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<br />) <br />) <br />-) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br />) <br /> <br />\ <br />J <br /> <br /> <br />A true testament to our collaborative, multidisciplinary team approach to project development has been <br />evidenced in our past experience delivering a complete dossier of landscape architectural products, <br />principally in their detailed articulation of how environments can be built and designed. In creating design <br />solutions for specific projects, it is our practice to build upon an understanding of the culture of the 'place' <br />and couple them with on-site <br />investigations and analyses to <br />understand the character of the <br />area under study. This is <br />imperative in the continuing the <br />solvency of Sunny Isles Beach's <br />communities and neighbor- <br />hoods as distinguishable from <br />others in the region, as well as <br />in the support of the sub-texts <br />that serve as developing <br />unifying themes that congeal the <br />City under a unified character <br />and theme. These revealing <br />analyses allow us to better <br />comprehend the built form to <br />identify opportunities and <br />constraints, identify the use of <br />architectural form, space, <br />materials and treatments, open <br />spaces and their design qualities, create micro-climates, and foster sustainable practices. Through our past <br />experience, we are able to reveal distinctive architectural characteristics that demonstrate how Sunny Isles <br />Beach is uniquely poised as a city presently being emulated across the region. It is precisely our <br />understanding of Sunny Isles Beach as a model place' increasingly surrounded by imitations of the <br />standards established by the City that promotes our ability to deliver increased qualities that support the <br />City's standout position and counteract the increasing region ubiquity. <br /> <br />Additionally, because we have the readiness and inclusion of traffic, roadway, electrical and civil engineers <br />on staff, we have the first-hand experience in providing improvements that adequately and safely address <br />the realities necessary to develop an implementable set of design standards. These include the installation <br />of bike lanes and bike routes, paving areas, visual enhancements, traffic calming strategies, crosswalk <br />improvements, and ensuring that universa.l design standards are appropriately met to deliver adequate <br />ADA access to all public areas. Safety is an important aspect, which we can readily deliver, both through <br />strategizing the build-out of street types in manners that foster the coexistence of motorized, non- <br />motorized and pedestrian uses, as well as with the implementation of lighting design standards and <br />schemes that promote consistent lighting, minimize light pollution, promote energy-efficiency, and <br />contribute to the overall branding of the City. We have also successfully employed and developed strategies <br />for branding through the creation of gateway features and strategies, directional signage mechanisms, and <br />overall branded environments that take all aspects of a tightly packaged landscape product into account, <br />including furnishings and pedestrian-oriented features. <br /> <br /> <br />Quality Assurance and Product Delivery <br />Our in-house processes of Quality Assurance and Product Delivery guarantee a seat at the table and a voice <br />for all issues to be disclosed, designed and resolved by all parties working collaboratively on a project. <br />Under the leadership of a designer, considerations extraneous to the project boundaries will be overlaid <br />and resolved as integrated and important components of the resolution of the project. This is particularly <br />critical because of the large amount of residential uses in the area, which bring to the forefront concern for <br />safety and security. Additionally, providing the necessary aesthetic improvements in the form of branding <br /> <br />2-3 <br /> <br />RFQ 12-04-04 Sunny Isles Beach Intracoastal Parks <br />