This write-up represents a very compact version of a status report of the LHC project, a little more than a year before first beams will be injected. This status report is based on very recent extensive presentations to CERN Council and its Committees, by the LHC Project Leader (L. Evans) and the present author. Additional input was provided on behalf of ATLAS (P. Jenni), CMS (T.S. Virdee), LHCb (T. Nakada), ALICE (J. Schukraft), TOTEM (E. Radermacher) and LCG (L. Robertson).

PACS numbers: 29.20.--Dh