Gamberi Afghan National Army Garrison: Site Grading and Infrastructure Maintenance Problems Put Facilities at Risk

Abstract

The Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, through the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, provided $129.8 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Afghanistan Engineer District-North(TAN) to construct an Afghan National Army (ANA) garrison in Gamberi, located in Nangarhar province on Afghanistans eastern border. As part of its inspections program, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)conducted an inspection to follow upon actions USACE-TAN took in response to an open recommendation in SIGAR Audit-10-10, ANA Garrison at Gamberi Appears Well Built Overall but Some Construction Issues Need to Be Addressed, dated April 30, 2010.During that audit, SIGAR found several problems with flood control measures, site grading, and a deteriorating bridge. For example, SIGAR reported that the poor grading at the construction site could result in the accumulation of water around buildings and, if not addressed, could lead to flooding after a significant rainfall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1141041

Entities

People

  • Crawford Thompson
  • Lise Pederson
  • Milton Naumann
  • Warren Anthony
  • William Dillingham

Organizations

  • Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Construction
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Inspection
  • Low Elevation
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.