THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: January 21, 1997 09:46 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Called Mark re status of scope of services for Comm Metrics at COE.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Determination Needed on Using Communication Metrics


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020102 - Chief =415 977 8444; Construction Operations Division =415 977 8480
0202 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020201 - Mr. Marc McGovern; Construction Manager =415 977 8467
020202 - Construction Operations Division   =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
Port of Oakland
COE Staffing
Port of Oakland Says Not Needed
Project Management Plan (PMP)
Sales discussions
Not Needed, Port of Oakland Questions Use

0908 -    ..
0909 - Summary/Objective
0910 -
091001 - Followed up work at ref SDS 7 line 90, ref SDS 6 line 75, re
091002 - line 81, ref SDS 3 line 99.
091003 -
091004 - The Welch procurement seems to be at the point of requiring command
091005 - action.  It appears the scope of services is generally acceptable, but
091006 - competing interests of COE and POO need resolution.  Marc received a
091007 - lot of new documents from Dutra and the Port, reflecting the growing
091008 - need for support.  Max advised that Dutra seems to have fallen behind
091009 - schedule again.
091010 -
091011 -
091012 -
091013 -  ..
0911 -
0912 -
0913 - Discussion
0914 -
091401 - When I arrived, Marc was just leaving his work area.  I visited
091402 - briefly with Max and he asked if I have talked to Marc?  I explained
091403 - just having passed him in the hallway and he did not indicate anything
091404 - we need to discuss.  Max asked me to discuss with Marc his progress
091405 - on the Welch scope of services.
091406 -
091407 -
0915 -
0916 -
0917 - 1048 called Marc
0918 -
091801 - Marc said he has not talked to Max and is unsure what Max wants to do.
091802 - I explained just having been over to see Max and that he asked me to
091803 - talk to Marc about his progress on procurement for Communication
091804 - Metrics.
091805 -
091806 - Marc said he talked to Len Cardoza last week about the idea he and
091807 - Herb developed to hire Welch and Stout for claims team support, ref
091808 - SDS 5 line 307.  Marc commented that he is discouraged about the
091809 - prospects of hiring Welch and Stout.  Len was not positive about the
091810 - Port paying for contract management support, including claims and
091811 - legal, which are related to Communication Metrics, ref SDS 5 line 263.
091812 - This seems to reflect Jim's perspective in our discussion last week,
091813 - that the Port may be uncomfortable paying for Jim's time, since he is
091814 - a strong advocate for COE, ref SDS 4 line 158.
091815 -
091816 - Marc advised that he talked to Jim Stout last week, and Jim was
091817 - willing to be hired back for 3 days a week.  Marc feels though that
091818 - discussions with Len indicate COE will have difficulty getting the
091819 - support needed on the Oakland project.
091820 -
091821 -
091822 -
091823 - Determination Needed on Using Communication Metrics
091824 -
091825 - Marc plans to visit with Max and Herb Cheong to develop a "formal"
091826 - approach on meeting their needs for management support.  Marc said he
091827 - was expecting to accomplish this quickly, per his meeting with Herb
091828 - Cheong, ref SDS 5 line 306, with a less formal procurement.  We did
091829 - not discuss prior understanding that a formal procurement is required,
091830 - per Tom Keesling, ref SDS 1 line 120, Tom Benero, ref SDS 3 line 564,
091831 - and later per Max at ref SDS 5 line 207.
091832 -
091833 -
091834 -
0919 -
0920 -
0921 - 1113 called Max
0922 -
092201 - Advised Max of the above understandings, following up our discussion
092202 - last Friday, ref SDS 7 line 218. Max asked if Marc has the Welch
092203 - scope of services.  I explained it was provided to Marc.
092204 -
092205 - Max plans to meet with Marc on the Welch situation, but right now he
092206 - has some emergencies, due to the recent flooding, that he has to
092207 - address.  He has also received a call from Dutra's "PAO" (?) officer
092208 - pertaining to Dutra's ability to pay its subcontractors.
092209 -
092210 -
092211 -  ..
0923 -
0924 -
0925 - 1528 visited Max
0926 -
092601 - He spoke to Mark per above, but it sounded as though he did not give
092602 - Marc instructions on how to move ahead with a Welch procurement.
092603 -
092604 - I explained my sense that Marc views the procurement as an expedited
092605 - effort that has now been stymied by Len Cardoza at the Port of
092606 - Oakland; however, Max has indicated an intent to call for bids on a
092607 - normal procurement for Communication Metrics, and not to be
092608 - constrained by the Port's preferences.
092609 -
092610 -      [See follow up with Herb that Port does not object to using
092611 -      Communication Metrics, ref SDS 9 line 85.]
092612 -
092613 - Max advised that COE is not restrained by the Port's requests, but an
092614 - effort needs to be made to obtain approval of the DE.  My discussion
092615 - today with Tom Benero was positive, ref SDS 8 line 150, indicating he
092616 - wants to use Welch on the Port of Richmond project, but this will not
092617 - solve COE's needs on the Oakland Harbor project.
092618 -
092619 -
092620 -
092621 -
0927 -

SUBJECTS
Failure to Perform
Cure Notice
Schedule for Construction, 52.236-15

1206 - Summary/Objective
1207 -
120701 - Follow up work at ref SDS 2 line 85.
120702 -
120703 - Max advised that Dutra seems to be about 40% behind its schedule for
120704 - this month.  We recalled the report on 970107 that a survey error was
120705 - discovered that showed Dutra made its schedule for December, ref SDS
120706 - 2 line 86.  Max said that more recent information indicates they are
120707 - falling behind again.  There was no discussion today about whether
120708 - another survey error might have occurred.
120709 -
120710 - We considered Dutra's financial situation increases the need to
120711 - complete Tom Keesling's analysis with G&B of time extensions based on
120712 - quanitity increases, and other matters as set out in Dutra's serial
120713 - letter #0231 dated 970107, which came into the record on 970110 when
120714 - Marc provided a copy, ref SDS 3 line 190.  Dutra's cites a lot of
120715 - letters that require analysis to formulate an integrated response of
120716 - the complete record.  Max has assigned Marc to follow up and has given
120717 - Leonard SooHoo authority to increase staffing to meet these needs.
120718 -
120719 -
120720 -
120721 -
120722 -
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