SECTION 17 SUPPORT OF SCIENTIFIC OPERATIONS The support of scientific operations by H & N personnel was authorized pursuant to contractual provision which defined Job No. 5 of the A-E-C-M Contract, However, the full appreciation of the scope of the support rendered to scientific groups during the operational period in the spring of 1951 depends upon an understanding of the interrelation- ship between the support activities required by Job No, 4 and those re- quired by Job No, 5, Article III, Title III, of Contract AT-(29-1)-507 defines the services to be rendered by H & N on Job 4 and Job 5 as follows: JOB NO, 4 - CAMP OPERATION, MAINTENANCE & MANAGEMENT 1. The A-E-C-M shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools and supplies for, and manage, operate and maintain the facilities including but not limited to housing, messing, commissary, medical service, (first aid and emergency treatment) and recreational facilities as are necessary to adequately meet the requirements of the Commission, the Los Alamos Laboratory, other authorized parties and the A~E-C-M at the site. 2. The A-E-C-M shall also maintain and operate all other facil- ities necessary to conduct the operations of the entire pro~ ject including utilities, laundry, transportation, communications, etc. ' JOB NO, 5 = SUPPORT AND ROLL-UP SERVICES 1. The A-E~C-M shall provide installation crews and equipment and accomplish such engineering and construction as may be required by the Commission in connection with instrumentation and other scopes connected with actual test operations and provide other labor, materials, equipment and assistance as may. be required by the Commission. After test operations the A-E-C-M shall rehabilitate certain structures and facilities as determined by the Commission in order to place same in stand-by condition, and shall perform salvage, storage, and demobilization operations. 2. The A-E-C-M shall perform such other services as are related to the work outlined under Job No. 5. The fulfillment of these defined duties is covered in this report in Section 16, Service Operations and in Section 18, Roll-Up, as well as in this section, Support of Scientific Operations, in order to categorize the relevant performance data, However, due to the interrelationship be- tween these categories of duties, the most efficient and economical approach 17-1