CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD
020101 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief
020102 - Construction Operations Division
0202 - Corps of Engineers, SFD
020201 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020202 - Construction Operations Division

SUBJECTS
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Evaluation
Orientation Comm Metrics, SDS

0605 -
0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 12 0000, ref SDS 2 0000.
060702 -
060703 - Advised Max of collaboration with COE staff and progress on
060704 - Communication Metrics contract objectives.  Advised of discussions
060705 - with Tom Benero on using Welch for Claim support.
060707 -  ..
060708 - Reviewed notes of meetings with Tom Keesling.  Coordinated on meeting
060709 - with Tom White about notes of Progress Meeting, to also discuss the
060710 - procedure to pay for soft and hard material in a mixed polygon.
060711 -
060713 -  ..
0608 -
0609 -
0610 - Progress
0611 -
061101 - Submitted via email draft set of notes from Claim Team meeting
061102 - yesterday, for Tom's comments.
061104 -  ..
061105 - Got message the internet server is down, so printed a few sets of the
061106 - notes for manual distribution and took to COE office.
061107 -
061109 -  ..
0612 -
0613 -
0614 - 0810 discussion with Max
0615 -
061501 - Before meeting with Tom, I talked briefly with Max to follow up our
061502 - discussion on 961002, ref SDS 10 0001
061504 -  ..
061505 - Advised Max of discussion with Marc McGovern yesterday, ref SDS 13
061506 - 6H9O, per Max's request at ref SDS 9 6930; and of orientation
061507 - discussion showing a little of SDS to Leonard SooHoo. ref SDS 6 4519
061509 -  ..
061510 - Max asked how I think the Welch contract is progressing.
061512 -  ..
061513 - I mentioned again discussion with Tom White at the job site on Tuesday
061514 - afternoon following the Progress Meeting with the contractors and
061515 - Oakland Harbor management team, which seemed to indicate receptiveness
061516 - of the Communication Metrics methodology, applying "controls" used for
061517 - cost and schedule to the broader field of "communications," reported
061518 - on 961001 1238. ref SDS 8 0566
061520 -  ..
061521 - I advised of my sense that we are meeting Max's objective to apply
061522 - Communication Metrics to COE management practices.
061524 -  ..
061525 - I noted some concern about possible negative feed back Max may be
061526 - getting because Communication Metrics is a "foreign" term, and a new
061527 - player is developing a new level of support in an area that most
061528 - managers feel is their strong suit, i.e., "communications."  So there
061529 - is always the potential such an effort can spawn hurt feelings and ill
061530 - will from ignorance and fear, until everyone gets a chance to be
061531 - comfortable with it.  Of course there is always the personality
061532 - thicket.
061534 -  ..
061535 - Max said he has not had any negative comments from anyone at COE nor
061536 - the Port of Oakland.
061537 -
061538 -
0616 -

SUBJECTS
Corps of Engineers, SFD
Claim Team
Develop Government Negotiating Position

0805 -
080601 -  ..
080602 - Welch Support of Claim Team
080603 -
080604 - Max asked if I talked to Tom Benero about discussing Welch support of
080605 - COE claim work with counsel, per our discussion at ref SDS 9 line 163,
080606 - and ref SDS 10 line 98, I advised of my discussion with Tom on
080607 - Wednesday, ref SDS 10 line 152.
080608 -
080609 -     [See where this matter came up again at ref SDS 16 line 144.]
080610 -
080611 -
080612 -
0807 -

SUBJECTS
Weekly Progress Meeting
Claim Team Meeting
Changing Polygon Soft to Hard, What is
Measurement and Payment, Dredging
Material Classification Polyons and
Differing Conditions, Subsurface

1408 -
1409 - 0828 visited Tom Keesling
141001 -  ..
141002 - After the discussion with Max, I delivered printed copies of notes on
141003 - Progress Meeting ref SDS 7 line 69, and the Claim Team meeting
141004 - yesterday, ref SDS 12 line 63.  We reviewed a few points.  Tom will
141005 - send edits via internet.
141006 - ..
141007 - We discussed my visiting Tom White at the jobsite this morning
141008 - to get his edits so the notes can be finalized for distribution, per
141009 - discusson with Tom Keesling yesterday, ref SDS 11 line 118.
141011 -  ..
141012 - Tom Keesling asked me to discuss with Tom White the method they are
141013 - using to calculate interim pay quantities for soft and hard material
141014 - in the same polygon.
141015 -
141016 -      [See follow up discussion with Tom White, ref SDS 14 line 238.]
141017 -
141019 -  ..
141020 - We also discussed the basis for changing the designation of a polygon
141021 - from "Soft" to "Hard", as in the RFPs, rather than from say "Soft" to
141022 - "Soft and Hard."   Tom said it is pretty clear in looking at the
141023 - material when it is dredged and placed on the scow that material is
141024 - hard or soft.  He indicated the classifications shown on plan sheet 14
141025 - of 20, ref OF 1 line 55, were based on samplings, possibly borings.
141026 - Thus, there was some basis for believing an area was one class or
141027 - another.  Therefore when additional evidence from actual experience
141028 - shows that "hard" material is encountered, it seems like the correct
141029 - designation of a polygon should be "Soft and Hard" rather than simply
141030 - "Hard".   It is not possible to know a polygon is all of one
141031 - classification until all of the work is done.  Or, have subsequent
141032 - comprehensive soundings produced sufficient conflicting evidence to
141033 - warrant the change from "Soft" to "Hard"?
141035 -  ..
141036 - Tom asked me to discuss with Tom White what criteria they are using
141037 - to make the change from all "Soft" to all "Hard."
141038 -
141039 -     [See discussion with Tom White at ref SDS 15 line 92.]
141040 -
141041 -
1411 -

SUBJECTS
15% Variatoin in Quantities, Out of Scope
Overdepth Dredging, Estimated Quantities

1604 -
160501 -  ..
160502 - Computing Quantities
160503 -
160504 - He confirmed that research this morning shows the Oakland Harbor
160505 - project does not include the COE's Standard Depth Specification,
160506 - discussed at the Claim Team meeting, ref SDS 12 line 155.
160507 -
160508 -
160509 -
160510 -
1606 -

SUBJECTS
Environmental Protection
Document Distribution to Welch

1804 -
180501 -  ..
180502 - Reporting Requirements to EPA
180503 -
180504 - He also submitted the Port of Oakland draft of a letter to EPA, per
180505 - discussion at Progress Meeting, ref SDS 7 line 234.
180506 -
180507 - This morning I received several documents on matters discussed the
180508 - past week.
180509 -
180510 -
180511 -
1806 -

SUBJECTS
Document Distribution to Welch
Unit Pricing v. Lump Sum

2004 -
200501 -  ..
200502 - Document Distribution to Welch
200503 -
200504 - We discussed a procedure for Tom to provide documents to Welch that he
200505 - wants in the SDS record.
200506 -
200507 - Tom will get another in-box for Welch to facilitate this objective.
200508 -
200509 -
200511 -  ..
200512 - COE Requests Dutra to Justify its Claim
200513 -
200514 - Tom provided the letter COE is sending Dutra in response to their
200515 - 960926 letter, per Progress Meeting, ref SDS 7 line 319, and Claim
200516 - Team meeting at ref SDS 12 line 235.
200517 -
200518 - Tom indicated the intent of COE's letter is for the Contractor to
200519 - submit its pricing in unit price format, per discussion at Claim Team
200520 - meeting yesterday, ref SDS 12 line 245.
200521 -
200522 -
200523 -
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2006 -