Geer
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‘Mr. Joe B. Sanders
Subject: Taongi Atoll - Construction and Support Requirements
30 January 1957
Page 4
Because of the meager information available to us with respect to large vessel
operations off the Taongi Atoll it seems logical that a representative of the agency
that will furnish the support vessels accompany our first reconnaisance party. The
method of cperations and the support that we may expect can thereby be determined
more realistically.
Construction Schedule. For the minimumscope of work contemplated it is estimated
we will require 65 construction and 35 operation personnel for a period of 6-1/2
months. The maximum scope of work will require 120 construction and 80 operation
personnel for a period of 7-1/2 months.
These schedules cover on-site construction
only; a minimum of four months mist be added to these schedules for procurement
and shipment of material and equipment. In estimating the time schedule it has
been Assumed that the topography of the proposed airstrip site will be similar to
that of Nan and that beaches for landing craft, coral deposits, trees, underbrush
and other conditions will be similar to those of other atolls in which we have operated.
Cost Estimates. The items of work contemplated and the cost estimates are summarized
in the following tables:
Minimum Requirements
ITEM
ESTIMATED COST
1.
2.
3.
4,
Beachhead
Camp (As Fox-Redwing)
Access Channel - 20' Deep
Concrete Station (As Station 70 - Redwing)
12,000
325 ,000
686 ,000
295 ,000
6.
7.
Five (5) Barge Anchorages
Inter-Atoll Communications
222 ,000
243,000
5.
8.
9.
300' Steel Tower (As Station 5 - Redwing)
Submarine Cable
Seadrome
TOTAL MINIMUM CONSTRUCTION
343 ,000
200 ,000
96 ,000
2 422 ,000
RECAPITULATION
Construction Equipment
Operational Equipment
Construction Projects
TOTAL
471,340
35 ,000
2 ,422 ,000
2,928, 340
Maximm Reguirements
ITEM
1.
2.
3.
Beachhead
Camp - 200-Man
Airstrip
5.
3 Concrete Stations as Redwing
4,
Access Channel - 20'
ESTIMATED COST
12 ,000
450 ,000
560 ,000
686 ,000
1,013 ,O00