4/19/2000 AFBCA/DA-Griffiss           
Griffiss Program Peer Review
Washington D.C. June 27 and 28, 2000
Michael McDermott, BRAC Environmental Coordinator
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"At the conclusion of the first day of the meeting, the Peer Review team requested scheduling information in a format that the Griffiss team did not have readily on hand. With minimal assistance and input, Mr. Atik, working well into the morning hours, developed a new overall schedule for all open IRP sites. When the scheduling information was presented at the beginning of the second day, the overall schedule was clear to all meeting participants: there were no future questions concerning scheduling, and all major issues were resolved. This reflected positively on the Griffiss AFBCA team. Without Mr. Atik's efforts and initiative, there would have been many unanswered questions that would have mistakenly portrayed a negative impression of the overall Griffiss program's successes. During the meeting discussions, Mr. Atik's comments were timely and accurate. His exceptional technical knowledge and understanding of the Griffiss program were instrumental in the resolution of the issues."

11/19/2004 Air Force
Fairchild AFB          
ECAMP Audit
Gerald Johnson, Chief, Environmental Flight
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At the end of October, a team comprised of 26 environmental experts from our headquarters and a consultant spent a week at Fairchild conducting and Environmental Compliance Assessment Management Program (ECAMP) audit. Joel [Espinoza] spent several weeks prior, one-on-one,with many of the organizations on base, preparing them for this audit. His dedication and commitment to assisting the shops paid off --Fairchild set a new standard for the most successful ECAMP within the Air Mobility Command ever with the least number of negative findings and a 25% reduction from our previous external ECAMP. The lead assessor for the consultant noted that in 10 years of conduction ECAMPs, Fairchild's environmental program is the best seen to date. The external ECAMP team also gave 2 positive findings directly attributable to Joel [Espinoza] for his "effective hazardous waste leadership" and "the best program for accumulating universal waste observed to date." No one worked harder than Joel in the weeks leading up to the ECAMP to ensure the base shined and I sincerely appreciate his efforts both day in and day out and in preparing for the ECAMP. Joel's positive attitude, communication skills, and work ethic are a valuable asset to the Environmental Flight and the base.

11/19/2004 Air Force
Fairchild AFB
Hazardous Material Management Process
Gerald Johnson, Chief, Environmental Flight
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Paul's [DeRocker] knowledge of hazardous materials has been critical
to the success of the HMMP program, which was recently recognized as
the best in Air Mobility Command. He has consistently been willing and capable of taking on the challenge of transitioning to and maintaining an updated hazardous material management information system. As the primary customer service representative for the environmental flight's HMMP program, he provides consistent and knowledgeable assistance to customers throughout the base. The external ECAMP team also gave many kudos directly attributable to Paul for his "excellent service to hazardous material requesters" and his "enthusiasm and commitment" which ensures the success of the base's hazardous materials program.

3/6/2000  ANG F41624-95-D-8003-0018            Site Investigation for Installation Restoration Program Sites at Roslyn Air National Guard Station (ANGS)
New York
Kevin Thomas, P.E.
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Quality of work was outstanding. There were never any difficulties in getting regulator approvals for plans and reports and because of this the project stayed on schedule. The attention to cost control was important as it allowed us to complete additional work for the existing budget. The quality of work, cost control and FPM's ability to work with local regulators were critical in helping Roslyn ANGS to meet its Last Remedy in Place (LRIP) date of Sep 99. LRIP is a congressionally reported BRAC milestone and Roslyn was only one of four bases to meet the date in 1999. It couldn't have been done without FPM.

3/3/2000 AFCEE F41624-95-D-8003-0008          Long Term Monitoring for Petroleum Spill Sites at Griffiss AFB
New York
Roy Willis
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Responsiveness to client is excellent - as it is on all DO's - definitely one of FPM's strong suits.

3/3/2000 AFCEE  F41624-95-D-8003-0017          Geographical Information System Management for CERCLA and IRP Sites at Griffiss AFB
New York
Roy Willis
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FPM has provided excellent service to Griffiss. The GIS system has been updated and corrected since they have taken over. The GIS is now configured properly and is very useful in support of other processes (i.e. leases, transfers, EBS updates, etc.). This was evident insupport of transfers of property for the new high school and Woodstock 99.

3/3/2000  AFCEE  F41624-95-D-8003-0024       Preparation of Parcel-Specific VSIs, FOST/FOSL at Griffiss AFB
New York
Roy Willis
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FPM was very flexible in meeting customer needs. Customer requirements changed weekly and FPM did a good job of juggling various FOSL/FOST requirements and meeting the "priority of the day."

3/2/2000  AFCEE F41624-95-D-8003-0024          Title II Support for the B1Bomber Crash Site in Mattoon Kentucky
Freeman Holifield, Captain
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I was very pleased with FPM's performance on this delivery order. The work quality was excellent, it remained on budget and schedule and personnel were always ready to help. They met and exceeded my expectations.

