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| Page 8 City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ No. 18-02-01 | March 22, 2018 Marine And Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services (CCNA) Architecture Revuelta Architecture International will provide architectural services required under the contract. The firm has completed the design of some of South Florida’s leading landmark residential, commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. M&N’s office is across the street from Revuelta’s office in Miami, and the firms regularly collaborate on projects in southeast Florida. The architectural assignments under this contract are anticipated to be small; however, Revuelta’s firm has full architectural capabilities to support contract assignments. Although not specified in the RFP, the Revuelta team may need to retain other consultants such as structural and mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) engineers to provide the full range of services inside the building envelope, as applicable. Construction Planning and Administration M&N will assemble the bid documents for the Project to assist the City with the bid process. M&N has implemented a variety of construction projects throughout Florida for public sector clients using client-provided “up front” contract documents. M&N will work with the City to ensure the “Best Value” procurement process is implemented that will result in the “lowest, most responsive bidder.” A “low bid” selection process can result in an unqualified contractor being awarded the contract, and this type of process can result in claims, schedule delays, and construction that is not in accordance with the plans/specifications. M&N has implemented bidding processes on a fast-track process that has included incorporating all environmental permit conditions in the construction documents prior to final environmental permit issuance. M&N monitors the unit prices and trends in the marine, dredging and coastal construction industry. Timing of project bidding can result in significant cost savings, especially relevant to mobilization of marine construction equipment. The M&N team will provide updated construction cost estimates at every phase of the project design from initial schematic design (environmental permitting) through design development and preparation of construction documents. M&N has former marine contractors on staff in Florida that assist in constructability reviews and cost estimating. M&N provides a “hands-on” approach to construction administration with regular site visits, and Representative Project Representative (RPR) services (full time inspection) have been provided to public sector clients. These services are currently being provided on the Town of Hillsboro Beach’s beach nourishment, and will also be provided in Sunny Isles for the beach nourishment project associated with the Armani development. M&N regularly utilizes web-based construction management to facilitate construction documents control utilizing the NewForma software. In addition, the Engineer-of-Record for the coastal and marine projects will make representative site visits and oversee any of the construction inspection. M&N strongly supports the active participation and oversight of the professional engineer that completed the design work throughout construction. Project Environmental and Physical Monitoring Beach management projects require physical and biological monitoring for FDEP and Corps permit compliance usually for a period of 3 years post construction. This monitoring could include benthic or wetlands surveys to monitor potential effects from the Project or the required monitoring of a mitigation project to ensure success of the mitigation. M&N will assist the City in reviewing biological monitoring reports and assist with processing through the agencies for permit compliance. Beach management projects will require physical monitoring, and the team has extensive experience with this monitoring. Morgan & Edklund will provide the required hydrographic/topographic surveys and provide data in the FDEP-standard formats as overseen by M&N. M&N will prepare the physical monitoring reports that assess beach project performance. Estuarine Enhancement The firm has extensive experience throughout the U.S. in developing habitat creation and mitigation projects. The firm recently designed and managed construction for 820 acres of coastal wetlands restoration of the Barataria Basin in Louisiana. This work involved a 13-mile dredge discharge pipeline. Key personnel at M&N have Miami-Dade County experience with the environmental restoration, and CSA is one of the leading firms in the country with the design and implementation of environmental enhancement projects.