A detail of one Officer and 10 EM of Company "E" moved in on
Aniyaanii Island Tuesday, 23 March and in one week completed the
erection of a generator shed, seismograph shed, servicing and installing two 15 KW generators and the laying of 25,000 sq. ft. of
pierced plank to complete the Light Aircraft landing strip which had
been previously cleared and graded.
The week ending 3 April was spent doing final clean-up work and
with most of the working crews assisting members of the various AEC
groups,
With the exception of a few minor details and the soil
stabilization, the entire project for Runit Island was 100% completed
3 April.
From 29 December 1947 to 3 April 1948, approximately 14,230 man
hours and exactly 90 working days were used up by Company "E" 532nd _
Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment in completing its mission on Runit
Island.
Many small problems arose as the work progressed but were solved
without causing serious delay or interruption of the work schedule.
Of
‘great assistance in this respect was the mobile heavy maintenance shop,
established on this island at an earlier date.
Shortages, such as form
tie bolts, and other machine jobs, were quickly substituted by the
machine shop.
Heavy equipment was very much in demand throughout the construction period and at times there seemed to be a shortage of
mobile cranes.
This type of equipment is an assist to concrete
pouring as well as many other construction problems.
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