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TAIT & Associates, Inc. <br />On -Call Engineering Services <br />TAIT assigns a QA/QC Manager to each project to ensure reviews occur prior to making submittals to the <br />reviewing agency and the City is provided a quality design. Mr. D. Todd Schmieder, P.E. has been <br />assigned to oversee TAIT's QA/QC Program for this project. TAIT's QA/QC Program focuses on the <br />following four primary objectives: <br />• To ensure that a quality design has been provided by following our in-house design checklists <br />• To verify that different design disciplines have been coordinated <br />• To verify that the proposed improvements are constructible, and <br />• To verify that a cost effective analysis approach was followed in achieving the client's specific <br />project goals and objectives. <br />TAIT utilizes a Total Quality Management approach. - TAIT's philosophy is that quality control begins at <br />day one and does not end until the project is constructed. <br />Quality Control is the responsibility of each and every team member. - It includes the selection of <br />project team members who have demonstrated the ability to understand and apply the project <br />objectives to achieve a specific goal. It requires continuous communications between all parties. <br />TAIThas developed internal design checklists. - Design checklists are used by our design team members <br />as a component of our firm's design process and not solely part of the QC process. <br />Timely Quality Control Reviews are provided. -Before plans are submitted to outside parties, TAIT's <br />QA/QC Manager or his designated QC team member conducts a thorough review to verify the quality, <br />constructability and completeness of the submittal. <br />A typical TAIT QA/QC Program includes the following steps: <br />• Project Manager (PM) Transmits Design Documents to the QA/QC Manager - PM initiates the <br />QC process at agreed upon project milestones. <br />• QA/QC Manager conducts initial review - The QA/QC Manager reviews the submittal with the <br />PM to obtain project information and conducts a limited review on the submittal's <br />completeness. <br />• Review of the Submittal — The submittal is reviewed using TAIT's internal checklists. Necessary <br />corrections are identified on the submittal which is returned to the PM. <br />• PM to Addresses QC Comments - The QA/QC Manager and PM review the QC comments to set <br />a course of action. Any proposed Value Engineering (VE) measures are reviewed to determine <br />the appropriate next step (i.e.: implement the VE measure, review the VE measure with the City, <br />or conduct additional analysis to determine the feasibility and potential cost savings). The <br />reviewed submitted is then returned to the design team. <br />PM finalizes Design Documents for Submittal to the Agency - The PM meets with the design <br />team to monitor progress and verify incorporation of the QC comments into the design <br />documents. Deviations from the QC comment are reviewed for acceptance. <br />TAIT Page 17 <br />