Food!. Training Meeting: ‘Costa Rica & The Project Process’ October 7, 2010 7:00pm CE 110

Training Meeting: Costa Rica & The Project Process October 7, 2010 7:00pm CE 110

Meeting Agenda: If you missed them (3 min) Recent Developments: (7 min) Replant leader needed Scholarship opportunity Job opportunity Click-the-link-to-raise money thinger Development Blurbs: (10 min) Bill Gordon- Fundraising Cristina Vadell- Website Antonio and Matai- Soap Box Derby!! Costa Rica project thinger training deal (9 12 min) Amandas Updates (0.3 min)

If you missed them Last meeting- Speaker, Jim Olson Fantastic speech about leadership, serving our country, the Central Intelligence Agency, some cool missions Very very cool Training Day- Safety training Built the conference table Learned to weld Fogged out the mosquitos

Scholarship!! CH2M HILL has recently launched a scholarship/ internship program especially for EWB-USA members. Highlights of the program include: 10 scholarships awarded to EWB-USA student members $5,000 scholarship for academic or project support (awarded fall 2010) Opportunity for a paid 10-week summer 2011 internship Deadline for applications is October 29 with recipients notified in early December Visit www.ch2mhill.jobs/ewb to learn more and access the application.www.ch2mhill.jobs/ewb Eligibility Enrolled in a four-year accredited engineering program and continuing in the upcoming academic semester. Active, registered member of Engineers Without Borders-USA through your university chapter. Minimum GPA of 3.0.

Job Opportunity! Want to be a counselor this summer? Help out A&M, future engineers and have a blast! The Explore Engineering Summer Camps Camp Counselor Application (long name) is now open! A 4-day summer programs to get high school students some know-how in engineering! Paid! Awesome opportunity! Lots of fun! Interested? See Grady Meloy for more info (he will give you/show you/maybe not give you a handout)

Click-the-link thinger! Fundraising survey All you have to do is put in you information (name, email, etc), and select EWB as your favorite organization. It's just too easy...and if we win, EWB gets $1000! check the latest listserv email!! http://www.burnsmcd.com/portal/page/portal/Intern et/Careers/2_College%20Recruiting/1_Campus%20Vis its/YouDecideWeProvide http://www.burnsmcd.com/portal/page/portal/Intern et/Careers/2_College%20Recruiting/1_Campus%20Vis its/YouDecideWeProvide

Leadership Opportunity: Aggie Replant Lead Coordinate EWB-TAMUs participation in Replant Serve as group leader during replant Coordinate member sign up, registration, and communication Good introduction into leadership Interested? Email [email protected]

Fundraising! dRaise the fun!

Update from Amanda! 1. Bowling this Saturday at 7pm at Grand Station Entertainment. Sign-up sheet is online. Bring $7. 2. We will pull tickets together for the Tech Football Game Saturday October 30th. Just so people know in advance. 3. Let me know if you are interested in doing Ultimate Frisbee again...I want to lol. 4. All those in the Mentor Program: Lunch next Tuesday at Chipotle on University at 12:30pm.

The Aggie 500!

Why do we do projects? Engineers Without Borders USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide through the design and implementation of sustainable engineering projects, while fostering responsible leadership. In English to help develop communities in need and at the same time make some leaders. In Spanish Por los nios.

Community

The Real Reason we do projects

The Project Process 521 Pre-Assessment Report 522 Post-Assessment Report 523 Alternatives Analysis 524 Preliminary Design Report 525 Pre-Implementation Report 526 Post-Implementation Report

Other necessary things Constant communication with the community!!! Memorandum of Understanding Documents with the foreign government Travel Waivers Travel Insurance Site Assessment Checklist Travel logistics (flights, room & board, etc.) Etc. etc.

521 Pre-Assessment Report Due roughly 2 months before Assessment trip. Have to make sure enough time is allotted to complete everything. Must have a site-specific Health and Safety Plan. Plan of action, what tests are going to be performed, etc.

522 Post-Assessment Report Due within 30 days from the return of your trip. What you did, what were the results, what data and info did you obtain, materials list, etc.

Percolation test #1 left of collegio 8/16/2009 presoaked all 5 gallons for 4-6 hours timeminutesdrop (in)delta perc rate (min/in) 7:2300.000 0 7:55324.375 7.3 8:12175.5001.12515.1 8:29176.3750.87519.4 8:57287.5001.12524.9 9:14178.2500.75022.7 total111average1.6517.9

523 Alternatives Analysis Due with 522, 523, or anytime in between. Why one solution was chosen over another. Pretty important stuff.

1 st ChoiceAlternative Roof: Corrugated tin fastened to wood rafters. Pros- Ease of construction (does not require special tools or skills, community familiar with this construction), availability (most community buildings are built this way), cost (much cheaper then steel rafters) Cons- Lifespan(wood will weather quicker then metal in this environment, this is not a concern because buildings in the area have lasted many years without refurbishment) Load capacity (they do not hold as much weight as steel, but will be designed for the same load using more of them) Roof: Corrugated tin fastened to steel trusses Pros- Quick( if prefabricated, quick to assemble) High load capacity( we will know how much they are specified for off the shelf and be able to plan a little easier) Long Service Life(If properly coated, they will long outlast wood rafters) Perception(Newer, more expensive buildings are built with steel, it shows one is affluent and modern) Cons- Cost(more expensive, not certain of exact difference) Tools and Labor-(Welder and specialty tools needed in some cases, apart from when nuts and bolts may be used) Availability(Have not found a provider locally)

524 Preliminary Design Report Due date varies with each EWB-USA personnel. Roughly 30% of design of project. Dont want to waste time on nitty-gritty design work if the concept/basic idea isnt even practical.

525 Pre-Implementation Report Due roughly 3 months before travel. The MOST IMPORTANT part of the project. Someone should be able to read this document and complete the project. Everything you can think of timelines, materials, designs, legal stuff, travel arrangements, emergency contact page, etc., etc. etc. etc. etc. Required teleconferencing presentation. A 50 million page document. Etc.!

526 Post-Implementation Report Due within 60 days of the return from trip. Present what happened on the implementation trip. Can propose future ideas. What went wrong, where to improve, etc. Pictures And more!

Education Also vitally important, if they dont know how to use it, they wont. Plain and simple. Manual in spanish. Troubleshooting, how to expand, etc.