https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/252d385186fc3fad3c8977a4c4e7ba66.pdf eed0290a5c8a9cc75c19f6861f5d0261 PDF Text Text D 4 - tAko-eO—uuzad k Muouukkas d W AoMdtte © Aihaa Msualoo I Maslug Cl Gy 6. /939. • Mil elislused Ulider the Access to Information Act llnformc 'ion "guen3 G3oi A APPENDIX TA" SECRET PROGRESS OF U.S.A,. REFUELLING BASES IN CANADA General 1. Considerable progress has been made during the past three months. The only problems that have arisen are those expected during normal construction operations. The general contractors are meeting their established schedules. The following is a resume by site of the progress to date: Frobisher Bay The piling operations are virtually complete for all structures 1. with the pouring of the concrete pile caps 95% complete. The steel for the power house and the storage and maintenance area of the composite structure has been erected. The pavements contractor has directed his major effort towards the 2. runway extension. This portion of the runway contract entails the blasting and leveling of a small hill in the confines of the extension itself . The earth cut required for the maintenance apron and the utilidor has progressed relatively slowly owing to the slowness with which frost is leaving the ground. This allows a cut of six to seven inches daily. Even at this relatively slow rate of cut, schedules are being met. 3. The fuels unloading sea line, and the lines to the bulk storage area and from the bulk storage area to the apron area have been completed. The new bulk storage tank will be erected during the current construction season. Churchill Pile drilling and placement operations have resumed. The piles 1. are in place with caps being poured for one maintenance dock. Drilling and pile placement is continuing for the second dock and the readiness crew building. Some difficulty is still being experienced in the drilling operation, due primarily to boulder-bearing soil. The present procedure is to drill until a boulder in encountered then blast the boulder using a small charge of dynamite. Excavation for the dormitory additions and the officers quarters has been started; no concrete has been poured to date. The runway contractor has constructed a haul road from the var2. ious borrow areas to the runway extension while, at the same time, cleaning out any pockets of organic material found in the nunway extension area. The placement of fill material is presently ahead of schedule and the contractor anticipates getting all fill in place during the current construction season. Namao The foundations and brick work have been completed on the addi1. tions to the officers quarters. Foundations are in and brick work started on the additions to the other ranks quarters. The balance of the facilities will be constructed in the operational area near the southwest end of the primary runway. In this area, the grade beams have been poured for the composite industrial building. Two fuel storage tank foundations have been formed and reinforcing steel set. 2 000053 �Document disclosed underthe Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loisurl'acces a /'information >■ ■ c Y - 2 - 2. The runway contractor has completed the overshoot on the southwest extension and has the third lift of base course material in place on the extension proper. A portion of the existing runway has been closed and work initiated on the overlay. Some time has been lost on the pavement work over the last two weeks owing to rain. Cold Lake 1. All of the work to date has been in the operational area. The foundations for the fuel storage tanks, the composite industrial building and the aircraft maintenance dock have been poured. 2. The sub-grade has been prepared for the ramp, runway extension, taxiways and warmup pad. The hydrant fuel lines that run under the refuelling apron are in place. Rain at Cold Lake has hampered the pavement preparation work and 32 inches of rain have fallen in the past two weeks. 3. The composite industrial buildings at Cold Lake and Namao have 70,000 square feet of space and provide for the following functions: warehouse! fire station, auto maintenance shop, auto storage and an air-craft maintenance. Additional Projects 1. The USAF Liaison Office associated with Construction Engineering has been given design and construction responsibility for US?F/ADC facilities to be constructed in Canada. The program approximates 30 million dollars and is composed of a Rearwards Communications System from Brevoort Island to Goose Bay, Labrador; eight TACANStsions, and two Radar Improvement Programs. All of these programs are scheduled to be under contract during the current calendar year. 6 July 1959 000054 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDAC02321 Title A name given to the resource Progress of USAF Refuelling Bases in Canada Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 7/6/1959 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-b, Volume number: 5911, File number: 50195-40, pt 3-3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource LAC Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource SAC Refuelling Facilities Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en