CONTACTS 
0202 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483                                                                                                           O-00000632 0201
020201 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020202 - Construction Operations Division   =415 977 8480
0203 - Corps of Engineers, Sausalito      415 331 0404 fax or 800...                                                                                                      O-00000645 0201
020301 - Mr. Leonard SooHoo, P.E.; Chief; Construction Service Branch
0204 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483                                                                                                           O-00000632 0202
020401 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief =415 977 8473/8701
020402 - Construction Operations Division   =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
Evaluation Welch Contract
2626 COE Contractor Evaluation
Automated Management, Keesling's Assignment
Automated Management for 21st Century, SF
Public Relations, News Releases

0907 -    ..
0908 - Summary/Objective
0909 -
090901 - Follow up ref SDS 12 8833, ref SDS 11 7291.
090902 -
090903 - Submitted draft analysis of Communication Metrics.  Received COE
090904 - evaluation of Welch and SDS, which can be used for another report to
090905 - evaluate Communication Metrics.  Suggested Tom Keesling submit a
090906 - subset of the evaluation for publication in COE Newsletter as part of
090907 - his program to implement automated management in the SF District.
090908 -
090909 - Port of Richmond project is being advertised for bids.  Leonard SooHoo
090910 - is developing procurement for inspection support; scheduled meeting
090911 - next Monday or Tuesday with Leonard in Sausalito to develop scope of
090912 - services for Communication Metrics.
090913 -
090914 - Merry Goodenough may wish to discuss support for using the SDS record
090915 - on litigation issues for the Oakland Harbor project, next week.
090916 -
090917 -
090918 -
0910 -
0911 -
0912 - Discussion
0913 -
091301 - Submitted a copy of the draft, ref OF 4 line 20, completed last night
091302 - at ref SDS 12 line 81.
091303 -
091304 - Explained I need to address following additional points:
091305 -
091306 -     •  Build and maintain shared meaning
091307 -     •  Command and control of the record, applying military tradition
091308 -     •  Order and content of the record, connecting summary to detail.
091309 -     •  Connecting summary to detail
091310 -     •  Samples of SDS work product
091311 -
091312 - Tom said he submitted an evaluation of the Welch contract to Tom
091313 - Benero, the District's Contracting Officer.  I asked for a copy.  We
091314 - considered developing the draft to provide detailed evaluation that
091315 - supplements Tom's submission to the Contracting Officer.
091316 -
091317 - This afternoon, Tom will review and edit the draft, ref OF 4 line 20,
091318 - and I can pick it up tomorrow morning. We discussed getting edits from
091319 - Max.
091320 -
091321 -
091322 - Automated Management Implementation Program
091323 -
091324 - Tom showed his Open Plan schedule which has more detail than when we
091325 - met last week, ref SDS 9 line 143. It has about 8 activities now, but
091326 - still nothing for the RMS program.  He has not received any input yet
091327 - from Mike Murphy.
091328 -
091329 - Tom seemed to indicate that he is meeting with the District Engineer
091330 - today to report status of the program.
091331 -
091332 -
091333 -
0914 -
0915 -
0916 - 0833 visited Max
0917 -
091701 - Discussed Evaluation of Communication Metrics
091702 -
091703 - Advised of discussions with Tom on the draft evaluation and asked if
091704 - Max would like to review it?  Max said he saw a copy of the memo Tom
091705 - submitted to Tom Benero.  Our discussion moved to other matters, so I
091706 - decided not to submit a copy of the draft at this time.  He advised
091707 - that COE is not allowing him to replace Tom Keesling with a new
091708 - Assistant Construction Operations.  This means that Tom will continue
091709 - being drawn in to help Max.
091710 -
091711 -
091712 -
0918 -
0919 -
0920 - 0923 received commendation from COE for SDS on Oakland Harbor job
0921 -   ..
092101 - When I got back from COE, there was a letter from Tom commending
092102 - the use of SDS. ref DRT 1 0000
092103 -
092104 - He had not mentioned this during our visit this morning, so I am not
092105 - sure if this is the memo he said was submitted to Tom Benero.
