General Capabilities and Experience

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General Capabilities and Experience
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Applied Research and Engineering Sciences (ARES)
MISSION Provide superior quality products and
services on time and within budget
ARES Disciplines
Engineering
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Program Integration Control
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Risk/Safety and Mission Assurance
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ARES Continued Excellence In Performance
ARES customer focus and attention to
performance is resulting in 90 repeat business

• 2001 National Winner Small Business
  Administrations Subcontractor of the Year (sole
  winner)
• 2000 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
  Los Alamos National Laboratory
• 1999 United Space Alliance Small
  BusinessSubcontractor of the Year
• Numerous project awards (DOE, NASA, SBA)

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ARES Corporation Has Broad Capabilities
ARES applies the continuous risk management
process to engineering and project management

• Specialty equipment design
• New concept/technology evaluation
• Engineering modeling and design
• ASME qualification of tanksand piping
• Development of functions and operating
  requirements
• Electrical systems designand analysis
• Facility design andfabrication services
• Fluid systems design and analysis
• Instrumentation and control
• Nuclear engineering andradiological services
• Seismic analysis
• Value engineering services
• Waste tank failure analysis

• Safety Mission Assurance
• Risk assessment and management
• Reliability engineering
• Probabilistic/deterministic analysis
• Fault tree analysis
• Root cause analysis
• Uncertainty analysis
• Monte Carlo simulation
• Parametric analysis
• Failure modes and effects analysis
• Process hazard analysis
• Quality assurance
• Integrated health monitoring
• Threat and vulnerability assessments

• Customized database solutions
• Modeling and simulation
• Knowledge Management
• Web-based application design
• Software implementation and support services
• Software tools
• AVERT
• PRISM Project Manager
• PRISM Project Estimator
• VisualCM construction management system

• Integrated risk-based program control project,
  schedule and cost management
• Cost/Benefit analysis
• Cost estimating and uncertainty analysis
• Strategic planning
• Six Sigma process and training
• LEAN implementation
• Management and facilitation services
• Project management plans
• Project/process analysis

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ARES Client List
Client diversification brings best practices from
different industries
American Acryl Baker Hughes Battelle/Pacific
Northwest National Lab. Bechtel BWXT Idaho,
LLC BNFL Fuel Solutions BNFL Instruments British
Petroleum BWXT Pantex, LLC Celanese CH2M HILL
Hanford Group, Inc. Chavez-Grieves Consulting
Engineers, Inc COGEMA Engineering
Corporation DES Hanford, Inc. Department of
Energy Dow Chemical DynCorp Technical Services
LLC Fluor Daniel Northwest, Inc. Fluor Federal
Services - Hanford Johnson Controls Northern New
Mexico Kaiser Hill Company Lockwood Greene
Technologies, Inc. Los Alamos National
Laboratory Los Alamos Technical
Associates MACTEC, Inc. Merrick
Company Parsons Safe Sites of Colorado,
L.L.C. SAFR Systems Sandia National
Laboratories Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory Washington State Waste Management
Federal Services, Inc. Westinghouse Safety
Management Solutions
DOE Complex
Aerospace and Defense
Boeing Integrated Defense Defense Threat
Reduction Agency Department of Defense HQ
AFOTEC/RMC Honeywell Technology Solutions,
Inc. ITT Industries, Inc. Lockheed Martin Luke
AFB Motorola NASA/Glenn Research
Center NASA/Headquarters NASA/John C. Stennis
Space Center New Mexico Office for Space Northrop
Grumman Raytheon SAIC United Space
Alliance United States Air Force United States
Army
AEC and Extractive Industries
3M Company Alliance21 Alyeska Pipline Apex Silver
Mines Bayer Pharmaceutical Bechtel BNFL
Instruments BHP Copper Collahuasi Mines Columbia
Ventures Compania Minera Antamina Fluor Informatio
n Dynamics Kaiser Engineers Kvaerner Metals LANL
LLNL LSI Logic M3 Engineering MK-Ferguson Morrison
Knudsen Moscone Associates Newmont Gold
Company OBrien-Kreitzberg Parsons
Brinckerhoff Port of Galveston Port of
Oakland Port of Portland Schlumberger Stone
Webster Suncor URS
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ARES Integrated Project Controls Management
Capabilities
ARES utilizes experienced professionals,
best-practice methodologies and COTS or custom
project management software to produce
optimal Integrated Project Management Solutions

• Many advanced degrees
• Average 19 yearsof professional experience
• Government and commercial experience

• COTS software tools (Primavera, MSProject, etc.)
• Custom programming
• Specialized software tools
• Software implementation, training and support

ExperiencedProfessionals
Continuous Risk Management Process
IntegratedPM Solutions
ProjectManagement Software Tools

