Natioual Archives Reproduced from ihe holdings of the Pacific Southwi st Region S. P, Howell maby David L. Narver, Jr. survey Personnel Requirements July 15, 1953 Reference is made to my memorandum No. 5155 dated April 23 1953, to the Resident Engineer regarding survey requirements. This memorandum recommended immediate reauisitions to increase the strength of the department to six four man parties plus supporting office personnel. As of this date requisitions to meet this strength are open for one chief of party and six chainmen, Men are in process for the positions but with the exception of two chainmen scheduled for departure on 2+ July thearrival date of these personnel et the Jobsite is inefinite, The volume of survey requirements continues to inerease and we ean be certain from past experience that considerable last A party will be required to be available for full time work at each of the pipe arrays after arrival of the Users, | This item alone can use half of the department strength. During construction of the Charlie pipe lines as many as three parties may be needed as it is doubtful if one party can handle the construction layout and precise alignment. Nearly four hundred stations are listed on the instrumentation charts, Each will require some sort of a survey, There will be other requests such as tying in all recoverable J, S. Navy Survey Stations, establishing ranges for post test crater surveys, etc. in view of these anticipated requirements, and the fact that the department will not be up to six party strength for at least another month, it is recommended that consideration be given to requisitioning two additional four man parties, This will result in a total strength of efght parties which should be sufficient to meet the work load. this is done immediately it will allow the Personnel Department to If recruit and process on this basis and the arrival of the processed personnel at the Jobsite can be made dependent on the work load as the job progresses, The Personnel Department has several instrument men in process as well as additional chainmen, At iesst one of these instrument men is a ehief of party prospect but his experience reeord is too limited to hire him in this elassifiecation. As the cuality of evailable chainmen will not permit much early reclassificatior “rom this group consideration should be given to hiriwzw ©’ ore or mere «© hese instrument mer. if avalliable after processinr. David L, Narver, Jr. DLNJr :LSH:de tyi Resident Engineer © Constr.-Oper, L. & Hammonc Div. mn, cc: Phicf Troject Engineer Project Engineering File kngineering File -"& Med > Baor Fe) = 0 ' ee minute support will be required by the Users.