LexCorp

Stage 1: Design Package

Client: EMPACT

Team Members:
1) Khalpeash Premlall (19202206)
2) Jenmarie Jill Engan (18601653)
3) Kian Chung Thien (19200352)
4) Han Quan Khor (19199146)
5) Wasilwa Michael Wakoli (19105680)
6) Belal Saeed Alkhadro (19201494)

Date: 31/03/2017

Table of Contents
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1.0 Drawing Package . 2 - 17

2.0 Drawing Specification . 18 - 25

3.0 Tender Evaluation Criteria 26 - 33

4.0 Risk Management Plan ....... 34 - 38

5.0 Gantt Chart .. 39 - 43

6.0 Reference List .. 44 - 46

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Drawing Package

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Table of Contents

1.1 Complete Plan View ..... 4

1.2 Exploded View .. 5

1.3 Front View .... 6

1.4 Back View ......... 7

1.5 Left View ........... 8

1.6 Right View . 9

1.7 Drawings for Materials ... 10 - 17

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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Mousetrap Car General View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 01
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Exploded View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 02
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Front View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 03
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Back View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 04
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Left View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 05
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Right View STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 06
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Drawings for Materials

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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Wood 1 (W1) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 07
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Disc 1 (D1) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 08
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Disc 2 (D2) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 09
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Bottle Caps (B) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 10
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Wood 2 (W2) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 11
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Wood 3 (W3) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 12
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Vehicle Evaluation for Model Car Wood 4 (W4) STUD. No - 19200352 DWG No 13
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Drawing Specification
Table of Contents

2.1 Introduction .. 20

2.2 Dimensions Summary .. 20

2.3 Lists of Materials and their costs . 21 - 22

2.4 Construction Sequence .. 23 - 25

2.1 Introduction

This document consists of the full specifications for the construction of the prototype
Mars Land/Rover. With the aid of the drawing specification during the construction
stage, a fabrication company should be able to successfully construct the vehicle
according to the high standards of the client, EMPACT.

2.2 Dimensions Summary

No Materials Dimensions
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1 Wooden board (1) Length (19.5 cm) Width (13 cm) Height (0.4 cm)

2 Wooden board (2)
3 Wooden board (3)
4 Wooden board (4)
5 Bottle caps
6 Chopsticks
7 Disc 1 (rear wheel)
8 Disc 2 (front wheel)
9 Fuse clips
10 Glue stick
11 Cellophane tape
Length (13 cm) Width (3 cm) Height (0.4 cm)
Length (5 cm) Width (3 cm) Height (0.4 cm)
Length (3.5 cm) Width (3 cm) Height (0.4 cm)
Radius (1.5 cm) Height (1 cm)
Unknown
Radius (6 cm) Height (0.2 cm)
Radius (3 cm) Height (0.2 cm)
Unable to get the dimensions
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Table 1: Materials and their dimensions summary

2.3 Lists of Materials and their costs

 Item Raw Material Cost/ Subt
Purpose Qty
Order Description Unit otal
Wooden Board (1) -
1 (19.5 cm x 13cm x The body of the car $ 2.00 1 $2.00
0.4cm)
Wooden Board (2) - To hold the water bottle
2 $ 1.60 1
(13cm x 3cm x 0.4cm) slightly upwards $1.60
Wooden Board (3) - To hold the upper part
3 $ 1.00 2
(5cm x 3cm x 0.4cm) of the water bottle $2.00
Wooden Board (4) - To hold the rear part of
4 $ 0.75 2
(3.5cm x 3cm x 0.4cm) the water bottle $1.50
To hold the discs to the
5 Bottle caps $ 0.10 8
chopsticks $0.80
To let the discs able to
6 Chopsticks $ 0.25 2
rotate $0.50
Act as the tyres for the
7 Discs (Recycled) $ 0.40 8
car model $3.20
To hold the chopsticks
8 Fuse clips $ 0.25 4
onto the car body $1.00
To glue parts of the car
9 Glue stick $ 0.60 5
like fuse or bottle caps $3.00
To stick the discs $
10 Cellophane tape 200
together 0.004 $0.80
Total cost of
$ 16.40
materials

Table 2: Lists of materials and their costs

Comments: The model of the car is very simple. Based on the materials listings, we
can acquire them easily. Our company tried to use many lower costs and recycled
materials to fulfil the budget requirement for the prototype car. As for the glue stick
and the cellophane tape, our team tried to put a higher value for its price to ensure that
when facing a scenario in which extra cellophane tapes are needed, we will not break
the budget requirement and also will not disregard the materials costs listings. For the
chopsticks, our company have decided to put their costs half as compared to the
original cost as our team are using recycled materials.

