CHAPTER II, SECTION 5
by 31 January 1954. Actual work started on 28
August and was completed on 18 January 1954.

STATION 2400.01
LIMONITE COLLIMATOR ON UCRL PIPE
SITE SUGAR - USER: UCRL
GENERAL.
This Station was a_ reinforced
limonite concrete structure used in Project 24
(Phonex). The upper pertion was wedge-shaped
with an opening in the tup that tapered down
in steps to an opening in the bottom. The block
rested on a 23’-0” x 20-0" x 4’- 0” deep reinforced concrete slab. A six-inch slab extended
beyond the structure at the rear and at the
front. The front of the structure was provided
with a dirt fill, and a three-toot high wall was
provided in the front to hold this fill.
In
addition, there was a two-foot thick limonite
concrete wall along the side at the front which
acted as a shield and a retaining wall for the
earth fill. A number of pipe sleeves were provided, some of which were located horizontally
while others were located vertically.
ENGINEERING. A portion of the basic design
criteria was received on 6 May 1953. In this
criteria it was stated that the engineering
would be done by UCRL, and that the Contractor would supply the materials and cast the
concrete. All of the basic design criteria were
received on 8 July 1953, at which time the

steel design for the structure was checked, and
it was found that the design was inadcquate.
After consultation with the User, the Station
was re-designed. On 12 July 1953, the size of
the slab was changed and minor revisions were
received on 27 July which were incerporated
on the drawings. On 17 August, criteria were
received requesting that the wall at the side of
the structure be limonite concrete and, in
addition, the vertical holes in the limonite
hlock were re-spaced. The design work proper
was started on 29 July. The criteria required
that this structure’s settlement could not exceed 1-inch maximum. As a result, a heavy
foundation was designed which embedded the
base four feet in the ground and which was
supported by eight steel 12-inch H-piles. Two
drawings were submitted on 3 August and on
8 September respectively. They were approved
on 20 August and on 25 September,
CONSTRUCTION.
Work was scheduled to
commence on 1 September and to be completed
by 31 December. Actual construction started on
17 September and was completed on 2 Januarv
1954. The piling foundations for these Stations
could not be driven because of the hard coral
ledges underlving the Stations. After verifying
the thickness and extent of the coral, an alternate design of a concrete foundation, doweled and grouted into the rock, was employed.
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