v. CONCLUSION The solution ered~t for this particular problem belongs to no OnO individual nor to decentralizationof -y s~nglo group of individuals. Controlled through the normal S-ff •uthor~tyworking agencies of AnrIy,Navy, and Air brought into play an array of talent and means which nmde ohild’s play of our most urgent requirements. 1 For example; Teat aonatruotioninoluded ereotion of three 200-foot steel towers. These tomrs had been purohased previouelyby AEC and -re in storage ●t Sandia, New Mexioo. They had been speoially de- signed for the job ●nd had no preview reoord of ereotion. Uere they properly designed? Had all parts been delivered? What, if any, dlffioultieawould M encountered dufing ereotion? A test ereetion seemed to be in order to that these and other queetione oould be ane. wered. Time wae pretsing. Soldier labor did not @arantee the ekllls to do this job. Obviowly the thing to do was to employ oontraot labor. The Chief of Engineers was ooneulted. A . few minutes with Brig Gen Bragdon, Chief of ConetruotionDivision, OCE, developed these faota. Peter Kiewit & Sons, a highly reputable oonstruotion firm, were doing work at Sandia, new Mexioo, for the Corps of Engineers. Peter Kiewit and Morrison Knudeen, as joint venture contmotora, were performing work for the Corps of Engineers in the Paoifio. These firme had the facilities and tiwhow to aooomplish this tower ereotion job in nothing flat if they would undertake to do it. A few phone oalls, two trips to Albuquerque, and a oonferenoe with Peter Kiewit resulted in this aocepting a oontraot through the Western Ooean Division 75 Section XVI I ‘: