Hanson receives high performance ratings for Fermilab design

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) in Batavia, Ill., recently gave Hanson Professional Services Inc. a high performance rating for the firm’s work on the future Fermilab Main Injector (MI-31) facility. During this project, Hanson developed construction drawings and specification documents, construction schedule milestones, and a construction cost estimate.

“The future MI-31 facility will house equipment that will allow Fermilab to increase availability of antiprotons for collision experiments. Successful completion of this project is critically important to maintain Fermilab’s hold on the frontier of high-energy physics. Hanson’s efforts in preparing the design and construction documents for the MI-31 facility have helped us move forward with this project,” says Jeffrey A. Sims, P.E., S.E., construction manager and project engineer for Fermilab. He adds that the averages of the construction proposals submitted for the facility were within 1 percent of the construction estimate provided by Hanson. Construction of the new MI-31 facility began in late spring.

The MI-31 facility features a new high-bay structure and includes a 30-foot-deep basement. Equipment in this state-of-the-art facility will aid in the cooling and focusing of antiprotons traveling near the speed of light within the Main Injector Accelerator.

Founded in 1967, Fermilab was commissioned by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, under a bill signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1974, the laboratory was renamed in honor of the 1938 Nobel Prize winner Enrico Fermi, one of the preeminent physicists of the atomic age. According to its mission, “Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory advances the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy by providing leadership and resources for qualified researchers to conduct basic research at the frontiers of high-energy physics and related disciplines.”

Hanson is a national employee-owned consulting firm providing a full range of architectural, engineering and management services. Clients are served from the corporate headquarters in Springfield, Ill., and regional offices in Rockford, Chicago, Matteson and Peoria, Ill.; Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Sacramento, Calif.; Seattle, Wash.; Atlanta, Ga.; Orlando and West Palm Beach, Fla.; Washington, D.C.; Wayne, N.J. (New York metropolitan area); and North Andover, Mass. (Boston area).

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