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FIRM REFERENCES AND SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED <br /> <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH RFQ NO 20-07-01 SECTION F – FIRM REFERENCES AND SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED <br />COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING LLC | PAGE 1 <br /> <br /> <br />SECTION F – FIRM REFERENCES AND SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED <br /> Qualification Statement <br />CPE was established specifically to meet the coastal needs of local government clients such as the City of <br />Sunny Isles Beach. Our multidisciplinary staff of engineers, biologists, geologists, and numerical modelers <br />have the experience and expertise required to meet the City’s needs detailed in the Scope of Services for <br />the Environmental Engineering category in this RFQ. Though we formed our firm only one year ago in <br />June 2019, our staff brings decades of experience in coastal engineering, design, geotechnical <br />investigations, permitting, environmental studies, biological monitoring, and construction support for <br />projects throughout Florida. <br />CPE offers services detailed in the Scope of Services for the Environmental Engineering category of this <br />RFQ and is ideally structured and credentialed to assist the City. We routinely provide services required <br />for Environmental Engineering as described in this RFQ, including: <br />► Engineering design and reporting. CPE staff have engineered a variety of solutions for preserving <br />coastal environments and protecting infrastructure. Our engineers assess specific project area needs and <br />design the most effective solution to solve the erosion issues. We design projects that incorporate beach <br />nourishment, structural stabilization, dune construction, or a combination of any or all these components. <br />Based on data collected during physical monitoring surveys, annual monitoring reports document the <br />shoreline and volumetric changes of the beaches and interactions with the adjacent passes and directly <br />support the engineering, design, and planning of nourishment events. CPE has extensive state-of-the-art <br />numerical modeling capabilities to assist with planning and designing beach renourishment projects, <br />dredge borrow areas, and coastal structures projects. <br />► Mitigation, monitoring, and reporting. CPE biologists conduct benthic resource monitoring in <br />support of coastal projects. We have conducted hardbottom, artificial reef, and/or seagrass surveys in <br />Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Indian River, Monroe, Collier, Lee, Sarasota, Manatee, and Pinellas <br />Counties. We also coordinate with state and federal agencies to determine appropriate and reasonable <br />mitigation requirements and to develop effective and cost-efficient monitoring and reporting protocols. <br />► Regulatory permitting. CPE staff regularly coordinates with local, state, and federal permitting <br />agencies on coastal construction projects. We understand the intricacies of coastal permitting and <br />proactively address agency concerns to provide a comprehensive application package. We have <br />established strong working relationships with regulatory agency staff through years of coordination and <br />mutual professional respect, which we greatly value and benefit from since the trust built over the years <br />between our staff and the agency’s staff facilitates coordination and communication. <br /> <br />► Environmental studies and documents. CPE marine biologists are professionally trained in the <br />implementation of NEPA and have prepared numerous Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and <br />Environmental Assessments (EA) for both the USACE and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management <br />(BOEM). We also prepare supporting documents, such as Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) assessments, <br />Biological Assessments (BA) and Cumulative Effects Assessments (CEA) in order to assist coordination with <br />NMFS and USFWS.