Fermilab and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
General Infrastructure Projects
High Availability Computing Center
The Computing Division provides administrative, technical and physical support of central computing, storage and networking equipment critical to the success of the lab’s scientific mission. Currently, Feynman Computing Center houses the only high availability computing center on the Fermilab campus, which is now operating at its electrical capacity. The requirements for a high availability computing center include backup infrastructure support for computing equipment that operates continuously, such as networking, Web and email services, experiment databases and file serving. Electrical service must be backed up by both an uninterrupted power supply system and a standby electrical generator.
This project will provide an additional high availability computing center facility within the existing Feynman Computing Center building. It will also increase the electrical capacity and associated support functions for the computing center, in order to support high availability computing operations.
Feynman Computing Center Cooling Upgrades
The Feynman Computing Center was constructed in the late-1980’s to provide computing support of high-energy physics programs. With the advent of newer technologies and the lower cost of computers, the physical infrastructure requirements in terms of floor space, power and cooling has changed dramatically since the computing center was constructed.
In order to provide reliable, effective cooling to support computing operations within Feynman, the facility requires modern data center cooling equipment. This project will replace original water source and chilled water computer room air conditioning units with appropriate state of the art cooling equipment for computing spaces in Feynman.
Industrial Building-3 Addition
This project will construct a two-story addition to the existing Industrial Building 3 to add 5,800 square feet of office space on the second floor and 7,700 square feet of low-bay laboratory and fabrication space on the first floor. Fermilab will use the space to consolidate material development, processing and testing, including superconducting materials for magnets and radiofrequency cavities for future accelerators, into one central facility. It will also provide office space for scientists, engineers and support staff necessary to accomplish lab goals.
Main Injector-8 Service Building Expansion
This project will construct a new high-bay addition to the existing Main Injector-8 Service Building. The MI-8 Service Building was built in 1996 and functions as the access and support building for the Main Injector underground enclosure at the 8 GeV injection point.
The expansion of the MI-8 Service Building is needed to consolidate two Accelerator Division Target Hall Operations Groups into one support facility. Consolidation of both operations groups into the new facility will result in added functionality and reduce risk to personnel and equipment as well as provide an overall increase in productivity and quality assurance. Additionally, the consolidation of the two groups in one area will facilitate the cross-training of personnel, providing a larger staff for crisis situations.
New Muon Laboratory Expansion
Superconducting radio frequency technology has many applications for future accelerator projects crucial to Fermilab’s future. This project alters the existing New Muon Building to make the facility capable of producing and testing key components for superconducting radio frequency technology.
The project will construct an underground enclosure and support housings for the superconducting radio frequency cryomodules and test beam lines at Fermilab. This enclosure will extend beyond the north end of the existing building. Technical beamline equipment will occupy the length of the existing facility and the 202-foot extension. The project will also include work inside the existing building to relocate the loading dock to accommodate the new tunnel enclosure.
Wilson Hall Emergency Generator
The two combustion turbine-generators in the basement of Wilson Hall are the key components in the emergency power system. Given their advanced age, need for ever-increasing maintenance and suspect reliability, their replacement with a new generator is needed.
The project consists of locating the new diesel engine-generator at grade adjacent to the existing generator room. Visual screening will be installed and adjacent areas landscaped.
The existing generator room will continue to house the automatic switchgear and power panels.