CHAPTER Il, SECTION 5 SECTION 5 PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION Quartermaster Warehouses, Buildings 643 dates were set for the beneficial occupancy of early part of August 1956. All three buildings The very limited time allowed for the manufacture and delivery of dehumidification and other mechanical equipment resulted in Using and 644, on Fred and the Receiving Warehouse, Building 515, on Elmer, were completed in the were of a rigid steel frame structure known as the Butler-type. The chapels on Elmer and Fred were completed by September 1956. The construction completed in 1957 on Fred provided additional storage space with Butler-type Buildings 592, 594, 596, 597, and 599. All buildings were part of the warehouse program and were completed between 24 June and 21 August 1957. In addition, a Generator Shed at Building 15, a Dental Laboratory at the hospital, and a 200,000-gallon concrete, freshwater reservoir were completed in 1957. On Elmer the Hobby Shop-Building 243, the Gym- nasium-Building 244, the Hot Locker addition to Building 310, and a sawmill were completed during the latter part of 1957. Most of the facilities scheduled for use during Operation HARDTACK were started in the latter months of 1957. Increased operational requirements for HARDTACK touched off a building boom to meet the space needs desired by the Client by certain dates in 1958. As of February 1958, firm barracks, laboratories, the IBM Building, warehouses, and otherfacilities that were to be used. agencies moving into the buildings on a “bene- ficial occupancy” basis before final construction was completed. In general, most of the permanent facilities on Elmer were standard Pacific Iron & Steel or Butler-type buildings. Because of the extremely tight occupancy schedule of the existing Administration Building by TG 7.1 and more advantageous material delivery dates, a Butler-type structure was selected for the H&N Administration Building in lieu of the standard PI&S structure. The 18-man barracks, Buildings 144 and 145, and CJTF-7 Guest House, Building 497, were manufactured by the Pasco Steel Com- pany, with the latter building having plywood partitions installed in order to expedite completion. The 2-story barracks — Buildings 456, 457, 459, and 460—were designed requiring precast concrete bents and second-story slabs with metal interior and exterior walls and roofs. Existing barracks, Buildings 109, 115, 116, 122, (Neg. No. W-V-117-8) Figure No. 2-140. Communications Building 224, Elmer — 55% Complete. Page 281