In addition to broad project management and oversight, Tetra Tech Advent offers more specialized services that aide the client in addressing more unique issues and concerns. Process benchmarking and optimization provides an in depth look at core processes in relation to industry’s best practices to determine where improvement might be made then proposes a plan to optimize the process. Operational readiness reviews are completed to determine, from an engineering, construction, and operational standpoint, if processes or systems are adequately prepared to begin operating. In addition to work and backlog scoping and self assessments, Tetra Tech Advent has a variety of management consulting capabilities to provide a client with valuable solutions to any challenge.

Prior experience in this field includes the following projects:

• Developed a comprehensive management action plan for improving the accuracy of a facility's regularly used essential drawings (IE0201).
• Assisted a management review team to evaluate and make recommendations concerning approaches used for backlog control and work-off (PR0001).
• Facilitated benchmarking meetings with several diverse organizations for a client attempting to upgrade its process for responding to emergent work, comment resolution, preparation of engineering procedures, development of calculations, and engineering quality monitoring (SC0108).
• Conducted a procedural effectiveness review (SC0107).
• Provided third party technical overview of a safety analysis report update project (SC0110).
• Participated on a Management Consulting Team which reviewed critical system operability effectiveness (OH0001).

Tetra Tech Advent assists automotive Tier 1 through Tier 3 suppliers in developing, refining, and maintaining ISO 9000/QS 9000 Quality Assurance Programs. Tetra Tech Advent's expertise takes advantage of lessons learned from other industries to provide long term cost saving improvement solutions to new and existing quality assurance programs. Improvement opportunities will be in the areas of:

• Performance vs. prescriptive auditing
• Procedure format, content, and configuration control
• Records management
• Lead auditor training and direct participation

Prior experience in this field includes the following projects:

• Developed and implemented an in-house ANSI/ASME NQA-1 Quality Assurance Program, approved by five clients, which includes heavy emphasis on training, flexible procedural controls, performance-based audits, and feedback mechanisms to identify opportunities for continuing improvement. [OVHD]
• Provided fire protection expertise as a member of a client's QA audit team (TU0001).
• Developed action plans and provided technical support during a client's regulatory inspection and subsequent programmatic quality assurance audits (IE0101, DE0008).
• Provided system design technical expertise to a client's QA staff for an internal audit (DE0013).

Tetra Tech Advent offers consulting services to automotive legal support groups in the areas of litigative support and long term risk reduction from prior "lessons learned." Areas of litigative risk continue to grow as vehicles increase in number and complexity. Tetra Tech Advent wishes to assist in minimizing risk by closing the loop on past "lessons learned" and design approaches used by future platform design teams by:

• Analysis of problems and failure data
• Expert witness
• Adding relevant structure to the design process through tracking of design requirements bases
• Formalizing and prioritizing design criteria into seven categories:
  • Safety litigation
  • Functional requirements
  • Regulations and industry standard requirements
  • Customer survey
  • Market approval
  • Nice to have
  • Maintainability

Prior experience in this field includes the following projects:

• Performed a third party technical overview of a comprehensive safety analysis report (SC0110).
• Provided a detailed technical and regulatory compliance assessment of the major safety analysis report amendment prepared as part of a client's validation project (SC0111).
• Facilitated a major update of a safety analysis report through research, reviews, supportive evaluations, interviews, and administrative form completion (DE0014).
• Assessed the effects of "beyond design basis" events (DE0021).
• Performed regulatory compliance consulting services for a research reactor facility (UM0001).

The objective of design validation is to identify and correct design deficiencies up front or in parallel with the design process AND promote and improve overall product reliability. Tetra Tech Advent offers cost effective, value oriented engineering design validation services to automotive Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers at the engineering manager and project engineer level. Such services would include:

• System interaction evaluations
• Fault tree analyses
• Failure mode and effect analyses
• Test plan development and result evaluations
• Component life assessments
• Software validation

Prior experience in this field includes the following projects:

• Performed a failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) on a high pressure cooling system (CP0001).
• Performed a technical review and update of a facility's environmental specifications (IE0102).
• Developed a "user friendly" approach for future updates of complying with regulations for performing aging assessments of critical facility equipment (TE0003).
• Performed a re-analysis of operability of critical equipment located in potential steam and moisture laden areas (TE0004).
• Developed four electrical equipment operability review documents (DE0004).
• Performed a major update of 102 electrical equipment operability review documents (TE0003, TE0004).
• For two different facilities, researched and prepared a detailed design basis report documenting the approaches used for assuring operability of critical equipment and for addressing corresponding regulatory requirements (IE0203).
• Developed 11 mechanical equipment operability review documents (DE0020).
• Participated on a management review team which assessed effectiveness of programs established for assuring operability of critical systems (OH0001).
• Prepared calculations to quantify the amount of time available to mitigate the effects of predetermined fire induced faults and wrote the top-level documents to be used as guidance for various fire scenarios (CP0003, WE0005)
• For two different facilities, researched and documented the bases for approaches used for meeting fire-related regulatory requirements (IE0206, WE0001, WE0003).
• Resolved fire-related design implementation issues (WE0002).
• Validated (verified) implementation of fire-related program requirements and commitments (WE0001).
• Constructed a hydraulic model of the fire-related deluge supply system and analyzed the system responses to particular scenarios of interest (WE0005).
• Analyzed the safety impact of a rupture of a major cooling pump's cooling coil on the operability of the component cooling water system (SC0101).
• Analyzed the conditions under which a pressure control system would require venting following a plant shutdown (SC0103).
• Performed a complex calculation of combined radiative and convective heat load (CP0001).
• Analyzed the accumulated impact of plant modifications on a facility's design margin (SC0101).
• Performed a feasibility study of an intended improvement modification to a major cooling system (SC0101).
• Performed a quantitative (probabilistic risk) study which verified the low risk of tornado missile damage to key systems at a power plant facility (DE0003).
• Analyzed the impact of a pressure instrument setpoint change on peak pressure following a steam line break within a facility (SC0106).
• Assisted a client in evaluating the cost and value impact of developing a computerized cross-reference system for retrieving design calculations (SC0103).
• Prepared a comprehensive calculational report which updated the design basis and analyzed the operability and effectiveness of a facility's ultimate heat removal system (DE0003).
• Prepared comprehensive design calculation revisions and engineering evaluations of existing conditions as part of a major update of the design bases for DC the electrical systems, the emergency cooling water systems, and the control air system (DE0003).
• Provided on-site assistance in support of motor-operated-valve (MOV) setpoint and thrust calculations, evaluation of test results, analysis of signature traces, and evaluation of actual installation conditions (SC0105, DE0006).
• Prepared engineering analyses demonstrating continued equipment operability and integrity on loss of HVAC (CP0003).
• Prepared four major service and cooling water system design requirement calculations (DE0007, DE0011).