EN-HE Group: Handling Engineering
he mandate of the Handling Engineering (HE) Group
is to provide transport and handling services for the technical
infrastructure of CERN, accelerators and experiments. This
includes the design, the tendering/procurement, the
installation, the commissioning, the operation, the maintenance
and decommissioning of standard industrial and custom built
transport and handling equipment.
Handling is considered as high risk activity in which no
compromises regarding safety issues is acceptable. The creation
and respect of procedures and operation manuals are fundamental.
Likewise no compromises are acceptable for the conformity of the
equipment park and the observance of periodic safety
inspections.
The Heavy Handling (HH) section prepares, organizes
and executes all transport and handling operations for
accelerators and experiments and CERN users in general. In order
to fulfil its mandate the section manages several supply,
service and rental contracts. During the standard CERN operation
phase approximately 55 FTE are provided via a service contract
for transport and handling activities. During peak times
(shutdown etc.) this number may increase by up to 25 FTE. The
section also manages CERNs fleet of utility vehicles, trucks and
trailers.
The Handling Maintenance (HM) section covers all
necessary technical, administrative and managerial actions
during the life cycle of the industrial transport, handling and
lifting equipment to maintain it in a state in which it can
perform the required function. For maintenance purposes
approximately 15 FTE provided by two service contracts are
permanently on site. An additional 20 FTE intervene according to
a fixed intervention schedule, for breakdown interventions or
upon request. In addition the section keeps a network of local
and international equipment specialists.
The consolidation and ensuring conformity of the existing
transport and handling equipment park that was commissioned
between 1957 and 2007 requires a major effort over the next
years. In the course of this exercise the optimisation and
rationalisation of the transport and handling equipment park
will also be taken into consideration.
In accordance with the INB requirements, the ALARA principle
has to be applied to inspections, maintenance, repairs and
modification interventions in radioactive areas at CERN. The
multi disciplinary Handling Technologies (HT) section
carries out design studies, equipment development, in-house
built or specification and procurement to provide optimized
means and procedures for remote inspection, measurement and
handling equipment as well as custom built transport and
handling equipment.
The Assistance Work (AW) section organizes, plans
and carries out infrastructure works for CERNs accelerators and
experiments. Furthermore the mandate includes all necessary
technical, administrative and managerial actions during the life
cycle of manual, motorized and shielded doors to maintain them
in a state in which it can perform the required function. The
average workload corresponds to about 10 FTE but may double upon
request.
The Lift Maintenance (LM) section covers all
necessary technical, administrative and managerial actions
during the life cycle of passenger and goods lifts to maintain
them in a state in which it can perform the required function.
For maintenance purposes approximately 15 FTE provided by four
service contracts intervene according to a fixed intervention
schedule, for breakdown interventions or upon request.
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