Professional Qualifications:

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Cooper Zietz Awards

Cooper Zietz Engineers, Inc. (CZE) can provide highly qualified resident engineers, office engineers, schedulers, cost estimators, engineering technicians and a wide range of special construction inspectors in response to specific project needs. Personnel can take on full project responsibility or augment staffing depending upon the client's project needs. Current staffing availability numbers fifty full-time and four part-time specialists. Our project management and other company resources are maintained such that field staff can be easily increased on short notice.

Technical Competency and Specialized Experience:

Quality in design and construction is the primary objective of the firm. An ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Program has been adopted and serves as a model for all project and staff QC activities. For specific projects, construction quality control plans and procedures are prepared that direct the surveillance and documentation of work being performed. A portfolio of quality control documents is available, or for larger contracts, project control software, such as Expedition, may be utilized.

Since 1998 we have been supporting the effort by the U.S. Army to destroy the nation’s stockpile of chemical munitions. Our specific focus has been to provide independent certification of the construction of the disposal facilities built for these activities in accordance with the design specifications, drawings, applicable codes, and permit conditions established by the responsible regulatory agency.

In 2002, we also began working on the first-of-a-kind certification for the closure of the chemical agent disposal facility on Johnston Island in the South Pacific Ocean. In addition to professional certification, we also offer technical consulting services on issues related to performance testing and permitting issues associated with all types of chemical demilitarization facilities.

Our professional staff receive and maintain special inspection certifications (ACI, ICBO, or state certifying agencies) in specialties such as reinforced concrete, structural steel, electrical, mechanical, and plan review. Our field personnel are also given continuing training for certification in Army Corps of Engineers construction quality control, confined space entry, fall protection, OSHA construction safety, hazard analysis, hazardous waste handling and first aid/CPR. All personnel are encouraged to be computer literate and to maintain skills in various types of computer software applications.

CZE is a small, highly specialized professional service firm with strong core competencies in maintaining project quality and controls as to budget, schedule and performance and subcontractor administration. The firm’s management is totally committed to these objectives plus a senior vice president oversees all day-to-day activities of project managers and field personnel. For major projects, task scheduling and tracking may be undertaken using a number of computer software applications such as Primavera or Microsoft Project.

CZE has responsible professional engineers licensed in several states, including Oregon (PE No. 06367), Idaho (PE No. 3225), Washington (PE No. 0015887), Arkansas (PE No. 9845) and Ohio (PE No. E-32966). The firm is a state certified small, disadvantaged business (DBE) in Oregon (No. 588) and Washington (No. D1M6115051). It is nationally recognized as a Native American owned or Buy Indian Business (qualified under FAR 52.226.1) and is certified as an SDB, Small, Disadvantaged Business, by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additional information on the firm may be found in the CCR database or the PRO-Net website directory at www.sba.gov.