Below are some of the projects PIMD is helping manage at the lab and some of the wonderful progress made in the past year. This is just a sampling of all the hard work and committment our staff are devoting to improving lab infrastructure.
Advanced Light Source (ALS) Constellation Projects
Click here for more highlights of some of the great work being done at the Advanced Light Source (ALS).
Seismic Safety & Modernization (SSM)
- Held a successful LBNL Director’s Review (DR) and DOE Independent Project Review (IPR) to ensure that the project has fulfilled the requirements for Critical Decision (CD) 2/3 and received approval to start construction for a new facility with a more seismically safe cafeteria, medical services facility, and conference / emergency congregation space.
- The former B54 Cafeteria was torn down in August 2023 and work has begun on improvments to the Terrace hillside and installing slope stabilization shoring walls
- Below grade drilled piers and grade beams construction will start in February 2024
See historical pictures and a great write up that was featured on Elements and follow live construction progress on the SSM Construction Webcam. Additional updates are on the SSM Construction Page.
Biological and Environmental Program Integration Center (BioEPIC)
Based on November 2023 Data, some milestones incude:
- Construction is 83.5% complete with expected completion by end of 2024
- The project has performed a total of 487,764 hours
- Focus has been on energization of new MUP equipment which happened on November 15, 2023, Level 1 build-out, and activities critical to building energization.
- The current critical path continues through equipment installation in the Level 1-4 electrical rooms, pulling/landing feeders on levels 1-4, testing, and building energization scheduled in March 2024.
Learn more about the programs that will call BioEPIC home or follow live construction progress on the BioEPIC Construction Webcam. Additional updates are on the BioEPIC Construction Page.
Old Town Demolition / Charter Hill
Leaders from the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management visited the Lab on December 12, 2023 to look over the successful completion of the Old Town Demolition project, which their office funded. The demolition project allows the site – renamed Charter Hill – to become the home of envisioned research facilities. Read more about the visit here.
Be on the lookout for an article in Elements in 2024 with more historical photos and information on the Old Town demolition progress over the years. This article from 2009 talks about the need for the demolition and the process to secure funding before construction started. While this article from 2020 talks about the demolition of Building 7, the last remaining building that made up the original Old Town.
Linear Assets Modernization Project (LAMP)
LAMP is a Design-Build project that will design and construct utility upgrades across the Lab, including electricity, water, natural gas, compressed air, sewer, storm drain, process controls and IT. The project will be phased into 2 subprojects over 10 years with construction expected to start in 2026.
- Held peer reviews for RFQ/RFP package, and Risk Management Program
- Highlighted in Industry Day 2023
- Submitted Solicitation Package to DOE for approval.
- Click here to read more about LAMP.
Centennial Bridge
- Click here for additional photos comparing November 2022 to December 2023
- Work Started FY23 Q1 and is currently 58% complete
- Shoring/Grading, Foundations, Roadway & Approach are mostly complete
- UC Berkeley’s contractor has scheduled the first concrete pour for Thursday, December 21
- Superstructure, Underground & Drainage, East & West Tie-In, Existing Bridge Demo expected in FY24 with substantial completion expected FY24 Q3
The Centennial Bridge Project is managed by UC Berkeley with support from PIMD due to significant impacts on Lab traffic and operations. Additional updates are on the Centennial Bridge Project Page.
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