HR: 1340h
AN: G13B-1224    [Abstracts]
TI: Logistical Support for the Installation of the Plate Boundary Observatory GPS and Borehole Strainmeter Networks
AU: * Kurnik, C
EM: kutnik@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Austin, K
EM: austin@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Coyle, B
EM: coyle@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Dittmann, T
EM: dittman@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Feaux, K
EM: feaux@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Friesen, B
EM: friesen@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Johnson, W
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Mencin, D
EM: mencin@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Pauk, B
EM: pauk@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AU: Walls, C
EM: walls@unavco.org
AF: UNAVCO Inc., Plate Boundary Observatory, 6350 Nautilus Drive, Boulder, CO 80301, United States
AB: The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), part of the NSF-funded EarthScope project, is designed to study the three- dimensional strain field resulting from deformation across the active boundary zone between the Pacific and North American plates in the western United States. To meet these goals, UNAVCO will install 880 continuous GPS stations, 103 borehole strainmeter stations, 28 tiltmeters, and five laser strainmeters by October 2008. Such a broad network presents significant logisitical challenges, including moving supplies, equipment, and personnel around 6 million square kilometers, and this requires accurate tracking and careful planning. The PBO logistics chain includes the PBO headquarters at UNAVCO in Boulder, Colorado and five regional offices in the continental United States and Alaska, served by dozens of suppliers spread across the globe. These offices are responsible for building and maintaining sites in their region. Most equipment and supplies first arrive in Boulder, where they are tagged and entered into a UNAVCO-wide equipment database, assembled and quality checked as necessary, and sent on to the appropriate regional office. Larger items which are costly to store and ship from Boulder, such as batteries or long sections of stainless steel pipe and bar required for monuments, are shipped directly from the supplier to each region as needed. These supplies and equipment are also tracked through the ordering, delivery, installation, and maintenance cycle via Earned Value Management techniques which allow us to meet NSF and other Federal procurement rules. Early prototypes and assembly configurations aid the development of material and supply budgets. A thorough understanding of Federal procurement rules at project start up is critical as the project moves forward.
DE: 1299 General or miscellaneous (1709)
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting