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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RFQ# 18-05-24 Architectural and Engineering Consulting Services: Construction Testing and Inspections <br />RFQ# 20-70-01 <br />Continuing Professional Consulting Services <br /> <br />Samson Oceanfront Park Reconstruction, Chlorination Facilities, Central District Wastewater <br />Treatment Plant (WWTP), I-75 Express Lanes Segments A/B; MDX SR 874/Don Shula Expressway and <br />SR 878/Snapper Creek Expressway ORT; MDX SR-112 Open Road Tolling (ORT) Off-System Signing; <br />Trail Glades Shooting Range; and SkyHouse at University City. He is committed to completing projects on time and within budget, with a proven record of flexible scheduling through night/weekend shifts and on occasions 24-hour shifts as needed. His responsibilities for this contract and the City of Plantation will include the planning and management of field investigations, construction materials testing, and inspections accomplished by our engineering technicians and Special/Threshold Inspectors. <br />KUMAR VEDULA, P.E.: Kumar Vedula, P.E. will serve as Principal Geotechnical Engineer. Mr. Vedula is a Florida-registered Professional Engineer with 24 years of geotechnical and construction materials testing experience. He specializes in geotechnical projects involving foundation design, slope stability analysis, WEAP analysis and interpreting PDA reports, excavation support, and construction inspection. Additional experience includes foundation inspections (shallow and deep foundations), soil modification (dynamic compaction, stone columns), preloading, excavations, backfilling, and post construction monitoring. Mr. Vedula has served as a principal inspector on numerous surcharging and settlement evaluations of organic laden soils assignments. His project experience includes over 20 high rise buildings, as well as foundation engineering for bridges, roadways, utilities, schools and government facilities. <br />N. MANOHARAN, PH.D.: N. Manoharan, Ph.D., will serve as Senior Specialist. Dr. Manoharan has more than 23 years of experience in providing geotechnical services to projects of diversified complexity focusing primarily on transportation projects. His experience includes soil investigation, foundation designs, piling works, ground improvement works, slope stability analysis, MSE walls and earth works. He is extremely knowledgeable regarding the analysis and evaluation of field and laboratory data, performing in-situ soil testing, in-place permeability testing and geophysical explorations. He has performed studies including monitoring vibrations of structures during construction and evaluating bearing capacity and settlements for different types of shallow and deep foundation systems. In addition, he has provided evaluation of embankment design of retaining walls, sheet piling systems, slope stability analysis of conventional and reinforced embankments, and evaluation of drilled shaft, driven pile, Augercast pile, and pile static load tests. He has successfully completed over 100 FDOT projects, principally in Districts 4, 6, and Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. <br />HARMON BENNETT, P.E.: Harmon Bennett, P.E., will serve as Principal Engineer for Construction <br />Engineering Inspection Services. Mr. Bennett is a Florida-Registered Professional Engineer with more than 28 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing and inspection services. Mr. Bennett has completed numerous projects for the FDOT as Geotechnical Engineer in the areas of roadway and bridge foundation investigations, asphalt coring and evaluation programs and design studies. His experience also includes geotechnical investigation and materials testing service projects for public and private clients. These projects include multi-story structures, distribution centers, hotels, large-scale retail, hospitals and others. He has served as the Contract Project Manager for multiple FDOT District 1 District-wide Materials Testing Contract and District 7 District-wide CEI Contracts, as well as numerous Construction Engineering & Inspection (CEI) Projects for several State Agencies, coordinating contract management, testing, and personnel utilization. He is experienced in nearly all forms of construction for Commercial and Transportation related projects, including but not limited to multi-story structures, large scale commercial, roadways, bridges, walls, and foundations. <br />13