On the way to realize FAIR

The realization of one of the most modern research facilities in the world is taking tangible shape: The plan foresees a full operation of the new accelerator facility, which is directly connected to the existing GSI campus, in the year 2025. The execution of civil works on the site shall start in summer 2017 and are expected to be substantially completed at the end of 2022. After the civil construction of the new buildings the installation of the state-of-the-art accelerator and experiment facilities will begin.

The international shareholders of FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) as well as the supervisory board of GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have agreed on these significant benchmarks in their recent meetings in Darmstadt that took place in mid-December.

Also the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has approved proceedings for the start of construction works for the realization of the FAIR facility. The joint venture ion42 consisting of the architectural practices DGI Bauwerk and schneider+schumacher takes on planning and constructing the research facility. Since September 2016 the first calls for tender for excavation and shoring have been made throughout Europe, since November also for the civil construction work of the large ring tunnel.