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 u Section XVI