Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 358
National Air and Space Museum
Contractors' Files, 1971-1977
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Air and Space Museum |
Title: | Contractors' Files |
Dates: | 1971-1977 |
Quantity: | 53 cu. ft. (53 record storage boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 358 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This record unit documents the construction of the new Museum building, primarily documenting ground-breaking in 1972 until its opening in July 1976. The majority of the records were in the custody of the Building Management Division of the Museum, while a smaller amount came from the Smithsonian's Office of Design and Construction. These records consist of bids, correspondence, employee lists, meeting reports, and architectural drawings and plans associated with the work of each contractor. Approximately half the records concern the work of the principal contractor, the Gilbane Building Company, while the remainder document the work of various other contractors dealing with foundations, structural steel, food service equipment, carpentry, and landscaping. |
Descriptive Entry
These records document the construction of the new National Air and Space Museum (NASM) building, from ground-breaking in 1972 until opening in July 1976. The majority of the records were in the custody of the Building Management Division of the museum, while a smaller amount come from the Smithsonian's Office of Design and Construction.
These records consist of bids, correspondence, employee lists, meeting reports, and architectural drawings and plans associated with the work of each contractor. Approximately half the records concern the work of the principal contractor, the Gilbane Building Company, while the other half documents the work of various other contractors dealing with foundations, structural steel, food service equipment, carpentry, landscaping, and the like.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.). Building Management Division
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Design and Construction
- Gilbane Building Company
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 358, National Air and Space Museum, Contractors' Files
Container List
Box 1
Water Main Relocation: Curtin and Johnson, Inc. (GS-00B-01322), 1976-1977 (9 folders)
Metal Deck: Epic Metals Corporation (GS-00B-01346), 1975-1977 (9 folders)
Box 2
Metal Deck: Epic Metals Corporation (GS-00B-01346), 1975-1977 (9 folders)
Excavation: Morauer and Harzell, Inc. (GS-00B-01347), 1972-1976 (10 folders)
Box 3
Excavation: Morauer and Harzell, Inc. (GS-00B-01347), 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Foundation: Edward M. Crough, Inc. (GS-00B-01350), 1972-1976 (17 folders)
Box 4
Foundation: Edward M. Crough, Inc. (GS-00B-01350), 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Marble: Peter Bratti Associates, Inc. (GS-00B-01348), 1972-1975 (17 folders)
Box 5
Marble: Peter Bratti Associates, Inc. (GS-00B-01348), 1972-1975 (20 folders)
Box 6
Marble: Peter Bratti Associates, Inc. (GS-00B-01348), 1972-1975 (13 folders)
Box 7
Marble: Peter Bratti Associates, Inc. (GS-00B-01348), 1972-1975 (2 folders)
Structural Steel: Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, Inc. (GS-00B-01349), 1972-1976 (14 folders)
Box 8
Structural Steel: Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, Inc. (GS-00B-01349), 1972-1976 (15 folders)
Box 9
Structural Steel: Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, Inc. (GS-00B-01349), 1972-1976 (14 folders)
Box 10
Structural Steel: Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, Inc. (GS-00B-01349), 1972-1976 (14 folders)
Box 11
Structural Steel: Roanoke Iron & Bridge Works, Inc. (GS-00B-01349), 1972-1976
Window Wall: Cupples Production Division (GS-00B-01351), 1972-1975 (15 folders)
Box 12
Window Wall: Cupples Production Division (GS-00B-01351), 1972-1975 (4 folders)
