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DEC 51980 BOOK 45 PAGE 409 <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MR. KONTOULAS IS <br />KEEPING A RUNNING RECORD OF ALL THE ITEMS INVOLVED IN THE CHANGE <br />PROPOSALS AND ASSESSING WHOMEVER HE FEELS, IN HIS JUDGMENT, IS AT <br />FAULT FOR THE PARTICULAR ITEM SO THAT WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE END <br />OF THE ROAD, WE WILL AT LEAST HAVE A RUNNING RECORD OF OMISSIONS <br />AND ERRORS AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE'S ASSESSMENT OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. <br />COMMISSIONER SUCRLOCK FELT IT WOULD BE_APPROPRIATE TO IN- <br />STRUCT OUR LEGAL STAFF TO DRAW A LETTER INDICATING THAT ACCEPTANCE <br />OF A CHANGE ORDER DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYTHING IS NECESSARILY RIGHT <br />OR WRONG; IN OTHER WORDS, RESERVING OUR RIGHTS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON FELT THIS IS ALREADY IN THE CONTRACT <br />DOCUMENT <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED IF THERE WAS NOT SOME WAY TO MAKE <br />AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TIME ACTUALLY WAS INVOLVED IN <br />EACH CHANGE ORDER WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, AND THEN DOCUMENT IT SO WE <br />DON'T.GET A LOT OF SURPRISES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT. <br />MR. KONTOULAS EXPLAINED THAT HE CANNOT WATCH EVERY ELECTRI- <br />CIAN AND EVERY WORKMAN, BUT REPORTED THAT ON THE DRYWALL INSTALLATION <br />FOR CHANGE ORDER #4, FOR EXAMPLE, HE HAS DOCUMENTED 6 DAYS OF PUTTING <br />UP THE FURRING STRIPS, WITH A NOTE THAT ONE DAY WAS LOST BY PUTTING <br />UP THE WRONG MATERIAL, MAKING IT 5 DAYS. TODAY THEY HAVE STARTED <br />DRYWALLING OVER THE FURRING STRIPS, AND THIS IS HOW HE DOCUMENTS <br />THESE THINGS. <br />CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT HOW THE TIME ACTUALLY <br />INVOLVED IN EACH CHANGE ORDER CAN BE DOCUMENTED SO WE DON'T HAVE TO <br />WAIT UNTIL .JULY TO FIND OUT HOW MANY ADDITIONAL DAYS WE WILL BE <br />CHARGED FOR. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FELT THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER BIRD <br />IS TRYING TO GET CLEAR IS WHETHER THE DATE OF INITIATION OF A CHANGE <br />ORDER AND THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF THIS CHANGE ORDER IS BEING <br />DOCUMENTED, <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS DID NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN ACCURATELY PIN THIS <br />DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS WORK WITHIN WORK AND VARIOUS THINGS ARE GOING <br />ON AT ALL TIMES; IT IS THE THINGS THAT GET INTO THE CRITICAL PATH <br />THAT CAUSE THE DELAY.• <br />=4 <br />