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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=185 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Ford Consulting Engineers"><U><B><IMG SRC="0d058960.png" border=0 width="88" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="4" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="156" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="146"><div> David Ford Consulting Engineers, Inc.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 ><NOBR><div> 2015 J Street, Suite 200</div> <div> Sacramento, CA 95811</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="146"><div> tel: 916.447.8779</div> <div> fax: 916.447.8780</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="146"><div> <A HREF="mailto:support@ford-consulting.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:support@ford-consulting.com"><U>support@ford-consulting.com</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div>    </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="David Ford Consulting Engineers"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id461.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About us"><U>About us</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="news.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="hydrologic_engineering.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hydrologic engineering"><U>Hydrologic engineering</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="water_resource_planning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water resource planning"><U>Water resource planning</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="flood_economic_and_risk_analyses.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood economic and risk analyses"><U>Flood economic/risk analyses</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="flood_warning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flood warning"><U>Flood warning</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="decision_support_system_development.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Decision support system development"><U>Decision support systems</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=40 BGCOLOR="#3366CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="14400980ezthpx.png"> <div> <B>Clients</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=440 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06c00962egerdp.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="552" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 98 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="18b265c0.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="92" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#339933 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Representative clients in United States</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 374 WIDTH="546"><div> Federal agencies<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Hydrologic Engineering Center; USACE Waterways Experiment Station; USACE Institute for Water Resources; USACE Sacramento District; USACE San Francisco District; USACE Little Rock District; USACE Mobile District; USACE St. Louis District; National Weather Service; Bureau of Reclamation.</FONT></div> <div> State agencies<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. Texas Water Commission; Nevada Department of Transportation; California State Reclamation Board; California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Division of Flood Management; DWR Division of Planning; DWR Division of Safety of Dams; California Department of Transportation.</FONT></div> <div> Counties<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. El Dorado, Sacramento, Sutter, Alameda, Los Angeles, and Placer, CA; Maricopa, AZ; Jefferson, AL; Mecklenburg, NC.</FONT></div> <div> Cities<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. Dallas, TX; Fort Collins, CO; Fairway, KS; Mission Hills, KS; Overland Park, KS; Tulsa, OK; St. Helena, CA.</FONT></div> <div> Regional agencies<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (CA); Lower Colorado River Authority (TX); Lavaca-Navidad River Authority (TX); Yuba County Water Agency (CA).</FONT></div> <div> Professional development programs<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. University of Texas; Arizona State University; University of California at Davis; University of Wisconsin; Purdue University; Utah State University; Haestad Methods, Inc.</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 96 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1a0295a0.jpg" border=0 width="553" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#993399 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Representative clients overseas</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 317 WIDTH="546"><div> We have international experience making technology work to solve hydrologic engineering, water resource planning and management, and flood warning problems. This includes on-site experience in:</div> <div> India<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. We developed and implemented forecasting tools for the Yamuna River and forecasting and reservoir operation analysis tools for the Bhakra-Beas River system. To do so, we worked with staff of the Indian Central Water Commission and the Bhakra-Beas Management Board in New Delhi and in the US.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#3366CC" FACE="Verdana" >Indonesia</FONT>. In this project, which was funded by the World Bank, we implemented an early version of <A HREF="aviso_fs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aviso FSour site specific forecasting sy"><U>Aviso FS</U></A>, our forecasting decision support system (DSS). We implemented the system in Kudus, Java, and we trained Indonesian engineers and hydrologists to use it.</div> <div> Portugal<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. We worked with the staff of the natural resources directorate in Lisbon to implement floodplain management measures and to transfer to Portugal technology for improved rainfall-runoff-routing modeling.</FONT></div> <div> International agencies<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >. World Bank; UN Development Program; NATO; World Meteorological Organization.</FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#CC0000 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>What our clients say</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 277 WIDTH="546"><div> David Ford Consulting Engineers, Inc. recently participated in a past performance review in which 20 of our recent clients were contacted by an independent review firm. Our clients anonymously rated us on reliability, cost, accuracy, timeliness, quality, business relations, personnel, customer support, and responsiveness. They agree that we excel in:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Our focus on and record of finishing projects on time, within budget, and with answers that meet our client's needs.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Our knowledge of hydrologic engineering and our experience and expertise with appropriate analysis tools.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Our capability to develop decision support systems that meet the needs of our clients when off-the-shelf systems won't.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Our success with technology transfer. We recognize that technology is of little value if decision makers cannot understand the results and use the tools. Consequently, we take documentation and presentation seriously, never treating them as an afterthought.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>