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CONVENTIONAL FACILITIES SITING GROUP PROGRESS
OVERVIEW J.L. Baldy, A. Enomoto, V. Kuchler
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• CURRENT STATUS
• Weekly Video Meetings Continue
• CFS WBS Draft and Internal CFS Review Complete
• CFS WBS Dictionary First Draft Ready for
  Internal Review - 02.10.06
• Points of Contact with Area System Groups to be
  Finalized at 02.13/14.06 Fermilab Meeting
• CFS Draft WBS and Dictionary will be Provided
  to the Design and Cost Board Prior to GDE
  Meeting in Bangalore

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• STRATEGY FOR WBS/COST DEVELOPMENT
• Identify WBS Line Item Elements
• Generate the First Draft WBS Dictionary
• Review Level of Detail Hierarchy and Line Item
  Elements
• Complete First Draft Internal (CFS) Review and
  Incorporate Adjustments as Needed
• Interact with Design and Cost Board to Resolve
  the Issue of System- Area-Discipline vs.
  System-Discipline-Area Hierarchy
• Populate WBS Based on Existing Available Cost
  Data, Updated to Current Criteria and Review
• Working with Area System Contacts, Develop
  Schematic Drawings and Criteria on which to Base
  the CFS Cost Estimating Effort
• Iterate Cost Data as More Defined Criteria is
  Developed

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• NEAR TERM MILESTONES
• Prior to Bangalore
• Develop Final Draft of CFS WBS and Dictionary
  and Provide to Design and Cost Board
• Identify Points of Contact Between CFS and Area
  System Groups
• At Bangalore
• Formalize Communication with Points of Contact
• Identify Means of Communication and Information
  Exchange
• Encourage Participation in Weekly CFS Video
  Conferences
• Bangalore to Vancouver
• April - Divide CFS WSB into Three Parts.
  Each Region will Populate a Third of the WBS for
  Review by Full CFS Group. This will Identify
  Areas of the Cost Estimate that Require Further
  Definition and Revision and Needed Input from
  Area Systems
• May - Continued Data Collection and Cost
  Development with a Full CFS Internal Review of
  First Draft Cost Estimate
• June - Provide First Full Draft CFS Cost Data
  to Design and Cost Board and Area System Groups
  Prior to Vancouver Meeting

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• Summary
• There is A lot of Work to Do, but a
  Considerable Amount of Cost Data Already Exists
  and will be used as a Starting Point
• The CFS Group as a Whole is Working Well
  Together and Can Be Supported by Regional
  Consultant Efforts
• If Working Sessions Could be Incorporated into
  the Bangalore Agenda the CFS Group Would
  Definitely Use Them to Establish Avenues of
  Communication with the Various Area System Groups
• The Time Between Vancouver and Valencia will be
  Spent Refining Our Cost Estimate and Formatting
  the Data on Which it is Based
• The CFS Group will Identify Costs that Could
  Reasonably be Included as Part of a
  Region/Nations Bid to Host the ILC

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