Section 2 — Firm and Team Experience
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Jin Chong, ICC, AWS — Jin brings over 30 years of Construction Inspection
<br />and Quality Control experience in Southern California and Eastern Canada, Panama, and Southeast Asia. He
<br />has worked on several CIP projects including parks, street improvements and water and sewer projects
<br />involving water main lines, sewer collection systems and treatment plants. Jin is ICBO/ICC certified and a
<br />licensed special deputy inspector in the areas of reinforced concrete, structural masonry, high strength
<br />structural bolting, structural steel and welding. He is also certified by the American Welding Society to train
<br />welding inspectors. Jin recently worked as lead inspector for the $77M Irvine Ranch Water District Baker plant
<br />expansion, the $8M EVMWD meter replacement project, Recycled Plant projects for IEUA and multiple
<br />projects for the City of Huntington Beach Water Department. Jin resides in Buena Park.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Pat Shen, QSP — Pat has over 22 years of Construction Inspection related
<br />experience that includes public work CIP projects and land developments projects. He has a degree in
<br />architecture and experience in managing the construction of public and private facilities prior to his focus on
<br />public works infrastructure. Pat has recent experience involving water and sewer pipelines, storm drain, street
<br />and road rehabilitation, paving and slurry, traffic signals, street lights, reservoirs and parks. He has recently
<br />inspected several roadway rehabilitation projects for City of Garden Grove. Pat resides in Santa Ana.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Cesar Ramirez, EE — Cesar is a Civil Engineering professional with over 25
<br />years of construction and engineering project management expertise as well as budgeting, planning,
<br />inspection and staff management experience. He has worked extensively throughout Southern California on
<br />several city CIP projects that include street/road rehabilitation and traffic signal upgrades. Cesar understands
<br />different funding requirements as well as local, state and federal regulations. He just finished providing
<br />inspection for the Cities of Corona, Garden Grove, Culver City and Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.
<br />Cesar resides in East Orange County.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Jeremy Vander Veen — Jeremy is a skilled Construction Inspector with over
<br />10 years of professional quality assurance experience and expertise. His background includes all aspects of
<br />public works including wet and dry utility infrastructure projects. He has both extensive roadway and
<br />water/sewer pipe installation experience. He is currently completing a $4.5M park project in Lake Forest.
<br />Jeremy resides in Laguna Beach.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Rick Wiggins — Rick has over 20 years of Construction Inspection
<br />experience on a variety of construction projects in Southern California. He is experienced in Public Works
<br />projects including wastewater treatment, wastewater collection system, wastewater rehabilitation, water
<br />production and distribution, paving and drainage. His projects have included the construction of water mains,
<br />sewer lines, storm drains and box culverts. Recent projects for Rick include working for the City of Corona,
<br />Rialto and Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Gordon Lewis, PE — Gordon has over 27 years of Construction, Design and
<br />Management experience in the Public Works engineering industry, including 20 at Desert Water Agency.
<br />Throughout his career he has managed a variety of public works projects through design and construction
<br />phases and has a deep understanding of public works. Gordon's recent projects include transmission main
<br />pipeline in Monterey, well drilling and equipping for Coachella Valley Water District and development water and
<br />sewer projects for Corona.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Bob Peters — Bob has over 29 years of experience in the field of
<br />Construction Management and Inspection. He spent 15 years at Orange County Sanitation District and before
<br />that 10 years at Los Angeles Sanitation District. Bob has worked for W&A on water treatment plants, recycled
<br />waterlines, water main replacement, pump stations, storm drain, fuel station and street work for the Cities of
<br />Irvine, Fullerton, Corona and IRWD. The estimated construction costs for these projects have ranged up to
<br />$200M. He has tremendous internal operations and maintenance experience and expertise. Bob has strong
<br />working knowledge of local City, Agency and regional green book standards. He resides in Fullerton.
<br />Senior Construction Inspector, Thomas Hall — Tom brings 30 years of experience in the engineering and
<br />construction industry. He recently worked for the City of Corona as an Engineering Technician and worked his
<br />way up to Supervising Inspector with up to eight inspectors reporting to him. He has a strong operations
<br />background in public works and understands how to help deliver projects to many W&A Clients. Tom has
<br />inspected all types of water/wastewater facilities with the City of Corona and he resides in Anaheim.
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