Wales Competition
Cardiff Sixth Form College
Joseph Dudley
22 November 2044
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Fire procedure
Toilets
Eating
First Aid
Signing In and Out
Computers & WiFi
The Competition
• The winners of this heat proceed to the UK
finals in March 2015.
• The runners up will be considered by the
UKSDC committee alongside video entries for
additional places at the final.
• The runners up will be notified in February
2015 of the committee’s decision.
Schedule (Regional)
08:00
Registration
08:30
Introduction and technical training session
09:30
Companies occupy separate headquarters to begin work
12:00
Lunch
17:00
Dinner
18:15
Hand in deadline
18:30
Companies present designs (all teams present in
audience)
21:00
Judges depart for deliberation
Space quiz
21:30
Judges’ debriefing and announcement of winning design
22:00
Adjourn and participants depart
Your Task
• You will be given a Request for Proposal outlining
our requirements for a settlement in space.
• To win the game, you need to fulfill as many
points on the Request for Proposal as possible.
• Presentations must be handed in by 18:15
• You will present your design to the
representatives of the Foundation Society.
What to do:
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READ THE RFP
Identify tasks
Allocate responsibility
Communicate
Do a run through
Eat
Repeat
WHAT needs to be done?
WHEN does it need to be done by?
Resources
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Programme Booklets
Scenario Information
RFP
The internet
• uksdc.org/cardiff
Available
information
Useful
information
Amount you
can handle
Structures
Operations
Business &
Marketing
Human Factor
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2
Executive
Automations
Structural
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Overall structure
Layout
Safety
Construction
Materials
Calculations
Operational
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Infrastructure
Food
Electricity
Communications
Transportation
Climate control
Waste and water
Human Factors
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Atmosphere
Living spaces
Life Support
Gravity
House designs
Psychological factors
Automation
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Computer network
Terminals
Robots
Integration
Backup systems
Schedule
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Construction
Occupation
Operation
Milestones
Processes
Costs
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Materials
Staffing
Equipment
Transportation
Construction
Annual costs
Points to Consider
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Suitability
Feasibility
Practicalness
Maintainability
Scalability
Cost effectiveness
Predicting the Future
• Extrapolate from the present
– Terminal 5 – $4bn, 19 years
– ISS – $150bn, 15 years
• Solar panels currently 21% efficient
• Roombas vacuum your floor
The Presentation
• Explain your design in detail
• HOW does your design fulfil the
requirements?
• Justify decisions
• Justify new technologies
The Presentation
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Max. 50 slides
30 minutes
Pictures – hand drawn is okay!
Consistent level of detail
If it’s not on a slide, it doesn’t exist
Needs to be readable
Page numbers
References