i'd like to thank steven wolf of the m.t.c. staff who has really shepherded the communication of review between the jtpa contractors and the independent review panel. we designed a very specific set of tasks to study and comply with the mayor's request. we have continued to provide updates to the two mayor's on the status of the work as it progresses. i'd like to mention that in order for the review to be ex-predishes, the review panel that's given verbal approvals of various stages of work while minor details of work goes on. each task will be closed with correspondence from the peer review panel declaring the completeness and closedness of each task. in terms of the review, our study primarily focused on the failure of the fremont street location, but the panel is following leads that have been determined from the preliminary cause of failure and followed leads on where those presented. that path includes the familiarity of work at first street. in order to complete the investigation, the panel has asked the j.p.a. team to ex