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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 if we could we sequence work to take this off of the critical path. we have got through exercises a...

>> while construction does not begin in june, we're 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 engineer's estimate was $2.6 million. that was in our budget for this project? >> that is the engineer's estimate for the budget. chairman ford: we were 10% below are budgeted number, so a...

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 sbe's, 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 me, it is a slippery slope. once we start with something of this magnitude and immediately, we kind...

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 sbe's, 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...

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, we're 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 engineer's estimate was $2.6 milli...