(This particular page is in English because this is both an actual pre-study around an idea and also very much exemplifying use of AI tools.) Actually initial brainstorming ended up with covering a number of different topics:

• Weather. Would be appropriate to improve on preparedness around winter storm and heavy snow falls.
  • With the global warming and climate change, scientists agree we will also face more extreme weather patterns. So even if winters are getting shorter, less snow in (e.g.) the Alps, and so on, and we have increasingly warmer winters also in Sweden, it still would be prudent to be better prepared.
• Front Loader. Big heavy machinery.
• Business Development – Team Building.
• AI. Learning capabilities, and weakness, using AI tools – me learning. And as example for others.

Background – The Seriously Bad Weather

January 2026 in Sweden starts with lots of snowing including around Berga Retreat & Sanctuary™ (BRS), and rather rarely experienced amounts around BRS – people talk about last seen this much snow maybe was 2008-2009 , or maybe a few years later – 2011-2012, and before that Spring of 1970 (March-April, timeframe when Bernard and Petter were born; took two tractors working two days to clear road up to Berga By and BRS).

Back to now – Jan 2026, BRS is completely snowed-in for a few days – 3 days actually (from Tue Jan 6 when snow started in the morning, to Fri Jan 9th) with no possibility to get anywhere, or anyone getting there. It took external crews to get there a few times of different days to work through it all to get at least some part accessible by cars. (Lots of snow, then briefly warmer, then cold again, making snow very hard to work with.)

Tue 2026-01-06 – Snowed-in car

(In other parts of Sweden it was even way more seriously bad – people in some areas were out of electricity for more than 10 days, and counting, chaos on roads, major interruptions in transportations of all sorts, trains, flights, … The bad weather extended down in other parts of Europe with people getting stuck on for instance Amsterdam airport for 4 days.)

In Sweden, national warnings went from normal all the way to ‘Red-level’ – the highest emergency level  (smhi.se/kunskapsbanken/meteorologi/varningar-och-meddelanden).

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DN 2026-01-09 English translation: ‘After the red snow warning: Quiet night in Ångermanland’; “Efter röda snövarningen: Lugn natt i Ångermanland” dn.se/sverige/efter-roda-snovarningen-lugn-natt-i-angermanland/

(I read the article on Jan 10, including found this picture including a front loader – perfect, see next:)

We Got a Front Loader …

… in the family. An older thing that our dad acquired way back and that is still around.

It does start after some luv-n-care and runs decently but has its issues – not really reliable enough to take out on roads, has a tendency to suddenly stop. (And would be a serious hassle to then get out of the way – would likely require heavy-duty towing operations – as it is a heavy piece of machinery.

(More on AI page)

(On topic of front loaders, yes – that is exactly what is in the background in photo above, DN 2026-01-09)

So, for getting this to be a more reliable tool, “some” work will be required.

Business Development – Team Building

We in the J&P Group that are contemplating new business ventures, and with that personnel and team building being part of mental equations, so…:

What a perfect task for a team building activity. For all participants to

• Be part of a group effort
• With huge benefits – and size, and weight – of final result: a reliable snow-moving beast.
• Potential to learn lots of both theory and practical skills
  • How things works
  • How to use various tools and techniques
    • We have a Master Class – Level Senior Professional and Subject Matter Expert readily available (we all know who)
  • Even learn how to operate heavy machinery – we have training grounds also readily available.

A T.BAM, think T.rex for snow.
(More on AI page)

AI, Example of Using Tools

See jandp.biz/projects/tbam26/ai/

Defining Project ID: TBAM26

From all this, hereby defining the project:

• Team Building Activity Michigan, and as idea came to life 2026, ’26 for short, so
  • TBAM26 : allocated official unique project ID
    • Note: allocated, not officially started project.
  • TBAM is ok for short abbreviation in daily discussions

Pre-study Activities – OPEN ⚠️

⚠️ WORK TO BE DONE

Feasibility, cost-benefit – what needs to be done and how much could it cost. The standard core project management constraints:

1. Scope
2. Time
3. Cost

Also: document as much as possible around:

1. Make and Model of front loader itself
2. Serial numbers, dates (when made), …
3. Details on major components, like engine (make, model)

i.e. details required for researching parts, costs, availability, replacements/alternatives, …