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BENEFITS OF THE BKV GROUP TEAM c R o-u P We feel that there are a number of factors that would make the BKV team an excellent partner to assist the City of Elk River with your facility assessment and space needs analysis. The following items highlight some of our major attributes. HISTORY Our team of BKV Group, True North Consulting Group, and Wenck Associates, Inc. all have extensive experience in municipal government planning and design for cities within Minnesota. Municipal projects have been a focus of BKV Group since the firm was founded in 1978. PROJECT EXPERIENCE The team that will be working with you are some of the leading planners in our region for police and fire facilities. Members of our team understand the planning issues associated with these facilities to assure that city proper operational and planning efficiency. The team and the firm have been involved with more than 130 police station projects and more than 100 fire station projects. This experience is a valuable asset in understanding, planning and designing projects with specific requirements associated with public municipalities. SENIOR LEADERSHIP Part of the success of our assessments and projects is that we utilize our senior and most knowledgeable staff in these types of specialized projects. Their understanding of the issues associated with these types of facilities helps to ensure that the information developed is based on solid experience. We also promote continuity: The same team members will be involved in working with the city from beginning to end. This promotes continuity of communication, information and follow through. FULL -SERVICE FIRM By being an in-house full -service firm, we can provide all the services required to support our client's project needs. This helps to ensure project coordination in an efficient and timely fashion. Our team members work together on numerous projects and have developed a solid relationship that ultimately translates into a successful process with our clients. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN + ENERGY EFFICIENCY Many of the professionals in our firm are LEED accredited. Our engineers are experienced in evaluating current energy cost and in developing energy models that demonstrate cost savings in proposed systems. Creating energy efficient buildings and utilizing energy saving approaches such as natural day lighting, and thermally enhanced shells has been a long-standing commitment of our firm before it was a fashionable approach. Our goal is to provide facilities that are well designed, promoting energy efficiency and reduce long-term operational cost. QUALITY CONTROL PROCESS Our multiple layers of internal review and coordination has assisted our team in producing the most comprehensive and thorough data and documents. This process has helped us achieve a reputation of meeting budgets with minimal change orders. ENRICHING LIVES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES 1 6