AbdmctTlie Large Hadron Collider (LIIC), due to he commissioncd in 2005, will provide particle physics with the first laboratoiy tool to access thc energy frontier above 1 TcV. In order to achieve this, protons must be accelerated and stored at 7 TcV, colliding with an unprecedented luminosity of loM cm.' s-'. The 8.3 Tesla guidc field is obtained using conventional Nb'l'i tcchnology cooled to below thc lambdn paint of helium, Considerable modification of the infrastructure around the exisling Largc Elcctron Positron collider (LEP) tunnel is needed to liousc the LlIC machine and dctcctors. The project is advancing according to schedule with most of the major Iiardwere systems including cryogenics and magnets under Construction. A brief statiis report is given and futurc prospects arc discussed.