A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 70TH Engineer Battalion (Combat)
During this reporting period the organization continued to engage in extensive construction projects normally associated with construction battalions. Some of the major projects completed during this period were: (1) An 18KM Security Lighting System which encompasses the 1st Air Cavalry Division's Base Camp; (2) A 140 bed Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; (3) Extension to the Commanding General's Office area; (4) A 10 MBBL Collapsible bladder which acts as a temporary terminus for the Qui Nhon - An Khe pipeline and a fueling point for tankers bound for Pleiku; (5) A Division Tactical Operations Center which is an underground bunker that houses the nerve center for all 1st Air Cavalry Division's operations; (6) A 60 Ton Ice Plant capable of producing 60 tons of ice from four 15 ton ice units; (7) The construction of a 27 meter Eiffel bridge which opened up Kannack Road thereby linking the town of An Khe with nearby hamlets; (8) 40,000 cubic feet of refrigeration storage with covered sheds; (9) Completion of 9,216 SF of maintenance buildings and rehabilitation of 14,400 SF of ammunition storage area in the Log Complex; (10) Replacing the surface on the runway at the An Khe Airfield; (11) Combatting a ten year design flood from 25 Nov 66 to 27 Nov 66.
Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 70TH Engineer Battalion (Combat)
During this reporting period the organization continued to engage in extensive construction projects normally associated with construction battalions. Some of the major projects completed during this period were: (1) An 18KM Security Lighting System which encompasses the 1st Air Cavalry Division's Base Camp; (2) A 140 bed Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; (3) Extension to the Commanding General's Office area; (4) A 10 MBBL Collapsible bladder which acts as a temporary terminus for the Qui Nhon - An Khe pipeline and a fueling point for tankers bound for Pleiku; (5) A Division Tactical Operations Center which is an underground bunker that houses the nerve center for all 1st Air Cavalry Division's operations; (6) A 60 Ton Ice Plant capable of producing 60 tons of ice from four 15 ton ice units; (7) The construction of a 27 meter Eiffel bridge which opened up Kannack Road thereby linking the town of An Khe with nearby hamlets; (8) 40,000 cubic feet of refrigeration storage with covered sheds; (9) Completion of 9,216 SF of maintenance buildings and rehabilitation of 14,400 SF of ammunition storage area in the Log Complex; (10) Replacing the surface on the runway at the An Khe Airfield; (11) Combatting a ten year design flood from 25 Nov 66 to 27 Nov 66.
Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 70TH Engineer Battalion (Combat)
1967
20 pages
Report
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English
Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Civil Engineering , Army operations , Vietnam , Construction materials , Lighting equipment , Hospitals , Pipes , Bridges , Refrigeration systems , Structures , Runways , Control , Floods , Maintenance , Heliports , Roads , Construction , 70th engineer battalion , Lessons learned , South vietnam