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Cost & Schedule

Schedule:
	1999 - 2002	Research and Development
	2003 - 2006	Project Engineering Design
	2005	Long-Lead Procurement
	2006 - 2008	Facilities Construction, Startup
	2009	Start Operations

 

Cost:

The Linac Coherent Light Source makes use of the last 1/3 of the Two-Mile Linac at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, reducing the cost of construction by more than $300,000,000. The Department of Energy will establish a cost/schedule baseline for the LCLS Project in April 2004. Prior to establishment of the cost/schedule baseline, DOE uses a range for planning purposes: $220M-$260M Total Estimated Cost range, including - Design - Construction $265M-$315M Total Project Cost, including - R&D - Design and Construction (in the range $220M - $260M, as listed above) - Startup costs - Specialized spare components for operations maintenance

 

Planning and Authorization:

CD-0		CD-1 & CD-2a	CD-2b & CD-3a	CD-3b
FY2001	FY2002	FY2003	FY2004	FY2005	FY2006	FY2007	FY2008	FY2009
					Construction			Operation

The LCLS will be a project of the U.S. Department of Energy, in support of the mission of the DOE Office of Science and its Office of Basic Energy Sciences. A project must pass through several stages of approval or critical decisions within DOE as it progresses from proposal to construction to completion:

Critical Decision 0 establishes that the proposed project will be important to fulfillment of the mission of the DOE Office of Science.

Critical Decision 1 establishes acceptance of the project conceptual design and baseline range.

Critical Decision 2 establishes the baseline cost and schedule for the project. LCLS will receive Critical Decision 2 approval in two stages:
CD-2A established the cost and schedule for long-lead procurement in 2005
CD-2B will establish the baseline for the entire project

Critical Decision 3 authorizes the start of construction.

Critical Decision 4 establishes the completion of the project and authorizes the start of operations.

Critical Decision 0 – Mission Need June 13, 2001
Critical Decision 1 – Preliminary Baseline Range October 16, 2002
Start Project Engineering Design October 2002
Critical Decision 2a – Long-Lead Procurement Budget July 2, 2003
Critical Decision 2b – Performance Baseline April 2004
Critical Decision 3a – Start Long-Lead Procurements August 2004
Fund Long-Lead Procurements October 2004
Critical Decision 3b – Start Construction August 2005
Fund Construction October 2005
Construction Complete End of FY2008