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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS NO. 20-07-01 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES (CCNA) TAB D: PROJECT APPROACH AND UNDERSTANDING During our various internal review processes, we will also value engineer the project. Value engineering is not simply cutting the cost or scope of a project to reduce budget, it is a creative, organized effort, which analyses the requirements of a project for the purpose of achieving the essential functions at the lowest total costs (capital, staffing, energy, maintenance) over the life of the project. Our staff of experts has extensive experience providing constructability, bid-ability, and value engineering services to our current and past municipal clients. By providing these services, we have saved cities many thousands of dollars and months of schedule time. We will meet with Sunny Isles Beach’s staff to receive their comments on the 90% design submittal. Following the meeting, our team will incorporate the City’s comments and in addition identify any changes required due to agency permit comments. We will then incorporate comments from the Craven Thompson constructability review and make appropriate revisions to the 90% design documents. We will then proceed to complete preparation of the 100% contract documents, technical specifications and bidding documents for the solicitation of competitive bids for the construction of the project. Close attention to the budgetary constraints will be a primary focus of Craven Thompson. In addition, value-engineering analysis will play a critical role ensuring the most efficient design possible. No work will be added to the project without review and agreement by both the City of Sunny Isles Beach staff and Mr. Gibney. Such review will include cost and time impacts to identify alternative solutions, which can maintain the project’s budget. Development of a solid budget will be first of foremost importance to the success of the project. Verifying the budget against the agreed upon project scope will establish the baseline cost for construction. Just as in the design controls stated above, no additions to the scope will be made without a review by the City staff and Mr. Gibney. Bidding Phase Craven Thompson will pull all necessary bid documents together to provide to the City for bidding purposes. We will assist the City of Sunny Isles Beach by facilitating the pre-bid meeting and responding to questions and requests from the prospective bidders during the bidding phase. Once bids have been received, Craven Thompson will tabulate the bids and review for completeness & responsiveness. In addition, we will check contractor references and prepare a recommendation to Sunny Isles Beach of the lowest responsive qualified bidder. Once the contractor has been selected through the City Commission, Craven Thompson will work with the City and contractor to finalize the construction contract. Once the City has issued a Notice to Proceed for the contract, Craven Thompson will facilitate a preconstruction meeting, which will include the City, agencies, contractors, and all utilities to identify responsibilities, procedures and processes to be used during construction. The construction schedule will be addressed at this meeting. D | Page 8