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30 October 2017

Last week on the construction site, the first casting of the heavy concrete fill between the Target (D02) Monolith walls was successfully completed. The iron ore-infused concrete is indeed heavy, weighing in at an astonishing four tonnes per cubic metre. The backup concrete station for the Target’s Active Cells wall castings was prepared for production, and the massive casting job there is ready to proceed this week.

Steel core piling continues in the area between the Accelerator and Target (A2T), and reinforcement work progressed on the large instrument hall slabs either side of the Target Station (D01 and D03).

Clay backfill of the Accelerator Tunnel (G01) slope is nearing completion in preparation for seed planting this fall.

And SAT3 testing and commissioning of the Gallery Building (G02) systems is ahead of schedule, moving handover of the building to ESS forward by a full month.

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Infill of heavy concrete between the walls of the Target Station Monolith.

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Heavy concrete is pumped into place at the Monolith.

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Heavy concrete contains iron ore and weighs four tonnes per cubic meter.

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Future home of the target wheel, the Monolith Puck at the centre of the Target Station Monolith.

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Another view of the heavy concrete infill at the Monolith.

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Steel core piling and foundation work in the Target Station and instrument halls.

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The view toward the Accelerator Tunnel shows the piling work in progress there.

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View from the Monolith of the short-range instrument hall slab reinforcement and the long-range instrument hall superstructure.

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Close view of steel core piling in the A2T area.

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Testing of Terraflex elasticised geofoam, a strong compressible material that reduces stress on structural elements in the event of an earthquake.

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