Anything i know of is commercial, however a former client of mine "48.3 Scaffold", are specialists in the design of scaffolding for such projects. I expect their professional help will save your friend some time and money.
fyi, they have solid credentials.
Joseph Bennie
On 15 Oct 2013, at 14:23, Roger Munford <rogermunford@???> wrote:
> A friend of mine is involved in solar installations and has landed a large job installing 24,000 panels on a single roof.
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> The whole project requires moving panels and other components over this enormous roof plus installation time. It also requires the construction of temporary walkways to achieve this.
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> Is there a software package that could help to optimise materials and labour or a perhaps reference to algorithms to help me evaluate this?
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> Regards
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> Roger
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