USACE (MCX-CMAC) - Architectural-Archaeological Reports Series

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  • Archaeological Research Collections Center Evaluations for the US Department on Interior Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons.

    Pursuant to an interagency Agreement between the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, repositories at three facilities – Wichita State University (WSU) Department of Anthropology, the University of Texas-San Antonio Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) and the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) – have been evaluated based on the federal standards contained in 36 CFR Part 79. Evaluations were based on building...

  • Architectural and Curation-Needs Assessment for GSA Collections and Proposed Curation Facility, Foley Square Project (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. James E. Barnes. Michael K. Trimble.

    The General Services Administration, Northeast and Caribbean Region, retained the services of the Engineering Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (SLD), to assess the condition of the archaeological collections from non-burial contexts of the Foley Square Project. In addition, SLD was asked to perform an architectural assessment of a facility proposed by the South Street Seaport Museum as a curation facility for the collection. The current report reviews the findings...

  • Architectural Assessment of Select Department of Veterans Affairs Buildings in Dayton, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Alexandria, Virginia (2008)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    This report was developed in accordance with Interagency Agreement No. V101(049A3)P-2008-052 Amendment 2 between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District. The purpose of the report is to record an assessment of four historic VA buildings for their suitability as future permanent archive storage facilities and to make...

  • Assessment of Potential Archaeological Collections Facility Sites at Eaker Air Force Base, Blytheville, Arkansas (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. Dawayne Sanders.

    In 1994, the Arkansas Archaeological Survey (AAS), a unit of the University of Arkansas, contacted the St. Louis District for assistance in evaluating the feasibility of using an existing building on Eaker Air Force Base for the Mississippi Valley Cultural Heritage Center - a proposed central facility devoted to the curation needs of archaeological materials recovered from the region and to their academic and educational use. A St. Louis District architectural feasibility team evaluated five...

  • Assessment of Potential Archaeological Collections Facility Sites at Edwards Air Force Base (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons. Rhonda Lueck. Lynn Neher. Dawayne Sanders.

    In 1994, collections buildings at Edwards Air Force Base were evaluated for problems, standard of care and maintenance and management of artifacts and associated documentation; recommendations for resolving the problem; and a cost estimate for the recommended new building. Efforts to resolve the problem posed by the current facility include the evaluation of building 16 as a replacement facility and an evaluation of six sites for the potential construction of a new building. We recommend the...

  • Evaluation Report for an Archaeological Collections Center for the Presidio Trust San Francisco, California (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Heather Pobst. Daryl Atchley. Jennifer Riordan.

    At the request of the Presidio Trust of San Francisco, California, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX-CMAC), located at the St. Louis District, assessed archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted within the boundaries of the Presidio of San Francisco and preformed an architectural evaluation of its current collections facility...

  • Fort Sill Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Assessment (1998)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Rhonda R. Lueck. Nathan Rauh.

    Fort Sill asked the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District to assist them in their efforts to upgrade three buildings as part of the rehabilitation of portions of the Fort Sill Museum. St. Louis District personnel conducted a site visit to evaluate (1) the current heating, venting and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and building structures for Buildings 438 and 442 and (2) the building structures for the addition of an HVAC system in Building 346. Planned building issues, including...

  • Museum of the Rockies Design Overview (1995)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

    In May 1995 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District (COE) and the Museum of the Rockies (MOR), Montana State University (MSU), entered into a cooperative agreement for the purpose of designing a prototype curation collections center for the in perpetuity conservation, processing, care, and housing of Federal archaeological, historical, paleontological, and biological collections. The cooperative agreement was developed under the authority of the FY94 Defense Appropriations Act, P.L....

  • A Preliminary Assessment of the Potential of the Warren Lasch Conservation Center to Become a National Underwater Archaeological Conservation and Curation Center (2000)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard L. Siemons.

    This report is written to summarize the potential for the Warren Lasch Conservation Center to become a National Underwater Archaeological Conservation and Curation Center at the Charleston Naval Complex in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Center's location, site, building, equipment, and staff were evaluated and potential exists for the Warren Lasch Conservation Center to become a National Underwater Archaeological Conservation and Curation Center.