1. Production and installation plan Construction sharing Production plan Installation sequence Material procurement P. Campana LNF – LHCb Muon EDR Cern April 16 th, 2003

2. Production share SiteChambers no. (*) TypeStart datePRR PNPI1423M2R4 – M3R4July, 2003Sept, 2003 LNF290M1R3 – M1R4 – M3R3 – M5R3 July, 2003Sept, 2003 CERN79M2R1R2 – M3R1R2July, 2003Sept, 2003 FERRARA264M1R4 – M2R3 – M4R3 M4R1R2 – M5R1R2 October, 2003to be settled FLORENCE211M5R4January, 2004to be settled PNPI2211M4R4June, 2004to be settled (*) 10% spare included (exact amount of spares to be quantified)

3. 10% by March ’04 50% by February ’05 100% by May ‘06 Assuming : Training periods 10% spare 80% global efficiency of each site (holidays included)

6. Important milestones: Muon filter ready: 12/2004 Gantry and Support structures ready: 6/2005 Muon chamber and electronics installation completed: 7/2006 Muon System commissioned: 9/2006 Installation Overview

7. Production and installation sequence

8. Material procurement flow PANELS

9. Material Specifications

10. Preproduction organization Prepare material for the startup of CERN, PNPI, LNF, Ferrara (5% of production) and ensure a safe margin before large tenders are completed (hopefully by beginning ’04) This plan already financed by INFN in 2003

11. By the end of April - mid May sending out orders for Fr4 panels and cathode pads HV bars Lateral and closing bars Gas connectors Panel preparation (300 pieces) R & C Consumable material (glue, pins, etc...) (100 km of wire already in hand) In June we should start panel preparation

12. “Back of the envelope” costs numerology Total cost of the material for MPWC (as of today) : 2.2 MSF No. of chambers : 1400 (approx, incl some spare) Cost per chamber = 1.57 ksf Active area covered 470 m2 (x 4 wire layers) Cost per m2 = 4.7 ksf

13. Conclusions The production plan is at a good level of understanding and will be validated by the experience to be acquired with the startup (>> yield) We acknowledge the tightness of the plan, although we would like to stick to it as much as possible as the contingency of the production is very little A potential problem is represented by the long time needed for material procurement both for the complicated financial environment of the LHCb Muon System (after Brasil default) and the bureaucracy of tenders A green light on an item today means having it not earlier than six-to- eight months. This is a difficult problem for procurement and we are thinking how to circumvent it