The hosting building is almost ready! Now is time for setting up the general equipments of the building, and namely its electricity lines and ventilation subsystems.

Once this detail work is over, several tests will then be carried out, after which the building will be considered as fully ready.

Building front view

Setting up of the electrical lines

Building ceiling cover

Moving forward to the conclusion of the hosting building, work is now being carried out on the interconnection to the general infrastructure of the Loures IST Campus. The Experimental Hall and the other support rooms are being finished up and painted, and the rooftop covers are also being applied.

View of the building front, showing the works for the connection to the campus sewage system

Experimental Hall during painting operations

Another view of the Experimental Hall during painting operations

View of the Meeting Room

Rooftop waterproofing operations

The hosting building construction is quickly approaching conclusion, as we move towards the detail construction of the building details (gas, water, electricity and communication lines, flooring, and internal walls).

Lets start by examining the general external layout of the building, with the placement of the insulating materials over the concrete walls:

Building front side

Building Left side (1/2)

Building Left side (2/2)

Building Ceiling

A photograph oof the interior of the compressor and gas bottles storage rooms is presented below:

Future compressor and gas storage rooms

The Shock-Tube 40 Tonne slab is finally complete!

Completed Shock-Tube slab and gas/water and electricity/comms ground rails

And so is the support rooms base floor…

Detail on the future general support rooms space

The hosting building completion reaches yet a further milestone with the construction of the hosting building ceiling. The pictures below show the current state of advancement.

General view of the building ceiling (1/2)

General view of the building ceiling (2/2)

View of the future experimental hall with the shock-tube slab cradle

The construction of the hosting building reaches his second month milestone. The reinforced building walls are in the final stage of construction, and the anti-seismic pads of the shock-tube slab are currently being deployed.

View of the slab craddle, with two anti-seismic pads placed

Detail of an anti-seismic pad

View of the future experimental hall

View of the other laboratory rooms

Outside view of the hosting laboratory

The construction of the ESTHER facility hosting building progresses at a steady pace.

The building foundations groundwork has been initialized, with a special emphasis on the cradle which will hold the 20m long, by 80cm large, by 1m deep concrete slab where the ESTHER facility will be placed on.

Building site construction, back side (1/3)

Detail of the shock-tube slab craddle

Building site construction, back side (2/3)

Building site construction, back side (3/3)

Building site construction, front side

Another view of the shock-tube slab craddle

The first phase of the construction of the ESTHER hosting building is complete!

The terrain has been digged and everything is set-up for the placement of the building foundations.

Building site construction, front side (1/2)

Building site construction, front side (2/2)

Building site construction, back side (1/2)

Building site construction, back side (2/2)