Design and Cost Board Peter Garbincius, chair of the GDE Design and Cost Board, presented their ongoing work. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides templates to each GDE working group and helps them define their cost estimates. “The main issues of this group is to make sure that the final system will be consistent and […]
Progress Made on ILC Test Area at Fermilab
At Fermilab, the last year was a busy one for the team that gutted out the New Muon and Meson buildings, preparing them to be test areas for the ILC and Proton Driver. Formerly known as the Superconducting Module and Test Facility (SMTF), the renovated space is now called the ILC Test Area (ILCTA -Meson […]
Design Cost Board
Director’s Corner 12 January 2006 Barry Barish Design Cost BoardAt Frascati, I created three boards that will become the centerpiece of the GDE organization as we now move forward from having determined the baseline for the ILC towards doing the technical design for a construction project. Today, I want to introduce the new GDE Design […]
Fermilab’s Garbincius Chairs GDE Design Cost Board
Last month in Frascati, GDE Director Barry Barish announced the establishment of the Design Cost Board with Fermilab’s Peter Garbincius as chairperson. The primary role of this board is to oversee the preparation of the Reference Design Report, a document to be developed by the end of 2006, which will include a detailed design and […]
Happy New Year
Director’s Corner 5 January 2006 Barry Barish Happy New Year As this New Year begins, I would like to briefly remark on our progress and status to date, as we begin to undertake a new set of tasks and goals for 2006. During this past year, the GDE was formed, first by my appointment as […]