Tag: Civil engineering
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Reading the layers beneath Lake Geneva
Understanding what lies beneath the surface is essential to assessing any major underground infrastructure project. For the placement studies for the proposed Future Circular Collider (FCC), this means developing the most accurate possible picture of the geological formations along the proposed tunnel route, including beneath Lake Geneva. Investigations on the lake began in 2025 with
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First timber beam installed for CERN’s new Building 777
On Friday, 14 April 2026, CERN celebrated an important milestone in the construction of the future Building 777 on the Prévessin site: instead of laying the traditional foundation stone, the project started with the installation of its very first timber beam (or “la première poutre”), a reflection of the building’s sustainable design. Mar Capeáns, CERN’s
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A new look for CERN’s Main Building
With a newly opened CERN Community Support Centre (CCSC) branch and newly renovated offices, it’s all change for Building 60, CERN’s Main Building
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CERN has been changing: see for yourself
On 13 October you’re invited to Campus Development Day, where tours and an exhibition will showcase how an environmentally responsible, safer and more welcoming CERN is taking shape
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CERN’s great outdoors
Inspired by urban design initiatives around the world, the “Outdoor Spots” project is transforming underused areas at CERN into perfect locations for picnics and walks
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Enhancing safety: improving seismic risk assessments
How a novel methodology helps to improve simulations of the impact of earthquakes on complex research infrastructures
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You see an empty field? We see an “Open Sky Laboratory”!
Solutions proposed in the Future Circular Collider “Mining the Future” competition will now be evaluated in a 10 000 square metre “Open Sky Laboratory”