3/13/1996 Army Corps of Engineers Stony Lonesome
Stuart Piken, P.E., Chief, Planning Division
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All reviewers were pleased with the Stone Lonesome II booklet which successfully integrated the history of the Revolutionary War at West Point and the work conducted at Rutgers University Center for public archaeology.

7/9/1997 Army Corps of Engineers            Recordation of Two Shipwreck Sites in the Near Shore Sand Placement Area, Asbury Park to Manasquan, Section II, Atlantic Coast of NJ, Beach Erosion Control Project
John Sassi, P.E., Chief, Planning Division
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All reviewers found the report to be an excellent presentation of the results of the underwater surveys.

11/18/2004 Army Corps of Engineers            DACW41-02-D-0020   Environmental
Sampling (LTM), Former Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY
William Zaner, Chief, Engineering and Construction Division
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FPM's performance during this rating period (Mar 03 - Oct 04) has been above average. Reports are of high quality and submitted on time.

All field sampling activities are conducted according to approved work plans. Analytical data quality is within acceptable parameters.Technical staff members are highly qualified and very responsive to our needs.

12/28/2004 OGS  Provide Support Addition Building Nos. 81, 82 and 83 Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Michael Casey, Director, Project Control
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Richard Goetz of FPM did an outstanding job of providing all of the requested construction phase support. Critical project documentation resulted from his efforts.

3/8/2000 OGS Upgrade Cooling Condensers, Building Nos. 2 and 7, South Beach Psychiatric Center
Michael Brophy
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The consultant's documents were very satisfactory and timely.

5/18/2000  OGS  Foundation to Provide Model Building Training Facility at Maritime College
Eric DiSarro
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[FPM demonstrates] knowledge, cooperation, professionalism.

3/1/2005 AFCEE - Tinker AFB
Deborah Burge, Facility Operations Specialist
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This was one of the best projects that I've had in a long time. As a facility manager, this makes my job so much easier.

3/3/2000  AFCEE F41624-95-D-8003-0007           Source Removal Evaluation of Installation Restoration Program Sites at Griffiss AFB
Roy Willis
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FPM has positioned itself for success by working well with Peer Consultants and ensuring a "team spirit" is present when working at the base.

3/3/2000  AFCEE  F41624-95-D-8003-0010 5 Year Monitoring Study of Areas of Concern at Griffiss AFB,
New York
Roy Willis
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All sampling rounds went very well (under a variety of conditions - snow, extreme cold, etc.).

3/3/2000  AFCEE  F41624-95-D-8003-0014 Closure of Spill Sites at Griffiss AFB, New York Roy Willis
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FPM has provided very good support in this DO. A very good example was the hard work by Dave Forse to quickly gather data.

3/3/2000 AFCEE  F41624-95-D-8003-0017           Geographical Information System Management for CERCLA and IRP Sites at Griffiss AFB
New York
Roy Willis
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FPM has provided excellent service to Griffiss. The GIS system has been updated and corrected since they have taken over. The GIS is now configured properly and is very useful in support of other processes.

AFCEE
Al Duong, Installation Restoration Project Manager, Edwards AFB
John Wingate
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FPM's site manager gives 150% on every task! He has saved Edwards environmental program thousands of dollars on OU7 work through innovative techniques with electronic deliverables and field tasks and accomplishing additional unforeseen work without cost modifications. Mr. Wingate is constantly mindful of Edwards AFB's environmental program and goals.

AFCEE
Robert Wood, Environmental Restoration Director, Edwards AFB
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FPM Group's performance as a small business has been outstanding over the past two years. Delivery Order costs have been consistently on or under budget, even with the addition of unforeseen work and changed project conditions. FPM staff are exceptionally professional, working closely with affected base organizations, scheduling their work to minimize the impact to the USAF mission. FPM staff works independently, requiring minimal governmental oversight, and are an excellent example for other small business consultants striving to accomplish environmental excellence for the Air Force with quality and integrity.

AFCEE
Layi Oyelowo, Installation Restoration Project Manager, Edwards AFB
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FPM personnel have been very responsive and provided timely support services. Personnel immediately addressed regulatory issues while locating and becoming familiar with the vast size of Operable Unit 7 (Base wide miscellaneous sites) at Edwards AFB, contending with the regulatory requirements of the three different counties that border Edwards Air Force Base. The quality of the reports submitted was impressive. The reports generated very few comments from both internal (Air Force) and external reviewers (Regulatory agencies). The ability to mobilize swiftly and permanently to our location has proven invaluable to our program goals.

AFCEE
Roy Willis, Team Chief
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FPM was very good about providing notice to AFCEE and the field representatives when they identified potential problems. The issues were handled in a professional manner with recommendations provided to overcome the challenge at hand.

AFCEE
Mary Liang-Spencer, Installation Restoration Project Manager, Edwards AF
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FPM is very responsive to our needs. FPM staff at Edwards AFB is dedicated to providing the best product possible and working cooperatively with the base and other contractors. The are instrumental in assisting Edwards RPMs with completing project milestones.

