The EISCAT Svalbard Radar Project

The EISCAT Svalbard Radar is being built up in several phases and should finally incorporate at least two antennas and a peak power greater than 1 MW. Phases 1 and 2, as determined at the Council meeting in May 1992, consist of one antenna, a 500 kW transmitter and the main infrastructure, such as building etc.

In order to allow proper planning, tracking of critical developments as well as providing a base-line for internal guidance of the project performance a Project Management Plan had been implemented. This initial Project Management Plan for the EISCAT Svalbard Radar consisted of 17 main Work Packages:

	01	Management and Organization
	02	System Specifications
	03	RF Generation (Transmitter)
	04	Antenna(s) and Receivers (analog)
	05	Hardware Monitor and Control
	06	Receiver (digit.), Data Acquisition
	07	Computing, Software and Basic Data Processing
	08	Exciter
	09	Basic Infrastructure
	10	Logistics
	11	Communications
	12	Quality and Reliability Control
	13	Financial and Business Matters
	14	On-site Installation
	15	On-site Performance Analysis
	16	Transition into Operation
	17	Operational Maintenance

The work packages have been precisely developed and specified. They are described in more detail in the Baseline Description Document, which was prepared after the ESR Design Review meeting at the end of 1992. A Project Management Plan presents details of milestones, and is included in the Baseline Description Document (BDD). Management Meetings to coordinate the work between the different work packages are regularly held. The milestone schedule, published in the BDD, should allow to begin test operation of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar at the end of 1995.

As noticed from the historical development, planning for the EISCAT Svalbard Radar has speeded up in the year 1992 as much as the personnel resources and some additional funds allowed. The effect on the present EISCAT became more noticeable, but it can be stated that the operation of the present EISCAT systems is generally secure and can continue. This is under the assumption that the existing staff and financial resources will remain available and major system failures will not happen. Certain effects cannot be excluded, such as the already effective reduction of accounted operating time to 1500 hours per year, the freezing of evolution of the present system and minimization of visitors' support.

At the end of 1992 EISCAT had 35 staff positions, distributed over the sites in Sodankylä, Tromsø, and Kiruna as well as Headquarters. About one third of this regular staff was involved in the ESR preparations. One radar engineer and a project administrator were available as additional staff for the ESR in 1992. The Council agreed in November 1992 to increase the temporary ESR staff by an additional radar engineer and a programmer.

The total project costs were budgeted at 123 MSEK in beginning of November 1992. This included investment and recurrent costs. The funds available from new contributions from EISCAT Associates were budgeted at 98 MSEK (11.11.93). Further 9 MSEK are taken over a five years period from the regular capital investment and 16 MSEK from the regular recurrent operating chapter of the EISCAT budget.

Document: ANRE92A.DOC (part)

Created: 6.11.93

By: Jürgen Röttger

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