peer review will be introduced by andy fremier, and mike engelhart speaking to the peer review's viewwhat'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 most of you are aware of, what occurred and how it occurred, the sequence of those events. to inform you of what the girder in

as just mentioned, my name is mike engelhart. i'm a professor at the university of texas austin. been there about 30 years, and i have the pleasure of serving as the chair of the peer review panel. just have a few slides to let you know who we are and what we're doing. the makeup of the panel is on the slide. i'm chair. we have several members, including tom sable who's a practicing structural engineer in los angeles, bob shaw, who is a specialist in steel fabrication and welding. and then, when we started this process, m.t.c. let me know that if we needed additional targeted technical expertise as we go through this investigation, that they can bring on additional experts, so we brought on one additional expert. at this point, it's dr. bill moore who's with the edison welding institute in columbus, ohio. we brought him onto review what l.p.i. is doing in their stage of the work. we have a fairly broad range of expertise, as andy mentioned. we do have experts on fracture investigations and then more broadly, structural engineering, structural design, and with brian cozy, kind of