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A team of five Equipment Operators from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 completed placing a foundation on October 22, but the foundations they placed are for more than just supporting a building. Since September 22, personnel from NMCB 4's Alfa company have been placing a foundation that is the half the size of an Olympic size swimming pool. And for four of the five Seabees tasked with the project, they are experiencing their first deployment. However, to look at the quality of work completed one would have no idea that most of them where in high school a year ago.
"The work we're doing right now will last for years," Equipment Operator 2nd Class Michael Ivey, the Project Crew Leader, said, "but we're gaining experience and knowledge that will last a life time." This crew has been working with material that is indigenous to Kuwait and has the consistency of sand. Getch, normally excavated from the ground, is a mixture of sand and clay.
"It's not easy to work with, and it's not forgiving, but because of our teamwork we find that we're doing things few have done before," said Constructionman Shane Nance. To get the consistency that they need, the crew mixes the Getch with water and then spreads it on the ground where it is rolled flat and compacted. The end product is a hard, stabile surface on top of the sand that can support the weight of structures and vehicles. These pads will be used as a surface which the transient Army Truck Companies of Camp Arifjan will place office buildings. As more transportation units move in and out of Kuwait, the need for quality construction is on the rise.
And while the project may have only taken a month to complete, the end product will last much longer. "When I was in A-School we had to pass a test, but here our product has to pass the test of time," Constructionman Jospeh Gibson said.
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