CHAPTER 5,3 HOME OFFICE ENGINEERING PROCEDURES Home Office engineering procedures included development of designs, production of design drawings, revision of drawings, and preparation of materials and equipment specifications and bills of material, DESIGN CRITERIA The early development of design of facilities provided for the scientific experiments was carried through by close liaison between the Chief Engineer of Holmes & Narver and the J-Division Leader, a scientist who had been assigned the direction of all technical and operational matters relating to the Contract. Later, this close liaison was maintained between the Chief Engineer and another scientist who took over these duties from the J-Division leader, Having highly competent men in charge of this phase of the Project was a distinct ad- vantage, Criteria were not provided by J-Division for the design of service facilities such as power and water distillation plants, petroleum products handling, utilities, mess halls, bakeries, cold storage and dry food stores, laundry, shops, warehouses, H & N headquarters, infirmary, post exchange, post office, piers, and causeways. Designs for these facilities were prepared by the Engineering Division under the supervision of the Chief Engineer, subject to the approval of the Director of Engineering and Construction, Santa Fe Operations Office, The design criteria for certain other facilities, such as those provided for the Army and the Air Force on Eniwetok Island and JTF-3 headquarters on Parry Island, originated with Joint Task Force Three and were supplied to H & N by the Contract Administrator, representing the Director of Engineering and Construction, Los Alamos, The design of the military structures for Program 3 was not the responsibility of Holmes & Narver, The Army and the Air Force each appointed its ow Architect-Engineers, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks designed the Navy structures. The instrumentation of Program 3 structures was delegated to Sandia Corporation, (See "Military Structures", Vol, III of this report.) The design criteria for the rest, and by far the largest part, of the development of the proving ground were supplied by J-Division of the Laboratory at Los Alamos. These included the following facilities: On Parry Island -- living quarters, recreational facilities, AEC headquarters, control and telemetering buildings, instrument laboratories, photo laboratory and buildings, and facilities for special purposes, On Japtan Island -- laboratory, autopsy and X-Ray buildings, animal infirmary, small animal houses, and animal runs, 5-11