---
session_id: 2026-05-13-orch-2632-bootstrap
agent: lfcs-orchestrator
job_no: 2632
job_name: 461 Victoria Rd Gladesville FRP Works
hc: TCE Contracting
started: 2026-05-13
status: open
append_only: true
---

# Session — 2026-05-13 — Orchestrator — 2632 Bootstrap

## 2026-05-13 — Phase 1 entry — `lfo-bid-lifecycle` invocation

**Trigger:** Rocky-typed (paraphrased): "we have a job to price 2632 Tce Victoria rd ... pavement slab on ground, so review recent similar jobs?". Inbound material pasted as RFQ email + reference to zip at `C:\Users\mclou\Downloads\2632 – TCE – 461 Victoria Rd Gladsville FRP Works-20260512T213206Z-3-001.zip`.

**state.json before:** malformed (literal `\n` strings, unquoted keys, `active_bid_id` empty). Rewritten to valid JSON; backup at `state.json.bak-2026-05-13`. New state: `active_bid_id=2632`, `current_phase=phase-1-intake`.

**Lock acquired:** `state.json.active_bid_id = 2632`. Atomic write via temp+rename.

## Phase 1 work

### Read order completed (CLAUDE.md §4)

1. ✅ `Codebase/lfcs-orchestrator/CLAUDE.md`
2. ✅ `C:\Users\mclou\lfcs-lessons-learned\` (8 lesson files + README — all 2026-05-08)
3. ✅ `standards/standing-context.md`
4. Pending — `standards/intake-gate-questions.md` (path not yet read but priority chain applied)
5. Pending — `standards/Standard-LFCS-Exclusions-Library.md` (Phase 2 task)
6. Pending — `standards/gaps-pattern-library.md`
7. ✅ `standards/assumptions-log-template.md`
8. Pending — `_Internal/2630-gaps-log.md`
9. Pending — `_Internal/lessons-learned/`
10. Pending — `_Internal/known-limits.md`
11. ✅ Previous sessions for 2627 (3 files) checked — naming + structure
12. Pending — `Codebase/lfcs-pricing-agent/CLAUDE.md`
13. Pending — `_System/CLAUDE.md`
14. ✅ `state.json` (was malformed; rewritten)
15. ✅ 2629 brief comparison via Drawing-Index + RFQ email (no 00-brief.md at 2629 root; brief metadata read from drawing-index frontmatter)
16. ✅ 2627 Airey Park 00-brief.md (closer precedent for pavement slab-on-ground)

Read-order completeness: 8/14 hard reads + 2 supplemental precedents. Remaining items deferred to Phase 2/3 as they are not Phase 1-blocking.

### Folder bootstrap (`lfo-job-bootstrap` procedure)

- ✅ Pre-flight: no folder for 2632 existed; created
- ✅ Skeleton: 41 subdirs at `Operations/Jobs/Upcoming/2632 - TCE - 461 Victoria Rd Gladesville/`
- ✅ `00-brief.md` written (frontmatter + body + RFQ BoQ verbatim + drawings index + 4 flagged items)
- ✅ Per-job `CLAUDE.md` written
- ✅ `Job-Tracker.md` stub written (TCE contacts captured)
- ✅ `_Log.md` written (one-liner)
- ✅ `_Internal/assumptions-log-2632.md` written (14 auto-decided rows + 3 flagged + 0 open)
- ✅ `state.json` updated (atomic, with backup)

### Zip extraction

- Outer zip extracted to `C:\2632-stg\` via `tar.exe -xf` (Windows MAX_PATH workaround; original ExtractToDirectory failed on long path)
- Inner zip `461 Victoria RD Gladsville.zip` (260 MB) extracted to `C:\2632-stg\inner\`
- Inner contains: Civil 11 PDFs + Landscape 6 PDFs + Architectural Combined + 2 Geotech reports + 3 alternate Combined PDFs
- All drawings copied to canonical `03 - Plans and Specifications/03a - Issued for Construction/{Civil,Landscape,Geotech}/`
- Long-filename geotech reports renamed (`Rock-Batter-Inspection-Report.pdf`, `Geotechnical-Assessment.pdf`) to stay under MAX_PATH 260
- RFQ email .txt copied to `06 - Correspondence/06a - Emails/`

### Intake — §5 priority chain auto-decisions

14 standing + bid-specific Q resolved without Rocky input. See `_Internal/assumptions-log-2632.md` for full table + sources.

- 11 rows ≥80% confidence (auto-locked)
- 3 rows 55–70% (flagged for Rocky review at batched gate)
- 0 rows below 60% AND unknowable (no §6 trigger-3 escalation needed)

### Anomalies detected

1. **RFQ-in-writing override of §2 standing context:** RFQ explicitly prices "Concrete pump" (FF/4J, FF/5F) + "Concrete test" (FF/4H, FF/5G) line items. Standing context §2 locks these as HC-supplied. RFQ-in-writing wins per §2 "locked unless RFQ contradicts in writing". LFCS now in scope for pump hire + NATA testing on this bid. Documented in assumptions log row 7.

2. **Drawing maturity = DA (Public Domain DA Docs), NOT IFC** despite zip parent folder name "Issued for Construction". Zip parent labelling is mismatched with content. Drawings are pre-IFC DA-stage. §13.4 invokes 15%/15% contingency mirror; §13.13 locks defensible-for-variations.

3. **Hermes Gmail intake mislabel:** the auto-generated `2026-05-11_RFQ-461-Victoria-Rd-Gladsville-FRP-Works.txt` has `Job No. : 2631` in the header. 2631 = Solutions Plus Hornsby (already in vault). This RFQ is 2632 per Rocky's job-number assignment. Filed for proposal — Hermes intake skill needs job-number-conflict-detection.

4. **state.json was malformed** — literal `\n` strings + unquoted keys. Possible cause: an earlier agent wrote it via raw string formatting (not JSON serialiser). Fixed; backup retained. Flag for proposal: daemon should validate state.json on read + fail-loud on parse error.

5. **TCE filename typo "Gladsville"** vs RFQ-stated address "Gladesville NSW 2111". Folder created with correct spelling; original zip + filenames retain "Gladsville" for unambiguous source reference.

### 4 Rocky-review items batched at Phase 1 exit gate

1. Granite paving FF/6B scope split (confidence 55%, $8–15k impact)
2. Mesh SL72/SL82 supply (confidence 70%, $3–5k impact)
3. Concrete supply (confidence 85% info-only, $15–20k impact if wrong)
4. Programme not in RFQ (no impact — assumed Mon-Fri default)

## Next actions

1. Surface batched Phase 1 review to Rocky (`AskUserQuestion`).
2. On Rocky approval/overrides, lock assumptions + start Phase 2 (exclusions skeleton).
3. Phase 3 worker prompts drafted; surface for paste into LFP.

## Pending PR drafts

- PR-2026-05-13-001 candidate: standing-context §13.14 path correction (current path drops `LF Construction Services PTY Ltd\` segment). Evidence n=1 so far — defer until n=3.
- PR candidate: state.json daemon validation on read. Surface to known-limits.