Bidders’ conference IT-4123 Supply, Replacement and Repair of Crane Rails Introduction to CERN and rails consolidation program Handling Engineering Group

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification CERN is a Global Lab Peace Initiative CERN was founded in 1954 as a Peace Initiative by 12 European States Today it counts 21 Member States : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom 2300 staff physicists, engineers, technicians, administrative personnel 1000 personnel on contract users who represent more than half of the living particle physicists originating from 500 universities and institutes and of more than 80 nationalities

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification The Missions of CERN  Push forward the frontiers of knowledge e.g. the secrets of the Big Bang … what was the matter like within the first moments of the Universe’s existence?  Develop new technologies for accelerators and detectors Information technology - the Web and the GRID Medicine - diagnosis and therapy  Train the scientists and the engineers of tomorrow  Unite people from different countries and cultures

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification CERN Accelerator Complex

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification The LHC A collider situated in an underground 27 km in an almost circular tunnel designed to accelerate two proton beams to 7 TeV 1982 : First studies 1994 : Project Approved by the CERN Council 1996 : Final Decision and start of the construction 2004 : Installation Starts 2006 : Hardware Commissioning Starts 2008 : End of Hardware Commissioning : Physics 10 GJ = 55 km/h

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification The structure of CERN

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification EN Department Head of Department’s Office (EN-HDO) R. Saban Cooling & Ventilation (EN-CV) M. Nonis Electrical Engineering (EN-EL) S. Baird Handlling Engineering (EN-HE) I. Rühl Machines & Experimental Facilities (EN-MEF) K. Foraz Sources, Targets & Interactions (EN-STI) R. Losito General Management & Secretariats (EN-GMS) S. Prodon Industrial Controls & Engineering (EN-ICE) Ph. Gayet Mechanical & Materials Engineering (EN-MME) F. Bertinelli  Operation  Infrastructure  Accelerators  Experimental Areas  Projects  Consolidation  Upgrades  New facilities  Design & Manufacturing  Studies Department Head: R. Saban Deputy: S. Baird

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification Handling Engineering Group The mandate : The mandate : provide transport and handling services for the technical infrastructure of CERN, accelerators and experiments. This includes the design, the tendering/procurement, the installation, the commissioning, the operation, the maintenance and decommissioning of standard industrial and custom built transport and handling equipment. Group Leader Ingo Rühl

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification Handling Maintenance Section HM - Handling Maintenance Section leader: Helder LOURENÇO EOT cranes Gilles Roche Jean-Pierre Granchelli Oliver Böttcher Roberto Rinaldesi Industrial trucks Bruno Feral Jean-Maurice Chevalley Documentation Cathelijne Hazelaar-Bal

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification 01/09/2015 EN-HE Transport and Handling Equipment 350 Cranes / 800 Hoists 2000 Lifting Beams 80 Working Platforms 400 Lifting Equipment 100 Tractors 50 Special Vehicles About 4000 assets in Total

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification Introduction to Rails Consolidation Program Long-term program which concerns the renovation of old and worn crane rails Some rails are 50 years old Inventory under preparation (~ 250 buildings) Most critical cases already identified rails will be subject to intervention in the next 5 years Program priorities as following CERN operations requirements

01/09/2015IT-4123 Technical Specification Introduction to Rails Consolidation Program