The Role of the TCR during the LHC Era

The era of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) requires a thorough preparation of the work environment of CERN's Technical Control Room (TCR) to ensure the quality of services as demanded by the clients. Therefore the relationship between the TCR, its clients and its suppliers has to be identified and formal contracts should be established that fix a general agreement on the responsibilities and services of each of the involved parties. Also the internal organization of the TCR, operation procedures, information channels, the training of the operators and various parts of the control system have to be evolved. This paper describes the modifications which have to be implemented to adapt the existing TCR services to the LHC requirements. Moreover, some new services are proposed which could be provided to the TCR clients.