T-12 reloaded

22-2-2008 (Day Negative 40)

The Green Team made a trip back to Singapore Polytechnic today and met up with Mr Chen Shu Kai for the first time. He was our new designated liaison since Mr Battul had to leave for Japan for a work assignment and could not make it for the second recce trip.

Our objective for today was to gauge the feasibility of the Solar Lab at T-12 rooftop, and also to explore the possible options that we had for our battery room.

The site was revisited:

There was sufficient roof space for several systems to be installed, and little shading posed from the surroundings since it was one of the tallest buildings in that area.


As for the battery room, the most viable option was to utilize the space in front of the lift landing. This narrow corridor near the lift landing was also considered.


Even the store room was not spared in our search for room space. This is the entrance to the storeroom, taken from the earlier site visit when Mr Battul was around:

However, it was not a good choice since the room was far too small, already filled with stores, and would be accessed by other workers. We wouldn't have much space to play around with here.
After our short meeting with Shu Kai, the dimensions and placement for the room were quickly proposed:

And below is our artistic impression of how the room would be utilized. It's quite artistic, considering that this came from a bunch of engineers:


Updated 27 Feb: Shu Kai informed that the entire construction process would take only about 3 weeks once the design is confirmed. That was great news! We had expected it to be much longer.

The excellent coordination from Shu Kai had made things very easy for us so far. With the battery room construction now in progress, the whole project is right back on track. The Solar Lab finally has a home!