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t � Civil/Environmental Engineering = RFQ#12-04-02 ' local level and with federal, state and regional regulations that typically apply to projects that would be likely to be assigned under this RFQ. Additionally, ECT promotes and maintains staff awareness of changes in design standards, codes, and other regulatory trends through a variety of means, including the following: • Use of ECT's established Corporate Quality Plan, which defines the policies and proce- dures for controlling the quality of all facets of ECT's technical work, including field data collection, field survey methods, data analyses, and project deliverables, as well as efforts performed by subcontractors, and project communications. • Interim technical reviews conducted at appropriate project milestones by senior technical staff not directly involved in production work for the task to be reviewed. • During the development of a proposal for a new task assignment under a continuing ser- vices agreement, ECT's project staff will routinely review, as needed, applicable federal, state, regional and local design standards, codes and regulatory guidance documents pri- or to finalizing the proposal and initiating the new project. ' • ECT engineers and scientists typically hold at least one pre-application meeting with ap- plicable permitting agencies for a new project that appears to have the potential for a sig- nificant degree of permitting complexity. The purpose of the pre-application meeting is begin a dialogue with the permitting agency, to identify potential obstacles to project exe- cution and completion, and to ensure the path to obtaining needed permit approvals and completing the project is well defined. Such meetings are typically held at project incep- tion, and follow-on meetings are often appropriate prior to permit application submittals for more complex projects, or for evolving project concepts. It is often advantageous to hold at least one such meeting onsite. • ECT's corporate culture encourages its engineers and other project professionals to main- tain active membership, and to pursue leadership roles, in a variety of professional asso- ciations and societies (see individual resumes). Our employees are currently well repre- sented in the membership of the Florida Stormwater Association, the Florida Section, American Water Resources Association, the Florida Lake Management Society, and simi- lar professional organizations. • ECT also encourages its professionals to author and present papers on current topics at professional meetings. • ECT strongly encourages its professionals to achieve and maintain industry-standard cer- tifications as appropriate to their area of specialization. • ECT has established a water resources/natural resources practice line that serves as a forum for coordination on current technical and regulatory issues on a firm-wide basis, ' and facilitates ongoing local, state and region-specific in-house discussions. All of the key personnel identified for this project are members of ECT's water resources/natural re- sources practice line. ' In addition to the practices described above, our professionals keep current with applicable design standards, codes and regulations through other means such as the following: t • Project assignments that involve reviewing ordinances and building codes for the state, various counties, and cities where we also provide design services. • Membership in various local and state agency technical committees. air swfronmentrd C�, 37 Consulting& Technology,Inc.