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TAIT & Associates, Inc. On -Call Engineering Services TAIT assigns a QA/QC Manager to each project to ensure reviews occur prior to making submittals to the reviewing agency and the City is provided a quality design. Mr. D. Todd Schmieder, P.E. has been assigned to oversee TAIT's QA/QC Program for this project. TAIT's QA/QC Program focuses on the following four primary objectives: • To ensure that a quality design has been provided by following our in-house design checklists • To verify that different design disciplines have been coordinated • To verify that the proposed improvements are constructible, and • To verify that a cost effective analysis approach was followed in achieving the client's specific project goals and objectives. TAIT utilizes a Total Quality Management approach.-TAIT's philosophy is that quality control begins at day one and does not end until the project is constructed. Quality Control is the responsibility of each and every team member. - It includes the selection of project team members who have demonstrated the ability to understand and apply the project objectives to achieve a specific goal. It requires continuous communications between all parties. TAIT has developed internal design checklists. - Design checklists are used by our design team members as a component of our firm's design process and not solely part of the QC process. Timely Quality Control Reviews are provided. -Before plans are submitted to outside parties, TAIT's Q4/QC Manager or his designated QC team member conducts a thorough review to verify the quality, constructability and completeness of the submittal. A typical TAIT QA/QC Program includes the following steps: • Project Manager (PM) Transmits Design Documents to the QA/QC Manager - PM initiates the QC process at agreed upon project milestones. • QA/QC Manager conducts initial review - The GA/QC Manager reviews the submittal with the PM to obtain project information and conducts a limited review on the submittal's completeness. • Review of the Submittal —The submittal is reviewed using TAIT's internal checklists. Necessary corrections are identified on the submittal which is returned to the PM. PM to Addresses QC Comments - The QA/QC Manager and PM review the QC comments to set a course of action. Any proposed Value Engineering (VE) measures are reviewed to determine the appropriate next step (i.e.: implement the VE measure, review the VE measure with the City, or conduct additional analysis to determine the feasibility and potential cost savings). The reviewed submitted is then returned to the design team. PM finalizes Design Documents for Submittal to the Agency - The PM meets with the design team to monitor progress and verify incorporation of the QC comments into the design documents. Deviations from the QC comment are reviewed for acceptance. �I TAIT Page 1 7