This 740 m² laboratory building already houses the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ vacuum laboratory, where vacuum components can be tested before installation in the machine. As a partner in the construction, the Tritium Plant Section also has a space reservation in the building, and will be installing equipment to test prototype and first-production fuel cycle components. Identifying this type of use-of-space synergy and putting it into practice is an example of how the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ CMO team works to implement holistic space management on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site.
The American statesman Ben Franklin is credited with saying that a successful organization requires "a place for everything and everything in its place." Or, as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Facility Management Officer Guillaume Roux puts it, "you don't want to put a cat in a room built for an elephant."
Guillaume Roux, from the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Construction Management Office, was involved from the project's earliest days and saw the project through to completion.
With the partners in place, a budget was approved for a building with 740m² of floor space for major testing and a 140m² mezzanine for lighter testing. The tender went out in January 2021 and a consortium of French firms—CHAPUS as leader along with MCM, FCIE, and Actemium—began construction in May 2021. For Roux, who grew up in a family of masons and previously had his own construction company, this part was second nature.