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Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) Request for Qualifications No. 20-07-01 Project Approach and Understanding D-9 different material supply companies. This has proven useful in getting shop drawings made and approved. Making periodic visits to the project site at intervals appropriate to the various stages of construction to observe progress and the quality of the executed work Depending upon the specific needs of each project, the CMA Team will make construction inspectors available full-time or available at critical junctures in the project process for certification and testing. It is essential during construction to have ongoing communication between the client, contractor, consultant and community. CMA has established a solid reputation as a construction administration firm. One important aspect of clarification is between the community and the client. This cannot be overlooked. The construction phase is when most residents notice changes occurring, along with disruptions. It is during this time that most residents start paying more attention to the actual changes taking place. It is extremely important to keep an ongoing dialogue with the residents to explain why certain aspects were designed as they were and what the overall benefits will eventually be. The CMA Team realizes that even with the best planning, pre-investigation, design and communication, changes can occur during construction. The most effective way of dealing with change orders is to try to anticipate them, provide alternative solutions quickly, which are acceptable to both client and contractor and negotiate with both entities to minimize additional costs. Often times, changes can be made on site without the need for the change order process. CMA has built a reputation of administering projects in a way which minimizes change orders and the costs associated with them. Issuing Instructions from the City to the contractor, issuing necessary interpretations and clarifications of contract documents, and making decisions as to the acceptability of the work At Chen Moore and Associates, our engineers always work very closely with our inspectors, allowing a different point of view to be seen when interpreting construction documents. Considerable experience has been gained due to the fact that all engineers involved in infrastructure design have had field experience, in-house, performing construction management services. The lessons learned in the field are incorporated into design, and the engineers have the knowledge to make educated decisions about the acceptability of the work. Determining amounts of progress payments due, based on completion of the work, and recommending issuance of such payments by the City The field inspectors of the CMA Team will be equipped with the knowledge of each step taken in the project process and therefore will be able to assess the progress of the construction. The field inspectors will then convey to the engineers what they feel is an appropriate recommendation to the City and the engineer will consider this opinion and possibly field verify this opinion before making the final recommendation to the City. Observing initial operation of the project, or performance tests required by specifications The engineering team at CMA feel that it is their duty to be present for all important procedures that have an effect on the project. Since the outcome of these procedures will be incorporated into the design, the engineers are obligated to observe and approve the procedures. Making a final inspection and reporting on completion of the project, including recommendations concerning final payments to contractors and release of retained percentages, if any During the final walk-through of construction, the inspectors will be required to maintain extensive documentation that can clearly be understood by the engineers. The engineers, in turn, will issue recommendations of final payment to the contractor after they are satisfied that the construction process is complete. Preparing needed documents including record drawings and certifications for submittal to regulatory agencies Chen Moore and Associates is familiar with dealing with all regulatory agencies, so we will be able to predict and deliver what the agency needs. The CMA Team is also experienced in dealing with unexpected events