SNS Central Lab & Office/Nanophase
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source that is built on an 80-acre site adjacent to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This one-of-a-kind facility provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development.
Blaine Construction’s participation in the SNS project included the construction of nine projects over a six year period. These include the Front End Building/LINAC, the Ring Tunnel /HEBT/RTBT, the Target Building, Beam Lines 13 & 14, the Central Exhaust Facility, the CHL/RF Cryo Building, the Central Laboratory and Office Building and the Center of Nanophase Material Sciences.
The Central Laboratory and Office Building (CLO) comprised of four story lab and office wing to the north and a six story office/ lobby to the south. The building houses the operations team for the SNS project as well as numerous support laboratories such as electronics, vacuum and computers. It also contains the control room to operate the entire SNS facility.
The Center for Nanophase Material Science (CNMS) Building comprised of a four story Lab and office wing and a single story Mechanical and Clean Room wing. The building is connected to the CLO Building on three levels through a glass enclosed catwalk. The building is structure features a curved façade and includes the same exterior features as the CLO building. With construction complete, the building appears to be an extension of the CLO Building.