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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont' d some of the things on here ... he would have to be blind, or something...not to see them the first time around. I can't understand that. There must be something wrong with the people doing the inspections; there must bei for such an increase in cost on so many projects. Mr. Schaller again stated these inspections were done prior to any of the people on his staff working here. Commissioner Cira asked, "What's the time element on some of the inspections from the time that we have construc- tion - -the improvements on it ?" .Mr. Schaller advised on this particular house here '[226,East Pennsylvania Avenue], the house was inspected.on October of 1974. That is the reason. Commissioner Cira- .said;: "That's what is bad; can't we get any quicker action ?" Mr. Butler questioned the '74, and asked if he doesn't mean '75. Ken stated the '74 is not incorrect; it was inspected in October of '74. The present houses for CD right now - -that have been awarded for the Southeast Area - -are being worked on now. Com- missioner Wiggins said these things have leaked for a year or more after they were inspected, and the damage just goes on. Commissfoner Cira-- concurred;-'that`is- what`is bad, and the cause of the excessive damages, but Commissioner Robinson questioned the procedure and advised he would think when they are put out for bid; hat someone would be sent out to recheck it or something. Ken sa -id he believed this Contract 48 goes back to last spring. Commissioner Robinson said if they checked it out that far ahead of time, if they don't hurry up and go back and check it sometime, the place could be burned down and there wouldn't even be a place there. Mr. Schaller said there is considerably less time on the CD con- tracts that we are working on now; they are being worked on within four months. Commissioner Cira said that is one of the problems right there. As to why, Mr. James L. Johnson, Jr., Chief Inspector, advised mainly because the inspections are first, contracts are advertised and awarded, then they have to be approved by Legal Counsel, then the Preconstruction Conference has to be set up by Mr. Alford, after which if the contractor has more than five or six contracts, he has 30 days in which to complete each of these contracts, and say if we award 10 contracts at the same time; maybe they take the first five contracts first, and most of them have gone over 30 days on some of these older structures, so that just puts them off further and further. A lot of these contracts were approved in February and March of last year. Ms. Derbeck added that this would mean if a contractor gets six contracts at once, then he has 30 days for each one, so he may never get to one of them for six months. JJ confirmed that has been the way it has worked in the past. On the Pennsylvania Avenue there is a gap of approximately 15 months and Ms. Derbeck said that is kind of hard to understand, and wouldn't it be better to hold off until that contractor gets caught up? With the rate of inflation, Commissioner Cira said he would think this would catch up! -wi -th the contractor. Commissioner Wiggins sad we are talking about a year and a half from the time of inspection, not a year and a half from the time the contract is awarded, but there is another element gap to consider here. The people are going to continue - 20 -