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OMEGA EP Construction

Groundbreaking for OMEGA EP; Steven J. Loucks, Robert L. McCrory, Samuel F. B. Morse, and R. Wayne LeChase — Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking for OMEGA EP (8/08/03)

Clearing the construction site — Construction Begins
Clearing the site (9/11/03)

Pouring concrete for capacitor bay floor — Pouring Concrete
"574 yards in 5 hours"-- The amount of concrete used to pour the first third of the capacitor bay floor (11/23/03)

OMEGA EP Construction — Aerial View
Aerial view of building construction (12/19/03)

Building construction on snowy day — Construction
Building construction (1/20/04)

Building construction — Construction Underway
Building construction (2/12/04)

Building construction — Construction Continues
Building construction (2/13/04)

Pouring concrete for laser bay floor — Pouring Concrete
Pouring concrete for laser bay floor (3/25/04)

Construction — Construction
Building construction (3/29/04)

Installing crane in laser bay ceiling — Installing Crane
Installing crane in laser bay ceiling (3/30/04)

Building construction — Construction
Building construction (4/27/04)

Building construction — Construction
Building construction (5/21/04)

Constructing the exterior of the building — Building Exterior
Constructing the exterior of the building (6/16/04)

Inside of the laser bay — Laser Bay
Inside of the laser bay (6/24/04)

Building exterior construction — Construction
Building exterior (7/22/04)

Scaffolding ouside of the laser bay — Scaffolding
Scaffolding outside of the laser bay (8/27/04)

Working on the ceiling of the laser bay — Laser Bay Ceiling
Working on the ceiling of the laser bay (10/22/04)

Working on the floor of the laser bay — Laser Bay Floor
Working on the floor of the laser bay (11/04/04)

Pouring concrete for the sidewalk — Sidewalk
Pouring concrete for the sidewalk (12/09/04)

Marking the floor of the bay — Marking the Floor
Marking the floor of the bay (1/25/05)

The empty OMEGA EP Laser Bay from the viewing gallery — Viewing Gallery
The empty OMEGA EP Laser Bay from the viewing gallery (3/16/05)

OMEGA EP Laser Bay — Laser Bay
OMEGA EP Laser Bay (5/06/05)

Lining up the first pieces of the target area structure — Target Area Structure
Lining up the first pieces of the target area structure (5/16/05)

Installing the target area structure — Target Area Structure
Installing the target area structure (6/10/05)

Assembling the target area structure — Target Area Structure
Assembling the target area structure (6/14/05)

Assembling the target area structure — Target Area Structure
Assembling the target area structure (6/22/05)

Module Entering Bay via crane — Module Entering Bay
Module entering the bay via crane (8/22/05)

Module Entering Bay — Module Entering Bay
Module entering the bay via crane (8/22/05)

Grating Compressor Chamber — Grating Compressor Chamber
Grating compressor chamber module arrives (8/22/05)

technicians assembling target areas structure — Grating Compressor Chamber
Assembling the target area structure (10/24/05)

technicians assembling laser bay structure — Laser Bay
Laser Bay (10/24/2005)

crane lifting OMEGA EP target chamber — Target Chamber
Target Chamber being brought into the OMEGA EP Bay by crane (11/04/2005)

OMEGA EP target chamber — Target Chamber
Target Chamber being lowered into place (11/15/2005)

Target Chamber being lowered into place — Target Chamber
Target Chamber being lowered into place (11/15/2005)

crane lifting parts of OMEGA EP — Entering OMEGA EP Bay
Assembling the target area structure (10/24/05)

Crane lifting parts of OMEGA EP — Crane
Parts brought into the OMEGA EP Bay by crane (5/22/2006)

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