Final Conclusions:

Following discussion and observation of the other presentations, the following points were brought forth for future consideration when conducting a similar project.

- Much of the research, analysis and development of our design provided a sound basis for our tender proposal.
- However, following our presentation of the proposal it was evident that certain elements had not been fully developed.

• Our costings did not take labour, production and profit margins into account, and as a  result were incomplete leading to a misleading quote for the price of our crane.
•  In retrospect the crane, although fulfilling the brief, could have been more ingenious in solution, unfortunatly the analysis of some of the more complex designs initially left us confused, and contained many mistakes, so the simplest option was seen as the most logical choice as it could be pursued to its full potential. 

-  On a positive note, the group did work well together, the group members worked to their strengths with romi and andy focussing on the basic design and stress analysis elements of the process, allowing the other group members to complete separate tasks such as further research to assist the analyses and solve problems encountered as we went along.
- The schedule was kept on top of with regular meetings, and individual taskings, ensuring that the project at no point fell behind its originally planned timescale.

A. Compton.
J. Collins.