Project Schedule
Summary
a. Design
For the design portion of the schedule, most things have been going according to plan for the design phase. No major snags have been hit and it appears that the design is on track to be completed by end of the quarter. Articulating components are a major priority at this stage of the design process and will be a heavy focus in the coming weeks.
b. Construction
Although construction has not begun on this project, A general outline of what the construction phase will look like has been constructed and placed into an excel schedule. This schedule is the estimated time frame for major milestones in the construction portion of this project.
c. Testing
Testing of the bridge has began to come to a close. The bases of the testing includes the dimensional analysis of the bridge, currently also a 3D printed cube is being processed in order to test the passage of a vehicle within the bridge. The main scheduling issue with the bridge is that one of the nuts that secures the failure testing rig has not been shipped out which means an alternative method of acquiring this piece of material may need to be put into place in order to meet the deadline for testing the failure of the bridge. Other than this the testing is on track for completion.
Budget
Overview
a. Parts
This project is going to be composed of mostly easily accessible materials because the entirety of the bridge structure is going to be made from balsa wood. For the most part, amazon will be used to order the specific sized balsa wood pieces and Jerrol’s will be used when possible like for the road deck. The Glue that will be used to construct the bridge will be purchased from ace hardware.
b. Outsourcing
Due to the nature of this project in covid conditions, no outsourcing of parts should be needed.
c. Labor
The labor cost for this project's labor should be $0.00 as all of the labor will be done from home without the use of any type of outsourcing.
d. Estimated Total Project Cost
The estimated cost of the project will be about $85.00.
e. Funding Source
The cost of this project will be supported using funding from Logan Bronemann. This project is not going to be extremely expensive and can be fit into a personal budget.
