Tag: WP17 – Infrastructure, Logistics and Civil Engineering

  • CERN acquires four new buildings for the High-Luminosity LHC | home.cern

    CERN acquires four new buildings for the High-Luminosity LHC | home.cern By Thomas Hortala (CERN) on home.cern Four buildings set to house technical infrastructure for the future accelerator were delivered to CERN by contractors between June and September. Read on home.cern. Related photos: link. Read more news

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  • Photographing the HL-LHC | Symmetry

    Photographing the HL-LHC | Symmetry By Samuel Hertzog in Symmetry Magazine A CERN photographer and videographer writes about his experiences documenting the ongoing upgrade that will turn the Large Hadron Collider into the High-Luminosity LHC. Read in Symmetry Magazine Read more news

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  • The High-Luminosity LHC project takes shape at Point 1

    The High-Luminosity LHC project takes shape at Point 1 By Thomas Hortala (CERN) The construction of an underground cavern at Point 1, which will house equipment for the High-Luminosity LHC, has been successfully completed. Read on home.cern, and available on CERN Alumni Related photos: link. Related video: link. Read more news

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  • An HL-LHC gallery section ready for painting!

    An HL-LHC gallery section ready for painting! The HL-LHC civil engineering works at Point 1 are progressing day by day. The UA17 section shown on the photo is ready for painting. The diameter of this gallery is about 6 m. The two walls at the back-side correspond to the mobile-shielding walls with openings of 1.5-m wide.

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  • A breakthrough for high luminosity

    A breakthrough for high luminosity The underground structures of the High-Luminosity LHC have been connected to the LHC tunnel. Read on home.cern Read more news

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  • The HL-LHC underground structures and the LHC tunnel are connected!

    The HL-LHC underground structures and the LHC tunnel are connected! Read on home.cern Read more news

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  • High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres underground

    High-Luminosity LHC: diggers at work 100 metres underground One hundred metres underground, excavation work is under way for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider project. CERN Bulletin , phys.org Video Read more news

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  • First civil-engineering milestone passed for the High-Luminosity LHC

    First civil-engineering milestone passed for the High-Luminosity LHC Excavation of the two new shafts for the HL-LHC at points 1 and 5 of the accelerator has been completed, CERN Bulletin. A montage of three photos showing an excavator in one of the two shafts that were dug for the High-Luminosity LHC (Images: © Antonino Panté, antoninopante.com.

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  • A new step for High-Luminosity LHC

    A new step for High-Luminosity LHC During a public visit, the HL-LHC collaborators saw the progress on the civil engineering works, where in that moment the excavations had reached 30 metres at Point 1 and 25 metres at Point 5, Accelerating News | Issue #27. Read more news

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  • Ground-breaking ceremony for the High-Luminosity LHC

    Ground-breaking ceremony for the High-Luminosity LHC The earthmovers are at work on the ATLAS site in Meyrin and at CMS in Cessy, digging the new shafts for the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). Read on home.cern And : Accelerating News, Issue #25 Read more news

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