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PE OF SERVICES AND SCHEDULE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING RAPID RESPONSE APPROACH We realize that the information taken from a geotechnical design report is relied upon by other engineers and architects to perform their design. Many times these other consultants must wait for geotechnical data to begin design work, lengthening the total time required to complete the design. To minimize these delays and to get projects moving, RMA Group has developed a rapid response approach for initial design studies for new public buildings. Our approach has been successfully implemented on dozens of sites to minimize the time required to deliver the geotechnical design report and to provide your design team immediate information so that they can begin working toward designs as soon as possible. Our approach provides several early interim reports that contain the critical data that your design team needs to get started on their work and is phased to project that data as fast as possible. We will issue the following interim reports to your project team: • Seismic Design Parameters - This report is issued within 48 hours of the Notice to Proceed and contains all of the required technical data to commence design work. • Seismic Hazards - This report is issued within 48 hours after the completion of the site exploration and will present conclusions and recommendations relative to seismic hazards, including liquefaction. • Preliminary Foundation System - This report will be prepared within five days of site exploration and will detail our recommendations for foundation systems to allow commencement of the foundation design. Our final report will be issued within three weeks of the Notice to Proceed and will contain all of the data and information presented in the interim reports as well as a completed California Geologic Survey checklist identifying by page number and paragraph where each of the Title 24 checklist items reviewed by the CGS is contained within our report. This approach ensures that your design team receives the information it needs in the fastest practical time frames and that the completed report is reviewed and approved by the CGS to avoid any project delays. 6'i�31_�1R� iOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AppIV for Permts & Research 1 1 Week Anticipated Permit Wait Time 3 Weeks Mobilization 10 Days Field lnvestiization 1 Day Laboratory Testing 7 Days Analysis & Report 38 Days MATERIALS TESTING COMPACTION TESTING Our services will consist of compaction testing. Work would be scheduled by your representative by calling our dispatcher at 909 989 1751. Requests for testing should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Our services would consist of performing in place density tests (compaction tests) by either the sand cone method (ASTM D1556) or the nuclear gauge method (ASTM D D6938), water content tests, and maximum density optimum moisture tests per ASTM D1557 at locations selected by your representative. Testing would be performed after compaction has been completed by the contractors and observation of compaction methods used by the contractor would not be included in the scope of our work. Compaction tests of subgrade soils will be taken at locations and frequencies in accordance to guidelines provided by the governing agency. If the governing public agency does not have established testing guidelines then the following guideline shall be used. Test locations will be selected by our technician at locations that represent the surface appearance of the subgrade at the time of testing. Our services will also include materials testing of asphaltic concrete. Services will include in place density testing of asphalt concrete (ASTM D2950) by our field technician and laboratory testing by the Hveem stability test method for asphalt pavement. Tests will be performed on materials sampled at random locations and at frequencies based on agency specification. A written report summarizing the results of all tests performed will be prepared upon completion of the work. The report will not contain a rendering, opinion, certificate, or warranty, of the compaction of the materials tested. RMA Group L.vcryProject Matters l www.rmacompanies.com CITY OF SANTA ANA I PUBLIC WORKS GEOTECHN I CAL ENGINEERING SERVICES I Page 29 J U LY 12, 2018 118-1052-P