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The Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) fixed-target experiment has been approved to lead the search for dark matter at CERN, which has so far evaded discovery at the Large Hadron Collider. To meet SHiP’s demanding beam and infrastructure requirements, the High-Intensity ECN3 (HI-ECN3) project has been mandated with upgrading CERN’s North Area and equipping its only underground experimental hall (ECN3) with a new Beam Dump Facility (BDF) capable of exploiting the maximum slow-extracted proton intensity available from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). This contribution summarises the key technical challenges currently being addressed in the HI-ECN3 technical design phase and outlines the schedule, developed in synergy with the ongoing North Area Consolidation project, to complete the upgrade and deliver first beam to the BDF in 2031, ensuring SHiP data taking before Long Shutdown 4.
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