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DIARY: September 26, 1994 08:38 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Received call from Bill re scheduling, budget.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Final Grades


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CONTACTS 
0201 - PG&E Proj Mngmnt Transm Sys        415 973 6778 fax 8426
020101 - Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
020102 - Project Manager, Room 1183B-V11C =415 973 5655 pger 510 810 3026
020103 - Project Management Group

SUBJECTS
Coastal Branch Aquaduct, CDWR
Interface with CDWR Activities
Schedule File, 940923
Plants Ready for Testing, by CDWR
Construct

0907 -    ..
0908 - Summary/Objective
0909 -
090901 - Followed up work at ref SDS 16 line 65.  Bill reviewed and approved
090902 - modifications to schedule.  Got further clarifications from Charles
090903 - Jones and Kevin Winthrow.
090904 -
090905 - Incorporated these understandings in the schedule at ref SDS 17 line
090906 - 67.
090907 -
090908 -
090909 -
0910 -
0911 -
0912 - Discussion
0913 -
091301 - Bill said he had to attend a meeting in Roseville this morning, and
091302 - will be back in the office about 1430.
091303 -
091304 - He reviewed the schedule revisions from last week, ref SDS 15 line
091305 - 230, submitted at ref DIP 4 line 35.
091306 -
091307 - Bill asked if I have changed the dates for the task:
091308 -
091309 -                  Plants Ready for [connecting] Testing by CDWR
091310 -                  (tasks DH3R, GK0D, KH2D)
091311 -
091312 -       I explained that these tasks were removed from the schedule
091313 -       based on representations by Lori at the meeting on Thursday,
091314 -       that CDWR intends for PG&E to construct the work independent
091315 -       from progress on CDWR work, ref SDS 14 line 149.
091316 -
091317 -       Bill said he recalled that discussion.
091318 -
091319 -    He said that Note 13 for Task DD5D Construct Arco Polonio Pass TL,
091320 -    accurately reflects his understandings from the meeting, per ref
091321 -    SDS 14 line 147, and so justifies removing the tasks that were
091322 -    added previously for the reasons at ref SDS 4 line 194.
091323 -
091324 -
091325 -
0914 -
0915 -
0916 - 1516 received call from Bill
0917 -
091701 - He has just finished his meeting in Roseville, and will not be coming
091702 - back to the SF office.
091703 -
091704 - I advised that notes of meeting in Sacramento last Thurs., and the
091705 - revised schedule will be on his desk tomorrow morning, for distribu-
091706 - tion to Lori, per her request.
091707 -
091708 -
091709 -
091710 -
091711 -
091712 -
0918 -

SUBJECTS
Cost/Budget, Job Estimate

1004 - Summary/Objective
1005 -
100501 - Bill said he received an EM from Kevin Winthrow following discussions
100502 - at meeting in Los Banos, ref SDS 11 line 44, indicating the construc-
100503 - tion budget can be reduced by about $200k.  This will translate to
100504 - about $300K of project dollars, and so bring the project closer to the
100505 - cap.
100506 -
100507 -     He has requested a detailed estimate from Kevin to support these
100508 -     changes.
100509 -
100510 -
100511 - Bill said another significant savings should come from removing the
100512 - duplication in the RFL materials procurement, mentioned at ref SDS 11
100513 - line 184.
100514 -
100515 -
100516 -
100517 -
100518 -
1006 -

SUBJECTS
SLO Hydro, Transmission Line, Engineering
Casmalia, Transmission Line, Engineering

