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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: January 20, 1992 09:19 AM Monday;
Rod Welch
Review Tudor 910816 letter on Speed Increaser options.
1...Summary/Objective
2...Tudor Supported Recommendation to Replace Speed Increaser
3...Meaning Drift Makes Communication Biggest Risk in Enterprise
4...Discovery of Tudor's 910816 letter presents entirely different meaning
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SUBJECTS
Document Log
Organize existing record, 911004
Complaint aganist Tudor
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0605 - ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0000.
060702 -
060703 - Today I am scanning documents from DNRC manual files into the SDS
060704 - document log that are needed for project management and claims
060705 - support.
060706 -
060708 - ..
060709 - Scanned DNRC's draft complaint, ref OF 1, which seems to have been
060710 - drafted during the month of December 1991.
060711 -
060712 -
060713 -
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SUBJECTS
Engineering Management, 911011
CPM showing expected progress
and constraints
Mitigation (Voith Instructions)
Speed Increaser Replacement Analysis & Engineering
Case Study Broadwater
Plant Inspection Not Being Performed for Conformance with Proejct Req
Speed Increaser Replacement Recommended by Tudor Meaning Drift Offici
4110 -
411101 - ..
411102 - Tudor Supported Recommendation to Replace Speed Increaser
411103 - Meaning Drift Makes Communication Biggest Risk in Enterprise
411104 -
411105 - Today, the complete letter from Tudor dated 910816, ref DRP 1 0000,
411106 - was discovered in the project records, that explains DNRC's options
411107 - for replacing or repairing the speed increaser.
411108 -
411109 - This turns out to be a comprehensive analysis, including very detailed
411110 - daily work plans and CPM schedules under alternate scenarios comparing
411111 - financial risks of replacing the speed increaser, v. repair. Under
411112 - "repair" there are vairous matters that can significantly extend the
411113 - down-time period, where-as it seems to be contended in the report that
411114 - replacement of the speed increaser eliminates such risks.
411115 -
411117 - ..
411118 - Discovery of Tudor's 910816 letter presents entirely different meaning
411119 - than was originally explained by Sarah in our telephone call on
411120 - 911105. ref SDS 2 2572 At that time, Sarah faxed only the 2 pages of
411121 - Tudor's letter, and did not include enclosures. Discussion on 911105
411122 - indicated that Rick Bondy found that Tudor's enclosures were not
411123 - important. ref SDS 2 2572 The two pages Sarah faxed on 911105 do not
411124 - cite the detailed analysis that supports the summary report.
411125 - ref SDS 2 0735.
411127 - ..
411128 - However, Tudor's recommendations and analysis in the letter on 910816
411129 - provide strong justification for the engineer to direct Voith to
411130 - replace the speed increaser in order to mitigate damage from Voith's
411131 - defective work. This is quite different from understandings on
411132 - 911105.
411133 - ..
411134 - Similar misunderstandings on engineering review of the plant
411135 - reported 911009. ref SDS 1 3333
411136 -
411137 - [On 920124 Rick Bondy's analysis did not include all of the
411138 - information in Tudor's recommendation to replace the speed
411139 - increaser. ref SDS 10 4476
411140 -
411141 - [On 961010 similar problems occurred on USACE project for a
411142 - claim on the Navy Sewer Line work. ref SDS 11 3885
411144 - ..
411145 - For one thing, it appears that Tudor has done a substantial amount
411146 - of analysis on what needs to be done. Given their prior work
411147 - performance, it is not possible to judge the quality of this work,
411148 - but it should be analysed for adequacy by the new Engineer Power,
411149 - so we make sure all available information has been considered and
411150 - we do not duplicate work.
411151 - ..
411152 - It appears parenthetically that Tudor did a tremendous
411153 - amount of work to prepare this 50 page or so report,
411154 - especially the work plans.
411156 - ..
411157 - If this analysis is supported by careful review, then DNRC should
411158 - use the information to negotiate with Voith on which approach to
411159 - take. If Voith substantiates the risks cited by Tudor, then DNRC
411160 - can direct Voith through the Engineer to replace the speed
411161 - increaser as the least costly alternative. If Voith holds that
411162 - such risks do not exist, then DNRC can permit Voith to proceed
411163 - with replacement under the condition that if the risks cited by
411164 - Tudor materialize, then Voith will at a minimum indemnify DNRC for
411165 - the cost of same.
411167 - ..
411168 - [.... later today prepared memo for Wayne on DNRC options to fix
411169 - speed increaser problem, based on review with Walt and Sarah,
411170 - ref SDS 9 7777
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