This manual is intended for use as a training guide and reference text for engineer personnel responsible for planning and executing theater of operations (TO) construction. It provides techniques and procedures for frame construction, preparation and use of bill of materials (BOMs), building layout, formatting for concrete slabs and foundations, framing and finish carpentry, roof framing and coverings, bridge and wharf construction, and the materials used for these operations.

The proponent for this publication is the United States Army Engineer School (USAES).

Chapter 1 - Construction Drawings

Chapter 2 - Construction Planning and Materials

Chapter 3 is Bill of Materials

Chapter 4 is Building Layout and Foundation

Chapter 5 is Forms for Concrete

Chapter 6 is Rough Framing

Chapter 7 is Rough Systems and Coverings

Chapter 8 is Doors and Windows

Chapter 9 is Finish Carpentry

Chapter 10 is Nonstandard Fixed Bridge

Chapter 11 is Timber-Pile Wharves

Appendix A is Conversion Tables

Appendix B is Carpentry Abbreviations and Symbols

Appendix C is Manpower Estimates

Appendix D is General Information