Concrete Slabs: The Piracci Corporation (GS-00B-01358), 1972-1976 (10 folders)
Box 13
Concrete Slabs: The Piracci Corporation (GS-00B-01358), 1972-1976 (5 folders)
Roofing and Sheet Metal: Commercial Roofing and Sheet Metal Co., (GS-00B-01353), 1972-1975 (3 folders)
Masonry: The Sherman R. Smoot Company (GS-00B-01354), 1972-1975 (8 folders)
Roofing and Masonry Blueprints (2 folders)
Box 14
Roofing and Masonry Blueprints (8 folders)
Mechanical: Limbach Company (GS-00B-01355), 1973-1976 (10 folders)
Box 15
Mechanical: Limbach Company (GS-00B-01355), 1973-1976 (15 folders)
Box 16
Mechanical: Limbach Company (GS-00B-01355), 1973-1976 (16 folders)
Box 17
Mechanical: Limbach Company (GS-00B-01355), 1973-1976 (14 folders)
Box 18
Mechanical: Limbach Company (GS-00B-01355), 1973-1976 (12 folders)
Electrical: Singleton Electric Company (GS00B-01356), 1972-1976 (3 folders)
Box 19
Electrical: Singleton Electric Company (GS00B-01356), 1972-1976 (16 folders)
Box 20
Electrical: Singleton Electric Company (GS00B-01356), 1972-1976 (14 folders)
Box 21
Electrical: Singleton Electric Company (GS00B-01356), 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Elevator: Otis Elevator Company (GS-00B-01357), 1972-1976 (13 folders)
Box 22
Elevator: Otis Elevator Company (GS-00B-01357), 1972-1976 (3 folders)
Ornamental Iron: Criss Brothers, Inc. (GS-00B-01359), 1973-1976 (13 folders)
Box 23
Ornamental Iron: Criss Brothers, Inc. (GS-00B-01359), 1973-1976 (6 folders)
Painting: Clifton D. Mayhew, Inc. (GS-00B-01360), 1973-1976 (7 folders)
Partitions: Krafft-Murphy Company (GS-00B-01363), 1973-1976 (4 folders)
Box 24
Partitions: Krafft-Murphy Company (GS-00B-01363), 1973-1976 (15 folders)
Box 25
Partitions: Krafft-Murphy Company (GS-00B-01363), 1973-1976 (3 folders)
Food Service Equipment: The Sheris Company (GS-00B-01364), 1973-1976 (12 folders)
Box 26
Food Service Equipment: The Sheris Company (GS-00B-01364), 1973-1976 (5 folders)
Graphics: Cummings and Company (GS00B-01365), 1971-1976 (10 folders)
Box 27
Graphics: Cummings and Company (GS00B-01365), 1971-1976 (3 folders)
Spacearium Dome: Astro-Tec Manufacturing, Inc. (GS-00B-01366), 1973-1975 (4 folders)
Landscape: Nekossa Contracting Corporation (GS-00B-01368), 1972-1976 (9 folders)
Box 28
Landscape: Nekossa Contracting Corporation (GS-00B-01368), 1972-1976
Carpet: Washington Carpet Sales Corporation (GS-00B-028971), 1973-1976 (4 folders)
Spacearium Seating: American Seating Company (GS-00B-01371), 1974-1976
Auditorium Seating: Haywood-Wakefield Company (GS-00B-01370), 1974-1975 (2 folders)
Carpentry: The Piracci Corporation (GS-00B-01361), 1973-1975 (9 folders)
Box 29
Carpentry: The Piracci Corporation (GS-00B-01361), 1973-1975 (16 folders)
Box 30
Carpentry: The Piracci Corporation (GS-00B-01361), 1973-1975 (7 folders)
Daily Activity Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (10 folders)
Box 31
Daily Activity Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (16 folders)
Box 32
Daily Activity Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (16 folders)
Box 33
Daily Activity Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (16 folders)
Box 34
Daily Activity Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (13 folders)
Floating Machine Room Floors, 1974
Membrane Vaporproofing, 1973-1974
Joseph Davisson: Correspondence, 1974-1976 (2 folders)
Mervyn J. Grills: Correspondence, 1974-1976
Georgia Marble Company, 1972-1975
General Services Administration: Correspondence, 1972-1976
General Services Administration: Specifications List, 1971
Gilbane Building Company: Correspondence with GSA (General Services Administration), 1972-1975
David A. Lingrell: Correspondence, 1975-1976
Contract Award Schedule, 1972
Progress Reports, 1972-1975
Labor Guidelines, 1972-1974
Box 35
Marvin I. Shenkler: Correspondence, 1972-1975
Monthly Construction Reports, 1972-1973
Master Schedule Bar Charts, 1972-1973
General Services Administration: Meetings, 1972-1974
Meetings: Hellmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum, Inc., 1972-1973
