CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 744 3033 fax 3449
020101 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling; Architect =415 977 8473
020102 - Construction - Operations Division
0202 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 3449
020201 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020202 - Chief =415 744 3033; Construction - Operations Division
0203 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 3449
020301 - Mr. Arijs Rakstins,
020302 - Deputy District Engineer for Project Management =415 977 8702; Department

SUBJECTS
SDS, Marketing, Sales, Proposal, Contract & Support
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Initiating Contract

0705 -    ..
0706 - Summary/Objective
0707 -
070701 - Follow up ref SDS 25 0000, ref SDS 23 0000.
070702 -
070703 - Delivered the draft paper for the Asilomar Conference, to Tom, Arijs
070704 - and Max.
070705 -
070706 -
070707 -
070708 -
0708 -
0709 -
0710 - Discussion
0711 -   ..
071101 - Met Tom in his new office at 333 Market on the 8th floor.
071102 -
071103 - Submitted a copy of the draft for David Buoncristiani on Concurrent
071104 - Discovery, ref OF 1 2117, which explains the goals of Communication
071105 - Metrics.
071106 -
071107 - Tom will be on vacation next week.  He will try to develop some
071108 - comments during that period.
071109 -
071110 - Tom is meeting with their budget person today and expects to get
071111 - approval for a contract with Welch.  He believes their budget has the
071112 - funds to do our contract.
071113 - ..
071114 - Additionally, he said more problems have developed on their Port
071115 - of Oakland project, related to work by the dredging contractor, per
071116 - our discussion the other day. ref SDS 21 8834.  A new dredging barge
071117 - was supposed to have been delivered in April, but now the contractor
071118 - is saying they intend to deliver it in October after doing a short
071119 - project at Panama Canal when passing through on the way to the jobsite
071120 - in Oakland. The Corps has issued a letter of unsatisfactory.  The
071121 - contractor says the contract period should have been extended because
071122 - they encountered more hard material in the dredging operation than
071123 - anticipated.  Tom said the contract pay item does not differentiate
071124 - between hard and soft material.
071125 -
071126 - Tom feels that project management and claim exposure on the Oakland
071127 - project may justify funding Communication Metrics support.
071128 -
071129 -     [See follow up at ref SDS 27 8840.]
071130 - ..
071131 - I asked him to review the paper on Concurrent Discovery
071132 - submitted today, ref OF 1 2117 prepared on 960620, ref SDS 26 1101, to
071133 - see how Communication Metrics supports claims and litigation, but is
071134 - more constructively aimed at improving the larger arena of executive
071135 - management with respect to operations, projects and contracts.
071136 - Improving daily management reduces mistakes and so avoids the need for
071137 - litigation support. ref OF 1 4988 and also at ref OF 1 3065.
071138 -
071139 -     [See follow up where Tom later found that Communication Metrics
071140 -     covers a wider scope than COE anticipated, ref SDS 29 8888; see
071141 -     later concern by COE Chief Legal Counsel about distinguishing
071142 -     Communication Metrics from ordinary litigation support widely
071143 -     available from other sources, ref SDS 30 5849.]
071144 -
071145 -
071146 -
0712 -
0713 -
0714 - 0904 Meeting with Arijs
0715 -
071501 - He was in the office.  I delivered the letter thanking Arijs for
071502 - support in finding General Hatch, and confirming that Pete Offringa is
071503 - speaking in place of Hatch, ref DIP 1 line 33, confirming our
071504 - discussion at ref SDS 25 5546.
071505 -
071506 - I also delivered a copy of the draft ref OF 1 2117, prepared for David
071507 - Buoncristiani at ref SDS 26 8867.  Arijs will try to develop some
071508 - comments over the next week or so.
071509 -
071510 - I will call him the first week in July about meeting wtih Bill DeHart
071511 - on Project Management practices, per our discussion at ref SDS 25
071512 - 5546.  We actually considered meeting after Asilomar to debrief him on
071513 - the results, however, I would like to discuss his comments on David's
071514 - paper in advance, so I will schedule a call next week on it.
071515 -
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0716 -
0717 -
0718 - 0931 visited Max
0719 -
071901 - He said SPD has been expanded as a result of re-organization.  They
071902 - now have half the world, and fewer people.  He feels this may mean
071903 - that Jack Farless and others need more communication support.
071904 -
071905 - I gave Max a copy of the draft for David Buoncristiani, ref OF 1 line
071906 - 17.  He will take a look and comment over the next week.
071907 -
071908 - He is looking for a permanent person to manage the DMMO work, so Tom
071909 - is freed up.  However, at the moment there is a hiring freeze.  Max is
071910 - also concerned that if Tom should leave, he would be unable to hire a
071911 - replacement.
071912 -
071913 - I mentioned the ideas of partnering again, ref SDS 20 line 60.  Max
071914 - recalled that General Hatch had developed this to address a backlog of
071915 - claims.
071916 -
071917 -    [See follow up discussion with Max at ref SDS 28 line 100.]
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0720 -