The Future Projects (FP) section of the GM group is in charge of the surveying and alignment in preparation for CERN’s Future Projects such as the Future Circular
Collider (FCC), FCC injector complex, Muon Collider studies and via CERN’s participation in the Einstein Telescope project. FP focuses on establishing the technical
foundations necessary for future operations through studies, simulations, feasibility demonstrations, and prototyping activities. This includes the following responsibilities:

• Investigate, develop and propose alignment concepts for the FCC (and Booster) arcs, LSS, and MDI area fulfilling the alignment requirements, integrable in the
tunnel cross section, with a feasibility demonstrated via preliminary prototypes, and an associated cost estimate.
• Study, define and propose feasible methods fulfilling the requirements that are fast, accurate and cost-effective for the geometrical follow-up of the assembly, the alignment and the fiducialisation of components e.g. on a common girder supports, in collaboration with other CERN groups.
• Develop, evaluate and propose alignment and positioning strategies for the assembly and placement of the experimental detectors on the beam lines of future projects.
• Analyze the geodetic aspects for the future projects to define the beamline alignment parameters in the corresponding coordinate systems, develop a concept for establishing gravity models and analyze the impact of a gravity model for the high precision alignment in the tunnel.
• Prepare all geodetic aspects needed for the Civil Engineering documentation and invitation to tender (reference frames, geoid model, geodetic network etc.).
• Simulate the different options and strategies of alignment, including error propagation along the tunnel.
• Develop and integrate mathematical models for new devices and sensors into CERN’s survey and alignment software frameworks, incorporating novel scalable
estimation techniques to address high-dimensional surveying and alignment challenges.
• Ensure the integration of as-built measurements within the context of CERN’s future infrastructure.