Correspondence with Smithsonian Institution, 1972-1975
Spacearium Dome, 1973-1975
Storage Issues, 1973-1974
Meeting Minutes re: Telephones, 1972
Traffic Conditions, 1972
Gilbane Building Company: Trailers, 1972
Washington Council for Equal Business, 1974
Water Main, 1972
Waterproofing Specifications, 1971
Marble Work Contract, 1972-1973
Monthly Reports (Project No. 845), 1975-1976
Correspondence (general), 1972-1976
Final Inspection Reports, 1975-1976
Gilbane Building Company: Job Site, 1975
National Capital Planning, 1972-1973
NASM Construction Budget, 1973-1975
NASM Occupancy Plans, 1975
NASM Publicity, 1973
Pre-Construction Conference, 1972-1975
Permits, 1972-1973
Final Inspection: First Floor, 1975
Final Inspection: Second Floor, 1975
Final Inspection: Third Floor, 1975
General Services Administration: Contracts, 1973
General Services Administration: Inspection
Construction Research Lab, 1974
Construction Bid Changes, 1973
Defect and Omission Lists, 1974-1975 (5 folders)
Board of Contracts Appeals, 1974
Concrete Slabs, 1973-1975 (3 folders)
Waterproofing Contract, 1973
Box 36
Robert E. Flore: Correspondence, 1973-1976 (4 folders)
Gilbane Building Company: Incoming Correspondence, 1973-1975 (5 folders)
Special Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1973-1976
Schedules: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1974
Meeting Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1975
CPM Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975 (11 folders)
Box 37
CPM Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975
Box 38
CPM Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975
Box 39
CPM Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975
Box 40
CPM Reports: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975 (4 folders)
CPM Calendars
Superceded Drawings: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972 (6 folders)
Box 41
Superceded Drawings: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972 (15 folders)
Box 42
Superceded Drawings: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972 (14 folders)
Box 43
Superceded Drawings: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972 (13 folders)
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 1-8)
Box 44
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 9-87)
Box 45
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 88-159)
Box 46
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 160-263)
Box 47
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 264-394)
Box 48
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 395-490)
Box 49
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 1001-1070; CE 2001-2020)
Box 50
Construction Estimates: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1976 (CE 2021-2037; CE 9001-9014)
Contractors CPM Files: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975 (23 folders)
Box 51
Contractors CPM Files: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1975
Construction Bulletin: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1972-1974 (14 folders)
Box 52
Construction Bulletin: Gilbane Building Company (GS-00B-00912), 1974-1975 (12 folders)
Marvin I. Shenkler: Correspondence, 1972-1975 (2 folders)
Box 53
Resident Engineer's Diary, 1976-1977
Le Messurier Associates, Inc., 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Gilbane Building Company: Incoming Correspondence, 1972-1976 (2 folders)
Gilbane Building Company: Outgoing Correspondence, 1972-1976 (2 folders)
District of Columbia Council, 1972
Department of Highways and Traffic, 1973-1974
Dodge Reports, 1972-1973
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program, 1972-1973
Manufacture Guarantees, 1975
T. F. Gilbane: Correspondence, 1974-1975
D. C. Courthouse Job, 1975
Raymond E. Fountaine, 1976
GSA Projects and Procedures
Wall Elevation Project, 1973
Aetna Casualty and Surety, 1972-1975
Construction Projects (general), 1973-1977
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