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The LHC project, collider and experiments, is an assembly of thousands of elements, large or small, heavy or light, fragile. Every one of those has own transport requirements that constituting for us a real challenge to handle. The manoeuvres could be simple, but the complex environment and narrow underground spaces may lead to difficulties in integration, routing and execution. Examples of transport and handling of typical LHC elements will be detailed: the 17m long, 35t heavy but fragile cryomagnets from the surface to the final destination in the tunnel, the delicate cryogenic cold-boxes down to pits and detector components. This challenge did not only require a lot of imagination but also the close cooperation between all involved parties, in particular with colleagues from safety, cryogenics, civil engineering, integration and logistics.
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