AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEMS -(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-06505A000500040103-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 103
• Publication Date: April 25, 1966
• Content Type: MEMO

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
5010-104
Memorandum
ENG M66- -2'7 /
TO : Chief, Real Estate and Construction DATE: 2 5 APR 1D66
Division, OL
FROM : Chief, Engineering Staff, OC
SUBJECT Problems -
I- The Office of Communication's major
I uis experiencing
considerable i icu i i.es with the various air condition-
ing systems in use in the main operations building. The
original operations building, when completed and put
into operation in 1959, was adequately air conditioned
with a 30 ton water cooled condenser system. In 1962,
his structure was expanded to double the size to meet-
C/REC increased operational requirements. A 40 ton air-cooled
ondenser system was installed at this time to service
DC/REC vl ? this addition. Again in 1963, an additional room was
Added to the above building complex for the MAX-1 and
EGl.1REC is associated equipment. A single 15 ton A/C unit was
installed specifically to handle this vital area housing
C/ACQ the MAX-1. Because of the sensitive nature and importance
cif the MAX-1 equipment, the old 30 ton system distribution
..___~ucting was re-designed to back up the 15 ton unit in
L. E
ase of failure. A second 15 ton unit has since been.
installed to satisfy this back up requirement. The
changes as made to the 30 ton ducting still remain.
2. Since 1962, continually increasing operational
demands necessitated the installation of additional heat
producing electronic, teletype and other equipment to
the point where the cooling capacity of the combined 30,
and 40 ton units barely are adequate. Aggravating the
albove situation is the deterioration of the 30 ton
efficiency as a result of heavy mineral scale deposits 25X1
forming on the cooling coils caused by impurities in
-------the local water and lack of proper maintenance byE :J
maintenance personnel who are unfamiliar with
e peculiar and diversified equipment used in each of
the systems.
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2 5 APR 266
3. This office believes that immediate action is
necessary to prevent the present situation from deteriorating
to the point where proper operations of the 25X1
1could be hampered by lack of suitable air
conditioning. Therefore, you are requested to send a
qualified air conditioning specialist to this Post at
the earliest date to:
a. Inspect all of the systems in use now
and make immediate and specific recommendations
for improving them, check into possible re-design
of the ducting for better air flow distribution,
solve or rectify the scale formation on the 30
ton cooling coils and any other problems which
will improve efficiency of the systems.
b. Prepare a study, plans, recommendations and
preliminary cost estimates for replacing all of the
units in use now with a central system; this would
include the two 15 ton units serving the MAX-1 area.
c. Investigate the feasibility (keeping in mind
the economics of the idea) of establishing our own
air conditioning repair/maintenance shop and staff,
or
select si
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shops.
4. If ad information is required on the above,
please contact ~~~ on extension 25X1
Distribution:
Original & 1 - Addressee
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