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4. Qualifications and Experience GHD's roots in engineering go back 98 years and we have been at the forefront of the industry, delivering sustainable outcomes for clients across the globe. More locally, GHD has provided full-service engineering in New York since 1950. Much of this experience stems from serving counties, cities, towns, villages, and water, wastewater authorities including services as retained engineer or engineer of record, and under multi-year term service contracts. With over 200 people in Western and Central New York, our New York design services group specializes in providing full-service professional engineering services for municipal and private clients. GHD's multi-disciplined engineering and design staff includes civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, automation, and process engineers, as well as environmental specialists, GIS analysts, and CAD designers. GHD also provides construction contract administration, start-up, and commissioning services. GHD’s diversified team offers a wealth of experience in developing both traditional and innovative solutions to engineering projects. We have managed a full range of local engineering projects from simple, single disciplinary projects to complex, multi‑disciplinary, multi‑million-dollar projects. Our engineers have the necessary core expertise from both theoretical and practical perspectives to fully meet the specific requirements of a project. We offer responsive and cost-effective engineering services ranging from studies and conceptual design to the development of plans and specifications, contract administration, and resident inspection. Our experienced team members also regularly assist utilities with permitting and regulatory compliance items, as well as assistance with project funding. 4.1 Municipal Wastewater Services GHD is a global leader in advanced wastewater treatment and reuse, delivering innovative cost-effective solutions with low ecological footprint to suit a wide range of situations. For each project, GHD applies its client relationship focus and in-depth technical expertise to work closely with client representatives to address key concerns, constraints, and issues. Once identified and analyzed, sound engineering alternatives are developed to provide tailored solutions to suite the project at hand. We have acquired experience in a wide variety of projects including the planning, evaluation, design, permitting and rehabilitation/construction of interceptors, gravity sewers, forcemains, and pumping stations. Much of this experience has been developed working on projects for municipal clients locally, in North America and around the globe. As technologies have developed, so has our expertise in planning for future growth and improving system performance for ratepayers. Plans for growth are tailored to each client and determined holistically to ensure that flow can optimally make it to its intended downstream point. GHD's civil and environmental engineers have prepared designs that range from small collector sewers in neighborhoods to tunnels that extend for miles. Our team includes members of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), and the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) PACP/MACP/LACP certified staff, who are at the forefront of new regulations and technologies. In addition, our team thoroughly understands system dynamics associated with pumping, condition assessments, air/water interaction in pressurized sewer systems, and applicability of flowmetering to a sewer system. Outcomes of similar evaluations have been successfully implemented throughout the United States. Table 4.1 highlights GHD’s relevant wastewater services. GHD | Town of West Seneca | 12681649 | Engineering Services for Water and Wastewater Projects 6 Page 129 of 301