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Design of the SSC collider ring standard spool piece nears completion, and two production prototype units are being fabricated. Spool pieces are complex cryogenic components of the SSC collider ring which provide interface and/or control of cryogens, vacuum, power, instrumentation, and quench protection and also house the corrector magnets and the beam position monitor. The use of 3D animation in conjunction with simulation in capacity planning, scheduling, and resource utilization and management for production will be discussed.

The history of the project will be traced from 1982 to present. The factors influencing the choice of site will be mentioned. Comparison with other accelerators will be made. Other topics covered are status of civil construction, design of magnets for the 4 injector accelerators, status of RF accelerating systems and status of particle detectors. The final topic will be projected plans and schedules. The detailed status of superconducting magnets and cryogenic plants will be covered by other talks in this session.

Martin Marietta is one of two contractors selected by the SSCL to complete the design and development of the collider standard spool pieces. Spool pieces are complex cryogenic components which provide control of fluid vacuum, power, instrumentation and protection functions for the collider. Requirements development, concurrent design approach, and planned spools test activities will be discussed.

This article is intended to provide an introduction to the beam instrumentation systems and the precision timing system of the SSC Laboratory. The Beam Instrumentation Department of the SSC Accelerator Systems Division is responsible for the design of these systems for the Collider rings and the injector accelerators. Status and plans are briefly described.