158 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL the powerplant, and identify requirements for water distillation, laundry, and food service. H&N-PTD would design, procure and install the distillation, laundry, food service, and cold storage equipment.°° Design efforts in Hawaii were well coordinated until the battation deployed to Enewetak, and the H&N design effort was transferred to their Anaheim, California, office. After that separation, coordination was somewhat impaired and some supply and construction problemsarose.5! On 19 May 1977, the USAE beganclearing brush and surveyingsites for construction of Lojwa Camp. ERDA-NV had declared the island radiologically safe for construction operations, including earth moving.Air samplers were placed downwind of all earthmoving activities as recommended by ERDA-NV.°2 On 23 May 1977, personnel from Company B movedto Lojwa, established a temporary camp using tents, and began constructing slabs. Until the American Racer arrived, they made the mostof available assets, borrowing a bulldozer, concrete mixer, and other equipment from Field Command. H&Nset up a temporary mess hall using the only building on the island, refrigerator vans on loan from MSC, portable distillation units on loan from the Marine Corps, and water storage bladders on loan from an Army depot. Company B built field shower system and established field latrines. The troopsslept in tents and on beds obtained as excess from Kwajalein Missile Range. These facilities were expanded from time to timeto satisfy an ever-growing population at Lojwa Camp. Use of the Lojwa Camp duringits construction saved 4 hours a day which would have been used commuting by boat from Enewetak Camp(Figures 3-7, 3-8, 3-9).53 Construction of Lojwa Camp was hampered by unforeseen supply and construction problems. There were no Armysupply personnel ontheatoll when thefirst loads of building materials arrived, and the Army supply officer did not arrive until after construction had started. Numerousdelays and work stoppages occurred, caused bya lackof critically needed items. In some cases, these were on the atoll, but no record of their arrival or location existed. Sometimes a search of Lojwa, Runit, and Enewetak Islands permitted identification and location ofcritical items. Sometimes a method was found to continue without them. For example, the troops fabricated window hinges from beer cans until the real articles could be found. Most hardware and lumber wereplentiful, but plumbing and some electrical items were in extremely short supply due to demandsin the Eastern United States following an unusually cold winter. The pipe shortage delayed placing of some concrete slabs which were to contain sewer pipes, until the troops devised a means of working around the problem. These shortages also delayed completion of water, sewage, and electrical systems to service critical facilities, such as the mess hall and latrines.