1205 - Summary/Objective
1206 -
1207 -
120701 - I asked about the durations for engineering and material lead time for
120702 - SLO Hydro and Casmaili, since the line is about 1 mile, and the
120703 - durations of these tasks are about the same as for Arco - Polonio
120704 - Pass, which is about 30 miles.
120705 -
120706 - Bill asked me to call Charles Jones on these points.
120707 -
120708 -
120709 -
1208 -
1209 -
1210 - 1053 called Charles Jones              209 263 5061  8 821 5061
1211 -
121101 - Charles said he expects to begin this work about mid-Oct and should
121102 - complete within a few weeks.  He feels he can comfortably complete
121103 - this scope by mid Nov, 1994.
121104 -
121105 -       Currently the schedule shows this task will complete 950109.
121106 -
121107 -       So it can be moved back to 941130, and still allow 2 weeks of
121108 -       flexibility for Charles to accomodate unexpected demands.
121109 -
121110 -
121111 - Charles plans to begin work on the Casmalia engineering after
121112 - completing work on SLO Hydro, and this will take a comparable amount
121113 - of time.
121114 -
121115 -       Currently the schedule shows this task will complete 950316.
121116 -
121117 -       So it can be moved back to 950131, and still allow 6 weeks of
121118 -       flexibility for Charles to accomodate unexpected demands.
121119 -       Greater flexibility is needed for this work, because of the
121120 -       holiday season.
121121 -
121122 -
121123 -
1212 -

SUBJECTS
SLO Hydro, Transmission Line, Engineering
Casmalia, Transmission Line, Engineering
Material Lead Time

1406 - Summary/Objective
1407 -
140701 - Charles suggest calling Kevin Winthrow for estimates on material lead
140702 - time.  Called and was able to get better estimates.
140703 -
140704 -
140705 -
1408 -
1409 -
1410 - 1110 called Kevin Winthrow    209 285 7012 car
1411 -
141101 - He feels the duration for material lead time should be no more than 8
141102 - weeks on both sections, and it will basically run concurrent.
141103 -
141104 - He thinks they may actually have materials on hand to do these short
141105 - strecthes, so there may be no material lead time at all.
141106 -
141107 -
141108 -
1412 -

SUBJECTS
Arco - Polonio Pass
Stake for Construction
Pipeline Reach No. 1, by CDWR
Construct

1707 - Summary/Objective
1708 -
170801 - Called Kevin back and left message to get his observations about the
170802 - scenario set out in the Schedule for constructing this part of the
170803 - work, based on discussions with CDWR.
170804 -
170805 - I am interested if it is sensible to start staking just a day or so in
170806 - advance of construction.
170807 -
170808 -
1709 -
1710 -
1711 - 1148 Kevin called back        209 285 7012 car
1712 -
171201 - He said staking actually occurs throughout construction of the TL.
171202 - They do not want the stakes to be placed all at once, because then
171203 - they get destroyed by animals, people or other work operations by the
171204 - time the construction needs them.
171205 -
171206 - On a typical scenario, he will call Jeff Little about a week in
171207 - advance of starting construction, to go out start the surveying. After
171208 - that Jeff's crew will survey about 5 miles at a time, and this will
171209 - take only a few days.
171210 -
171211 -
171212 -
1713 -

SUBJECTS
Arco - Polonio Pass
Stake for Construction
Pipeline Reach No. 1, by CDWR
Construct
940922 Meeting CDWR in Sacramento on

2108 - Summary/Objective
2109 -
210901 - Final Grades
210902 -
210903 - I asked about this point, from discussion with CDWR at ref SDS 14 line
210904 - 163, which is Action Item 3 at ref SDS 14 line 105.
210905 -
210906 - Kevin seemed to feel PG&E can work around the pipeline construction
210907 - project, particularly if the TL line is 50' off of the pipeline route.
210908 - The final grades need to be the same as those in the plans used to
210909 - engineer the TL, otherwise the poles may not be long enough.
210910 -
210911 - One problem that might occur which Bob Masuoko may have in mind is
210912 - that if final grades have not been restored, then if PG&E stakes its
210913 - line, the work to restore final grades would destroy the TL staking.
210914 -
210915 - See discussion with Bob Masouko at ref SDS 18 line 79.
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2110 -
2111 -
2112 - 1516 Bill called
2113 -
211301 - This continues discussion with Bill from above.
211302 -
211303 - I mentioned discussions with Kevin and with Bob, including the
211304 - analysis at ref SDS 18 line 87.  Explained the need to get a set of
211305 - plans that shows the correlation of the pipeline route to the TL.
211306 -
211307 - Bill suggested calling Bob or Charles Jones.  I called and left
211308 - message for Bob at ref SDS 18 line 116.
211309 -
211310 -     [Followed up at ref SDS 19 line 92.]
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