09/07/07Shutdown’07 Week 5 F.G. Garcia1 MTA beam line installation Weekly Report September 07, 2007 Period covered: August 31 st to September 7 th (Week 5) MTA – Week3

09/07/07Shutdown’07 Week 5 F.G. Garcia2 MTA Weekly Report – Week 5  Shielding underneath hatch area is complete Restacking complete on 09/04 Finalizing some safety requirements:  Added cover plates to aid S&S  Retrofit cover plate over the utility penetration  Re-used the slug of concrete to plug in the beam pipe penetration  Electrical Work Cable pull ongoing  Load cables estimate to finish by Monday  Immediately start pulling instrumentation cables Next week: Continue with cable pull.  Mechanical Installation All magnets have been stationed in place  Next step will be alignment! Moving along with MW stands (45% complete).

09/07/07Shutdown’07 Week 5 F.G. Garcia3 MTA Weekly Report – Week 5  Alignment Outside corner of the concrete blocks were shot by surveyors Next week: Rough alignment starts Monday, Sep 10 th  LCW work Copper pipe installation complete (Linac side)  Brazing/installing taps Next week: Contractors will be moving to the MTA side  Vacuum work Making as much progress as possible with the assortment of the spool pieces and flanges Ion pumps stands are complete Beam pipe support stands are complete