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  • Renovation: don’t slam the door on B168!

    Renovation: don’t slam the door on B168!

    The SCE department prioritizes recycling and reusing materials when renovating a building. The large sectional door of Building 168 is a telling example. With a design characteristic of CERN’s architectural style, this building combines office areas, laboratory space, and an industrial workshop where the CMS crystals for the calorimeter were assembled, fondly known as the…

  • Prevessin Data Center’s integrated tests and heat recovery success

    Prevessin Data Center’s integrated tests and heat recovery success

    Building 775 has been renamed as Prévessin Data Centre. The project continues its course to a delivery and commissioning certificate to be signed before Christmas 2023. The tight phasing between the tests carried out with load banks and the transition to the tests including IT’s servers is going according to plan. The integrated tests commenced…

  • Update on the 777 project

    Update on the 777 project

    The project B777 continues to advance at good speed with the design conceptual phase now behind. The Phase 1 preliminary design was completed in September 2023 by the architectural and engineering firms responsible for the design contract. This important phase incorporates all project requirements, laying down and agreeing on the main architectural aspects, freezing the…