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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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Co More

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Co More

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

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Co More