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Identify, assess, verify, validate. That is what we do on the client’s
behalf to ensure that the performance specifications, and operational
and maintenance requirements, both contractual and internal,
are met. We oversee and review design documentation, analyses,
inspections, tests, and demonstrations. It’s a lot of work.
Our goal in the implementation phase is to ensure the clients get
what they need. Our duties may involve traveling to Italy to see if
the vehicle passes its fire test; walking up and down the transit route
making sure the guideway columns are in correctly; or coordinating
between the facilities’ contractor and the system supplier to
determine who is responsible for drilling the holes needed on the
station platform for the automatic platform doors.
In brief, we make sure that everyone is doing what they said they
were going to do, what they were contracted to do, at the price they
agreed to, so that the client may proudly and confidently open the
system to the public.
Implementation
Vigilant Oversight
Metrorail’s Silver Line - the Dulles International Airport Extension
Image courtesy of Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
“Our specifications are unique and can
be adapted and applied to each situation
without precluding one technology over
another; so everyone is on a level playing
field.”
Steve Perliss | Principal
financial, legal and procurement staff, we
develop the contract and procurement
documents and evaluation criteria that best
serve their objectives.The key goals are to foster competitive
procurement while minimizing risks. This
we accomplish through proactive risk
identification, allocation and mitigation;
and by developing fair evaluation standards,
and remaining unbiased. Thus we earn and
maintain the client’s and the industry’s trust.
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