• Graded approach
• Off-the-shelf plans and procedures
• Customized/tailored
• All project life-cycle phases

Integrated Methodologies and Practices
To help clients plan, execute,and deliver
complex projectson budget and on schedule!
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ARES PIC Support At LANL

• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Pre-eminent U.S. Weapons Laboratory
• Annual budget 1.3 billion
• Numerous programs and projects
• Complex and hazardous projects and facilities
  (radioactive, toxic, explosive)
• ARES Support
• 1995 to present
• Overall project management system
• Plans and procedures
• PRISM EVMS software
• Graded approach
• Seconded personnel
• Schedule development
• Cost and schedule tracking
• Monthly reporting to DOE-HQ
• Other discrete tasks/special projects

B61 Nuclear Weapon
Radioactive Liquid Waste Project
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
ARES provides numerous owners agent services to
LLNLto optimize project performance and reduce
costs

• National Ignition Facility
• 3B laser fusion research facility
• Important National Security Mission
• High Visibility (DOE-HQ, OMB, Congress)
• Project Management
• Plans and procedures
• Project Execution Plan
• Configuration Management Plan
• Earned-Value Procedure
• Set up document control center and process
• Developed WBS
• Project Controls
• Schedule development
• Cost schedule tracking
• Monthly reporting
• Cost Estimating

CO-0031 Seal Welding
Revised Pricing of Change Orders
1,400.0
1,271.2
1,200.0
1,155.6
1,000.0
1,002.9
AEC
Change Order Price (1000)
Proposal
800.0
600.0
532.6
421.1
400.0
283.0
268.3
200.0
ARES
70.4
Estimate
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Total Amount
Change Order Revision
Saved from
AEC's First
Estimate
ARES saved over 2.5 million while serving in an
Owners-Agent capacity by providing independent
cost estimates and change order support
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Managing Program Risks
ARES provides program managers with objective
data for proactivemanagement of technical,
financial and schedule risks

• ARES has developed models to assess
• Technology risks
• Schedule risks
• Cost risks
• In an integrated manner to achieve
• optimal program solutions

Optimal Solution Space
Financial Risks Space Shuttle upgradesbenefit
vs. cost
Schedule Risks Likelihood of meeting schedule
Technical Risks PRA and faulttree analysis
EAPU Reliability Assessment
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Risk-Based Schedule And Cost Analysis
ARES identifies the tasks which contribute most
to cost and schedule risk
Likely Date Project Ready to Proceed

• ARES performs risk-based schedule analysis to
• Assess the likelihood ofmeeting schedule
  milestones
• Assess the major contributors to schedule
  uncertainty
• Provide recommendations for managementaction to
  minimize or mitigate risks

Actions identified for increasing schedule
completion likelihood to 0.8
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Safety and Risk Management
ARES has performed significant safety risk
managementpertinent to the ISS Program
Integration Control

• Currently performing Systems SafetyAssessment
  and Payload Safety for the ISS Payload
  Integration Contract
• Currently serving as prime contractor toNASA-HQ
  Office of Safety and MissionAssurance since 2000
• Previously performed Safety, Quality and Mission
  Assurance tools for USA including PRA on the
  competing designs of the Space Shuttle Electric
  Auxiliary Power Unit
• Currently providing risk management support for
  U.S. Missile Defense Program
• ARES key personnel include
• Former NASA ISS SMA department head
• Former Head of Spaceflight external advisory
  board for NASA HQ

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Probabilistic Risk Assessment Consequence Models

• ARES has performed twoof the largest
  probabilistic risk assessments in the world
• Weapon System SafetyAssessments for DoD
• The F-15 and F-16 fighter/bombers and the B-2A
  bomber
• Tasks
• Analyze nuclear weapon operations
• Estimate the likelihood of accident-induced
  plutonium dispersal during peacetime operations
• Determine the hazardous environments
• Increase operational safety(provide improved
  data to decision makers)

PRA for C130 crash
Tools and techniques are identicalto ISS PRA
tools and techniques
PRA for enclosed fires
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ARES Is Supporting Redstone Arsenal Kinetic
Energy Missile Programs

• Line of Sight Anti-Tank Missile (LOSAT)
• Independent Risk Assessment of Solid Rocket Motor
  Failure Investigation
• Cause and Effect
• FMEA of proposed solutions
• FTA
• Other Systems and Safety Analysis
• Compact Kinetic Energy Missile

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ARES Is Supporting NASAs Space Shuttle Life
Extension Program Through The Technology
Assessment Panel