092106 -
092107 -
092108 - COE Evaluation - Need Consideration Communication Metrics
092109 -
092110 - Tom offers generous remarks about my work and the contribution of SDS
092111 - in relation to contract claim and modification issues, ref DRT 1 line
092112 - 21.
092113 -
092114 - He also notes that Contractor performance of submittal information and
092115 - reports improved, and that Government administration of the contract
092116 - improved, ref DRT 1 line 30.
092117 -
092118 - This is an excellent foundation to evaluate Communication Metrics
092119 - which is called out in the Welch contract, but not mentioned in Tom's
092120 - letter.
092121 -
092122 -     [See COE report dated 970328 received on 970418 on Communication
092123 -     Metrics, ref SDS 19 line 152.]
092124 -
092125 -
092126 -
0922 -
0923 -
0924 - 1115 called Tom
0925 -
092501 - Left message about COE submitting an article for PMI and possibly for
092502 - the Corps newsletter.  It could be entitled
092503 -
092504 -              "San Francisco District Breaks Ground
092505 -              with Communication Metrics"
092506 -
092507 - I thanked Tom for his letter.
092508 -
092509 -
092510 -
0926 -
0927 -
0928 - 1148 called Tom back
0929 -
092901 - I again thanked him for his letter and asked if this is the memo he
092902 - submitted to Tom Benero.  He said the memo is separate.  He was
092903 - suprised I received his letter so quickly.
092904 -
092905 - We considered the idea of using the draft as a detailed analysis of
092906 - Communication Metrics, based on Tom's 970219 evaluation of SDS. Since
092907 - Tom's letter does not mention Communication Metrics, and since
092908 - Communication Metrics is set out in the Welch contract with COE, it
092909 - would be appropriate for an explanation of the relationship between
092910 - these elements.
092911 -
092912 -     [See COE report dated 970328 received on 970418 on Communication
092913 -     Metrics, ref SDS 19 line 152.]
092914 -
092915 -
092916 - Article on Communication Metrics
092917 -
092918 - We discussed submitting the evaluation of Communication Metrics for
092919 - publicaiton in the COE Newsletter.  I suggested it could be a positive
092920 - story about the District's work in bringing on-line new automated
092921 - systems in compliance with HQ policy.  Communication Metrics can be
092922 - presented as a successful use to accomplish those aims, as reported in
092923 - a COE publication article on RMS, ref SDS 1 line 104.
092924 -
092925 - Tom seems open to this.  He said articles are typically submitted for
092926 - publication, although he has not previously done this.  We considered
092927 - completing the current evalation draft for inclusion in the record and
092928 - then preparing an article based on the evaluation.  I will assist Tom
092929 - with preparing the article.
092930 -
092931 -  ..
092932 -
092933 - Tom recalled in our discussion today that the Resident Management
092934 - System (RMS) which is now part of his assignment, was introduced to
092935 - COE through an article in the COE newsletter.  The current effort to
092936 - apply RMS in the District is based on the recent news article, per the
092937 - record at ref SDS 1 0000.
092938 -
092939 - An article on Communication Metrics could give the San Francisco
092940 - District positive visibility in connection with the Oakland Harbor
092941 - project, to offset any adverse impact of Dutra's situation.
092942 -
092943 -      [See follow up on 970221 at ref SDS 13 1034, and on 970502, see
092944 -      ref SDS 20 0000.]
092945 -
092946 -      [See discussion with Max on 970307 ref SDS 17 7449.]
092947 -
092948 -
092949 -
092950 -
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0930 -

SUBJECTS
Port of Richmond
Litigation Support, Oakland
Richmond Harbor Deepening, Scope of
Port of Richmond
Task Order 2, Communication Metrics

1408 -
140801 -  ..
140802 - Procurement Communication Metrics
140803 -
140804 - Follow up ref SDS 9 7749.