2.4 Construction Sequence

2.4.1 Preparation process

1) Prepare all the necessary materials to build the prototype car.

 2) Trim the wooden boards into the required dimensions.
(Please refer to Table 1 for the wooden boards dimensions)

3) Polish the rough surfaces of the four wooden boards by using sandpapers.

4) Take 8 bottle caps and make openings in the center part of the bottle caps.
(There are two methods to do so, 1. Use a lighter and burn the center of
the bottle cap and pierce the chopstick through the soften center of the
bottle cap to create a small opening in the center of all the eight bottle
caps (* Hold the lighters flame over the center of the bottle caps for only
about 5 8 seconds or else the bottle caps will shrink, or even worse,
melt). 2. Use an unwanted pen and pierce holes in the center part of the
eight bottle caps)

2.4.2 Building the body of the car

1) The length of wooden board (1) is 19.5 cm. Division of the number by 3 is 6.5
cm. This calculation is necessary to fix the positions for the two chopsticks on
wooden board (1), which is the main body of the prototype car.

2) Next, use a meter rule to measure the length of wooden board (1) from the end
of each side to 6.5 cm. Then, use a pencil/pen to mark its correct position. This
will be the position for the fuse clips which are necessary for making sure that
the chopsticks are symmetrical to one another. (HomeScienceTools, n.d.)

2.4.3 Assembling the cars body structure

1) On the front wheels area, use glue stick to gum wooden board (2) onto the
surface of wooden board (1).
(Note: Make sure that wooden board (2) is strongly glued to wooden
board (1) before proceeding to step 2)
 2) After wooden board (2) is well attached to wooden board (1), take two pieces
of wooden board (3) and stick them standing horizontally onto wooden board
(2). Leave a gap in between of the two wooden board (3).
(Refer to the general view plan of the prototypes drawing in the Drawing
Package)

3) Next, use the measured length of wooden board (1) and calculate its midpoint.
Use a meter rule and pen/pencil to mark the midpoint of wooden board (1).

4) Then, prepare two pieces of wooden board (4) and glue them standing
horizontally onto wooden board (1), at the position marked. Leave a gap in
between of the two wooden board (4). (Cosmato, D., & Gunnell, N., 2013)

2.4.4 Assembling the chopsticks to the body of the car

1) Place the two chopsticks on the markings on the wooden board and stick the
fuse clips onto the back part of the wooden board by using glue stick. (Refer
to Section 2.4.1 Building of the cars body) Afterwards, insert the chopstick
through the openings of the fuse clips. (Remember to use a minimum of two
fuse clips for one chopstick)

2) Repeat step 3 for the other chopstick to stick it on the other side of the board.
(Note: Make sure the chopsticks are symmetrical to one another and to
the wooden board before fixing them to the fuse clips)

2.4.5 Assembling the wheels of the car

1) First of all, prepare four pieces of Disc (1) for the rear wheels and four pieces
of Disc (2) for the front wheels.

2) Split Disc (1) into 2 pieces on both sides of a similar chopstick. Next, stick the
two pieces of discs together into one thick Disc (1) using cellophane tapes.
 After this, two thick sets of Disc (1) should be present.

3) Then, insert one bottle cap (with an opening in its center) through the
chopstick, with the top of the bottle cap facing outwards. One set of thicker
Disc (1) will be inserted into the chopstick. Another bottle cap will be inserted
into the chopstick again, with the top of the bottle cap facing inwards.
(Note: A set of thicker disc should be sandwiched by two bottle caps)

4) Repeat step 3 for the other set of thicker Disc (1), on the opposite side of the
same chopstick. After this, the rear wheels are complete.

