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• The K&S team will be comprised of over 100 K&S professionals and our strategic teaming partner, and Sunny Isles engineering consulting firm,K.M.Engineering Consultants (Civil Design support).Our subconsultant brings extensive Sunny Isles Beach experience and will allow us to meet and exceed the City's goals for the contract. The K&S Team recognize that in addition to our strong credentials, our resources and ability to respond quickly and efficiently are imperative to guarantee successful performance. This project requires a management plan designed to specifically address the staffing,monitoring,planning,and communications challenges that our experience indicates • are common with this type of contract. It also calls for a management plan that deals with the need for well-documented and understandable procedures so staff can be efficiently managed. Specifically,our management plan provides: • An efficient management system,with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for scope,schedule and budget; • A Contract Manager as the primary point-of-contact for the City; 0 • Quick-turnaround capability,as well as, long-term program and personnel continuity; • Depth of staff which allows the team to timely respond to multiple assignments simultaneously,if necessary; • Compliance with individual task schedules and budgets; • Flexibility to respond to changes in scope and direction;and • Quality assurance and quality control throughout all phases of a project. • K&S is a firm dedicated to the timely and cost-efficient delivery of services. In fact, in 2007, when the FDOT released its annual summary of design overruns (time and money), K&S ranked among the best of the over two hundred firms • surveyed. In the six-year period studied, K&S designed and surveyed twelve projects with a construction value in excess of $120 million dollars. No other firm selected by FDOT in that six-year period completed this volume of work, and maintained such low overruns in cost and time. At K&S,we attribute this success to our personnel and project management. Additionally,numerous staff members of our team proposed for this contract have either worked directly for a governmental agency or have performed duties as an extension of a governmental agency for many years. K&S believes our clients,our profession,and our projects deserve the highest quality product that can be produced; 0 therefore there is an established quality control plan that is implemented on all projects. Our Quality Control Plan is based on the philosophy that • • Quality is achieved by proper planning,coordination,supervision,and the appropriate use of skilled personnel; • Quality is controlled through checking,reviewing and monitoring of work activities by individuals outside of the Team; • • Quality is verified by having a senior manager performing QA/QC functions;and • Quality is assured through independent reviews by qualified staff through each stage of project development STAFFING HIGHLIGHTS • Our corporate structure and chain of command is similar to the City's in that we maintain executive level staff,which serve as a backstop and point of responsibility and accountability for the management of projects. We emphasize accountability for budget and schedule in our projects and we encourage open informal and formal communication as a tool to collectively work to meet the objective, budget, and schedule of the project. With this management structure, it is our belief that a partnership with City staff and our carefully selected staff is crucial to a successful outcome for this contract. Therefore, given our successful project management track record for previous contracts with the City,the selected management team for this contract that satisfies these objectives will continue to be our Vice President of Civil Engineering(Tim Hall, 49 P.E.) and Vice President (Mark E.Tomczyk,RE.). • Tim Hall,PE Mark E.Tomczyk, P.E. Vice President of Civil Engineering Vice President 6500 North Andrews Avenue 6500 North Andrews Avenue Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 Phone:(954) 776-1616 Phone:(954) 776-1616 Fax:(954) 351-7643 Fax:(954) 351-7643 Cell Phone:(954) 295-0341 Cell Phone:(954) 707-9277 • Tim Hall,P.E.,has been specifically selected to lead this Team. He has over 24 years of experience,and has been involved in numerous diverse Land Development and Civil Engineering projects.His experience providing construction management for a Builder/Developer,permit review and program management for a large municipality,and Design/Consulting services 40 for both Private and Public sector clients,provides broad insight into the variety of issues related to project development. • • JnrDREW W � W6500 NORT H:ANDREWS AV EN6E'•tFO RT LAUDERDA FLORIDA 33309,E HONE (9*5 S ftGk16 .`FAX y(95�4) 77i,.1 ;7 90 y1