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YOUR TELNO INDUS 45 STRUCTURAL STEEL FOR YUE YANG AND DAYA BAY

THIS IS AN UPDATE OF THE SITUATION FOLLOWING MR GOODMAN'S VISIT

TO CLEVELAND BRIDGE ENGINEERING (CBE) WITH GEC TG ON

12 MAY AND THE VISIT OF PETER SHUM AND ZENG WEN XING OF

GNPJVC TO DTI ON 15 MAY.

YUE YANG, PARA 1 TUR. WHILST THERE ARE SOME DELAYS TO THE STEELWORK FOR UNIT 1 THE POSITION NOW IS THAT STEAM DRUM LIFT IS DUE NOW TO TAKE PLACE ONLY THREE WEEKS LATE. AS FAR AS THE STRUCTURAL STEELWORK FOR UNIT 2 IS CONCERNED, GEC CURRENTLY EXPECT TO MEET THE MID-JULY DEADLINE FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS HOWEVER A TIGHT DEADLINE AND GEC WILL CONTINUE THEREFORE TO

MONITOR THE SITUATION CONTINUOUSLY. WE WILL ADVISE IF THIS

LOOKS LIKE SLIPPING. AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CONTRACT IS

CONCERNED THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AND ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MISSED DEADLINES, THESE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL CONTRACT. (SEE ALSO THE TEXT OF THE

LETTER FROM OUR SOS TO SIR NIGEL BROACKES CHAIRMAN OF TRAFALGAR

HOUSE IN MIFT).

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AS REGARDS DAYA BAY THE SITUATION REMAINS SERIOUS. ALL PARTIES DTI, GEC AND GNPJVC ARE NOT CONVINCED THAT CBE CAN ENSURE THAT NO EFFORT IS SPARED TO BRING THE CONTRACTS TO A SUCCESSFUL

CONCLUSION. A LETTER HAS THEREFOR BEEN SENT FROM OUR SOS

TO TRAFALGAR HOUSE, TEXT IN MIFT.

REFERENCE PARA 3 (SIC) TUR IT IS NOT FELT THAT WE OR GEC HAVE BEEN ANYTHING BUT CLEAN WITH GNPJVC. TODAY (15 MAY) WE HAD

VERY OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH GNP JVC. PETER SHUM WAS CONTENT

THAT GEC WERE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO EXPEDITE THE

STEELWORK FOR DAYA BAY. HE WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT CBE WAS

PUTTING IN THE COMMITMENT OR MANPOWER NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE TARGETS, ESPECIALLY FOR UNIT 2. PROGRESS ON WHIP RESTRAINT WAS IMPRESSIVE AND SO LONG AS THIS LEVEL OF WORK WAS MAINTAINED HE FELT THE DELIVERY DATE COULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD INTO AUGUST.

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