sane KAUAL AEC-TRE F&SNO. TITLE 11025 USER : Rocket Motor Staging and Holding Area STRUCTURE/FACILITY NO. SANDIA SCIENTIFIC STATION NO. None FUNDING AGENCY AEC SUPPORT ($000) Bop None ENGR PROC . Foo CONST TOTAL 80.0 20.0 89.0 20.0 FURN PRE-GO FY 69 FY 70 9.0 POST-GO (Estimated Nov. 1968) 109.0 109.0 TOTAL 9.0 209.0 218.0 FY 1969 ENGINEERING In progress. Drawings completed to date are: JS 97-095-Cl, Al, and El thru E3 PROCUREMENT In progress. CONSTRUCTION This facility, initially recommended by the Industrial Safety Branch of NVOO in 1966, is intended for the safe handling of rocket motors. It will also serve as a temporary holding area for assembled rockets which have not been fired due to a postponement. The facility will be capable of accommo- dating twenty (20) rocket motors. The rocket motor staging and holding area will be located south of the launcher complex and east of Rocket Assembly Building 661. The siting will be in accordance with AMC range safety requirements for bermed facilities. An 8-ft. high wood-framed revetment with an earth fill core will border three (3) sides of the facility; only the north side, which faces the launcher complex, will not be bermed. A 15-ft. wide stabilized coral road will be constructed for access to the facility. The road, approximately 900-ft. long, will be a loop of the main east-west road serving the launcher complex. The layout of the facility, south to north, will consist of three (3) contiguous areas: a 40 x 40-ft. holding area, a 20 x 40-ft. staging area anda 20 x 40-ft. truck loading area. The areas will occupy a reinforced concrete floor slab and will be sheltered by a 40 x 80-ft. prefabricated rigid frame building with an eave height of 21-ft. The drive-through truck loading area will have concrete approach slabs. The building will have corrugated metal roofing and will be partially sided with the same material. The lower 9-ft. of the building will not be sided. The building will be provided with roof-mounted gravity ventilators. 11-27 hen VOL Il “pee