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Outcome of the 2018 Cost and Schedule review
The 3rd Cost & Schedule Review of the projects HL-LHC and LIU (LHC Injectors Upgrade) was held at CERN on 26th – 28th of March 2018. As usual, the panel is composed by the CMAC (CERN Machine Advisory Committee) members with the addition of a few other international experts as reviewers. The main outcome was…
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First Full Length Prototype of the 11T Dipole Magnet
The construction of the 5.5-m long 11T dipole prototype was completed in May this year after several years of intense work dedicated to the development and optimisation of the special tooling, and of the related manufacturing and inspection procedures. Most of the construction activities took place in the Large Magnet Facility in building 180 at…
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Groundbreaking for the Civil Engineering work at P1 and P5 of the LHC
Two contracts for the civil engineering works were adjudicated by the Finance Committee of March 2018 to a consortium MARTI TUNNELBAU, MARTI ÖSTERREICH and MARTI DEUTSCHLAND for the Point 1 works and to a consortium IMPLENIA SCHWEIZ, BARESEL and IMPLENIA CONSTRUCTION for the Point 5 works. At each point, the work consists of the construction…