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FIRM REFERENCES AND SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH RFQ NO 20-07-01 SECTION F – FIRM REFERENCES AND SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED COASTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING LLC | PAGE 6 2011 Beach Nourishment and Artificial Reef Construction. Our staff worked to "piggy-back" the 2011 nourishment of the Coquina Beach project onto the FEMA funded City of Anna Maria Beach Renourishment, saving the County significant costs. We also designed, permitted, and oversaw the construction of a 5-acre artificial reef. We worked with agency staff to reduce the mitigation required for hardbottom impacts, again saving County money. 2014 Beach Nourishment. Coquina Beach was renourished in March 2014 to replace losses due to Tropical Storm Debby and fill the design template to full capacity. We again assisted the County to coordinate the timing of the renourishment to coincide with the 2014 federal project, which resulted in substantial cost savings for the County. Our team provided geotechnical services to identify the sand source, the engineering design, funding acquisition, permitting services, technical consultation, and construction administration to help restore this portion of the island’s receding coastline, while reducing the project cost. 2020 Beach Nourishment and Artificial Reef Construction. CPE is currently assisting the County and USACE with the construction of the federal project and Coquina Beach Nourishment Project, which began in July. The federal project received 2018 supplemental funding, and so by constructing it back-to-back with the Coquina Beach project the County will substantially reduce the mobilization costs as it did in 2014. We completed the beach and borrow area design, permitting, and pre-construction surveys needed to bid the project. We will be providing construction administration and public outreach support throughout construction and completing post-construction biological and physical monitoring. CPE is also providing mitigative artificial reef services to the County in support of both projects, including UMAM assessment, siting, engineering design, construction oversight, and eventually biological monitoring of a 2-acre limestone boulder reef. GEOTEXTILE TUBE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION The Longboat Pass north jetty at the south end of Anna Maria Island has deteriorated over time allowing a significant amount of sand to enter the Pass. In response, our team designed, permitted, and oversaw construction of a shore-perpendicular geotextile tube placed adjacent to the existing porous jetty to stop sand from passing through and reduce beach loss and shoaling. The test installation has functioned extremely well, and the County is pursuing permanent jetty tightening. We are assisting the County with the feasibility study to make permanent improvements to the jetty. CORTEZ GROINS REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT CPE staff assisted the County with the removal of three dilapidated pier-type structures and replaced them with new permeable adjustable groins to maintain shoreline stabilization on Cortez Beach. We Coquina Beach post-construction, 2014