302:. MES was created and brought under control of an Engineer-in-Chief on 26 September 1923 by the Secretary of State of India, unifying Royal Corps of Engineers personnel and civilian staff. The Engineer-in-Chief advises the Ministry of Defence and its services on operational and peacetime construction activities. The department is responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of all Army, Navy, and Air Force infrastructure. It designs works which are executed through contracts under the supervision of officers and staff (qualified civilians and Corps of Engineers officers). To integrate the work, a multi-disciplinary team of civil, electrical, and mechanical engineers, architects, structural designers, quantity surveyors, and contract specialists plan, design, and
670:. Special Army Order 5/S/48 was issued, authorising the establishment of the Barrack Service by the MES. After a 1949 review, a Memorandum of Procedure, Organisation, and Duties of Barrack Services was issued in July of that year. Barrack Services was given responsibility for revenue duties, and billing was transferred from the station commander to the BO. The Barrack & Store Branch provides barrack services in addition to procuring, accounting, stocking and preserving, and issuing stores for works and maintenance. Barrack services include building maintenance and rent and utility billing.
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