what bruce gibbons has presented with the bolted plates, we received kind of the official report from them on tuesday, a couple of days ago, but they've presented preliminary versions to us, and we're in concurrence with that. it's a very reasonable approach, and we're still reviewing the details. we'll get them -- our report on that soon, in the next few days is our target. so that's basically where we stand and what we're doing, and i'd be glad to answer any questions. >> questions from board members? yes, director reiskin? >> so first, i want to thank you for kind of getting this up and going quickly and for the short nights and long weekends. i think the three ad jekttives that you used, access, -- ad k adjectives that you used, access, thorough, and slide are what we want. i think what our concern or desire was that this review would look at all structural elements because we only learned of this incidentally because somebody was doing some work and had the good sense to flag something that wouldn't have otherwise been seen or known. so i think what this board is seeking and ulti

s president, robert vecchio, followed by thornton thomasetti's bruce gibbons, the structural engineer of record, m.t.c. peer review will be introduced by andy fremier, and mike engelhart speaking to the peer review's view on what's this interim step of data collection. we view it as a critical step in validation of the structural steel, which in itself will be a strong component in developing the criteria to examine and evaluate the entire facility. i do understand that webcor, skanska herrick representatives are here to answer questions if needed towards the end. but with that, i'll introduce mr. robert vecchio to speak to the material findings out in the field. >> good morning, directors. i'm robert vecchio. i'm the chief executive at l.p.i., inc, in new york, and we have tested the samples that have been removed from the transit center. in this slide presentation that i have here today, there's some information -- some of the slides are here for informational purposes only, and i'll probably go through some of those quickly. there's a timeline on the first slide, which i'm sure mos