The third edition of the HiLumi Industry Day took place in Warrington, a few minutes away from Daresbury Laboratory, in May 2017. This two-day event jointly organised by CERN and STFC gathered some 200 participants from 17 European countries.

The key highlights of the Civil Engineering work include the completion of the preliminary design of the civil engineering works at Point 1 and Point 5 at the end of 2016 by the external Consultants.

Following the re-baselining exercise for the HL-LHC project in June 2016, the HL-LHC project implemented several scope changes ith respect to the PDR that was issued at the end of the EU funded HiLumi Design Study.

The 6th HL-LHC Collaboration Board took place during the 6th HL-LHC Annual Meeting in November 2016, jointly organized by CEA and CERN in Paris, France.

During a measurement campaign in 2017 at the LHC, it was clearly demonstrated for the first time the beam lifetime improvement due to a compensation of the beam-beam long range effects, using DC current baring wires.

The 2018 Chamonix workshop featured three sessions for the HL-LHC project. The sessions at Chamonix provided the first chance for a technical and performance review of the project following the re-baselining in 2016.

The 3rd Cost & Schedule Review of the projects HL-LHC and LIU 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

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.

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

This year, it will finally become possible to descend to the underground areas of the HL-LHC by lift, at Point 5 before the summer season and at Point 1 in November.