A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LOCATION OF THE(Sanitized) DUAL STEREO COMPARATOR(Sanitized)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A000200030016-0
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: December 5, 1967
• Content Type: MF

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A Recommendation for the Location of th
ual Stereo Comparator)
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1 A meeting was held December 4 to discuss the
cons and in o ndations for the location of the al
romp rator. hose in attendance were
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2. I Iopened the meeting by stating that a decision
had to be reached as to whether the dual comparator could or could
not be located in the old clean lab of TID on the second floor, if
not why not and which alternate location in the building would meet
the site requirements for the instailatton. This opening statement 2 5X1A
was based on the latest information available from the
Company and our consultant engineer regarding the instrument as
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to site (dimension), total weight, vibrations contained in
he length of time for site preparations, operational
down time 1-5 --the remaining portion of the TID operation during the
construction, construction of site preparations on the second
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which prohibits the raising of excessive weights to upper floor
levels.
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3. d a rumor that more than one instrument
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may be installed as originated by himself on the
probability that DIA may wish to procure such an instrument to be
housed in the building, and that he could not foresee NPIC
procuring more than one instrument for their own use within the
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of TID, stated that they ha
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he 941st f oor I I due to the heavy 25X1 A
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well 28,000 lbs.) of the instrument, which, according to
made the floor loading capacity on the second floor
marginal t teal that it would be desirous at the first
floor level to prepare a site for part or all of
the remaining snsrat on equipment presently housed in the TICS
area, second floor.
3. discussed at great lengths the difficulties that
would be encountered in a site preparation for this instrument on the
second floor. Again, the weight factor was a major problem. A
vibration tqst was recently conducted in this area and the results
turned over or analysis. Their
findings have dictated that a tree foot high false floor would be
required to support the equipment. Since the height of the second
floor (from slab to slab) is 11 feet? 3 inches, and that lights and
other utilities would be required in the ceiling, the unobstructed
room height for the equipment, and personnel, would be approximately
7 feet. This does not lend itself to the most desirable human
factor conditions. Another reason for not placing this equipment
on the second floor would be that approximately 400 square feet of
floor space would be lost to operational use in that this amount
of spare is required to house air handler and environmental
equipment necessary for the operation of the instrument (This
equipment will still be required on the first floor location, but
in this area it can be locatedi
the cost of a site preparation on the
second floor Off the record he stated this is an
a aassuwp on that a rst e~o r oa ion could probably save the
Center y a substantial reduction in the size, deli.
and fabrication of vibration dampers and in the actual site
preparation. This statement was based on his belief that the
existing floor slab could be breached and piling be driven in
the packed clay underneath the first floor slab to be used as
footing for the pads Of the instrument. This would Isolate the
equipment from any building Vibration. Prior to verifying this
statement new vibration tests will have to be conducted on the
first floor.
7 An open discussion concerning the Center's epear
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of the4reining portion of the old TIC) clean room during construction
phase (estimated five months or more) revealed that NPIC cannot
afford to be without the services of the mensuration equipment
for any period of time, therefore this statement alone should negate
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The guestiOf was asked, why were we so long resent et" the second floor would p -e-
that this i
a problei!
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for omplettatr the first part of January must be
t4,nn for this Piece of equipment rder
dues
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stated that th e+ loaa
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at the earliest possible date (several weeks)
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that the final design- may h per cent of the P
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In addition he State
hose of our
are engaged in the design p
due inability to successfully
instant.. is lost the services of some
locate a site for this 4nstTUMentl a services may be
quireed l will be lost[ phase a esnt depending on the 25X1 A
r for some redaastgn P instrument is a very
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complex instruasent~and that to change the
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a result of this meeting, the following reca enda
As
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were sd+e resent that
e. It was the una a .u-ca4~rsensus of those a for the dual uos r+e3rator.
tend that the tars pri+~ ~.. ,,.sat # ern tests of
was
rand floor Were spade SLT.1alyzed
in theeefInalno -
effort
with a mmini
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bf support env'~r nmenta duct work, and a &inisn~a dollar
of deaeoliti,on, rerouting
isruption to the operSti+ s of
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value, TID ifta
during site still preparations* aff
on the first
b. It was recd enddd that consideration
preparing space adjacent to the dual comp equipment of
floor and nova Part or all of theasteddsmove iwould chances the
TID to that location. This sugg affording a cleaner and
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Mensuration catabilities
for equipment operation, secondly,_..
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stable environment
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all conditions necessary
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10. For those reasons stated herein, I an orse the
recosuendstions contained in paragraphs 9 a and b above,
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