BLACK O'DOWD & ASSOCIATES, INC. dba BOA ARCHITECTURE

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3. CONSULTANT COORDINATION The engineering consultants play a very critical and active role in all phases of the work. The Project Manager leads in coordinating the efforts of consultants with the help of: • Frequent coordination meetings. • Consultant orientation packets which are distributed at project commencement and periodically through the project. • Clearly defined scopes of work which define separation of responsibilities and eliminate grey areas. • Milestone Outline, prepared specifically for each project which clearly defines consultant performance expectations for each phase. • Project Schedule coordinated with a milestone outline, reviewed and signed off by all consultants. • Drawing Status Log which is updated every two weeks which track's consultant's performance. • CADD (AutoCAD 2020 and Revit 2020) procedures involving background and overlay methodologies that insure up-to-date and coordinated design effort. Your project drawings will be completed using BIM/3D/Revit 2016 (3-dimensional modeling). 4. CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION BOA understands the importance of efficient construction administration. To ensure that the design and technical intent are conveyed to the contractor and that the project knowledge is available throughout this phase, the construction administration is led by the project manager. The Project Manager, Edward Lok Ng will personally review shop drawings as well as attend all job site meetings to resolve technical design issues. A Senior Project Manager from each of our engineering consultants will be assigned to assist the Project Manager and ensure that the highest standard, procedures and methods of construction are employed. BOA has a Construction Administration Manuel to assist the Project Manager with an established system to track shop drawings, RFI, change orders, and documentation of construction site meetings, so that keys decisions are tracked and managed for the benefit of the Client. If there will be on -going operations and services, BOA will assist in the development of a Construction Phasing Plan to ensure that on -going operations and services will have minimum disruptions. BOA is well aware of the need for City facilities and services to remain operational during construction. We have had good results recently assisting the Cities of Long Beach, Torrance, City of Irvine and Huntington Beach on renovation and addition projects that require facilities to remain open during construction. 5. QUALITY CONTROL Quality assurance begins with the commitment, experience and abilities of the team members. All of the firm's personnel contain many design specialists versed in the complexities of the individual phases of the design process. The quality assurance program for the project will draw on these skills to assist the team in obtaining its goals for a design of vision that delivers the maximum functional and accessibility solution to the user that addresses the needs of the client and does so with the most efficient construction process. BOA has an established Quality Control program that is based on three mechanisms: The Quality Control Manual: The Quality Control Manual documents, activities, tasks, and deliverables are to be achieved in each phase of work. Checklists are included and, at the completion of each phase, are signed off by the Project Manager. The manual also includes exemplary forecasts for meetings, programs, schedules and agendas. We have a quality control checklist that is customized especially for Public Works facilities renovation projects. Checklist items range from electrical and plumbing fixture standards, to City/County department clearances, to record drawing procedures, to amount to copies needed for review submittals, and much more.