5) Repeat step 2 to 4 using Discs (2) to assemble the front wheels.

(Important note: Disc (1) sets should be on the similar chopstick and Disc
(2) sets should be on the other chopstick. Never mix Disc (1) and Disc (2)
sets together on the same chopstick)

2.4.6 Trial activity

1) Leave the prototype car model on a flat surface and observe whether the
wheels are symmetrical to one another or not. Even if the car is standing
slightly asymmetrical on a smooth surface (slightly tilted to one side), this
shows that during the wheels assembling process, some errors or mistakes are
done.

2) If the prototype car model is unbalance, recheck the chopsticks alignments,

which is attached to wooden board (1) and also check on the disc sets that was
stuck together earlier. Make sure that the disc sets are symmetrical.

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 Tender Evaluation Criteria

Table of Contents

3.1 Introduction .. 27

3.2 Criteria Summary .... 28

3.3 Criteria Descriptions .... 29 - 32

3.1 Introduction

This document consists of the important criteria that will be taken into account whilst
assessing the companies for manufacturing of the prototype Mars Land/Rover. The
company that successfully fulfils all of the following criteria will be awarded the
tender for manufacturing the prototype Mars Land/Rover.
3.2 Criteria Summary

Criteria Details Marks

Complexity Adapting with surrounding

Stress and challenges /15

Punctuality On time
Accuracy /15

Professionalism E-mails and text messages etiquette

Communicate in English
/15
Personal presentation and materials preparation

Teamwork Proper coordination amongst team members

Team members display innovativeness and full
understanding of the project /20

Construction skills Ability to build the prototype with efficiency

All measurements must be taken with absolute precision
and accuracy /20
Ability to come up with solutions to problems

Responsibility The ability to act independently and make decisions /15

An obligation to behave correctly towards or in respect of

Total Marks:/100

3.3 Criteria Descriptions

3.3.1 Complexity

Adapting with surroundings;

The time taken to learn and adapt with certain job requirements. The ability to work
with others in terms of respect and good interaction between contractors and designers
to complete the project in a given duration. Contractors must be able to communicate
and discuss well with others as well as having a good public relation with others.
(Complexity, 2017)

Able to handle stress and challenges;

Contractors must also be able to adapt with stress and other circumstances or
challenges that comes along in order to complete the project given. They must be
willingly to sacrifice and compromise with others so that everyone can have a good
working environment for this project. (Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., Melinda Smith, M.A.,
Robert Segal, M.A., & Lawrence Robinson., 2017)

3.3.2 Punctuality

On time;

One must manage their time well enough by planning for their tasks effectively.
Contractors must able to manage their jobs and personal life separately to avoid
clashing onto one another. Contractors must be able finish their jobs on time without
any delay. (Punctuality, 2017)

Accuracy;

Contractors must be accurate even after planning a good timetable. They must
accurately conduct their jobs at the right and accurate time. Contractors must also
conduct their job accurately by not violating the original plan. (Ken Lloyd, n.d.)

3.3.3 Professionalism

Tenderers must be able to display their professional etiquette at all times. Below are
several conditions for a professional tenderer.

E-mails and text messages etiquette;

The language used to communicate between the tenderers and the designers must be
respectful. Vulgar or indecent words are not permitted to be used. For text messages,
it does not need to be very formal at all times, however, proper address for each other
must be used and non-derogatory remarks should never be made on any occasion.
(Professional, 2017)

Communicate in English;

Everyone should communicate only in English. This is to ensure that every individual
in the group is not isolated from the discussion and respected. E-mails and text
messages must always be in English. This will build a good verbal connection
amongst the group and good relations will help considerably in the project.

Personal presentation and materials preparation;

For every meeting, the tenderers should always present themselves in a decent way by
wearing appropriate clothing. Even though wearing formal attire is unnecessary, a
clean and tidy impression should be shown. Nevertheless, all required materials and
documents should be brought to the meetings all the time. A prepared tenderer will
give the designers a good impression and show the designers the dedication he/she
has. (McKay, D, 2016)

3.3.4 Teamwork

The contractors of the contracting team should demonstrate considerable teamwork to

get the job done within the allocated time without necessarily affecting the quality of
the work.

