THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: December 2, 1991 04:15 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Met with Wayne on terminating Tudor, hiring new enginer, Voith closeout.

1...Summary/Objective
........Comment
2...Hiring Engineer to Replace Tudor and Closeout Voith Contract
3...DNRC Needs CPM Analysis of Voith Contract Closeout


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SUBJECTS
Voith Contract Closeout
Tudor Contract with DNRC, Termination
Submit Shop Drawings for approval, review
Submittals, complete review, 911118

0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Obtained Wayne's comments on meeting notes; discussed it with Sarah.
070802 - Agreed on scope of Welch billing for SDS.  Advised Wayne re pending
070803 - Primavera CPM demo.  Learned status of effort to interview
070804 - replacement engineers.
070805 -
070806 -
070807 -  ..
0709 -
0710 -
0711 - Progress
0712 -
071201 - Wayne returned the draft of ref SDS 3 which is ref DIP 3.  He had
071202 - a few minor edits:
071203 -
071204 -    The main change was to line 051247 to indicate that rather than
071205 -    having learned "Within the past few weeks..." that DNRC has
071206 -    "...confirmed earlier suspicions..." with respect to discovering
071207 -    Tudor's failure to manage contract submittal and approval
071208 -    requirements.
071209 -
071210 -        Comment
071211 -
071212 -        I am concerned about this because it raises a question about
071213 -        when DNRC became "suspicious,"  what caused same, and what DNRC
071214 -        did about it?
071215 -
071216 -        Why did it take until 2 years after the job was "completed?"
071217 -
071218 -        It seems like the answer is that DNRC relied on Tudor's
071219 -        representations that it performed properly in that Tudor never
071220 -        advised DNRC to withhold payments from Voith for failure to
071221 -        furnish submittals, as Tudor was required to do under GC 14.7.
071222 -        The submittals did not pass through DNRC so there was not an
071223 -        opportunity for DNRC to be aware that submittals did not adhere
071224 -        to the schedule.
071225 -
071226 -        DNRC does not want to be in the position of having known
071227 -        about a breach and accepted it to accomplish its own
071228 -        objectives.
071229 -
071230 -
071231 -
0713 -
0714 -
0715 - 1715 called Sarah
0716 -
071601 - Initially, Sarah indicated the edits on the draft Wayne returned were
071602 - hers, so this means it is not necessary to circulate the thing again.
071603 -
071604 - She explained that DNRC became suspicious that Tudor had not done the
071605 - submittals on the speed increaser properly during the June, 1991
071606 - meetings.  There was a separate meeting between DNRC and Tudor prior
071607 - to meeting with Voith.  DNRC asked about Tudor's review and approval
071608 - of Voith's speed increaser submittals.  Sarah recalls that Ron
071609 - Dusterdick, who was Tudor's project manager for the Voith contract,
071610 - responded that Tudor did not have engineer's with the expertise and
071611 - experience to evaluate and approve the speed increaser shop drawings.
071612 -
071613 - The dynamics of the period were primarily focused on discovering the
071614 - problems with the speed increaser and attempting to fashion an
071615 - agreement to fix it.  This focus masked the implications of Tudor's
071616 - disclosures with respect to approving Voith's shop drawings.  Further,
071617 - Tudor entered into a supplemental agreement with DNRC in which it
071618 - promised to provide engineering management to fix the speed increaser.
071619 -
071620 - However, Tudor did not perform its agreement which led DNRC to request
071621 - the shop drawings from Tudor in October 1991, after the Agreement with
071622 - Voith was finalized on September 3, 1991.   When neither Tudor nor
071623 - Voith submitted the requested shop drawings, DNRC commissioned a
071624 - consultant to check Tudor's submittal records and discovered what
071625 - appears to have been a significant breach, as explained at ref DIP 3.
071626 -
071627 -
071628 -
0717 -

SUBJECTS
Voith Contract Closeout
Engineering Management, 911011
Tudor Contract with DNRC, Termination
Solicit Engineer proposals

1007 -
100701 - Hiring Engineer to Replace Tudor and Closeout Voith Contract
100702 -
100703 - Wayne says DNRC has received 7 offers of engineers to submit propos-
100704 - als.  They expect to get preliminary responses in by Wednesday of this
100705 - week, then will ask for specific proposals.
100706 -
100707 - Bechtal and MK are among the 7 firms being considered.
100708 -
100709 -
100710 - Also located a copy of the final scope statement submitted to
100711 - prospective engineers.
100712 -
100713 -
1008 -

SUBJECTS
Welch Consulting Assignment,
A01 - Furnish Voith
Claim Computer; SDS
Broadwater Plant Management

1207 -
120701 - Wayne feels I should bill DNRC for the SDS program I am using and the
120702 - one Mike Sims is using at the plant, per my discussion with Mike...
120703 - ref SDS 7.  I offered to bill for only a single program to be used by
120704 - Mike at both the plant and at his workstation in the Helena office.
120705 -
120706 - Wayne anticipates an inquiry by George Caufield in the Data Processing
120707 - group.  I offered to hold off billing for SDS for another month, if
120708 - that would help, but he feels we should go ahead.
120709 -
120710 -
120711 -
1208 -

SUBJECTS
Voith Contract Closeout; Planning
CPM showing expected progress
and constraints

1306 -
130601 -  ..
130602 - DNRC Needs CPM Analysis of Voith Contract Closeout
130603 -
130604 - Advised Wayne I have ordered a demonstration version of Primavera
130605 - which can handle up to 60 activities, which initially is adequate for
130606 - scoping out the network we created the other day.
130607 -
130608 - The purpose and benefit of CPM was reviewed with Clyde on 880921...
130609 - ref SDS 1 4896
130610 -
130611 - Suggested we need to complete the graphical analysis Walt ordered the
130612 - other day, so we can freeze the condition that was facing the
130613 - Department and the Director when the decision was made to fire Tudor.
130614 -
130615 - This may become an exhibit, and it might be a good one.
130616 -
130617 - The demo version of Primavera will be to evaluate and plan around the
130618 - impact of changes that arise as the Department goes forward with
130619 - project closeout work.  This will be a fluid situation that needs a
130620 - tool to constantly consider alternatives.
130621 -
130622 - Wayne is not sure when the CPM's will be complete.
130623 -
130624 -
130625 -
1307 -