Tower crane slide show

Tower crane images

Views of the Tower Crane

Organizational Processes for TPP

Skill Module- Group Problem Solving
- Principles
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Skills
- Brainstorming
- Facilation and mediation
- Process improvement

Brainstorming Principles
- Clarify what will be done with the priorities before using any of the above

A process Improvement Model
- Aim
- Reality
- Root Causes
- Improvement options
- Value- added implementation
- Evaluation

Tower crane

A crane is a lifting machine, generally equipped with a winder (also called a wire rope drum), wire ropes or chains and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of a human. Cranes are commonly employed in the transport industry for the loading and unloading of freight, in the construction industry for the movement of materials and in the manufacturing industry for the assembling of heavy equipment.

The engineer design process

- Creative process
- Problem solving - the big picture
- No single "correct" solution
- Technical aspects only small part

Elements of Design the process

- Problem Identification
- Research Phase
- Requirements Specification
- Concept Generation
- Design Phase
- Prototyping phase
- System Intergration
- Maintenance Phase

Needs Identification

- What is the problem?
1. Collect Information
2. Interpret information
3. Organize needs hierarchy
4. Determine relative importance of needs
5. Review outcomes and process

Problem Statement

Example 2.1

- Need: Drivers have difficulty seeing obstructions in all directions.
- Objective: design system to avoid accidents

Concept Generation and Evaluation

- Explore many solutions
. Brainstrom

- Select the best solution
. Based on needs and constraints

- Creativity
. Development of new ideas

- Innovation
. Bringing creative ideas to reality

Concept Generation
- Substitue
- Combine
- Adapt
- Modify
- Put to other use
-Elimate
- Rearrange or reverse

Design Group (Team)
- Engineering projects require diverse skills
- This creates a need for group (team) work

- Select members based on skills
1. Technical
2. problem- solving
3. Interpersonal

Project Management

- Define for each activity
1. Work to be done
2. Timeframe
3. Resoures
4. Responsible persons
5. Previous depenedent activities
6. Checkpoints/ deliverables for monitoring progress

Chapter 8 Quiz 4