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The goal of the Automated Materials List is to calculate the volume of concrete needed, areas of components that will be made out of bricks (these areas can be divided by the area of one brick to see how many bricks are needed), lengths and sizes of pipes, number of plastic sheets for the lamella, etc. The final Materials List should act as a rough outline for on-site construction and facilitate the job of the engineers and planners. This program requires inputs from the user and from the design assumptions to compute the necessary calculations. Currently, the List calculates the total materials needed for construction and various dimensions for different components of the plant.
The output of the Design Tool now includes a dedicated Materials List section in the Design Specifications document, comprised of important variables from the Entrance Tank, Flocculation Tank, and Sedimentation Tank. Engineers designing plants will now be able to estimate how much material is needed to construct the different components of the plant, including the walls of the various tanks and channels, lengths and sizes of PVC pipe, corrugated plastic sheets for the lamella, and valves and adapters. This will allow them to have a better idea of what is needed to construct an AguaClara plant. The Materials List will continue to be updated based on feedback from the engineers in Honduras so that it provides information that is most useful to them in the construction process. Since the values are specific to the plant being designed, it serves as a personalized link between the AguaClara team, the Automated Design Tool, and the creators of the plant.
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