1. MICE PM Report Progress with the Infrastructure A few problems
Planning Phase Two
Visitor arrangements
MICE Video Conference, 18th September, 2008

2. Progress with the Infrastructure
August and September have been good months!
South Shield wall complete, floor plates laid
North Wall support structure is about half done
Steel plate order is fully delivered and contractual hiccups solved
The mound excavation is done and vacuum service ducts installed
All infrastructure design work is finished
DSA PPS Installation is working
Tim & Willie have an aggressive but believable plan for parallel work in Hall – brings civil engineering to close by 24th November
This defines the earliest date the tracker readout can be integrated in the Hall

4. A few problems Decay solenoid: Plans:
Summary only, see Mike C’s talk later
Various problems with Linde fridge now fixed
Coils 1-5 (upstream) confirmed to be superconducting
Coils 6-10 (downstream) non-superconducting
Plans:
Remove end cap of cryostat October (20th-30th) shutdown for detailed fault diagnosis
Withdraw half cold mass to expose downstream coils in December/Jan shutdown (18th Dec – 22nd Jan 09)
Presumption is that we do not need to dismantle shield wall
Tim & Mike are working on detailed plan

5. A few problems Target: Plans: Again a summary – Chris’s talk later:
ISIS target remains reliable, but we only have ~ 60K cycles left of our original agreement
Two demonstrator targets have failed, actuator shorted and bearings/shaft seized badly
Plans:
Demonstrator problems need to be understood and fixed methodically
New design and parts need to be made made, on & offline running programme needs to be re-defined and run to enable operable target for Decay solenoid start up (End Jan 2009) – it’s crucial this work has a proper engineering basis
But we must not exclude a ground-up re-design of the target project – but the UK itself cannot pay for this

6. A few problems Spectrometer Solenoid Plans and schedule:
See Mike Z’s talk later
Magnet no.1 is complete and working but has problems with rad shield and vent pipework
Plans and schedule:
Shift priority to magnet no.2
Improve thermal path to rad shield and improve vent tubes
Finish early November
Then field map and shipment – eight weeks
Integration at RAL – six weeks
So we’ll be running in mid Feb ’09
Magnet no.1 follows these steps but eight weeks behind
Even if we postpone FNAL field map, it’s hard to believe we’ll be running this year

7. Planning for Phase Two
Blondel, Long, Nichols, Zisman met in early July
Discussed the shape of the Phase Two project given the constraints of UK funding
It looks like we have a four-year project
AN is working (but not very quickly) on both cost and technically-limited versions of the overall schedule
Reviews of major subsystems are planned at & around CM in October
Milestones from these are vital input to the project plan

8. Visitor arrangements
MICE Liaison/admin officer, Rosie Hayes, will start in early November
Will be located in R1, second floor
Aiming to establish office in R1 for visitor use also
Rosie will help with:
Induction
Accommodation
Travel
Safety
Etc.