ME310C

Mission 19: Spring Hunting Plan

Team Volvo CE
Project Background
In the future recycling and reusing material will be required for demolition and construction projects as
creating new material will be significantly more expensive than reusing material. Additionally
construction sites will become tighter as urban development becomes denser.

Problem Statement
Currently there is a lot of recycling and reuse of materials done today, however they are all done off site
which means lots of trucking. This causes pushback from the communities, increased cost, and negative
impacts on the community.

Need Statement
Materials need to be stored onsite more efficiently to allow recycling and reuse of materials to be done
onsite.

Solution Statement
By creating a modular storage device, the footprint of the material stored onsite can be decreased
allowing for more room onsite for equipment to perform the reuse and recycling of materials.

Goal for EXPE

Six panels and a bottom in final materials and manufacturing quality. Tested either through Stanford
Constructions or Watershed Materials.

Critical Questions
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Dumping Mechanism
Connecting Panels
Material Selection
Connection to Lifting Machine (e.g. excavator, wheel loader)

April 16: Part X - Finished Panel Design

April 23: Finished Bottom Design, designs sent to be manufactured

Date
April 2

Team
Tech

April 3

Business Prepare for Volvo business meetings

***Send the following by email:
- Meetings organized and key people identified
- Detailed list of questions prepared for review at meeting
Tech
Mechanisms complete including:
- Bottom
- Hinges/panels
- Stacking
- Lifting

April 7

April 14 All

Tasks Due
Design development
- Critical systems to test identified
- Testing plan finished
- Functionality decided

Outline business model canvas for an urban site

- Report findings of Volvo business meetings
- Rough draft of business model canvas
Mechanical design done
- Finished CAD drawings
- Critical systems tested and validated
- Materials specified and suppliers identified

April 21 Tech

April 28 All

Manufacturing plans due

- Suppliers contacted and begin work
- Prices quoted
- Engineering drawings finished and printed and ready to begin
machining
First draft of pop up factory complete
- Spec all components
- Compile a list of prices and dimensions of each product
Begin reviewing what should be included in the segment map
- Include features that we think the NIX can deliver
- Don't forget to add the 310X from last year
Business case ready for final revisions
- Includes hard numbers
- Should be compelling enough by itself to sell the product

May 21

Stanford Begin Stanford final documentation

- Record new findings from Volvo Sweden
- Add product design development