CONTACTS
0201 - O-0432 0101 High-Point Schaer
020101 - Mr. Alexander B. Vollmer, P.E., Regional Manager
0202 - O-0432 0201 High-Point Schaer
020201 - Mr. Bill Ma, Phd., P.E., Project Manager
0203 - O-0432 0202 High-Point Schaer
020301 - Mr. Roy I. Kim, Engineer
SUBJECTS
Keywords Filing Records Management Inefficient Finding Details Infor
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1403 - ..
1404 - Summary/Objective
1405 -
140501 - Follow up ref SDS 3 0000.
140502 -
140503 - NW wants HPS to recommend which expert witness depositions it should
140504 - attend. Roy indicated the insurance company has advised NW not to
140505 - attend all depositions.
140507 - ..
140508 - I recommended NW should depose witnesses who according to the scope
140509 - disclosure filings, will testify about OKA's "Constructability Review"
140510 - and about on the adequacy of DHP's design with respect to errors and
140511 - omissions.
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140513 -
140514 -
140516 - ..
1406 -
1407 - Transcripts on disketts, Issue selection
1408 -
140801 - Keyword Selection Inefficient, SDS Cost Saving Proposal
140802 -
140803 - Roy explained problems with NW's keyword selection program that gives
140804 - only a few lines about a topic, and repeats an entry several times
140805 - where the keyword appears in multiple adjacent sentences.
140807 - ..
140808 - Additionally, since a lot of words can be used interchangeably to
140809 - describe a particular issue, it is easy to miss key testimony using
140810 - keyword selection criteria, because keywords that pop into the mind at
140811 - the moment due to current circumstances are different from key words
140812 - used in the system, and keywords listed above and below the target
140813 - keyword, i.e., within span of attention, do not alert the mind to
140814 - alternatives that are in the system because those key words are for
140815 - totally different subjects, as explained on 890523. ref SDS 1 3F8H
140816 -
140817 - 2On 891201 meeting on $40M claim could not find critical letter
140818 - absolving client of liability, using keyword records management
140819 - system, ref SDS 4 3W50; document was found with organic structures
140820 - in SDS subject indexing. ref SDS 4 3W8S
140821 -
140823 - ..
140824 - As a result he has requested deposition transcripts instead of hard
140825 - copies, so HPS can do data selection directly.
140826 -
140827 - [On 910401 Byte magazine reported difficulty of subject indexing
140828 - and keyword retrieval. ref SDS 5 5584
140829 -
140830 - [On 940510 HBR article explained this problem. ref SDS 7 3829]
140832 - ..
140833 - [On 910617 0200 began develop keyword general search utility for
140834 - SDS supplements subject index and other SDS tools for finding
140835 - details in time to be effective. ref SDS 6 IJ6H
140837 - ..
140838 - [On 960322 review conventional keyword records management for
140839 - filing documents, ref SDS 8 6544, including MIT procedures and
140840 - practices, ref SDS 8 PX54, which SDS strives to strengthen with
140841 - organic structures of context. ref SDS 8 G65K
140843 - ..
140844 - [On 960325 Landauer's paper Plato's Problem discusses keyword
140845 - retrieval. ref SDS 9 8445
140847 - ..
140848 - [On 970116 Morris asked about solving "fractionalized subjects"
140849 - ref SDS 10 1732]
140851 - ..
140852 - [On 990303 research in cognitive science shows people can handle
140853 - at most 7 subjects. ref SDS 11 5328
140855 - ..
140856 - [On 000221 ontolgy uses keywords to classify records management
140857 - for filing documents. ref SDS 12 L58O
140859 - ..
140860 - A comparable "keyword" report using the data on disketts avoids
140861 - waiting for NW, and saves the expense of preparation, copying and
140862 - mail. SDS feature of tagging transcript data with "Issue" codes
140863 - provides comprehensive reports that contain the full context of
140864 - testimony, rather limited to a few lines on either side of a keyword.
140866 - ..
140867 - Bill asked if HPS can produce these reports independent of Welch?
140869 - ..
140870 - Roy indicated HPS does not have this capability.
140872 - ..
140873 - Bill will review the NW report format with Roy and advise whether he
140874 - feels it can be helpful to HPS and therefore continued.
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SUBJECTS
Progress review meetings
1503 -
1504 - Deposition results
150501 - ..
150502 - Roy said NW has not reported on adequacy of deposition questions, and
150503 - whether anything fruitful has been elicitied from questions put
150504 - forward by HPS, particularly with respect to locating the admin claim
150505 - record.
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150507 -
150508 -
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SUBJECTS
Coordination with Counsel
Claim files,
Claim #15 Prelim Opinion
1905 -
1906 - Claim #15 Opinion
190701 - ..
190702 - Alex and Bill would like to see the revised Claim #15 opinion by COB
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190704 -
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190706 -
1908 -
SUBJECTS
Issue Analysis Procedures
2203 -
2204 - Schedule
220501 - ..
220502 - Roy indicated NW has advised Issue binders will be prepared at the
220503 - rate of 10 per week.
220505 - ..
220506 - HPS will need additional staffing to produce opinions at this rate.
220507 - It is not clear why the production of opinions which require reading,
220508 - research, anlaysis and crafting language, should be expected to
220509 - approach the production rate of assembling coded data and mailing it
220510 - in "Issue" binders.
220512 - ..
220513 - This is a matter that should be discussed during the pending
220514 - coordination meeting requested by counsel. Do they have any Issues
220515 - they would like to see first? What rate of production they expect or
220516 - need?
220517 -
220519 - ..
2206 -
2207 - Sample report
2208 -
220801 - Roy advised NW has requested a sample report on an "Issue."
220802 -
220803 - I explained the status of the work on "Mislocated Dowels," and the
220804 - report sent to Gordon for comment, ref DCP 1. Bill asked that some
220805 - kind of prototype be prepared within the next few days. I indicated
220806 - that in light of the volume of documents involved, next Friday or the
220807 - following Monday, 891127 is a good target date. Bill would like to
220808 - get it sooner.
220810 - ..
220811 - Roy will try to develop a report on waterproofing oa 891124.
220812 - ..
220813 - Bill indicated the report format he described at the last
220814 - coordin- ation meeting, ref SDS 2 line 1508, is not "cast-in-stone."
220815 -
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SUBJECTS
Issue Analysis, 1200-0 - Design
Design Professional Standards of Care
2404 -
2405 - Discussion on obtaining copy of:
240601 - ..
240602 - The cost and size were conveyed to Bill, via ref SDS 3 as requested
240603 - by Alex, ref SDS 2 line 17.
240605 - ..
240606 - There was no follow up discussion at this meeting.
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2407 -
SUBJECTS
Schedule Analysis
Phoenix work plan/status
2604 -
2605 - Roy will discuss this with Gordon and develop a report. Alex will
260601 - ..
260602 - Roy indicated Sharon Brown feels HPS should contact Richard Scironi to
260603 - follow up on scheduling this meeting.
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260605 -
2607 -
SUBJECTS
Administrative Claim Record
2803 -
280401 - ..
280402 - This is a matter to raise at the next coordination meeting.
280404 - ..
280405 - Roy indicates no progress has been made at the administrative level.
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