enced [workers] and deliver-
ing high quality is something
that is very important to us
… No matter how big or small
a job is, we try to deliver the
same level of detail and high
standards.”
And, on quality, Mladen ex-
pands that “Experienced en-
gineers, with the principals,
have developed quality con-
trol procedures. It is very im-
portant to us to be capable
of guiding people. Our office
has a good mix of young peo-
ple and experienced people
and we want to make sure
that when we deliver the job
it is of the highest quality. We
do an internal peer review of
jobs as sometimes a fresh pair
of eyes can see certain things
that may not be so obvious to
a person that is looking at the
job on a daily basis.”
Along with Footprint, S+A’s
sustainability group, they
have embraced sustainability
as a critical component in all
projects and provide cost ef-
fective and energy efficient
designs to their clients. S+A
encourages all staff to obtain
LEED Green Associate desig-
nation and presently have 65
staff registered with CaGBC.
Forward thinking, dedication
and experience have allowed
S+A to meet today’s challeng-
es and provide holistic, inte-
grated designs meeting their
clients’ sustainable building
objectives.
“In our design approaches we
always try to use sustainable
and eco-friendly solutions.
A lot of what ends up being
used on a project is driven by
[first cost] financial influenc-
es, [but] even with sometimes
conflicting objectives we are
proud, as a company, to have
many registered green proj-
ects. We promote sustainable
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