Tag: Schedule
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Long Shutdown 3 incoming: installations already heating up in the HiLumi LHC galleries
Since the summer of 2025 installations in the new High-Luminosity (HiLumi) LHC surface buildings and underground galleries at Points 1 and 5, and preparations for de-installation and installation works in Long Shutdown 3 (LS3), have been progressing at a high pace. On the surface, the installation of the cooling and ventilation systems in the SU…
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Optimising HL-LHC activities for the LS3 schedule
The LS3 LHC schedule, including the HL-LHC activities, was presented at the LS3 Readiness Review on 11-13thSeptember 2024. Following this review, a significant update was announced: LS3 will commence in the LHC on 29thJune 2026. By then, the critical path duration for the LS3 LHC in-work schedule was 51.5 months. Thanks to an intense optimisation…
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Update of project status
The HL-LHC project has continued to make impressive progress since the annual meeting in Genoa at the end of 2024. In particular I would like to highlight here the celebrations for the first Beam Screen being completed at CERN, the successful repair of the prototype RFD Crab Cavity cryo-module and its on-time installation in the…
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Planning of the 2024 Annual Meeting and Cost & Schedule Review
Our annual HiLumi Cost & Schedule Review (CSR) will take place between the 11th and 14th November. After another lively procurement year, where commitments are expected to reach 74% of the budget at completion by the end of the year, we need to consolidate the status of the full project for what might be the…
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Long Shutdown 3 schedule and readiness review
The HL-LHC Project will culminate with the accomplishment of a very demanding installation phase during the Long Shutdown 3 (LS3). To assess the project’s readiness, a tracking process on the expected availability of equipment has been implemented. The careful follow-up of this installation schedule float plays an important role in the strategical decision-making process. It…
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LHC operational status
Figure 1: Photograph of the dispersion suppressor collimator (TCLD) installed in the dispersion suppressor region around ALICE. A standard 15m-long connection cryostat is replaced by two shorter connection cryostats and a bypass module that enables installation of a warm collimator. Since the restart of the LHC for its third operational run in 2022 (Run 3),…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status
The project has reached several key milestones since the last newsletter. Among the many achievements, I would like to highlight here the celebrations for the successful validation of the CERN MQXFB quadrupole improvement plan and the successful validation of the first two magnets destined for direct installation in the tunnel (MQXFB03 and MQXFB04), the delivery…
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Update on the HL-LHC Project Status
The project reached several key milestones since the last Newsletter. Among the many achievements I would like to highlight here the celebration for the completion of all Civil Engineering work in January at CERN. The new underground structures have been completed by the end of 2022 and the new surface buildings at P1 and P5…
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Planning of the CSR’23
The now annual Cost & Schedule review 2023 will take place between the 13th and the 17th of November. As requested by the ATS management, this will be an extended edition, alternating with the ‘light’ version held in 2022. This year, most work-packages will be asked to present their budget, schedule, and changes therein, as…
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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.…