MAT Site Fabrication Time
Day 1) Get the workers to the site and set up in the living quarters: 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days
Day 2) Perform training at the site, receive rental equipment, off load components, set up equipment at the work site, set up canopy, set up travel trailer, set up tooling: 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days
Day 3) Dismount the meteorological tower, disassemble, spool the guy wires, move the endangered cactus plants, mark the area to be mowed and clear the area for construction: 4 men, 1 day, 4 man days.
Day 4) Survey markers for tower foundations, augmenter foundations, augmenter guy anchors, move components to assembly area and begin assembly. Order hardware needed to complete tower and augmenter assembly. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 5) Dig holes for tower foundations, augmenter foundations and guy anchors, checking depths and widths, receive hardware and lumber for assembly. Commence layout of lumber for pole assembly. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 6) Perform weekly training evolution. Dig holes for tower foundations, augmenter foundations and guy wire anchors. Set foundations in place and level and align foundations to the survey markers. Continue tower assembly including the generator cross bars with generators and gear reducers and pole assembly as possible to minimize interference with foundation work. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 7) Back fill the foundations, check level and location of foundations. Commence tower assembly starting with leg #1 and continue. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days
Day 8) Check level and location of foundations, continue tower assembly from previous day, check tower square and following procedures for bolt torque. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 9) Continue tower assembly from previous day, check tower square and follow procedures for bolt torque. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 10) Install rotor stacks as per the procedure, continue fabricating augmenter poles. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 11) Perform weekly training evolution. Install rotor stacks as per the procedure, continue fabricating augmenter poles. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 12) Install the furling system as per the procedure, continue fabricating augmenter poles. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days
Day 13) Install the furling system as per the procedure, continue fabricating augmenter poles, cut out corner pieces for the dump panels.
Day 14) Install the furling system and the interior anemometer, lay out canvas pieces for the augmenter and dump panels, lay out lumber and hardware for dump panels. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 15) Contact electrical contractor to run conduit and wiring to the generators, brakes, and proximity sensors, commence augmenter pole erection. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 16) Perform weekly training evolution. Continue augmenter pole erection. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 17) String cables for canvas installation, commence canvas installation, commence building dump panels based on measurements between the poles. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 18) Continue canvas installation and dump panel fabrication. Commence installation of dump panels. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 19) Finish Canvas installation and dump panel installation. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 20) Commence tower commissioning procedure, clean up work site. Perform touch up painting on the tower. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days
Day 21) Perform weekly training evolution. Work on tower commissioning, clean up work site, perform touch up painting on the tower. 3 men, 1 day, 3 man days.
Day 22) Work on tower commissioning, 2 men, 1 day, 2 man days.
Day 23) Perform operations and maintenance training for Ameresco and DPW. 1 man, 1 day, 1 man day.
