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CHAPTER !1l, SECTIONS 3 and 4
Monthly statistics, showing the cstimated
accumulated percentages of physical completion
of Contract items, were compiled and presented
in the farm oof a bar chart. Phe Job-tte determined the weight Gl each construction feature
under a Contract item py dividing cach feature’s
direct Jabor be the total dieet labor of the
Contract mem as refacted in the arivinal ect
estimate. kstumated percentages of physical
CoUmpletion Were dGeloamimed bs vicnad ine pec.
tion, and the weaoedtea percentage of completion
Was determinedk bs moudtiplsing the established
weight by che estimated physical completion,
Further, completion estimates Were prepared tor each Contract item Cot current construction) bs the Jobsite Resident) Engincer
Whenever i Was evident that the acbuab cen
struction costs would sary from the estimated
comstruction costs. Phe basis for comparison was
the current cost estimates. [f such estimates
were aot available, an orginal (or the latest)
costoe timate was substituted. When this comparison resealed that accual field constructian
Costs Would not be within 10; of the estimated
Costs, ar S10,.000, which ever was the lesser, the
Jobsite prepared a completion cost estimate to
reflect the total estimated cost in excess of, or
leas than, the current cost estimate, This supclomental estimate was submitted to the Home
Otlice. Th. however, completion estimates: were
not rewervect ino Los Angeles by the tenth of the
raonth, it Was assumed that the late~t cost esti-
mite Was within the allowable sariance.
Phe over-all percentage or completion, as
determined above, was supplicd monthly to the
Hloliies & Narver Contract Admini-trator and
the AEC Field Manager for the accurate eval-
uation of earned Contract fees.
SECTION 4
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
OFF-CONTINENT RECRUITING
An extensive recruiting program was outlinechin April 155. end cariv in Maw the hirme
program for overseas personnel began,
Uf lpWanted advertisements were placed tnmmediately
in Los Angels metropolitan newspapers. and
a recruiting presgram was also inaugurated an 25
Mav in San Francisco and the Bay cities, A
similar program was imtiated in the San Diego
area during the third week in June.
Because office space in the Home Offter
was insufficient to handle the persans responding
to the expanded recruiting. the Calitormia state
Employment service (CES) granted) the ux
of their families at Eleventh and Flower Streets.
Los Angeles. For the san Francisco area sorecruiting. the Csi office at
Pd Hoawarel
Street. San Francisce. was used. Complete mechanical processing, woe. physical examination,
phote identiheaton. and tinger-pringing of pros-
pective Jobsite emplosvevs was established in toe
hav area.
Seattle. Portland. sale hake City anel
Denver were also survesvedt for posstbh personnel
but were eliminated trem the program due te
the Limited number of shilled construction men
uvailable in those areas at the time. Surveys in
the Bakersfield, Veutura and Fresno areas revealed ao source of sballed Jabor. and recruiting
was undertaken
in
these cities for penerating
and distillation plant operators, apprentice engineers, and electricians. A -amilar survey in the
San Diego area disclosed a surplus of manpower in all crafts, and a recruiting program
was opened in that area, using CSES facilities.
Complete processing of apphcants was handled
in this location on the same baris as was used
in Loe Anseles and San Francisco. Recruiting
started ino san Diego on 22 June 1943 and
continued through 30 September, except for the
penod between } August and 17 August. Figure
3 shows the tetal number of appheants intersiewed and hired from the over-all recruiting
program.
“PC approval) clearances were received
during the week of 7 July 1952 on the first
appheants submitted in the initial phase of the
recrunting program at Los Angeles: for the San
Prancises ang san Diese reerussing programs.
the first UP" approvals were received during
the week of 3 August. (Approximately cight ta
nine weeks elapsed between the time an apphcant was aceepted, processed, and submitted
for clearance belore the actual clearance was
revered. }
By July
1953
firm
commitments
San Francisco area, and overseas Employment
Agreements,
gilotments and
hiring
slips were
completed at the Home Office and forwarded
to San Francivco for execution. The Holmes &
Narser personnel representatives ai San Franeiseo coordinated travel orders with the H&N
representative at Travis Air Force Base and the
Home Office Travel Section. .Phis method of
handing applicants replaced the previous arrangements by which applicants’ were brought
to Los Angeles for precessing, and resulted in
the climination of the customary round-trip
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being made to “P" approved applicants in the
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