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MR. KONTOULAS REITERATED THAT WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THE <br />CHANGE ORDERS, THE CONTRACTOR WANTED A BLANK OKAY ON ANY EXTRA DAYS <br />THEY WOULD REQUEST. THIS WAS REFUSED, AND THE PARAGRAPH IN QUESTION <br />WAS WORKED OUT AS A COMPROMISE. MR, KONTOULAS FELT THIS WILL BECOME <br />A BATTLE LATER ON, BUT HE WOULD RATHER NOT GET INTO IT RIGHT NOW. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK ASKED IF WE HAVE PUT THE CONTRACTOR <br />ON NOTICE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A BATTLE AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY <br />ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE FORMALLY. COMMISSIONER <br />FLETCHER FELT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO HANDLE THESE EXTENSIONS ONE AT <br />A TIME INSTEAD OF ALL AT ONCE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF DAYS SET <br />OUT ON THE CHANGE ORDER, BUT MR. KONTOULAS AND THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />STATED THAT IS NOT OUR OPTION AND FURTHER THAT IT WOULD DELAY THINGS <br />IF THE CHANGE ORDER WERE TO BE CHANGED AT THIS POINT. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT MR. KONTOULAS HAS HAD CONSIDERABLE <br />EXPERIENCE IN THESE SITUATIONS AND ASKED WHAT HIS PRACTICE HAS BEEN <br />IN THE PAST. <br />MR. KONTOULAS COMMENTED THAT ON THE LAST TWO JOBS HE WAS ON, <br />THIS WAS HANDLED AT SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION. <br />DISCUSSION AROSE AS TO HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT PROVING WHETHER <br />THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY TOOK 20 EXTRA DAYS FOR THE WORK AS ESTIMATED <br />AND WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL DAYS REQUESTED FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS ARE <br />ADDED PROGRESSIVELY TO THE END OF THE CONTRACT. <br />MR. KONTOULAS REPORTED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK HIS DAILY <br />REPORTS IN REGARD TO THE WORK BEING DONE, AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON <br />CONFIRMED THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO JUSTIFY GETTING THE ADDITIONAL <br />DAYS REQUESTED. MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT HE HAS A GRAPHED TIME <br />SCHEDULE WHICH THE CONTRACTOR HAS SUBMITTED. ON THIS GRAPH, CERTAIN <br />AMOUNTS OF WORK ARE SCHEDULED FOR CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME. TO <br />DETERMINE THIS ZO DAYS, THE CONTRACTOR HAS LOOKED BACK AT THE GRAPH <br />AND DETERMINED THAT TO GO BACK IN THIS AREA AND DO THIS PARTICULAR <br />WORK, IT MAY REQUIRE ZO MORE DAYS TO FINISH OTHER WORK THAT THIS HAS <br />TAKEN TIME FROM. HE CONTINUED THAT WE ALSO HAVE A COMPUTER COST -OUT <br />OF EACH ITEM, WHICH IS RELATED BACK TO THIS GRAPH, <br />NOV 19 19 80 43 45 m r88 <br />