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City of Santa Ana
<br />Statement of Qua
<br />for Environmental Consultants
<br />Firm and Personnel Experience
<br />. Provision of senior management review of all work products to ensure technical accuracy,
<br />documentation objectivity, legal defensibility, and budget and schedule compliance
<br />. Full use of existing data, past reports, and research materials necessary to avoid duplication of
<br />work efforts
<br />However, the specific methodology for any project determines the overall efficiency of the program.
<br />MBA outlines a project -specific methodology, further clarified by the scope of work, which provides for
<br />document objectivity, expert -level technical analysis, team coordination, quality control, staff
<br />accessibility, and schedule responsiveness.
<br />Expert -Level Technical Analysis
<br />MBA's project teams are intentionally composed of experts in key environmental fields to provide the
<br />technical credibility necessary to successfully produce and/or review all technical reports and
<br />finalize/process the required document. Professional -caliber technical analyses are essential to
<br />ensure the document is deemed credible, objective, and technically precise in the eyes of the lead
<br />agency and the public.
<br />Of equal importance to the technical ability of all team members, every project participant has worked
<br />on complex and controversial projects and, therefore, is willing and able to provide the commitment
<br />necessary to produce the highest quality work product. Key strengths typically associated with an
<br />MBA project team include:
<br />. Previous working relationships among team members; current or recent experience working
<br />with their clients
<br />• Technical expertise in all issue areas that may need to be addressed, coupled with the ability
<br />to identify project/cumulative impacts in light of CEQA/NEPA requirements, thresholds of
<br />significance, and development of enforceable mitigation measures
<br />• Ability to assign key management and senior staff immediately upon contract award and ability
<br />to meet the client's schedule requirements
<br />Information Services Management
<br />MBA's technical and corporate operations are supported by fully automated data processing and
<br />management facilities. Anchoring these facilities is an information systems network with advanced
<br />architecture and functionality. MBA uses sophisticated applications, including database,
<br />scientific/engineering, and air quality monitoring programs. These resources are further enhanced by
<br />MBA's extensive library of business, relational database, file management, budgeting, project
<br />tracking, and word processing software, including all current Windows, ArcGIS, and AutoCAD
<br />applications. Maintaining in-house Geographic Information System (GIS) services allows MBA to
<br />provide our clients with a cost-effective alternative to the costly delays inherent in out -sourced GIS
<br />support.
<br />Report Production and Graphics Capabilities
<br />MBA's corporate report production facilities contain a Publications Department, including word
<br />processing, editorial, graphics, and reprographics staff. MBA's production staff uses industry -
<br />standard versions of Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint). The
<br />Graphics Department is staffed with highly skilled graphic designers who produce computer -
<br />generated cartography, artwork, and other graphics. Our graphic designers are able to generate
<br />artwork in illustration, slides, and page layout using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Corel
<br />Draw. To complement our high-tech electronic publishing system, the Graphics Department provides
<br />traditional full -service production art capabilities for oversize maps, brochures, and landscape design,
<br />as well as producing in-house, high -quality color printing. These facilities, computers, and capabilities
<br />are used to produce all project graphics. MBA also maintains a complete, in-house Reprographics
<br />Department using Oce systems, a variety of automated binding options, photo -quality color printing,
<br />and laminating for professional in-house report production, and a mass duplicator for CD production.
<br />MEN 6 May 21, 2007
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