Test constmction activities were necessary on eight seprate
islands of !lniwetokAtoll,and at three different sites in lMwetok
Lagoon. Their scope and relationshipto each other nade it logical
to divide this work between four Resident m@neere

and charge eaCh

with direct supervisionand control of specific constrictionprojects.
Operating personnelwere organized on scunawht the same bsis, with the
exception of contract labor, so that the Resident Engineer and his
operating commander formed a pernanent team for prosecutionof the work.
All construction,with the exception of tower erection and sheet
pile construction,was performed by troop labor.
Twer erection was perfor~d by contract with Morrison KnudsenPeter Kiewit Companies. This contract was negotiated by Brigadier
General

Ludeon D. Vforha% Division ~gineer of the Western Ocean

Division of the Corps of Engineers. It included the test erection of
one 200-foot tower at Sandia, New Mexico, and the fiml erection of
three 200-foot towers and four 75-foot towers at the test site. Work
under this contract was supervised by Colonel Lynn C. Barnes of the
Corpe of &@neera

and directed by Hr. Mornnn Kelly of MK-PK. It =S

carried to conclusion on echedule and in a highly satisfactoryrnnner.
A steel sheet pile cause-way and three pile foundationswere constructed in M.wetok Lagoon by the Hawaiian Dredging Company. The
contract for this work was nagoti.ktedby the Public Works Officer of
the 14th Naval District. Work was directed by Mr. Bill Smith of the
Hawaiian Dredging Company and supervisedby Mr. Gratz of the 14th Naval

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