Category: Issue 04
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COVID-19 Impact on Schedule and Update on Civil Engineering Works
The COVID-19 restrictions have impacted the schedules of the LS2 and of the HL-LHC activities. Concerning the LS2 schedule, the hardware commissioning of LHC should be completed by March 2021 for all sectors except the S67, where the installation of the first 11-T dipole cryo-assembly is foreseen during the first quarter of 2021, postponing the…
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Report from the November Cost & Schedule Review
The 4th Cost & Schedule Review (CSR) of the HL-LHC project was held at CERN from 11th to 13th November 2019. The review panel was composed as usual by CERN Machine Advisory Committee (CMAC) members and ad-hoc experts. The goal of this fourth CSR was to assess the development of the baseline since the first…
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COVID-19, CERN and HL-LHC
After having observed the first cases of illness in Italy and the following isolation measures, the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, causing the severe respiratory illness COVID-19, became a subject of major concern in Europe during February 2020. The authorities reacted with public information campaigns with a focus on physical distance, hand hygiene and when to consult a…
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Update on Collaboration Agreements and Report from the Collaboration Board at the Last Annual Meeting
After the last Collaboration Meeting in Fermilab in October 2019, there have been several important developments in collaboration matters. The 2019 LIU/HL-LHC Cost and Schedule Review outcome was very positive with inclusion in the baseline of the various pending options that were all items to be procured via collaboration agreements. That allowed the settlement of…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status – Issue 4
Dear HiLumi collaborators, The period following the 9th Collaboration Meeting in Fermilab, 14-17 November 2019, has been exceptionally rich in events. The most striking has certainly been the COVID-19 emergency, with long periods of lockdown almost everywhere. Although work has resumed at CERN and in most laboratories, the consequences go far beyond the lockdown time.…