We are happy to report that Cornell Facilities & Campus Services Project Manager Alex Chevallard has asked contractor Streeter and their subcontractors to provide all the finishing touches and polish to the new Wilson West building by the end of January 2024. At that time the beautiful new building will be ready for the start of installation of the new sector 5 X-ray beamline - also knowns as the High Magnetic Field (HMF) facility.

Throw in a $28M construction project and a few routine upgrades, and there are bound to be more challenges, particularly unearthing a portion of the storage ring and tapping three new beamline holes into the Cornell Electron Storage Ring, CESR. These three new connections - and the large construction project they accompany - are all part of the New Experimental Hall. This ongoing construction project at Wilson Lab will house the High Magnetic Field Beamline and up to four additional beamlines.