All Articles
-
HL-LHC procurement and current market situation
The High-Luminosity Project is finalising the transition from the prototyping phase into full construction mode and most of the activities in view of the series production for the HL-LHC hardware have already started across all work-packages. Procurement is closely following the baseline schedule of the project and is running in parallel to the project milestones.…
-
Status of civil engineering works and technical infrastructures
The civil engineering works is progressing well (the detailed progress status is shown in Figure 1). The underground works, including the metallic structures, have been fully completed at Point 1 in October 2021 and Point 5 in February 2022, with only one to two months of delay with respect to the contractual dates mainly due…
-
The IT String making big leaps towards its operation
The HL-LHC IT String is a major, intermediate milestone for the HL-LHC project ahead of the installation of the first cold powering systems in the LHC tunnel during LS3. The IT String will enable testing of the collective behavior of many new key hardware systems designed for the new era of the High Luminosity LHC.…