im during these two nonths resulted in the completion or near-completion of all facilities, “excepttwo arny warehouses, by the end of June. The major contributing factor to the delay in con@etion of the tase facility construction program was a heavy demand on the contractor for construction in connection with scientific projects which of course had first priority. To avoid such com- /$u~ petition for construction mnpower major construction of base fani- 1/ li.tiesshould be accomplished in the off years Letween opentions. c. Maintenance and Minor Construction: Maintenance and minor construction were acccnplished by two different methods. Within the limitations of his organization, the Engineer, Task Group ‘7.2,performed the smiler minor construction projects. tiher minor construction and all =intenance was accomplished by the AEC contractor.~ The Table of Distribution of the Engineer Section, Task GrOUF 7.2, authmized 1 officer and 16 ~listed ~n~ A shor- tage of assipned personrielhampered the opemti.ons of this section particularly during the early part of the build-up period. h tember 1.955,the assigned strength w= Sep- only 1 officer and 8 en~sted men and the authorized strength was not reached until February 1956. As the strength of the section increased, the number of projects initiated rose correspondingly.~ Some e~ples of’the @’p8s of projects involved are: (1) Construction of a beverage warehouse. ~-TABM -L- A------ -“” -“ --- ---~ “--