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City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Marine and Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services (CCNA) | RFQ No. 18‐02‐01 Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. 53 01C032018D Modeling Applications In order to fully understand how to apply modeling products to a climate change vulnerability assessment, it is important to understand how to run and interpret the models that are producing the results. We have a dedicated team at APTIM that runs a wide range of coastal models for many of our clients. Our modeling projects are developed by a team of experienced physical oceanographers and coastal engineers who are strongly grounded in coastal process theory and applications. In addition to SLOSH, APTIM also owns and operates Delft3D, MIKE21, Bouss2D, STWAVE, ADCIRC, GENESIS, UNIBEST CL+, DNRBS, SBEACH, and the BEACH‐fx economic storm damage model. APTIM recently completed running the SLOSH model for the EPA who was concerned about how climate change will affect the water supply for the Mattapoisett area of southern Massachusetts. Four different SLR scenarios and three different climate conditions were considered that produced more than 400 modeling runs. The SLOSH results were then applied to the HEC‐RAS model to predict how quickly the water supply would flush seawater should the dam protecting the water supply be overtopped. Sustainability APTIM strives not only to reach sustainability goals, but to exceed them by investing in the research and development required to find new and innovative technologies that will set us apart from other firms, and benefit our clients. APTIM encourages its employees to engage in community based sustainability initiatives such as the City of Chicago's Green Office Challenge and Austin, Texas Green Business Leaders program. The Challenge and Green Business Leaders are city‐wide programs that target businesses, non‐profits and government agencies to reduce their carbon emissions and environmental footprint, as a key element of city climate action and sustainability plans. We consistently receive the highest level of recognition in these programs. APTIM incorporates green and sustainable activities into numerous areas within the organization, including integrating sustainable design into its facilities such as LEED Gold and Silver spaces, and encourages sustainable practices at the office level. Practices include bike parking and changing facilities, transit subsidies, alternative transportation, on‐site composting, telecommuting, car‐sharing, emission offsets for rental vehicles, community supported agriculture, water conservation, the regular purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) and volunteer technical assistance to community energy and sustainability projects. APTIM is institutionalizing best practices by achieving ISO certification in the Madison, WI office. The best practices from that successful pilot will be replicated in other APTIM offices. Implementation is supported and coordinated by a number of sustainability and energy experts throughout the company. APTIM supports the governance of this program within the existing management structure already set for its current operations. Internally, APTIM recently performed a sustainability and energy usage analysis of its own portfolio of buildings to identify the top energy using locations. Based on this assessment, APTIM has performed internal energy audits of its top seven facilities. The goal of these assessments is to find both low‐cost and capital improvement projects available to reduce our energy usage and carbon footprint. These audits identified an average potential energy reduction of 10% to 13% across APTIM’s entire owned and operated facilities. Based on our national energy spend, APTIM projects a potential cost effective annual energy savings potential of $1.2M. This is based on implementation of a national energy reduction strategy applying low‐cost and capital improvement energy efficiency projects. This equates to an approximate annual reduction of 11,300,000 kWh, 156,000 Therms, and 8,500 metric tons of CO2. APTIM is committed to investing time and resources to be the world’s leading sustainability solutions‐based company that assesses, develops, implements, maintains, and operates environmental programs that contribute to our clients’ sustainability goals and targets. Reporting Well‐written documentation is an essential element of our communication system. APTIM has over 30 years of experience preparing all types of reports and documents for our Florida clients. This experience enables us to develop reporting formats that provide clear, concise data for review and approval by the City.