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MR. GRAZIANI COMMENTED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS <br />DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING DOWN THE LIST OF THE <br />FIREWALLS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE 95 FIREWALLS, AND THE ARCHITECT FEELS <br />THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE KEPT IN ONE PIECE AND ANALYZED AS ONE SITUATION. <br />HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THEY REQUESTED THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE A <br />FORMAL PROPOSAL FOR THIS WORK BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR PREVIOUSLY <br />PRESENTED A CHANGE PROPOSAL OF APPROXIMATELY $93,000 AND SUBSEQUENTLY <br />ADDED THINGS TO IT VERBALLY AND VERBALLY TOOK THINGS OUT; WE, THERE- <br />FORE, REALLY DON T HAVE A WRITTEN UP-TO-DATE SCOPE OF WHERE WE STAND, <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED WHETHER THE LIST INCLUDES ONLY INCOMPLETE <br />FIREWALLS BECAUSE HE BELIEVED SOME WERE DONE EARLIER, AND HE DID NOT <br />WANT TO ARBITRATE WORK WE HAVE ALREADY SETTLED ON. <br />MR. GRAZIANI EXPLAINED THAT THE LIST SETS OUT IF THE FIREWALL <br />WAS ALREADY IN THE CONTRACT; IT SIMPLY CLARIFIES THAT WILL BE DONE <br />ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INQUIRED WHERE THIS IS SHOWN, AND MR. <br />GRAZIANI EXPLAINED THAT THE LIST DESIGNATES THAT FIREWALLS 3, 4, 5 <br />AND 6, FOR INSTANCE, ARE TO BE BUILT AS INDICATED ON THE DRAWINGS, <br />MEANING THAT IT IS ALREADY IN THE CONTRACT. IN OTHER WORDS, FIREWALLS <br />3, 4, 5 AND 6 WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACTORS LAST WRITTEN <br />PROPOSAL; S0, THE CONTRACTOR ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ALREADY <br />IN THE CONTRACT AND, ACCORDINGLY, DID NOT PUT THEM IN AGAIN. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT WE ARE CONTENDING THAT ALL OF <br />IT WAS INDICATED ON THE PLANS, AND MR. GRAZIANI AGREED. <br />DEBATE FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT <br />WAS AGREED UPON AND WHAT WAS ADDITIONAL WORK WITH MR. SNODGRASS OF <br />REINHOLD CONSTRUCTION CONTENDING THAT THERE IS A VERY CLEAR AND <br />DISTINCT SYMBOL ON THE DRAWINGS INDICATING NEW FIREWALL CONSTRUCTION <br />AND THAT THE,CONTRACTOR HAD PROVIDED ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THE SYMBOLS <br />CALLED FOR. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE CONTRACTOR MOST CERTAINLY <br />DISAGREES WITH THE ARCHITECTS DECISION AS SET OUT IN THE TWO LETTERS <br />SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, AND THE CONTRACTOR MOST CERTAINLY WILL REQUEST <br />ARBITRATION IF THE BOARD GOES THE WAY THE ARCHITECT HAS RECOMMENDED. <br />11 <br />