ALS Top-off upgrade project information

Papers describing the project progress:

• Light source note summarizing the results of user tests to study sensitivity of ALS beamlines on injection transients/orbit glitches (July 2004, Warwick, Robin, Steier)
• Overview of top-off upgrade plans at EPAC 2004: David Robin, et al.
• Stray Field Reduction in ALS Eddy Current Septum Magnets, PAC 2005, Derek Shuman, et al.
• Beam Loss Simulation Studies for ALS Top-Off Operation, PAC 2005, Hiroshi Nishimura, et al.
• Investigations, Experiments, and Implications for Using Existing Pulse Magnets for 'topoff' Operation at the Advanced Light Source, PAC 2005, Greg Stover, et al.
• Diagnostic Systems Plan for the Advanced Light Source Top-Off Upgrade, PAC 2005, Tom Scarvie, et al.
• Status of the Top-off Upgrade of the ALS, EPAC 2006, C. Steier, D. Robin, T. Scarvie
• Status of the Top-off Upgrade of the ALS, PAC 2007, C. Steier, et al.
• ALS Top-off Simulation Studies for Radiation Safety, PAC 2007, H. Nishimura, et al.

Talks related to the top-off upgrade:

• David Robin's talk at January 2003 SPB meeting
• David Robin's talk at March 2004 UEC meeting
• David Robin's talk at BESSY in October 2004
• David Robin's talk at September 2005 ALS all-hands meeting
• Christoph Steier's talk at the October 2005 ALS user meeting
• Christoph Steier's talk at the July 2006 ESG/SSG meeting
• Christoph Steier's technical overview talk (July 2006)

Internal Project Documentation

Project Organization

• Organization Chart (2005-3-16)
• Talk on project organization (Christoph Steier) (February 24, 2005)
• List of project account IDs and 05/06 spending profile (February 24, 2005)

Cost/Schedule

• Cost Estimate including 05/06/07 split (February 24, 2005), (spending in FY07 at the moment is delayed scope)
• Schedule as of 11/1/2005: PDF version of Schedule, MS project version of Schedule
• There is also a collection of some older versions of the schedule

Project Progress/Execution

• Change control documentations
• Monthly Reports: Cost, progress, problems, ...
• Risk registry: (Excel version, PDF version)

Project Reviews:

Comprehensive project review (November 22+23, 2004)

Radiation Safety Review (April, 2007)

Meeting minutes and talks at the EE meetings during the CDR phase

• List of available meeting information (2003/2004)