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I :1 I STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design): The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEE D) Green Building Rating System ™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. C8 K&A is a member of U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is in the o ft process of obtaining LEED Professional Accreditation for our entire ~.J.~ engineering and planning staff. We are currently providing integrated . engineering design components on a number of public facilities to facilitate a designation of a LEED-Certified Building. PERMITTING: Permitting to facilitate construction of improvements is a critical element in the overall project management process. Permitting can be extremely time consuming and may result in project delays and cost overruns. It is therefore critical that members of the design team work closely with the client, other consultants and the respective agencies to identify issues of importance to regulatory agencies during early stages of the design process. To facilitate an orderly flow of our design services, K&A utilizes a hands-on approach, meeting early in the process with any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the site to evaluate their standards and assess the issues relative to their approval process. Our project approach includes permitting as a specific task in our scheduling process and given the magnitude of the assignment, schedules may be updated more frequently to assure compliance with the overall project schedule. K&A is routinely familiar with the permitting process and our experience in dealing with the regulatory agencies enables us to secure the necessary permits in a most expeditious manner. CONSTRUCT ABILITY ANALYSIS, CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTION: A significant element of every project is the constructability analysis. K&A's QC Engineer has the critical role of performing a thorough review of all final engineering design plans to ensure that the project team's services are being rendered in strict conformance with our Quality Assurance 1 Quality Control Program. The depth of the QC reviews will be sufficient to assure the design plans adequately provide the information required to construct the project. The QC reviews will assure that the team is complying with all City requirements and that the project documents reflect that compliance. K&A currently provides engineering plan review services for the City of Deerfield Beach and the Seminole Tribe of Florida Roads Department. ~!iE~~:!;;! consulting engineers