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APPROACH / METHODOLOGY The Quality Control Principles we will utilize to Control Costs and Maintain the Schedule are: Keep the Team Together for the Duration of the Project: The nature of this contract is such that with a team of professionals who have gone through the learning curve, understanding needs, prioritizing responsibilities and preparing documentation to complete assignments the project tasks and milestones will become easier and faster to complete. The end result is less cost and faster results as the project progresses from concept through construction. Listen to the Client: Nobody knows this project better than you, the Client. It is our job to translate your wishes and concepts through the creative process. Our team experience allows us to quickly gather the information you have available so we can ask the pertinent questions. This simple, effective and necessary step will allow us to communicate with you from the beginning. Document the Progress and Decisions Thoroughly: After listening to you, reaching conclusions and determining direction we will document the discussions and what was agreed. Meeting minutes will be issued to all present and to team members, affected or not, to ensure record keeping, memorializing the interaction and for the purposes of tracking responses, deliverables, milestones as well as utilizing this tool to track the schedule. Conduct Methodical Plan Checks and Reviews: We will establish and schedule plan checks and reviews. Agendas, lists of hot issues and criteria will be gathered before the checks, reviews and coordination efforts. Focused, targeted and goal minded meetings will run regularly to keep the project on track, on schedule, coordinated and within the bounds of the QCP. Project Schedule Maintenance: Our team will participate in the preparation of the initial schedule for this assignment. Maintaining a schedule allows realistic goals to be met, tasks to be identified and interrelationships to take place. These efforts foster communications for the benefit of cooperation and coordination of efforts and results. The maintenance of a project schedule is the best way to add, reduce and manage contingency plans for all interacting participants. When the project reaches the construction phase, we will assure that every effort is made to see that construction proceeds in accordance with the contractual requirements, plans, specifications, and applicable codes in force at the time of permitting. As part of this quality control process, samples of materials, shop drawings, mock -ups, etc., may be required prior to the commencement of the physical work of that component from various contractors or subcontractors to establish acceptable levels of workmanship. A control process is then put in place to document and ensure that these goals are delivered, while maintaining direct communication with the City staff to advise on the status of approved work, specification infractions and corrective measures. The purpose of this ongoing program is to assure the implementation of the project is in accordance with the contractual requirements, plans, specifications, applicable codes, accepted industry standards and within a predetermined cost and time framework. Permitting Management Approach The key to successfully and rapidly acquiring permits requires a clear understanding of the time frames associated with each permit and a carefully crafted permitting plan that takes advantage of permits that can be applied for in parallel therefore reducing the length of the permitting phase of the project. The C� CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES I RFO NO. 14-07-02 113