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make the commitment to putting the resources where the long term relationships are, and that would be with our public sector clients. Working within Project Budget Constraints: Funding is almost always an issue on public improvement projects. We have developed several approaches to dealing with this challenge. As outlined in our approach we like to perform a detailed cost evaluation of a project somewhere around the 20-30% complete milestone to see where we are on the budget. The goal is to get a realistic appraisal of the project as early as possible, but far enough along in the design process so the major issues can be quantified. This approach limits the expense to get the project properly bracketed. At this point, with minimal investment, adjustments can be made to the scope of the project, the project can be phased, additional money can be sot, or the project could be put on hold. We have worked with agencies that know there is. insufficient money to construct the project, but want to proceed with design and a phased approach. One example is a mile of sidewalk that had not been constructed due to the terrain and cost, but public pressure was calling for the sidewalk to be completed. We worked with the agency and designed the entire project and prepared the cost estimate by plan sheet. The bid schedule was set up by plan sheet as well. This approach allowed us to wait to the last moment to determine actual funding and adjust the project to the available budget for the first phase. The rest of the project could be constructed in phases, based on how the money became available, and the plan set and bid schedule could be assembled to the available budget by adding or deleting sheets. A similar approach was used for water distribution system upgrades. The system was master planned and designed to make it easy to implement in phases. Having substantial construction experience is essential to developing these types of approaches to balance flexibility and cost of improvements. Constructability Reviews: Mr. Flavell has experience performing independent constructability reviews for agencies for many engineering projects, including roads, water treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants. Design's that are well thought out will make it easier for the contractor to build, cost less, have fewer problems, and take less time to construct. All designs should be reviewed from the perspective of how will they be constructed. Mr. Flavell has specific experience being in responsible charge for providing full construction observation and testing services for the following types of projects: ■ Roads — new construction, modifications to existing and pavement maintenance treatments • Waterlines, booster pump stations and steel reservoirs ■ Sewerlines, forcemains, and lift stations • Water Treatment Plants ■ Wastewater Treatment Plants ■ Drainage facilities including large junction structures This experience provides the foundation for how he approaches the design of his projects. 40 P90