Facilities Photos

Between November 16 and Thanksgiving, activity at 10 o'clock and elsewhere went into overdrive!
- A power supply (not ours!) was connected to the Phobos magnet for upcoming tests.
- The sections of the water cooled bus that sit inside the ports were covered with insulation and then rigged into place, extending both inside and outside the ports.
- In parallel with the buss work in one port cable tray installation started in the other ports.
- The contractor finally returned and finished the counting house and promptly thereafter, a different contractor added decks and stairs. The ORR is scheduled for December 14.
- The cooling system was essentially finished once the ozone system was located. This included installation of the motor control center and lots, and lots, and lots of plumbing.
During the week of November 9-16, activity in the 10 o'clock area really heated up both outside and inside the utility building! Two lengths of water cooled bus were being prepared for insertion in the ports and the counting house was shimed up with the permanent metal shims.
Elsewhere the busswork and water pipes were being installed on the magnet.
The last RHIC magnet DX1 and DX2 arrived in the tunnel early in November.
At the time of the TAC review meeting, our power supply was still struggling to get out of the AGS shop.
Work on the magnet cooling system, including the cooling tower began during the week of 26-Oct

Water Cooled bus is asssembled on a roller system before being installed into the ports through the berm (visible in the background).
The cooling system includes lots of plumbing, pumps, (getting ready to be mounted on concrete stand) and electrical work, all in the same congested area
twr2, twr6, and twr5 - Exterior views of the cooling tower being installed and cl2 being hooked up to the the cooling system.

Ch11, Ch13, and Ch14 - Exterior views of counting house in place. Stairs and decks will be added later. Ch13 shows how close the end of the house is to the cable tray ports.
Ch15 - Electronics area. Note interior wiring work needed to couple two halves together. Grill on the wall is the AC intake.
Ch17 - Large interior room looking into electronics area. Note interior finish work needed to couple two halves together.
Ch18 - Large interior room looking into conference room. Note interior finish work needed to couple two halves together.

The emergency exhaust vents (the biggest intrusion of RHIC into Phobos real estate) began being installed during the week of 24-Aug, finishing the following week.

Vnt3 - The completed installation of the two vents. Measurements indicate that the final versions are even smaller than we were hoping so clearances with the TOF and other equipment will be improved!
Vnt1, Vnt2 - The installation started with the bottom sections which cover the big holes in the tunnel wall. Notice the small access doors.

Ch1, Ch2, and Ch5 - Exterior views of counting house (shipped in 2 pieces). Ch1 shows the view as you enter the 10 o'clock parking lot. Ch5 shows the side which will face the berm (currently with AC units but without cable access).
Ch4 - Interior door and window into electronics area.
Ch3 - Larger interior room looking away from the electronics room.

Pp5 - All 5 pipes complete and the wall nicely finished.
Jck20 - The last pipe finishes boring into the berm.
Jck19 and Jck16 - Removing the auger (that pulls out the dirt) from the last pipe. Notice workman taking picture of physicist taking picture of workman taking...
Jck17 - Starting to cut the hole in the tunnel for the last pipe.
Jck21 and Jck24 - And then there were 5, along with a bit of dirt that came in with the last pipe.
Jck23 - View of the outside world from Phobos.

Jck7, Jck8, and Jck9 - The first pipe starts boring into the berm!
Pp1 - The first pipe comes through the wall. The tunnel doesn't collapse!
Pp3 and Pp4 - The first pipe shown in end and side views after being cut off at tunnel surface.

Preparation for the pipe jacking through the berm began during the week of 20-Jul