparing the SB2009 proposal with the goals of reducing the overall cost, optimising the facilities, and […]
Accelerators everywhere – the ILC in context
Director’s Corner 29 October 2009 Brian Foster Accelerators everywhere – the ILC in context Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, Global Design Effort European Regional Director. Although not an aficionado of "Twitter" or "Facebook", the answer to the question "What are you doing right now" happens for once to be interesting. In […]
Integrating ideas at Dubna
Director’s Corner 26 June 2008 Ewan Paterson Integrating ideas at Dubna Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner by Ewan Paterson, Integration Specialist and Member of the GDE Executive Committee. At the recent Conventional Facilities and Siting Workshop in Dubna, there were four focus groups: Shallow Site, Infrastructure, Siting and Accelerator Systems. However before the meetings […]
On the costing trail
Project Management office plans the future of the cost estimate
Hamburg isn’t exactly known for its good weather and hours of sunshine per year. So when the sun is out and nature is exploding with spring leaves and early summer blossoms, Hamburgers go to every length to spend those precious times outside. Spending a day in a conference room darkened for better presentations, hunched over […]