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5.3.5 Mechanical Workshops
These were evidently essential when instrument construction was the main activity. Guy Gobert took care of the drawing office and workshops. Jean Claude Faudou, who came on 1 January 1970, specialised in apparatus for nuclear physics, and Jean Courteau who looked after maintenance. They all reported to Michel Jacquemain. At that time there was a large workshop with several skilled workers. The availability of the workshop and a test hall helped with novel developments, for example the air-cushion technology mentioned above. This did not preclude the use of industry, especially local companies, when necessary. This had the merit of encouraging these enterprises to develop precision engineering competence which would be useful later when they were to tender for work at the ESRF. Now the ILL no longer has its own workshop staff. All projects are contracted to outside companies, but there is still a need to construct new, and improve existing instruments.
5.3.6 Buildings
At the end of 1970 all the skills and staff were present at the ILL to implement the operational programme that Maier-Leibnitz considered necessary for the success of the enterprise.
Fortunately a large building for physicists was constructed at the same time as that for the reactor. A German architect, Professor Erich Schelling, was in charge. He was definitely a good architect,
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