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. . . SPILUS CANDELA DMJM Spillis Candela DMJM SDI) DOIILJlilS ~ ntrln :[, t II II' Tu'ver 21lcl ~Iu{)r. ( )lal C;able'" Flurldan 1'34 T j(),,1.11 4hQ' F .;1 J: \, hill. ,'J\" srJilllScillldelacllTlll1l.cOITl :r Cr dJIf" I A \.. djillE-'"rn ) Sell r(:r3 ~If-\ n )1 -llel UII)II cA' \ )IJn K '\jc /1 H )A I; (AU, AlA DI.,L)(wlil .J. r: 1,1' 'JI Jf'. ~ I P'11 IRe"!:,, P(H -i J HI I ), ,: 11f ,Id ~^ -, If JI '-J( October 10, 2007 City Clerk City of Sunny Isles Beach City Hall 18070 Collins Avenue 1 st Floor Meeting Room Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 ~~IVED OCT t 0 La07 i\\b lOcoS; ........,. CIty of Sunny ISle. Beach 01tlce olltle CI Clerk RE: RFQ# 07.08.01 Professional Design Services for the Heritage Park and Parking Garage Dear Mr. Conner and Selection Committee Members: The design of the new Heritage Park and Parking Garage will be an important and very visible project for the City of Sunny Isles Beach. To become a long term asset for the community it serves, Heritage Park and Parking Garage must be simultaneously functional, cost effective, secure and aesthetically pleasing. To ensure success, this project will need to be a collaborative effort of an established local Architect/Engineer and Landscape Architecture team, coupled with the input of City staff and its representatives in a true "partnering" work environment. As the Architects for the City's award winning Government Center, our goal will be to provide the same high level of professional services to the City resulting in a garage and park that will be assets to the community for many years into the future. Although parking garages are typically not considered to be "design-oriented" projects, this particular parking garage is an exception given its highly visible site and context. For the thousands of cars that use the Lehman Causeway and Collins Avenue on a daily basis, this park and garage will be the first and last image they have of Sunny Isles Beach and therefore its design needs to be carefully orchestrated in a holistic design process. Having designed numerous parking garages, public parks and governmental facilities throughout Florida, Spillis Candela DMJM would like to be the City's Architect for this project. Founded in 1926, Spill is Candela DMJM is headquartered in Coral Gables and currently employs more than 200 professionals. Our firm will be the "Prime" consultant to the City and will provide "all" basic design services for this project including Architecture, Structural, MEP, and Civil Engineering. We will be supported by several technical consultants including: EDAW (Landscape Architecture); David Plummer & Associates (Traffic / Parking); Kaderabek Co. (Geotechnical); Keith & Associates (Surveying) and CMS, Inc. (Cost Estimating). In summary, Spillis Candela DMJM offers the following benefits to the City: Parking Garage Experience: Spill is Candela DMJM has been responsible for the planning and design of more than 40 parking garages throughout Florida totaling more than 35,000 cars. Our firm is very familiar with this specific building type and includes garages that range in size from less than 200 cars to more than 9000 cars. There will be no learning curve for our firm on this project. FlomJd lie ~Ilse JU: "