CHAPTER III, SECTIONS 3 and 4 Monthly statistics, showing the estimated accumulated percentages of physical completion of Contract items, were compiled and presented in the form of a bar chart. The Jobsite determined the weight of each construction feature under a Contract item by dividing each feature’s direct labor by the total direct labor of the Contract item as reflected in the original cost estimate. Estimated percentages of physical completion were determined by visual inspection, and the weighted percentage of completion was determined by multiplying the established weight by the estimated physical completion. Further, completion estimates were pre- pared for each Contract item (of current con- struction) by the Jobsite Resident Engineer whenever it was evident that the actual con- struction costs would vary from the estimated construction costs. The basis for comparison was the current cost estimates. If such estimates were not available, an original (or the latest) cost estimate was substituted. When this com- parison revealed that actual field construction costs would not be within 10% of the estimated costs, or $10,000, which ever was thelesser, the Jobsite prepared a completion cost estimate to reflect the total estimated cost in excess of, or less than, the current cost estimate. This supplemental estimate was submitted to the Home Office. If, however, completion estimates were not reveived in Los Angeles by the tenth of the month, it was assumed that the latest cost estimate was within the allowable variance. The over-all percentage or completion, as determined above, was supplied monthly to the Holmes & Narver Contract Administrator and the AEC Field Manager for the accurate evaluation of earned Contract fees. SECTION 4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OFF-CONTINENT RECRUITING was opened in that area, using CSES facilities. An extensive recruiting program was outlined in April 1953, and early in May the hiring in this location on the same basis as was used program for overseas personnel began. Help- wanted advertisements were placed immediately in Los Angeles metropolitan newspapers, and a recruiting program wasalso inaugurated on 25 Complete processing of applicants was handled in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Recruiting started in San Diego on 22 June 1953 and continued through 30 September, except for the May in San Francisco and the Bay cities. A similar program was initiated in the San Diego period between 1 August and 17 August. Figure 3-3 shows the total number of applicants interviewed and hired from the over-all recruiting program. Because office space in the Home Office “Pp” approval clearances were received during the week of 7 July 1953 on the first area during the third week in June. wasinsufficient to handle the persons responding to the expanded recruiting, the California State Employment Service (CSES) granted the use of their facilities at Eleventh and Flower Streets, Los Angeles. For the San Francisco area recruiting, the CSES office at 1400 Howard Street, San Francisco, was used. Complete mechanical processing, i. e., physical examination, photo identification, and finger-printing of prospective Jobsite employees was established in the bay area. Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City and Denver were also surveyed for possible personnel but were eliminated from the program due to the limited number of skilled construction men available in those areas at the time. Surveys in the Bakersfield, Ventura and Fresno areas re- vealed a source of skilled labor, and recruiting was undertaken in these cities for generating and distillation plant operators, apprentice engi- applicants submitted in the initial phase of the recruiting program at Los Angeles; for the San Francisco and San Diego recruiting programs, the first “P’’ approvals were received during the week of 3 August. (Approximately eight to nine weeks elapsed between the time an applicant was accepted, processed, and submitted for clearance before the actual clearance was received. } By July 1953 firm commitments were being made to ‘“P” approved applicants in the San Francisco area, and overseas Employment Agreements, allotments and hiring slips were completed at the Home Office and forwarded to San Francisco for execution. The Holmes & Narver personnel representatives at San Fran- cisco coordinated travel orders with the H&N representative at Travis Air Force Base and the Home Office Travel Section. This method of neers, and electricians. A similar survey in the handling applicants replaced the previous arrangements by which applicants were brought power in all crafts, and a recruiting program the elimination of the customary round-trip San Diego area disclosed a surplus of man- Page 3-10 to Los Angeles for processing, and resulted in