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City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ No. 20-07-01 | Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) Surveyors and Mapping As CGA has and continues to provide professional surveying and mapping services to various municipalities in the South Florida region, we have a vast amount of knowledge and experience in the municipal consulting field. We have assembled a team of qualified surveying professionals who have completed numerous surveying projects of similar scope, who possess the diversity of technical skills required for successful completion of any task within this project and who have the full understanding of the requirements and intricacies of completing surveying projects in the City of Sunny Isles Beach. The team is fully committed to dedicating the necessary manpower, expertise and attentiveness to ensure the City meets its objectives through the provision of these services. In general, CGA's approach to the Surveying Scope of Services is outlined below. Initial City Request – Upon receipt of the City’s request, the CGA Survey/Mapping Project Manager (SPM), Steve Watts, PSM, will hold a phone conference or in-person meeting to compile a project information package from the City. Part of this stage is to identify the specific survey request, as well as what the desired intent is of the survey project. For example, a construction layout survey that will progress into a full ALTA|NSPS Land Title Survey of the site may require a different layout of survey control versus one that just has a stakeout component. It is at this stage that the groundwork is laid for a successful survey that will allow our team to determine the complete scope of work, required schedule, budget and final deliverables at the onset of the project. Project Research – Prior to any mobilization of field crews, Steve will complete the necessary due diligence of the information gleaned from the Initial City Request stage. This includes a search of the public records including the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s office; Clerk of the Court; Miami-Dade County Section Maps, City of Sunny Isles Beach information and NGS websites together with any Google street view type applications. This upfront research assists in identifying property boundaries, easements and/ or other encumbrances that may exist on a specific parcel. From this research, a survey field map will be generated identifying survey traverse control points together with any found property and/or right-of-way monuments within the area. Utilizing the County Parcel GIS map, CGA will upload property corner search ties which are referenced to state plane coordinates directly into our GPS data collectors. This process allows field crews to navigate directly to a possible corner location within centimeter accuracy. Utilizing this process enables us to perform the same type of location for buried valves, manholes or other type of as-built infrastructure referenced to state plane coordinates. Project Schedule and Budget – Most survey projects have a total project length from Notice-to-Proceed to final survey deliverable of less than 3-4 weeks. Upon receiving the initial survey/mapping request and due diligence is completed, CGA will immediately prepare a man-hour estimate and crew schedule to complete the survey tasks within the critical path timeframe. Any survey projects of size and complexity that require a more substantial timeframe to complete (3-4 month survey project). CGA will coordinate this schedule with the City to obtain feedback on both the schedule and proposed budget. Team Communication – The Project Team will hold weekly or more frequently if needed, meetings to discuss project status, updates, issues and resolutions to issues. CGA will maintain constant communication with the City and will provide status updates as the project progresses. Project Approach and Understanding - Surveyors and Mapping 13