Highlight project FAIR: Building for cutting-edge research
A particle accelerator called FAIR is being built in Darmstadt on the site of the GSI Helmholz Centre for Heavy Ion Research. In this project, PORR is realising the construction of the 1.1 kilometre long accelerator tunnel in the form of a ring, as well as the building parts above it. This includes the crossing structure with underground transfer hall. From the transfer hall, the ion beam will be directed into the accelerator ring after commissioning. The construction of the connected main supply building was also part of the contract. Our special civil engineering team, as part of the consortium, had already laid the foundations for the accelerator tunnel by improving the ground conditions.
A prerequisite for the construction of the structures was the development of new, innovative construction methods. Our teams did civil engineering research for research, so to speak. In order to solve the construction task safely, all the trades involved had to interlock precisely. At PORR's Innherlab, our colleagues from structural engineering, structural design, building materials technology and TGA worked hand in hand. The project film shows why FAIR is a project without precedent.
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