• Review Technological Capabilities as Identified
  by Industry, Academia, and NASA Research
  Organizations
• Identify and Catalog Those Technologies That Have
  the Potential to Improve the Service Life
  Requirements of the Space Shuttle System,
  Defining the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for
  Each
• Assess to what Extent the Shuttle Can Be a
  Demonstration Platform for Technologies Required
  by Next Generation Systems

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ARES Is Supporting The NASANext Generation
Launch Technologies (NGLT) Program Office
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TECHNOLOGY READINESS ASSESSMENT
REVIEW RISK AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Gather Info Conduct Interviews Review
Plans Assess Compliance w/ MSFC Standards
TBCC
RS-84
Tech ..n
PRT
Analysis
Risk Tracking, Documentation Communication
Risk Planning
Risk Identification
Database
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ASSESS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION PROBABILITY
Vehicle Architectures
Propulsion Technologies (RS-84, TBCC, IP,D..)
Next Generation Requirements
Technologies / Architectures Selection Process
Technological Assessment
Evaluate Iterate
Qualitative Assessment
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ARES Is Providing Strategic Planning, Schedule
Assessment And Technical Assistance For NASA SSC

• Independent Assessment of E Complex Work
  Practices
• Critical issues identified, scored and mapped to
  improvement options
• Strategic Roadmap for the Propulsion Test
  Directorate
• Roadmap includes leadership, project management,
  engineering, test operations, information
  technology and cross-cutting work process
  strategic initiatives
• Risk-based Schedule Assessment for the RS-84
  LOX/Kerosene Main Injector Test Program
• Providing likelihood of meeting schedule
  milestones, major contributors to schedule
  uncertainty and strategies for minimizing risk
• Technical Assistance with Propulsion Component
  Problems

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ARES Is Providing Engineering Services To
NASA-LaRC With The ABB Team For Mods To The
Scramjet Arc-Heated Test Facility
DESIGN AND BUILD THE POWER SUPPLY
INSTALLATION SUBSYSTEM TESTING
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Power Supply Specification Requirements
Elect./Mech. Design

• Understanding
• of Arc Heater
• Facility
• Starting Methods
• Stability
• Performance
• Electrode Erosion
• Constraints

Packaging/Cabinets
Pulse No
Cooling
Thyristor Configuration
Transformer Cooling
Control Methodology
Thyristor Cooling
Inductance Selection
Harmonic Suppression
Power Factor Control
Kick Off Meeting
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Interim Design Review
Final Design Review
Design Review Cycle
ARES SCOPE OF SUPPLY INCLUDES
FINAL COMMISSIONING
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• Design Specifications and Drawings for
• Current Regulator Feedback Loop
• Power Supply Controls System Characteristics
• Dynamic Simulation of Power Supply Regulator
• Ensure Stability Throughout Operating Envelope
• Facility Commissioning Support
• Pre-Test Planning
• On-Site Support

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ARES Projects Span A Broad Cross-Section of
Clients, Technologies And Budgets
Canister Storage Bldg. Upgrade DESCRIPTIONUpgrad
ing storage facilityfor HLW waste
storage PROJECT VALUE 112 million DURATION 5
years SERVICES PROVIDEDDesign, scheduling,
estimating,safety analysis
Electrical Distribution Systems
Replacement DESCRIPTIONReplacement of 2400v
distribution system at college PROJECT VALUE
250,000 DURATION 7 months SERVICES
PROVIDEDDesign, estimating, outage management
scheduling
Cooling Tower Replacement DESCRIPTIONReplacement
PROJECT VALUE 4 million DURATION 16
months SERVICES PROVIDEDEngineering,
estimating, cost/scheduling, support during
construction
Waste Feed Delivery System DESCRIPTIONUpgrade
waste storage tanks pipelines for HLW
transfer PROJECT VALUE 438 million DURATION
7 years SERVICES PROVIDEDPreliminary
engineering, estimating, scheduling, design
support
Lawrence Livermore Natl. Laboratory DESCRIPTION
Most Powerful Laser in the World PROJECT VALUE
3 billion DURATION 4 years SERVICES
PROVIDEDQA/QC, estimating, scheduling, project
management
Los Alamos Cerro Grande FireRisk Reduction
Project DESCRIPTIONUpgrade the TA-50 TA-54to
minimize risks from future events PROJECT VALUE
29 million DURATION 4 years SERVICES
PROVIDEDConceptual design, estimating,
scheduling
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ARES Is Supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory
With Engineering Design Services

• Storage Tank and Structural Support Assembly
• Provide 3-D Model of Tank and Support Stand for
  Seismic Analysis
• Created Fabrication and Exploded Assembly
  Drawings
• Glove Box Design Support
• AutoCAD / SolidWorks File Interface Management
• Base Assembly Conceptual Design
• Weight Calculations
• Design Checking
• Pipe Routing Design

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