oxide, and we know from the tenacity of this oxide and its appearance that it formed at elevated temperatures, which can only occur during the thermal cutting of the access hole or the butt welding of the plates together. this is what the cross section looks like through the access radius, and this is the actual fracture right over here on the top left. and then, along this radius there, through this side, it s martinsite. it s a normal development, and when you cut thick plates like this, because it s so brittle, you get these small little microcracks that build in. it exists in other industrial structures. other circumstances around them can cause into larger cracks, and then subsequent brittle cracks that we have in this instance. and here is a higher magnification shots, showing what they see cracks look like. and we found these cracks in all of the sections that we looked at that were removed from the girders. one of the other tests that we performed is something called
$60 million has been allocated to local frames for the design, and many of the construction signs. we had a poster of the globe on our field office wall, and we literally had a pain on every single continent from all of the hands that have touched this project from all of the tradespeople. it is very much san francisco. we are seeing the reward from this project straight away. we have seen what the convention calendar looks like. 2019 will be one of the best convention years that the city has ever enjoyed. what is very exciting about this project as it will be serving generations to come. and to make it part of the welcome mat to our visiting the city has been just an extraordinary privilege. we deliver a significant building. it will be an iconic structure that sits in the middle of the city like a jewel. [ ] [applause] a truly has been an amazing partnership, but the city, in hotel and hospitality committee, the neighborhood and our customers, to this holding is
next item? yes. clerk: with that, communications, i m not aware of any. with that, item three, directors new and oral business. also not aware of any. none. clerk: with none, item five, executive director s report. good morning, director. i have several pertinent updating you this morning. to date, we have completed the temporary multilevel shoring system, and we have extracted and tested samples from the first street and the fremont street girters and as we continue to monitor them. as you know, the past identifying the salesforce transit center as we move forward from these elements, we are fully cooperating with the independent testing requested by the metropolitan transportation division requested by mayor breed and schaaf. gi for their continued work and support in our efforts to reopen the transit center as soon as safely possible to the bay area. while we do not yet have a date to reopen the facility. today marks a significant milestone as we work to iden
commissioners commissioners? i have a question. the projects that have been addressed are already in the cic what this action does is it baselines the specific scope schedule on the budget that are in the cic. it does not add or remove the project? does not add or remove any projects. and they have gone through environmental review? know ,, it has not. okay. so this is not do or die on the issue. there will be a lot of discussion. this would certainly come it would have to go through the environmental process. and i ll be back in front of us in february? my understanding of the item is it is basically providing edit initial detail on a cip, which is fairly high-level document. provides the opportunity for us to measure against baseline for quarterly reporting purposes on the program. those are projects that are $5 million or more. and it provides better transparency regarding the scope schedule and not just for this project. thank you. the fire d
process that s a best practice or a normal practice to prevent depending upon the plate thickness, there are procedures where you re supposed to come in and grind off that surface to a bright metal finish and then perform magnetic particle testing on the ground surface to see if there are any microcracks left, and that s generally done in plates that are greater than 2 inches thick. these plates are 4 inches thick. did our specifications required that? it s required by the construction code. it s required by code? by code. maybe this isn t a question for you. was that done? my understanding is the construction complied with the code, but director reiskin, there s still a lot of questions, and one robert is done with his final analysis, we ll be able to answer questions with more detail. and what when do we expect that work to be done? we re targeting next board meeting. i m putting robert on the spot, but yeah, our thought is to share more details with y