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Project, as well as the Construction Industry in general. I think its important to note that its not just about hiring veterans. Its about retention. And making sure that they succeed. And so on that note we have actually been looking at ways to ensure that they are going to succeed. Just as a best practices note from all the research i have done, we found that veterans need each other once they are back from their tours of duties. They actually should retain a cohort, which they can find of hang out with and be together. That is what were attempting to create with this whole construction hiri...

Hard to tell, but the ab and c levels are in place in zones 1 and 2 and at far end, all the way down to the d level. Just a shot of some of the excavation and bracing going on and the conditions which the contractor is working under right now in zone 1. Micro piles continue. They have 70 completed todate, or by the end of november. Installing bracing, under the 1st street bridge between zones 2 and 3. Completing the trestle in zone 3. And excavation and bracing in zone 3 as it progresses along. The end section, the east end section, zone 4 buttress work continues. As i said they met the milest...

561,000 craft hours through the end of november early december. A little more than 11,000 since we last spoke. The hours represent about 160200 workers in the field on any given day across multiple shifts that were running. And later in the report, there is a tally. That is over a thousand unique jobs during the Transit Center construction including utilities. So that is craft people, a thousand craft people having worked or touched this project as reported in the certified payroll system. The sc contractor made their milestone of 162 and actually completed 165 and is on track to finish on ont...

Its about retention. And making sure that they succeed. And so on that note we have actually been looking at ways to ensure that they are going to succeed. Just as a best practices note from all the research i have done, we found that veterans need each other once they are back from their tours of duties. They actually should retain a cohort, which they can find of hang out with and be together. That is what were attempting to create with this whole construction hiring process as a way for them to still, like there are so many jobs in the city that are coming down the pike, we want to make sur...

Feeling was a few years ago when mobile food trucks came out, oh, that wont affect us here, but guess what, that is affecting us here. You are starting to see them pop up. There was the rubber person selling the rubber stuffer out the truck and they vanished and i havent seen them around. I have seen a small truck with clothes in the commission and im okay, its going to start to happen. If we could take about that at one of the meetings because that is going to happen sooner or later. I have seen Womens Clothing trucks at levi plaza. So yes, commissioners, that is starting to be a standing age...