OCR

Before the establishment of CEBMCO, construction of ICBM sites was the responsibility of,those Corps of Engineers Districts in which the projects were physically located. With the activation of CEBMCO, the Area Engineers charged with field supervision of base construction were divorced from control of the District Engineers and transferred to CEBMCO Command. The Districts, however, continued to provide the CEBMCO Area Engineers with those services which could be most quickly and economically furnished from their offices. CEBMCO established uniform procedures for administration of contracts for each weapon system under construction, through a Weapons System Director at CEBMCO Headquarters and by the CEBMCO Area Engineers at each missile site. Under CEBMCO, authority and responsibility were decentralized to the maximum degree, consistent with need. At the same time the Weapons System Directors and the Area Engineers provide each other with information as to any changes or conditions within a system, and at any site which has possible impact at any other site or system. On April 1, 1961, CEBMCO was placed under operational control of the Ballistic Systems Division (BSD) of the newly-organized Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). Brigadier General Alvin C. Welling, CE, Commanding General of CEBMCO, was assigned as Deputy for Site Activation in BSD, which was commanded by Major General T. P. Gerrity, USAF. The approximate cost of the total Schilling Project was $48,000,000. Utah's share of the revenue on the work was $20,550,066 as per the books. As stated earlier, the contract was dated March, I960 and the official completion date is listed as October, 1962. Mr. James C. Stewart, was the Project Manager for the construction of these missile complexes. Other Utah projects on which Mr. Stewart was Project Manager were: Rocky Mountain Arsenal, San Manuel Copper Project, and the Vandenberg Air Force Base missile launching facilities. For a short period he was also Project Manager for the Toquepala Project in Peru. Other personnel on the project were: Cecil B. Welton, General Superintendent, Mr. Welton was later Project Manager of the NORAD Project; Robert M. LaFollette, Project Engineer; Buford J. Kelly, Area Superintendent; and N. K. "Blackie" Robins, who was directly responsible for the shaft sinking. 10) Philco Plant The construction of a research and development laboratory consisting of four units totaling approximately 250,000 sq. ft. Work was done under a pant venture of Johnson & Mape Construction Co. 70% (sponsor) and Utah 30%.