REPORT OF WATER LEAK ON CONSTRUCTION SITE 1 FEBRUARY 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88G00186R000700830034-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: February 2, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Water Leak of 1 Feb. 1985 - _ Y G
FROM: C/HOME EXTENSION NO.
3E-14 Hqs. DATE
5 Feb 85
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
DATE
OFFICER'S
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ADDA
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Sir:
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49FE
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Here is an MFR from NBPO con-
cerning the water leak of
1 Feb. 1985. As you can see from
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the memo, eventually the entire
system will be redundant and
hopefully until that time we
4.
GJ
won't experience another freak
accident such as this one.
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4 February 1985
SUBJECT: Report of Water Leak on Construction Site
1 February 1985
1. At approximately 1330 hours on 1 February 1985, the
Bid Package No. 3 contractor, MCI Constructors, Inc., bumped a
2" diameter pipe and valve assembly on the condenser water
system causing a water leak to develop. This accident occurred
while the contractor was removing HVAC ductwork in the Power-
house.
2. When the leak developed, a MCI worker held the pipe and
valve assembly against the pipe to minimize the water leak. The
air conditioning system stayed in operation because the system,
through its make-up water supply, was able to offset the leakage.
At this point, Allied began to start the backup chiller systems
in the main building thereby shedding load off of the Powerhouse
system. A chiller valving sequence was performed, but due to
existing valves not holding, the water pressure did not drop off
sufficiently to allow the repair to be made. During this valving
sequence, the chillers remained in operation.
3. At approximately 1500 hours the condenser system was
secured and draining begun, and at approximately 1545 hours the
repairs were completed by MCI Constructors and the chillers
restarted. The pipe and valve assembly was examined afterwards
and found to be so badly corroded that it is likely that the water
leak would have occurred had someone barely nudged the valve.
4. This condenser system is in the process of being totally
replaced with a "dual header" system which would enable the
operators to valve over to a different piping system if a water
leak such as this occurs in the future. This would allow for
repairs to be made without affecting the operation of the
chilled water system.
Project Engineer, New Building Project Office
Distribution:
Orig - OL/NBPO
1 - DDA
1 - C/HOME/OL
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