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LUIS J. JURADO, P.E.. <br /> Principal <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br />Ÿ B.S. in Civil Engineering, University <br />of North Carolina Charlotte, 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS <br />• P.E. Florida License <br /> No. 66396 <br />• P.E. South Carolina License <br /> No. 28394 <br /> <br /> <br />PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS <br />• Member, American Society of Civil <br />Engineers <br />• FES (Florida Engineering Society – <br />Member) <br /> <br /> <br />FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION <br />Ÿ Transportation <br />Ÿ Planning <br />Ÿ Transit Facilities <br />Ÿ ADA Compliance <br />Ÿ Storm Water Management <br />Ÿ General Civil <br />Ÿ Permitting <br />Ÿ Bid Preparation & Assistance <br />Ÿ Construction Management <br />Ÿ Utility Coordination <br /> <br /> <br />YEARS OF EXPEREINCE <br />17 Years <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EXPERIENCE SUMMARY <br />Mr. Jurado is a professional engineer registered in the states of Florida and South <br />Carolina with over 17 years of experience in surveying, civil, transportation and <br />municipal engineering design. Mr. Jurado currently serves as the President of <br />Premiere Design Solutions, Inc. and he is the professional in charge of all project <br />coordination between PDS and its Clients. PDS currently serves as the Prime <br />Consultant for Miami Dade Transit (MDT) and Broward County Transit (BCT), the <br />two largest transit authorities in the state of Florida. Mr. Jurado has been the <br />project coordinator for the professional engineering services work assigned to PDS <br />with duties and responsibilities that include meeting on a regular basis with MDT <br />and BCT officials to provide recommendations on scope of work and schedule for <br />projects, meetings with governmental agencies having jurisdiction over project site <br />locations to discuss and negotiate permitting requirements, complying with Federal <br />Transit Authority (FTA) specifications, Tiger Grants, and quality control review. Mr. <br />Jurado has led his team in transit improvements at more than 800 locations in over <br />30 municipalities within Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. <br /> <br />RELEVANT EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />Miami-Dade County Surveying Pool Contract, Miami -Dade, Florida. Mr. <br />Jurado has acted for the past several years as the project principal, ensuring <br />adequate staffing and needs are met as required by this ongoing county contract. <br />Up to date, under Mr. Jurado’s direction, three assignments have been <br />successfully completed on this project. <br /> <br />Continuous Professional Services for Federally Funded Projects, Miami <br />Dade Transit, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The Continuous Professional <br />Services for Federally Funded projects was a multi-year project to develop transit <br />facilities that are funded through the FTA. The scope of work for this contract <br />includes but is not limited to technical and operation planning, transit studies, <br />environmental impact statements, permitting, engineering inspections, surveying, <br />fire/life/safety consulting, cost estimating, structural, geotechnical, industrial, <br />electrical, systems and mechanical engineering, architecture, transit and <br />transportation planning in accordance with FTA requirements, design criteria, plan <br />and specification reviews for federal compliance, design of new transit facilities, <br />construction engineering and inspections, value engineering, project cost <br />estimates and traffic studies. Mr. Jurado led Six work orders under this contract <br />performing quality control review and analysis of FTA guidelines, project <br />coordination and assisting MDT prioritizing transit improvements. <br /> <br />Architectural and Engineering (A/E) Services for the Transit Division, <br />Broward County Transit, Broward County, Florida. The A/E Services for the <br />Transit Division project consists of providing comprehensive professional A/E <br />services on a continuing term basis for the remodeling, renovation and new <br />construction of transit facilities in which construction costs do not exceed $2 <br />million. The comprehensive services include but are not limited to existing facility <br />and site documentation, existing facility assessments and evaluations, project cost <br />estimating, project schedule development and analysis, facility programming, <br />complete architectural/engineering design of buildings, on-site and off-site <br />improvements, permitting assistance and procurement, bid/award support and <br />concurrence, negotiation support, construction contract administration services, <br />inspections, surveying, materials and contract compliance testing services, <br />computer-aided and manually generated graphics support, preparation of <br />narratives and other textual project support, photographic and video-graphic <br />project support, building information modeling (BIM) project support, geographic <br />information systems (GIS) project support and information system project support. <br />Mr. Jurado has overseen over sixteen work orders under this contract performing <br />scope and budget determination, coordination of project team, progress meetings <br />with Client and negotiation of permitting requirements with regulatory agencies. 202