MISSILE BASES: DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS

Abstract

The paper describes the difficulties and problems in connection with design and construction of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Bases. The problems arose primarily because of the crash nature of the program, the widespread extent areally of facilities in a given missile complex, which resulted in varied geological and water-table conditions, and nonsite adaptation of general plans and specifications for a complex to individual facility sites in the complex. In spite of harassing design and construction problems which affected the timeliness and cost of construction, all missile complexes were successfully constructed, which involved 850 individual facilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0703838

Entities

People

  • Alfred J. Hendron Jr.
  • Willard J. Turnbull

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backfills
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Blast
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Contractors
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Excavation
  • Grand Forks
  • Groundwater
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Materials
  • Structural Integrity
  • Water

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design