Proper coordination amongst team members;

The contractors should be able to work effectively and smoothly during the
construction period and in the event of a misunderstanding or a conflict arising, they
should be able to follow the proper channels to resolve the problem. (Teamwork,
2017)

Innovativeness;

The contractors should be able to suggest improvements to the design but cautions
must be taken to ensure that the improvements still conform to the client
requirements. The improvements however should first be approved by the designers
before being implemented. (Australian Institute of Business, 2014)

3.3.5 Construction Skills

Tenderers must have good constructional skills in order to successfully build the
prototype car according to the high expectations of the client.

Ability to build the prototype with efficiency;

The tenderers must be able to produce the prototype car with good quality within the
stipulated time allocated for the company. Moreover, having good efficiency of work
between them will ensure that their work are more productive and should allow them
to be ahead of schedule.

All measurement must be taken with absolute precision and accuracy;

The tendering contractors must be skillful enough to effectively take all measurements
with utmost accuracy so as to produce the most accurate prototype car according to
the high standards of the client. This includes in avoiding human errors such as
parallax errors while measuring the length of the cars body. (Construction
Management, 2017)
Ability to come up with solutions to problems;

The winning tendering contractors will face challenges in doing their tasks should any
problem ever arise. The contractors must be skilful enough to be able to solve their
problems which only then does their work becomes very productive and smooth.
Different contractors within the same group can collaborate and provide solutions to
each other should it ever need to be done.
(Essential Skills You Need. Careersinconstruction.ca, 2015)

3.3.6 Responsibility

Tenderers must be responsible in order to complete this project on schedule. Not only
in their personal behavior but also the circumstances and obstacles they might face
within the period of the project.

The ability to act independently and make decisions;

The tendering contractors must be able to act independently and also be wise in
making the right decisions. They must always consider about the safety of everyone in
the team and also themselves. Tenderers must complete the tasks given within the
period of time allocated. If ever the tasks come incomplete, the tenderers should never
blame each other but instead they should take full responsibility for the mistake as a
team. (Responsibility, 2017)

An obligation to behave correctly towards or in respect of;

Tenderers should always respect one another within the team or anyone around them.
It is an obligation to respect one another. Tenderers should not quarrel amongst each
other or behave horribly or else they might get warning from the designers. Tenderers
must always behave professionally and responsibly when working with others.
(Responsibilities at Work: Responsibilities To Take For Getting Promoted., n.d.)
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 Risk Management Plan

No. Hazards Risks Likelihoo Severity Outcome Mitigati

d
1 Minimal experience Skimpy knowledge on Possible Major Severe Contract
and technical the operation of the ensure
knowledge in construction tools can familiar
handling the tools result in acute injuries operatio
during the equipme
construction process seeking
or watch
user man
2 Many designers had Poor quality design and Possible Moderate Moderate The de
insubstantial wasting considerable online tu
designing expertise amount of time to hold me
on the software to be familiarize themselves from e
used for the with the software various
designing stage wares th
3 Use of substandard Use of substandard Possible Major Severe The de
materials during the materials during the work cl
construction process construction stage can contracto
have a major impact on contracti
the final product and ensure
hence, the product will material
risks failing the good qu
compliance test design
followed
construc

4 Cars strength and The CDs might break Likely Major Severe Join at
stability or come out from the together
chopsticks after the 1 strength
meter free fall (vertical shock b
drop) fall

Table 3: Risk Management Plan

Summary for Risk Management Plan

Even though critical considerations had been made to tend to the safety issues for
both of the contractors and designers, risks for an accident to occur can never be
avoided. However, since LexCorp company understands this underlying problem, the
company carefully evaluate about several hazards and risks that could be a potential
harm for any individual.

First of all, a contractor having minimal experience and technical knowledge in

handling the tools during the construction process can be a major problem. Acute
injuries could happen and the outcome is severe. This situation is possible to happen
to anyone and anywhere. In order to solve this problem, contractors have to ensure
that they are familiar with the operations of the equipment in use by seeking experts
advice or watching the online user manual/videos. However, the drawback of the
solution is that contractors will then need to spend additional time in order to produce
quality work.

