Triennial Report 2003 - CHARMEC

ests Group’s payments to charmec should be settled.According to these eight agreements, charmec wouldinvoice at the six points of time 2000-10-01, 2001-03-01,2001-09-01, 2002-03-01, 2002-09-01 and 2003-03-01.A corresponding agreement was reached in December2000 between Banverket and Chalmers University ofTechnology ab in which Banverket’s cash investmentfor the three-year period is ksek 5250. According to thisagreement, charmec would invoice ksek 875 at the sixpoints of time specified above. In addition, Banverketwould make an in-kind investment valued at ksek 1500.Another agreement was reached in March-April 2001between Banverket and Chalmers/charmec on the vb5project “Wave propagation under high-speed trains” inwhich Banverket’s cash contribution is ksek 1365 duringStage 3 and ksek 385 during the first part of Stage 4.According to the agreement, charmec would invoiceduring Stage 3 at the five points of time 2001-05-01,2001-09-01, 2002-03-01, 2002-09-01 and 2003-03-01. Theamounts are ksek 227.5 on 2001-05-01 and 2001-09-01,ksek 262.5 on 2002-03-01 and 2002-09-01, and ksek 385on 2003-03-01. An agreement to invoice ksek 220 on2000-09-01 had already been reached during Stage 2.During the spring 2002, Banverket decided to contribute,in addition to the above, 50% of the fundingrequired for the two track switch projects ts7 andmu14, i e ksek 450 (Stage 3)+ksek 600 (Stage 4), andksek 400 (Stage 3) + ksek 750 (Stage 4), respectively.Further, during the autumn 2002, Banverket decided tocontribute to the project sp7 “Lateral track stability”ksek 300 + ksek 365 during Stages 3 and 4, respectively.The amounts ksek 450 +ksek 400 +ksek 300 for Stage 3are included in the budget shown in Table 1.Chalmers University of Technology also supports itscompetence centres financially. During Stage 3, the sumof ksek 2250 was allocated for charmec.An agreement was reached in January 2003 betweensl Infrateknik ab and Chalmers University of Technol-Table 2. Budgeted and used cash and in-kind contributions (kSEK) during Stage 3, with Industrial Interests Group (includingBanverket) and Chalmers shown separately, for each programme area and for management and administration. CHARMEC’sprogramme areas for Stage 2 are TS = Interaction of train and track, VB = Vibrations and noise, MU = Materials andmaintenance, SD = Systems for monitoring and operation, EU = Parallel EU projects, and SP = Parallel special projectsProgramme area Cash In-kind industry In-kind Chalmers TotalBudget Used Budget Used Budget Used Budget UsedTS 9 150 9 919 1 250 2 049 2 650 2 650 13 050 14 618VB 6 660 6 350 2 000 2 432 2 250 2 250 10 910 11 032MU 12 975 13 947 2 450 2 240 6 300 6 300 21 725 22 487SD 5 825 4 553 1 900 1 880 2 550 2 550 10 275 8 983EU 3 500 3 500 – – 1 500 1 500 5 000 5 000SP 935 600 – – – – 935 600Management 4 400 4 639 – – 2 900 2 900 7 300 7 539total 43 445 43 508 7 600 8 601 18 150 18 150 69 195 70 259Note 1The costs corresponding to the cash contributions 2 × keur 45 from vae ag and voestalpine Schienen GmbH(see page 59) are ksek 250 (ts) + ksek 550 (mu). These costs are not included in Table 2 (under Cash, Used)Note 2 Management also includes ksek 200 to support the conference cm2003, see page 62Note 3The balance in cash to be transferred to charmec’s Stage 4 by 2003-06-30, including the interest paid in, isksek 43,893 + 207 – 43,445 = 65577