Iraqi subcontractors at the annex to the Ibn Sina Army Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, work on a roof construction method, not used in the US, it is a modification of a traditional Iraqi building method. A shallow arch is created with bricks and mortar between steel or pre-fabricated concrete beams, and when set, will support a poured concrete deck. This project has been planned, managed, and quality-controlled by US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and site managers. Taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
10/07/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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