140805 -
140806 - Tom said Leonard is preparing a procurement for Welch on the Richmond
140807 - project.  They plan to award the QA contract to a small business
140808 - vendor under a program for disadvantaged businesses which does not
140809 - require competitive bids. Tom is providing input to Leonard on how to
140810 - award the Communication Metrics part.
140811 -
140812 -    [On 970225 developed scope for Com Metrics contract to support Port
140813 -    of Richmond project. ref SDS 16 0001
140814 -
140815 -
140816 -
140817 -
140818 -
1409 -
1410 -
1411 - 0828 Talked to Max
1412 -
141201 - He said COE command has decided not to replace Tom Keesling with a new
141202 - Assistant Chief for Construction Operations.  This will increase the
141203 - burden on CON OPS to keep up with information flows.
141204 -
141205 - Marc does not seem to be in the office today, so I did not talk to
141206 - him about this.
141207 -
141208 - We considered briefly Tom Keesling's remark this morning that Leonard
141209 - SooHoo is developing a scope of services for Communication Metrics as
141210 - part of the Richmond Harbor project.  Max said this reflects his goal
141211 - for Communication Metrics to support the Resident Engineer function.
141212 -
141213 - He advised that Leonard is hiring to fill 5 positions.  They have the
141214 - Port of Richmond project, plus a number of emergency projects due to
141215 - the recent flooding, which have to be performed.
141216 -
141217 -  ..
141218 -
141219 - Max asked if I have spoken to Merry Goodenough?
141220 -
141221 - I explained our meeting on Monday, ref SDS 10 0000.
141222 -
141223 - Evidently a bankruptcy attorny has been flying down two days a week to
141224 - help Merry deal with the Dutra matter.
141225 -
141226 - Max feels COE could use Welch support to aply the existing project
141227 - record and in continuing to capture the future record.  He said this
141228 - is a decision for counsel to make.
141229 -
141230 -
141231 -
141232 -  ..
1413 -
1414 -
1415 - 0843 visited Merry
1416 -
141601 - COE Counsel Considering SDS Support for Oakland Project
141602 -
141603 - Advised of my discussion with Max and asked if Merry has any questions
141604 - from our meeting on Monday. ref SDS 10 0000
141605 -
141606 - Merry said she is still in "report-preparation" mode and so does not
141607 - have time to consider litigation/contract support issues until next
141608 - week.  She has filed the record of our meeting on Monday for future
141609 - use, and so has no questions at this time.
141610 -
141611 -      [See follow up discussion with Marc on use of additional counsel
141612 -      on TDY, ref SDS 13 line 284.]
141613 -
141614 -      [See inquiry from Max about Communication Metrics support on
141615 -      Dutra matter, ref SDS 14 line 352.]
141616 -
141617 -      [See litigation support prepared for COE counsel on 970417, ref
141618 -      SDS 18 line 77, and not having enough time to get help, ref SDS
141619 -      18 line 121.]
141620 -
141621 -
1417 -
1418 -
1419 - 1008 called Leonard
1420 -
142001 - Set Meeting to Develop Scope of Services on Port of Richmond
142002 -
142003 - He initially asked when I am being assigned again to support COE?
142004 -
142005 - I advised of understandings from discussion with Tom and Max, per
142006 - above, that he is preparing a procurement to use Communication Metrics
142007 - on the Richmond Harbor project.  Leonard has not received information
142008 - from Tom on this, but plans to send someone to the District to get a
142009 - package from him later today.  He did not seem to be aware of
142010 - considerations to include Communication Metrics in the Inspection
142011 - support procurement package.
142012 -
142013 -      [See follow up discussion with Tom where the scope of services
142014 -      information has picked up, ref SDS 13 line 167.]
142015 -
142016 -      [See follow up call and meeting with Leonard ref SDS 15 line 68,
142017 -      and with Tom Keesling at ref SDS 14 line 112.]
142018 -
142019 - Leonard said he has to move quickly to prepare the Inspection support
142020 - procurement.  He asked to meet with me about the scope for
142021 - Communication Metrics procurement.  I will call him on Monday to meet
142022 - that day or on Tuesday.
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