COLLAPSE OF TEXAS TOWER NO. 4 



(The document referred to is as follows :) 



Texas towers — Pee 'breakdown 



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Mr. Kendall. Was this before or after the meeting with Captain 

 Albers when he, himself, specified and dictated what the respective 

 responsibilities of the firms would be ? 



Mr. RuTLEDGE. My understanding is that, from reading the testi- 

 mony, that the meeting in question was on July 22, 1954. 



Mr. Kendall. This was prior to that time ? 



Mr. Rutledge. This was June 1, 1954. 



Mr. Kendall. Prior to reaching that agreement, had you or anyone 

 in your firm had any discussions with either Captain Albers or Captain 

 Wesanen concerning division of the responsibilities ? 



Mr. Rutledge. We had — to my knowledge, we had had no discus- 

 sions on division of responsibility. We had many discussions with 

 then Commander Albers and the engineers of the 1st Naval District 

 regarding the scope of the work, the problems involved in the work. 

 But we did not discuss with them the division of the work between the 

 two firms. 



DIVISION OF WORK BETWEEN ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING FIRMS 



Mr. Kendall. Well, can you tell us briefly what was the division of 

 work, as indicated by this signed agreement that you have referred to ? 



Mr. Rutledge. It consists of 12 items. 



The first item, 1, general administration; Anderson & Nichols, 

 $1,-500; 



Item 2, project management and engineering director; Anderson & 

 Nichols, $6,000 ; 



Item 3, collection of data, liaison with Navy, Air Force, consultants, 

 etc. ; Anderson & Nichols, $10,500 ; 



Item 4, preliminary studies for foundations, design waves, wave 

 forces, analyses for basic structures and forces, location of structures 

 for wave and foundation conditions; Moran, Proctor, Mueser & 

 Rutledge, $16,000. 



