Why RTS

Why should you have RTS Water Solutions as your water partner?

Understanding the unique set of challenges an ESCO faces on each project is our job!  Our 8 years of experience working with our ESCO partners has given us the insight needed to be a partner with tangible value and winning solutions! Read below to see how RTS Water deals with these challenges…

• Based on our accurate proposals and documentation, there have not been any claims filed with RTS Water Solutions for energy shortfalls.
• Since 1/1/2010, RTS Water Solutions has held weekly meetings on over 70 projects to ensure all project documentation is current. These meetings have assisted in the reduction of close-out time on projects and improved overall customer satisfaction as well as fewer complaints regarding close-out.
• Our room by room audits are used as an installation guideline.
• Every project goes through a formal risk review before the proposal is submitted. This ensures that the proposal meets all ESCO requirements, including correct labor rates, payroll, sales tax, M & V, etc.
• For the last 162 water projects, RTS Water Solutions has supplied the following documentation:
  • Working As-Built file
  • An Executive Summary that compares the contract value with the as-built values
  • Pre and Post M & V when requested by the ESCO along with the M & V Calibration documentation
  • Certified Payroll when required
  • ARRA documentation for Buy America when required
  • O & M manual with warranty support stock information
  • Signed Warranty Stock letter

• RTS Water Solutions has two Professional Engineers licensed in ten states, a licensed rainwater harvesting professional, a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), certified solar domestic water heating designers and installers, and LEED professionals solely serving the ESCO market
• Every RTS Water Solutions project is designed or reviewed by a Professional Engineer
• In 2010 RTS Water Solutions spent over $50,000 on continuing education for licensed professionals
• RTS Water Solutions’ engineers average 23 years of experience

• We implemented electronic auditing three years ago and reduced the time to deliver a proposal.
• RTS Water Solutions has never paid liquidated damages

• RTS Water Solutions’ attendance record at construction meetings is 98.3%
• We have invested over $50,000 in the last five years on communication technology
• Over the past three years, 90% of warranty calls were responded to within 48 hours.

• All of our employees undergo a thorough background check in which 100% of all of our employees have passed both drug tests and background checks
• In the last five years, over half of all RTS Water Solutions projects have undergone an internal, unannounced safety inspection by our in-house OSHA Certified Trainers.