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Moving the project forward. Mike was a member of the caltrain board of directors and also a former San Mateo County supervisor, mayor of daly city and San Francisco Police Inspector and not only served on our board, but numerous other regional transportation boards and well always be appreciative to mike for all of his work in the area of transportation, as well as his commitment for those in need. We extend our sympathies to mike and his family. I would also like to thank director reiskin, beca...

Will talk more about that in a moment. Another tough overnight session for global losses in tokyo and india. The road map begins with the retailers rallying best buy, home depot, urban, and they all beat handily expectations, but slightly different than penny. Missing expectations, but trading up as the investors conclude that it could have been worse and appears to be better for eli musk and tesla. After the retailer posts better than stronger earnings and mobile phones and appliances were the ...

Working to support veterans, but nobody is really talking to each other and they are trying to individually reach out to employers and not really in a cohesive fashion. With unions and companies and cbos we needed to develop a more cohesive hiring process and that is what we worked on. We had a Success Story working closely with the Carpenters Union, where we have two returning veterans, i think from afghanistan, to essentially prescreened through a communitybased organization out of a group of ...

There are so many jobs in the city that are coming down the pike, we want to make sure that they have a network to stay connected with each other. So on that note were working with San Francisco unified school district, as well as integrating veterans preorientation programs there. As well as the Sf State University Veterans Club to generate internship paths into construction employers like webcor, turner, dbs and other employers. We can start with the transbay project and then move forward from...

Subtracted from the bidders bid price making their bid price more competitive and improving the likelihood of approval of the work. Well realize 100 of the savings with the bidders value engineering proposal. During Construction Trade subcontractors will be encouraged to submit these proposals and after deducting costs incurred in the proposal, a trade subcontractor in the tjpa will share a 50 50 basis a shared savings. So thank you director for that suggestion and well implement that moving for...

It is a truly hidden gem in the city. The part is rich with eucalyptus trees. Long paths allow you to meander, perfect for dog walking in a wooded environment. I enjoy this base and the history behind it. The diversity that exists in such an urban city, the concrete, the streets, cars, we have this oasis of a natural environment. It reminds us of what San Francisco initially was. This is a section for dogs and plenty of parking. Transit is available to get you there easily. And the part is ada p...

Francisco police chief corneleous murphy who died in august at the age of 84. Major Dianne Feinstein appointed him in 1980 less than a year after the riots following the Involuntary Manslaughter conviction of dan white who gunned down mayor gasconi and harvey milk. Leslie led the city through many years including many big scandals. Reporter murphys six years as chief was born from turmoil. He took over for reign, fell from political grace after the dan white riots. Murphy came in as a cops cop. ...

Continue that work. So well finish that early part of next if year as they work through the holidays on mission continuing to put in the new water line. Coming up next, the belowgrade structure contractor who now has the geothermal and grounding contracts within their package will start that work in january. The buttress work will continue and the micro pile production, they completed 70 in the total production piles and that will hopefully be completed in the next 90 days and move into zone 2. ...

The one other item on the veterans report that i wanted to highlight was that enville buildings was awarded the hoisting contract for the project. So they are going to be providing the man lifts to bring personnel into the excavation and in future to the upperlevels of Transit Center construction and the personnel to operate those. And that is a disabled veteranowned business. So both in the field as contractors were making end roads. Just a few words on our apprenticeship programs. I reported l...

Potential candidates that they will refer to tjpa and other employers. I mentioned that our interns in the past have had a great deal of success working on our project and have been very positive experience for them, preparing for college and moving into other activities. And we were featured by the National Academy foundation in two of their recent publications, and the brochure you see three of our interns from the summer of 2011 with their mentors from the tjpa and project control staff. So w...