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City of Sunny Isles Beach Page 7 Narrative I Approach to a Project. cWI will perform in depth office and field reviews at the inception of each project to become familiar with the project's idiosyncracies and identifY substandard features that may need to be included in the project scope. Once the scope has been approved by the City's Project Manger, a Kick-off meeting will be held to ensure that all team members understand the project's scope, objectives, budget constraints, schedule, project issues, and each individual's responsibilities. This Professional Services Contract may include a variety of projects, each of which will have a unique scope. CWI will evaluate each project request individually and will assign the project team members based on their experience and expertise relative to the project's scope and requirements. This will ensure that the team will have the expertise and man-power needed for each project. CWl's Approach to Technical Issues: CWI is keenly aware of the necessity for maintaining the production budget and schedule. Utility Coordination with FP&L, BellSouth and others can be very challenging at times, therefore, our approach is to obtain the required utility information very early in the process. If needed, we use SUE ("Soft-dig") to locate utilities identified to be in conflict with the design and for all structural foundations. All project designs will meet the applicable City, County and State standards and criteria. Special attention will be given to roadside safety and ADA compliance. QAlQC reviews will be performed on all contract documents before submittal to the City. CWI has provided safety improvements for many roadways. Each location has particular conditions requiring individual design attention to meet current safety standards. Our staff is trained in Traffic Control Design and will provide careful planning and coordination to provide safety for the public. CWl's Approach to Managerial Issues: CWI has provided effective project management for numerous projects with varied Stakeholders on many projects. CWI recently coordinated the FDOT, NE 2 Avenue project at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) as part of the 1-395 improvements in the City of Miami. We handled the managerial challenges with special meetings, e-mails, site visits and personal attention to the different designers and agencies in order to produce a complete and rewarding project. To meet the project goals, CWI uses a Team Approach with a single-point of contact. We believe in early coordination of resources and scheduled team meetings to review the project schedule and workload. These team meeting include both CWl's staff and our proven Sub-consultants. Our team will function as an extension of the City's office to provide solutions for tasks assigned. Civil Works' Design Philosophy includes the efficient design of projects for the safety and betterment of the public. Our design philosophy includes the careful analysis of the project's objectives to provide an aesthetically pleasing, functional and cost effective design. CWI also employs the "KISS principle" ("Keep It Short & Simple"). When dealing with an engineering problem, there is always a tendency to complicate the solution far more than the problem requires. This "KISS" concept strives to eliminate unnecessary complications. The steps for a Typical Project under this contract might include: Issuance of the LOA and Kick Off Meeting. The CWI Project Manager, Linda Bell, P .E., will assign the staff; establish the schedule; and implement the QA/QC plan. Document Acquisition and Review: CWI will collect and review all available documents. Field Inspection of Existing Conditions: cWI will visit the project, visually review the existing conditions and photograph the items or issues of concern. Pre-design Permitting Requirements: Civil Works will coordinate our plans with the City and the permitting agencies. This avoids surprises at the end of the of the project. Plans Preparation: The Final Plans Package will be in conformance with the latest Standards. These projects will be prepared in AutoCAD or Microstation. All contract documents will be checked prior to each phase submittal as part of CWl's Quality Assurance/Quality Control program. Permitting and Construction Administration will be provided as needed. Sunny-Appro-Narr.wpd Civil Works, Inc. 7855 NW 12 Street, Suite 218 Doral, FL 33126 Ph: 305-448-5955 Fax: 305-591-4074