U.S. ATLAS HL-LHC Upgrade Level 2 and Deputies-NSF only Management Mailing List

[Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

Hello all,

A friendly reminder that March variance reports are due!

Here are some comments:

-6.4: nothing yet!?

-6.5: typo do => due; (other comments are in L3 parts below)
 *6.5.1: the cumulative SV is below $100k, so no need to comment on 
that (and we generally only comment when required); for the corrective 
action I would replace "The variance will be corrected " with "The 
accruals will be corrected "
 *6.5.3: it's perfectly ok to copy from previous months, but is "The 
pre-MREFC phase of the project is now nearing completion. " still accurate?

-6.6 and 6.6.1 are missing
 *6.6.3: what does the irradiation have to do with the cost variance? 
"We did not hire an engineer and most design/test work was done by our 
students. " is very problematic: to explain the contribution from 
scientific labor, iit had to be made clear that there are two *distinct* 
categories of work: one done by engineers and techs, and one done by 
physicists, and these do not overlap.  If the students in question are 
engineering students we're ok, but in any case we cannot write that. 
Also, does that amount to $140k?
 *6.6.5: maybe explicitly say September 2021 and November 2021?

-6.8 and 6.8.2 are missing
 *6.8.3: NSF doesn't want it, so no need to put it in IPD, but can you 
comment by email on the positive cost variance?

Thanks!

Gustaaf