Gianluca Vago
President
CNAO's expansion involves the construction of a second building, contiguous and integrated with the existing one. ...
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Work Progress of the Expansion Project
April 2022
Site preparation excavations
Preparation of the site where the new building will stand
November 2022
Jet grouting for soil consolidation
Tillage for mechanical soil improvement
March 2023
Excavation of the area where the second basement will be built
View of area where future center will be built to host new facilities from Hitachi and TAE Life Sciences
April 2023
Creation of the floor slab of TAE Life Sciences zone and laying of the reinforcement of the floor slab of the Hitachi zone
Overall view of the workings of the counter floor of the second basement floor.
May 2023
Aerial view of the rooms on the second basement floor and installation of waterproofing in the foundation of the first basement floor
Hitachi gantry room and rebar installation inside the vertical walls on the first basement floor and in the Hitachi treatment room area; precast shored walls in the second basement floor gantry room
June 2023
Laying prefabricated panels for wall construction in Hitachi area
Laying of reinforcement for the construction of the counter-floor slab of the first basement floor; elevation of the prefabricated vertical walls bordering the Hitachi zone; construction of the slab between the basement floor and ground floor of the connection portion between the existing building and the Hitachi zone
July 2023
Laying of prefabricated walls in the Hitachi area
Overall view of the extension. In the Hitachi area, work is concentrated between the ground and first floors, while in the TAE Life Sciences area, work is still in the basement floors
September 2023
Elevation of Hitachi area to the first floor
The Hitachi area is coming to cover: structures are being laid to complete the floors. Aerial view of Hitachi's gantry and treatment room and the room that will host TAE Life Sciences' high-energy beam machine
November 2023
Overall view of the expansion with closure of a portion of the Hitachi enclosure
Work on the roof of the new Hitachi area and at the floor between the ground floor and the first floor in the connecting portion between the existing building and the extension.
December 2023
Overall view of the expansion, the connecting area between the existing building and the expansion has been completed up to the attic between the ground floor and first floor
Closure of the Hitachi cover (the sheet metal cover will allow to bring inside the components of the protontherapy accelerator), armature of the attic between first basement and ground floor in the area reserved for TAE Life Sciences
January 2024
Overview of the expansion
On the left you can see the removable cover from which parts of the Hitachi accelerator will be lowered. On the right, on the other hand, construction of the boron therapy area continues, the slab between the first basement floor and the ground floor is being poured.
March 2025
Inauguration of the Expansion Project
Render of the new facility, exterior and interior; new HITACHI gantry for proton therapy; detail BNCT - TAE Life Sciences - TLS Alphabeam System
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