Infrastructure Zone Audit 9-28-15

Basic Info

• Zone: Infrastructure Zone
• Coordinator: Evan Allen
• Square footage used: 0

Facilities Needs

• Power
  • <power for air compressor>
  • <power for network stuff and server>
  • <potential power for heaters>
  • <power for HVAC>
• Compressed Air
  • Not Applicable (I supply it, none of my stuff uses it)
• Ventilation
  • Most roof vents work and HVAC functional, bathroom vent non-functional and at least one roof vent also non-functional (need all working)
• Water - water heater and shop sink need it, sufficiently supplied
• Sewer - shop sink needs a drain (and has one)
• Lighting
  • Lights over the sink, network hardware, and electrical panels
• Network/server space
  • Switches and wireless is antiquated and if they fail parts are not readily available, upgrades needed to both wired and wireless networking
  • Server use is adequate, no upgrades projected soon (again, I supply it)
• Gas - Heaters, HVAC, and hot water use it (all sufficient)

Environmental Needs

• AC - NO
• climate control - NO
• Heat – Only as much as the rest of the shop
• Acoustic Need - NO
• Noise Produced - YES (air compressor)
• Needs clean environment - NO
• Produces mess - NO
• Chemical hazards - NO
• PPE needed - NO
• Fire hazards - NO

Scope & Direction

• Scope
  • To provide the needed backbone for all zones in the space. To make systems easier to use and maintain. To automate as much as possible for maintenance and daily use.
• Goals
  • Primary: Have all tools provided with the needed resources to run.
  • Secondary: Upgrade things that are insufficient or near failure.
  • Tertiary: Create systems that require less user intervention to operate.
• Equipment, and how it fits into the scope
  • Air compressor – provide everyone with clean, dry air
  • Network equipment – Provide internet to anywhere in the space that needs it
  • Heaters – keep people in the shop year-round working
  • Shop sink – where things of reasonable size can be washed
  • Server – Where zones can put servers they need (storage, running zone-specific software, security cameras)
• What should the zone NOT be used for?
  • This zone is the definition of an enabler, it makes no judgments on you. (but no crypto-currency mining or distributed computing on the server please)

• Direction for 2016
  • Expand the shop air line to a wider pipe, fix leaks
  • Install some more power drops where requested
  • Better grounding for the bigger tools
  • Get better sump pumps (CNC zone one seems to have failed) and have backup power
  • Utilize solar resources we have to supply backup DC power
  • Shrink todo list

Interaction/Synergy with other zones - cross utilization of resources

• Compute zone – VMs run on HARDAC, use of terminal to check on the networked resources
• Fab Lab – VMs run on HARDAC, use of space under desk to store server equipment
• Everyone - uses power, air, network, etc...

Similar equipment in the space

• Sky zone - entire thing could reasonably be a subset of the infrastructure zone

Traffic

• Unique member usage – All of them
• Frequency/hours of use – Constantly
• Number of trainers - None
• Number of classes held – None
• Attendance at classes – None

Coolness

• External recognition – None
• Notable/documented projects made in the zone – None
• Maker Faire projects/Press – None
• Attractive for new members - NO

Self-sufficiency - Does the zone make enough in donations to support itself for new materials?

• No, the only consumables in this zone are covered in pot-lock and other budgeting

Major issues with zone operation

• Unused/underused equipment and why
  • None
• Equipment with repeated downtime and why
  • Ceiling vents - there was thought to be an insect nest, but it was a myth
• Other issues
  • Tasks are actually pretty well defined to make the zone better, but hands are sometimes hard to find at the right times.