Post by Anonymous Vet on Dec 21, 2002 14:13:03 GMT -5
MARCH 11, 1967
SAND CEMENT IS ANSWER
CAM RANH BAY
The 1st Construction Platoon of
Company B, 864th Engineer Battalion,
has solved the depot drainage problem
here at last.
The answer to the problem was sand
cement. The original idea of putting
ditches in the sand gave way to using
sandbags and peneprime. Then a small
area was lined with a sand cement
called gunite. The rains came, the
waters rose, and the only section that
held was the gunite one.
With a crew of 10 men, the platoon
sergeant found that an average of 30
cubic yards of sand cement per day
could be placed. This amount covered
80 feet of ditch with a hard surface
immune to foot traffic which had
destroyed the original peneprime
ditches.
Plans for the future include all
ditches in the depot to be treated with
the sand cement mixture prior to the
next monsoon season
SAND CEMENT IS ANSWER
CAM RANH BAY
The 1st Construction Platoon of
Company B, 864th Engineer Battalion,
has solved the depot drainage problem
here at last.
The answer to the problem was sand
cement. The original idea of putting
ditches in the sand gave way to using
sandbags and peneprime. Then a small
area was lined with a sand cement
called gunite. The rains came, the
waters rose, and the only section that
held was the gunite one.
With a crew of 10 men, the platoon
sergeant found that an average of 30
cubic yards of sand cement per day
could be placed. This amount covered
80 feet of ditch with a hard surface
immune to foot traffic which had
destroyed the original peneprime
ditches.
Plans for the future include all
ditches in the depot to be treated with
the sand cement mixture prior to the
next monsoon season