P-971A CAMOUT Facilities, Phase I (Urban Core),
was constructed by Soltek Pacific of San Diego as part of desert
ground training facilities located at the Marine Corps Air Ground
Combat in Twentynine Palms,
California. The project involved construction of a simulated
city with middle eastern aesthetics complete with a hospital,
police station, hotels, dirt roads, schools and even a cemetery.
The phase I included fifty four (54) buildings
(approximately 131,000 M2), and urban roads, on approximately 69
acres of land. These buildings are one to five story cast-in-place
concrete buildings wish resembled to resembled typical urban desert cities.
The project also included installation of several miles of
utilities and pipelines.
LandMark Consultants, Inc.
was retained by Soltek Pacific to provide geotechnical engineering
services, on-site construction inspection and materials testing
during constructions through 2008.
