Budget/Schedule

Proposed Budget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·Part suppliers, substantive costs and buying issues

Most of the parts can be bought from Amazon.com and the internet. The shipping times for some of these parts may be a hassle, but after speaking with representatives it is possible to get expedited shipping. We are currently speaking with MacDonald-Miller regarding supply of sheet metal, which will save on our cost in the end.

 

The first part of the project we need to get started on would be the fabrication of the containment apparatus. This will not be difficult to manufacture, but it will be some of the most time consuming. We must cut the sheet metal to size, layout the pilot holes, drill them, bend the metal and then work on laying out and drilling matching holes for the removable side panel.  The two panels connected to the ducting will be laid out and cut on a plasma table, which will only require minimal buffing to finish the parts. Then we will have to layout and drill those for manufacture with the containment apparatus. After this has been completed, we will simply need to secure the ducting with caulk and fasteners to complete the project.

 

·Labor

 

Since I will be doing labor, there will be no cost associated with this aspect. It will take roughly 8 hours to assemble my aspect of the part. At a base pay of $10/hour (slightly higher than the minimum wage in Washington State), this will come out to a total of $80.

 

·Estimate of total project cost

 

The total projected cost is outlined to be $352.84. This cost does not include the price for labor, as the total cost for the project does not contain this value.

 

·Funding source(s)

 

 

Roger Beardsley, assistant professor for Engineering Technologies at Central Washington Univerisity, has expressed that he could use our project as a lab for teaching heat transfer methods. For this, we will be completely funded through Central Washington University, and will grant the Engineering Department our project upon completion.

 

Proposed schedule

 

·Estimate total project time

 

The first quarter consisted of drafting our proposal, which meant getting the initial formatting satisfactory and getting the main aspects (introduction, analyses, methods, etc.) down on paper. Throughout the beginning of the second quarter, we modified this document to a finalized product and began our build. The assembly of the final product was completed at the end of this time frame. Through the third and final quarter, we have evaluated the project through testing and displaying the results of said tests. Throughout the final quarter, we presented our findings and turned in all applicable documents through the course of the entire project.

 

The total time for this project was estimated to be around 161.5 hours. At the end of the project, we can see that the total time taken to complete the project was 135.1 hours, roughly 30 hours less than projected. The most time saved was in the document modification section, followed by the device construction section. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule for Air Handling Unit project

 

As you can see in the above figure, there are 8 separate categories that we must complete: drafting of the initial proposal, modifying our analyses, modifying our documents, finishing our proposal, constructing our parts, assembling our finished product, testing and evaluating said device, and delivering all documents and the project to our advisors.