Next, many designers had insubstantial designing expertise on the software to be

used for the designing stage. This could lead to poor designs/drawings being produced
or the designers will use a lot of time in order to learn how to use the software. This
situation is possible to occur and able to affect the project. In order to solve this issue,
designers will need to do a lot of homework by learning how to use the software
through videos and experts advices on the Internet. This will help to ease the problem
but the side effect is that a lot of time will be consumed for this purpose.

Nevertheless, use of substandard materials during the construction process will

greatly affect the final product of the project. This scenario is possible to happen and
the outcome is severe. Designers will need to guide the contractors on where to get
good quality materials for a reasonable price. By doing so, this problem can be
avoided.

Last but not least, the cars strength and stability is very crucial too. For example,
during the final product testing phase, the wheels of the cars could come out of its
section, especially after the 1 meter vertical drop. This scenario is likely to happen and
the result is severe, as it affects every team members marks. In order to curb this
issue, designers have came to a conclusion to join at least 2 CDs together to provide
strength and absorb the shock better after the 1 meter vertical drop.

In conclusion, by following all the mitigations plan listed above, many major
problems with dreadful drawbacks can be reduced to an acceptable risk. This will
greatly help the company to acquire the best possible final product.
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Gantt Chart
TIMETABLE FOR DESIGNERS
TITAS Timetable
Written Assessment 6 1
Final Project 8 4
Project Presentation 12 2
Final Exams 16 1

Timetable For Engineering Students

Engineering Mechanics (Quizzies) 5 8
Calculus For Engineers (Oral Quiz), Engineering Mechanics (Mid Term), Engineering Mechanics
(Lab) 5 1
Engineering Materials (Lab) 6 1
Calculus For Engineer (Mid Term) 7 1
Engineering Materials (Test Module 1) 8 1
Calculus For Engineers (Workshop Assessment) 9 2
Engineering Materials (Lab) 11 2
Calculus For Engineers (Laboratory Assessment) 12 1
Final Exams (All Subjects) 16 2

Timetable For BTech Students

Hardware Fundamentals (Lab), OOPD (Lab) 5 9
Hardware Fundamentals (Mid Term), Linear Algebra 1 (Mid Term) 6 1
OOPD (Test 2) 9 1
Linear Algebra 1 (Test 2) 12 1
Final Exams (All Subjects) 16 2

EFPC (Designer's Work)

Group Action Plan (Presentation) 5 1
Designer's Tender Evaluation 8 2
Handover, Engineering Identity Reflection Preparation 10 1
Prototype Testing, Peer Presentation Feedback, Engineering Identity Reflection, Oral
Presentation Preparation 11 1
Unit Reflection, Oral Presentation 12 1
Gantt Chart 1: Designers schedules

TIMETABLE FOR CONTRACTORS

TITAS Timetable
Written Assessment 6 1
Final Project 8 4
Project Presentation 12 2
Final Exams 16 1

Timetable For Engineering Students

Engineering Mechanics (Quizzies) 5 8
Calculus For Engineers (Oral Quiz), Engineering Mechanics (Mid Term), Engineering Mechanics
(Lab) 5 1
Engineering Materials (Lab) 6 1
Calculus For Engineer (Mid Term) 7 1
Engineering Materials (Test Module 1) 8 1
Calculus For Engineers (Workshop Assessment) 9 2
Engineering Materials (Lab) 11 2
Calculus For Engineers (Laboratory Assessment) 12 1
Final Exams (All Subjects) 16 2

EFPC (Contractor's Work)

Group Action Plan (Presentation) 5 1
Contractor's Tender Evaluation 6 2
Construction Process 8 2
Handover, Engineering Identity Reflection Preparation 10 1
Prototype Testing, Peer Presentation Feedback, Engineering Identity Reflection, Oral
Presentation Preparation 11 1
Unit Reflection, Oral Presentation 12 1
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Chart 2: Contractors schedules

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