The corporate headquarters of CSA International are located in Jupiter, Florida, approximately 75 miles north of Miami. Our 18,000 square foot building complex includes 12,000 sq ft of office space in addition to laboratory and shop facilities. Regional offices are located in Monterey, California and New Orleans, Louisiana. High speed modem connections and electronic mail provide instantaneous communication capabilities between the corporate and the regional offices.

CSA International's office facilities are available for word processing, data processing, graphics, document duplication, and communications. The word and data processing system is contained on a Windows NT Server network consisting of dedicated file servers with shared central hard drives, various level workstations, and shared laser printers. Uninterrupted power supplies, an automatic daily tape backup, magneto optical disk storage of large job data sets in-progress, optical archiving of closed job files, and off-site storage of monthly backup tapes and copies of archived optical disks protect against loss of data. CSA uses its in-house local area network and the individual workstations for most data reduction and analyses. However, when needed, this facility can be readily interfaced by modem to large mainframe facilities, remote data sources, other users, or bulletin boards. CSA International has Internet capabilities allowing direct message and file transfers via e-mail and FTP in a wide variety of formats (e.g., Adobe PDF, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, PaperPort, zip files, etc.). This link also provides CSA International with additional capabilities to analyze large data sets with sophisticated scientific and statistical analyses packages. Individual workstation as well as portable laptop capabilities include a wide variety of analytical, data reduction, and presentation software. Additional hardware includes high resolution color and black and white flatbed scanners, small and large digitizers, high resolution color printers, and Hewlett-Packard A and E size color plotters.

CSA International maintains a scientific and technical library of approximately 10,000 reports and 100,000 papers. CSA International's scientific staff members also maintain readily accessible and extensive personal libraries in a wide range of fields. In addition, CSA International has operating agreements with several libraries which provide computer searches of all major literature and databases.

Drafting facilities consist of a full array of standard drafting tools and equipment, including ArcView, AutoCAD, Visio, blueprint copying, and enlargement and reduction capabilities. A high-speed photocopier with collation capabilities is normally used for document duplication. Several local firms are available for high-volume or color duplication and printing needs. CSA International uses standard telephone and telefax equipment.

CSA International can provide services for chemical analyses through arrangements with subcontractors. Analyses include determinations (in concentrations of parts-per-billion and parts-per-trillion) of metals (e.g., Ba, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, and Zn) and petroleum hydrocarbons, organochlorine compounds (e.g., pesticides and PCBs) in water, sediment, and tissue samples. CSA International works extensively with several EPA-approved organizations for chemical analyses. On-board laboratories for at-sea analyses of critical parameters have been designed and operated by CSA International scientists.

CSA International maintains an extensive inventory of field equipment and instrumentation. Field equipment and instrumentation are well maintained so that sampling programs can be mobilized rapidly by our experienced field personnel. CSA International utilizes its shop for storage, maintenance, and fabrication of instrumentation and equipment. CSA International also makes this equipment available to other organizations through our equipment leasing pool.

In addition to CSA International's own instrument pool, CSA International operations staff are extremely familiar with a variety of other equipment that we lease on a regular basis in support of our projects. CSA International feels that because the advancement of state-of-the-art technology is so rapid, it is not always cost effective to purchase equipment that may be outdated in the near future. Because of this philosophy CSA International enjoys the flexibility to research the most appropriate equipment for a project without relying on in-house equipment that may not be suitable for every application. To expedite this research, CSA International maintains extensive product files on oceanographic, environmental, and geophysical equipment manufacturers and also maintains good working relationships with several different leasing companies throughout the United States.

Many of CSA International's coastal field surveys are supported by CSA International's 23-ft trailerable PARKER deep-V hull survey vessel which provides an excellent work platform complete with 250-hp outboard power, built-in 6.5 KW generator, air conditioned cabin, Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) positioning, cellular telephone, VHF radio, video display or chart recording fathometer, gas-powered hydrographic or capstan winch, davit, and dive platform. CSA also owns and maintains a trailerable 24-ft Self-Propelled Work Barge equipped with a 15-ft high bow-mounted A-Frame suitable for vibracoring as well as a variety of other small vessels for specific survey requirements. To service offshore programs requiring larger vessels, CSA International maintains a comprehensive file describing vessels available for lease along all coasts of the United States.

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