CHAPTERII, SECTION 1 on ora a (Neg. No. W-V-296-2) Figure No. 2-2. Four 2-story Barracks — Elmer. Home Office Engineering action included preparation of final design drawings for FY 1957 and FY 1958 PACconstruction projects located on Sites Fred and Elmer. In general, the FY 1957 design program provided plans for several new buildings and facilities for Non-scientific Users, initial phases of a-salt water fire protection pipeline system at both Sites Fred and Elmer, a Communications Center Building and a 600-dial Telephone Exchange at Site Elmer. Design engineering required for the several buildings was limited almost entirely to conventional foundationsfor prefabricated steel and aluminum buildings, and some dehumidification design. The new fire protection systems and the dial telephone exchange required more meticulous design planning. The FY 1958 PAC design program repre- sented at least four times the valuation of plan- ning required for the FY 1957 PAC schedule. The program included the design of several new buildings and modifications to existing buildings for both Scientific and Non-scientific Users, modifications and additions to the power, sewer, and fresh water systems, airfield addi- tions, telephone and radio communications facili- ties, and planning for a new Generator and Distillation Plant at Site Fred. Outstanding PAC design projects completed at EPG, from the standpoint of size and design, were the Airstrip Extension and Parking Aprons, Site Fred; POL Farm Expansion, Site Fred; Fire Protection System, Phase I, at Sites Fred and Elmer; IBM Building No. 453, Site Elmer; and Multi-story Barracks, Site Elmer. Difficult engineering design prepared for expendable construction was in keeping with the unusual nature of several new facilities. Out- standing among these design projects were the ABMA Program Missile Service Tower and Firing Pad, Station 6001, at Site How, which was subsequently moved to Johnston Island; Pinex-type Barge Zero Stations; barge facilities at Site Nan; Tower Station 2250 at Site Sugar; and modifications and additions to the Sub- marine Signal Cable System. The entire ABMA missile facility at EPG required extensive design of test facilities, cleared areas, roads, and encampments and occupied all of How Island on Bikini Atoll. Relocation of the ABMA Program to Johnston Island required Page 43