CHAPTER 5.7 MASTER PLANNING AND SITE PLANNING As a result of a series of conferences between representatives of Holmes & Narver and J-Division, held during the week of November 15, 1948, basic functional criteria were formulated which, together with the findings and recommendations of the Reconnaissance Report of January 7, 1949, provided the master planning for the Project. Because the test dates had been rather firmly established for the early part of 1951, the indefinite nature of the early criteria inposed major planning problems upon the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction units of the Holmes & Narver Organization, and required that considerable judgement and foresight be exercised to anticipate changes in basic criteria and increases in the scope of the work and still schedule the work for completion within the time limit. Because the Atoll had been used for similar tests before, there were some installations available for use. In the interests of economy it was decided to rehabilitate these wherever possible. Similarly, it was decided to use the several islands for the same purposes as in the previous tests. Thus Parry and Eniwetok were selected to serve as support islands, while Runit, the Aomon-Biijiri-Rojoa Group, and Engebi were to be used as experiment sites. In addition, based on the findings of the Reconnaissance Report, Bogallua Island was selected as an experiment site. The over-all planning problem modified coordination and distribution of many types of installations for a limited area and for a Project whose ultimate scope was not known until the late stages of construction. Although the increases in population for the various sites do not constitute the most definitive index of growth in scope, it is significant that the planned population of the support islands, Parry and Eniwetok, increased from 1,200 to more than 4,400. Furthermore, developments showed that not even the Users could foresee the ultimate size of the Project. Yet, the attempt by the planners to prowide for changes and increases in scope was proved successful by the fact that a very high percentage of the changes and increases were made without serious disruption of original plans. Details of the planning for each major island are given in the following subsections. Maps showing site plans and layouts for each island are presented in Appendix C of this Completion Report. PARRY ISLAND Parry Island was chosen as the site for AEC headquarters, including the test control center and the base for laboratory personnel and functions. It was also to serve as the construction and maintenance headquarters for H & N and as dispatching center for inter-island 5-43