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Construction Contracts
U.S. government vehicles at a sterile area near the port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, await return to
(U.S. Amy photo by SGT John Bohmer)
the United States.
In early March the Corps received requests to install 50 wash racks at
D h a h r a n , King Khalid Military City, King Fahd International Airport, and
D a m m a m . The Dhahran Area Office purchased membrane that the 411th
Engineer Brigade installed at the Dhahran temporary wash rack.
On 19 March representatives from the Dhahran Area Office and Bechtel
met with the ARCENT SUPCOM engineer to draft a revised plan for wash
facilities at Dhahran and King Khalid Military City. The first precast ramps for
the temporary wash facility at Dhahran were delivered on 27 March. The
Dhahran Area Office awarded the construction subcontract for the permanent
wash facility at Dhahran air base on 26 March. The office completed the design
for the paved redeployment assembly area in Jubail. Securing approval for these
projects was difficult because Saudi officials resisted funding any new projects.58
Corps had completed 5,280,121 in construction: ,978,398 with U.S.
f u n d i n g , ,711,723 with Saudi funding, and ,590,000 with Japanese
funding through the Gulf Peace Fund.59
Observations
C o n s t r u c t i o n requirements changed continually throughout Operation
DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM and to a lesser extent during redeployment. The
changes posed a particular challenge for MEAPO(SWA) staff. In one instance,
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