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the work involved is necessary prior to the excavation because it creates the waterproofing of the area. shoring work needs to be completed before we can move into excavation. we have looked at the critical path submitted by webcor. that represents a day for day delay on the delivery of the project. if we were to wait one month to vote on the item, we would be delayed the entire project by one month. also, in the event that there might be a delay, looked at the baseline schedule to see...

>> while construction does not begin in june, were looking at a two phase of notice. the first would happen immediately after your vote, should you vote to approve this contract. balfour beatty would need to be ready for construction. it would then have its mobilization. it basically needs to start next week in order to meet the june physical start, in order to keep the program on schedule. >> the engineers estimate was $2.6 million. that was in our budget for this project? >> that is ...

ahead and move forward with the staff recommendation as amended, but i do think moving forward perhaps if there are other areas where we can get higher levels of for dissipation of the -- higher levels of participation of the sbes, we should try for that. >> it was clearly pointed out to us that this was the most costly contract in this project if i heard the staff correctly, and for us to start off with not reaching our stated goal in terms of 24% sbe participation, it bothers me. to ...

take $15 million, giving it away, and still be, you know, the low bid. given that, i think we should go ahead and move forward with the staff recommendation as amended, but i do think moving forward perhaps if there are other areas where we can get higher levels of for dissipation of the -- higher levels of participation of the sbes, we should try for that. >> it was clearly pointed out to us that this was the most costly contract in this project if i heard the staff correctly, and for...

project length? >> seven years 255 days. >> yes, but it is still money. as you know, we are tight on monday. there is no reason to delay it. -- on money. >> while construction does not begin in june, were looking at a two phase of notice. the first would happen immediately after your vote, should you vote to approve this contract. balfour beatty would need to be ready for construction. it would then have its mobilization. it basically needs to start next week in order to meet the june ...

interested in hearing what theyre thinking is as well. director daly: i agree with director cohen. two things, and this is just estimates in terms of money. it seems that not accounting for the granite bid having more vendors, sbe dollars included, which are not as valuable in terms of work on the ground, but it seems as if there is about a $15 million difference in the total amount of money going to sbe and the bids, but there is over a $20 million difference in the bids. i think that...

so you do not count vendors and suppliers at the same percentage that you count and actual subcontractor because you recognize that to buy materials and pass it on to your subcontractor is not creating as many jobs as putting someone out there with a hard hat. if you look at the actual subcontractor participation, they are nearly identical. granite is at 11.15% for actual subcontractor sbes and dbes. when you add in suppliers at a discounted credit, so to speak, setting the competitor ...