THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: September 20, 1988 08:30 AM .......; Rod Welch

Worked at BPP on various matters.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Tudor Meeting with Voith Management in York, Need Effective Agenda
3...Engineer Requests Recommendations on Sletten's Schedule
4...Pat Brady Rebar Foreman


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CONTACTS 
0201 - O-0395 0201 Department of Natural      406 444 6699
020101 - Mr. Norman Barnard,
0202 - O-0394 0301 Voith Hydro, Inc.          717 792 3511   717 792 3862 FAX
020201 - Mr. Kenneth L. Carlson, Field Representative, =406 266 3275
0203 - O-0392 0302 Sletten Construction       406 761 7920   406 761 0923 FAX
020301 - Mr. Dave Marsh, Project Coordinator
0204 - O-0392 0201 Sletten Construction       406 761 7920   406 761 0923 FAX
020401 - Mr. Paul Robinson, Project Coordinator

SUBJECTS
General Management

0403 -    ..
0404 - Summary/Objective
0405 -
040501 - Visited with Paul at Sletten's trailer.  He has not had a chance to
040502 - develop the list of documents and information Sletten feels is
040503 - outstanding, but will try to get to it this afternoon.  I had to
040504 - leave about 1600.
040505 -
040506 - Paul said he will drop it off at the Tudor office before leaving
040507 - today.
040508 -
0406 -
0407 -

SUBJECTS
General Management

0604 -
060401 - Wrote some letters for Jeff and discussed general management toward
060402 - meeting project objectives.
060403 -
060404 -
060405 - Analysed Sletten's lightening strike insurance claim.  Discussed it
060406 - with Jeff and Paul Robinson when he stopped by.  Prepared comments for
060407 - Sarah Bond.
060408 -
060409 -
0605 -
0606 -

SUBJECTS
Coordination with
Gracon Contract

0805 -
080501 - Met with Paul again about coordination of Gracon access to the river
080502 - for access to its work area.  Paul (Chappy the swing shift
080503 - superintendent was also there and observed, but didn't participate in
080504 - the discussions) is developing a work sequence for work in the area
080505 - Gracon is using.
080506 -
080507 - Paul explained his ideas about Sletten's work sequence based on his
080508 - discussions with Jeff yesterday.  This is the work Sletten shows on
080509 - its schedule as "Rip Rap" being done in December, but they want to do
080510 - it now.
080511 -
080512 - Dave Marsh gave me the submittals on the silt barriar.  Got two sets,
080513 - one for Tudor SF office and one for the field.  Gave these to Jeff for
080514 - distribution.
080515 - ..
080516 - While at Sletten's trailer talking to Paul, Dave Marsh said that
080517 - Sletten wants to meet Thursday at 0800 instead of 1000, because of a
080518 - meeting in Helena with the State on another job related matter.  He
080519 - asked me to pass this along to Jeff and Norm.
080520 -
080521 - I advised Norm of Dave's request.  He said that Jeff can't meet at
080522 - 0800, and probably can't arrive until the regular time, 1000.  Norm
080523 - will mention this to Jeff and ask him to let Dave know the status.
080524 -
080525 -
080526 -
080527 -
080528 -
0806 -
0807 -

SUBJECTS
Office Space
GC furnish additional

0905 -
090501 - Jeff asked me to look into prices for a trailer of the size and scope
090502 - we need as an alternative to Sletten furnishing it.
090503 -
090504 -
0906 -

SUBJECTS
Discussed Scheduling
& Management of Voith Contract
Interface with Sletten Contract Start Date
Welch notices to DNRC

1207 -
120701 -  ..
120702 - Tudor Meeting with Voith Management in York, Need Effective Agenda
120703 -
120704 - Jeff advised of a discussion with Clyde in which it was determined
120705 - that Tudor will send SF rep to York to make inquiries and work out the
120706 - difficulties that have appeared the past week or so.
120707 -
120708 -    [On 880921 discussed with Clyde. ref SDS 4 8526]
120709 -
120710 - I explained the difficulty with this generally is that whoever goes
120711 - must have in mind the needs and objectives of the job and must not
120712 - take verbal representations at face value.  The person must be
120713 - prepared to offer ideas in conjuction with demands for meeting project
120714 - objectives.
120715 - ..
120716 - Jeff asked me to prepare an agenda of matters he wants
120717 - addressed.
120718 -
120719 - Went over this in some detail.
120720 -
120721 - Joann faxed my memo re Voith 880912 letter defects to Clyde for
120722 - background.
120723 -
120724 -     [On 880925 prepared agenda for Voith meeting.
120725 -
120726 -
120727 -
1208 -

SUBJECTS
Draft Tube Dispute
Defective work by Sletten
showing inexperience

1306 -
130601 - Investigated the Welding situation further.  Found records of Tudor
130602 - preparing Welding Procedures for Sletten and Harding's welding
130603 - qualification form.
130604 -
130605 -
1307 -

SUBJECTS
Schedule
Time Extensions
Updated Schedule

1606 -
160601 -  ..
160602 - Engineer Requests Recommendations on Sletten's Schedule
160603 -
160604 - Jeff said he has not responded to Sletten's Schedule submittal, which
160605 - was reviewed at the progress meeting on 880914. ref SDS 1 9391 and
160606 - also at ref SDS 1 8301.
160607 -
160608 - I thought this had been done.  Explained that the Engineer should
160609 - respond.
160610 -
160611 - Jeff asked me to draft something for him to look at.
160612 -
160613 - Want to tie it into the discussions the past few days about the intent
160614 - of the scheduling process.
160615 -
160616 -    [On 880921 submitted recommendations on schedule. ref SDS 3 8391]
160617 -
160618 -
160619 -  ..
160620 - Pat Brady Rebar Foreman
160621 -
160622 - Got a ride home with Pat.  He feels the cadwelding will require about
160623 - 2 weeks to perform and cannot feasibly be performed at night.
160624 -
160625 - He also believes Sletten cannot complete concrete until at least the
160626 - middle of November.
160627 -
160628 - This suggests Sletten's schedule needs more work, contrary to
160629 - representations on 880914. ref SDS 1 9284
160630 -
160631 -
160632 -
1607 -
1608 -

SUBJECTS
Payment Backfill Concrete
Notice to Contractor
to Submit Claim

1806 -
180601 - Talked to Paul today about this.  He is trying to arrange with Kieth
180602 - to use the crane.  He and Jeff need it for access to the areas Sletten
180603 - wants to measure.  Paul will let Jeff know when they are ready.
180604 -
180605 -
180606 -
180607 -
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180609 -
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1807 -
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