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City of Sunny Isles Beach RFP 18-04-02 Disaster Debris Management and Disposal Services Category (Owned Description Air Curtain 2 Portable Air Curtain Incinerator Set • Water Pump 8 Portable Water Pumps Sizing from 3"-6" Generator Set 12 Assorted Generators Sizing from 6KW to 240KW Assorted Attachments 285 Buckets,Grapples, Blades, Shears etc... for equipment support Marine Skimmer Vessel 6 Work Vessel Outfitted for Harbor Cleaning of Debris and Contaminants Marine Cleaning Equipment 1 Self-powered Beach Cleaner We recognize that subcontractors are crucial to our ultimate success in a major event. Below is a sampling of important equipment available through subcontractors: Type of Equipment 'Quantity Air Curtain Burner 585 Bucket Trucks 1,136 Concrete/Rock Crushers 54 Excavator 3,356 Knuckleboom-Prentice-Style-Self-Loader 5,219 Roll Off Trucks 3,955 Skid Steer 7,439 Skid Steer with/Grapple 9,001 Tractor-Trailer End Dump 11,872 Tractor-Trailer Live Bottom 4,078 Truck-Dump-Single Axle 7,973 Truck-Dump-Tandem Axle 15,358. WheelLoader-FrontEnd-4Yard 6,092 Please see Section 8.6 for our comprehensive list of equipment. Personnel • Qualified Staff For City of Sunny Isles Beach, Ceres will provide exceptionally qualified personnel to lead the efforts for any event occurring for which our services are required. Ceres has more than 60 professional staff, many holding degrees in areas such as Structural and Civil Engineering, Business Administration, Forestry, Geology, Science, and Accounting. As part of the Company's dedication to quality and safety, many of Ceres' management staff are U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-certified in Construction Quality Management; are FEMA-certified in NIMS; are Red Cross- , certified in first aid; and have completed OSHA's 40-hour safety training course. Ceres' management has worked extensively on FEMA-reimbursed contracts, and has demonstrated its ability to respond to large- scale events. Ceres' management has demonstrated its ability to respond to large-scale events. In 2011 after the string of tornadoes that hit Alabama and surrounding states, Ceres activated a contract with Jefferson County. Using and mobilizing Ceres-owned equipment allowed the company to get to work quickly, eventually employing 27 local and small-business subcontractors and vendors to assist the removal and hauling of debris. During the contract, the scope of work also changed as cities within the county signed up . for the contract. Ceres cleared debris from right-of-ways in Jefferson County, Vestavia Hills, Warrior, Mountain Brook, and Pleasant Grove, reducing and hauling over 1 million cubic yards of debris. Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded Ceres a $1 billion contract for disaster response, including: loading, hauling, reducing, and disposing of debris and white goods; trimming and removal of hazardous trees; demolition of storm damaged buildings; collection of household garbage; environmental sampling and monitoring of disposal sites; and life support services. This contract covered 11 Louisiana Parishes and required the operation of 54 reduction/disposal sites. Ceres has the resources and experience to handle multiple events and locations. In 2011, Ceres responded to the spring tornadoes that devastated the South, the spring floods in North Dakota, Hurricane • cEAE Tab 8 Project Understanding and Technical Approach ENVIRONMENTAL Section 1 Debris Management Operations Plan Page 8.1-29