7/9/2002  AFCEE DO33 – McChord
Christopher Hobbins, Team Chief
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FPM Group's performance on DO33 at McChord has been excellent. From a cost perspective, the entire delivery order has been at/below budget. It is nice not to have to request additional funds. From a technical standpoint, again everything is going extremely well. Documents/deliverables are to the point of submitting them as draft, and of high enough quality that they can go immediately as final. Obviously, management has went well. The delivery order is on time and on budget. POP extensions have been as a result of regulatory delays (mostly due to their heavy workload). Again, I expected quality service from FPM Group, and have not been disappointed.

11/6/2002 Town of Brookhaven
Linda Petersen, Deputy Commissioner
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On behalf of the Division of Special Districts and the Department of Planning, Environment & Development, thank you for your wonderful maps. I have shared them with Jeff Kassner our Director of Environmental Protection who feels they will be very helpful in our review of Fire Island Projects. I look forward to working with you in the future.

5/9/2006  Little Rock AFB  FA8903-04-D8687 and F41624-03-D-8601 Renovate Medical Clinic Building 1090 Design Build
Little Rock AFB
Dianne Priddy
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This firm has complied over and abundantly to the needs of LRAFB. Great Team, easy to talk with, very attentive to our needs. Wish theycould do all our designs.

6/11/2002 FAA DTFA05-89-C-79038 A/E and Environmental Engineering for the Eastern Region of the Federal Aviation Administration
Maria Gallo, Contracting Officer
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FPM's performance as a small business has been outstanding over the course of the contract. FPM has out performed all other small business the FAA has used. Task orders have been consistently on or under budget. FPM personnel consistently achieved high marks for professionalism not only simply producing outstanding deliverables, but also going beyond and solving problems as if it were their own.

8/26/1999  New York City Transit
Mysore Nagaraja, P.E., Senior VP and Chief Engineer
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In your 16 year tenure as the New York City Transit's consultants in environmental engineering and hydrology, you have exemplified the very nature of the words responsive, technical competence, added value and service.

7/1/2002 US Postal Service 332495-99-J-1001/332495-99-J-1256/332495-99-J-1480
Mario Spina, Contracting Officer, LI District
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FPM has successfully performed on several Indefinite Quantity USPS contracts since 1988. I personally rate FPM's performance as excellent on the numerous projects they have performed under my purview.

3/25/2003 AFCEE
Michael McDermott
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Due to FPM's technical expertise and vast knowledge of Griffiss Air Force Base we were able to, not only provide a map, but also able to generate electronic files that I e-mailed to the county and the county in turn was able to incorporate the files electronically into their overall plan. This was all accomplished in less than one and a half hours. This act reflected highly on the Air Force in dealing with community members.

10/17/1983 New York City Transit Authority Jamaica Yard Court Action
C.L. Turin, Division Engineer
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I have been advised by Florence Dean, of the Transit Authority Law Department, that Supreme Court Justice Frank Vaccaro has ruled favorably in the suit brought against the Authority by the Queens Borough President. Although an appeal is always possible, it is encouraging to know that we have passed this court test successfully. Please thank Kevin Phillips and Carl Costantino for their help in bringing this court case to a successful conclusion.

3/23/2001 NYS Office of Mental Health            Mary Brooks Building – Kingsboro
Skip Hommel, Director
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You have done an exceptionally good job on this submission. It is clear that you spent a considerable amount of time in the building and have a practical understanding of what is required. I appreciate very much the thoroughness of the report and that it provides an excellent basis for making good decisions for the building.

11/4/2002 San Antonio Development Agency
Ernest Haffner, Planning/Project Development Manager
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Staff is recommending to our Board of Commissioners to add your company's name to our list of preferred consultants.

AFCEE  9/11
Mary Liang-Spencer, Chief, Environmental Restoration Division, Edwards AFB
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Just a note to let you know how much I enjoyed the FPM presentation (I have heard many kind remarks from the audience as well). The impact of 9/11 goes beyond what we see on TV, FPM (along with others) have performed exceptional work (the accelerated schedule is amazing) in restoring the "norm" back for many NY commuters. Your consideration about sharing the FPM efforts is well appreciated.

10/25/2003 AFCEE  2003 Edwards Air Force Base Air Show
Robert Wood, Director, Environmental Management
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On behalf of the Environmental Management Directorate, I want to recognize Thomas Doriski for his outstanding support of the 2003 Air Show held October 25-26 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. This event allowed us to raise public awareness and provide useful information about many of our environmental programs, cleanup goals, and future endeavors. The 2003 Air Show as a success and many positive comments were received from base leadership.

7/18/2003  US Department of Agriculture            53-2349-0-0523 Construction Debris Disposal at Waste Management Area 9 for the USDA, Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Lynda Biederman, Contract Specialist
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FPM's performance under the GSA contract has been outstanding and they have out performed all other GSA contractors Plum Island Animal Disease Center has used. Projects were consistently completed on schedule and within the allotted budget.

8/14/1998   NYC DDC HVAC Replacement at Queens Museum of Art
Lap Yan Chu, Project Design/Study Manager
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The Consultant was very cooperative, always responded to my request within a day.