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12 KEITH’s designers work daily with the Florida Building codes, having current working relationships with most building permit services in municipal jurisdictions in South Florida. KEITH’s professional engineers have taken the advanced building code courses prescribed by Florida Law. KEITH understands that the Florida Building Code is a set of minimum standards designed to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of people. The code provides ways to make building safer for the public and avoid catastrophic consequences of building- construction failures. The public’s need for protection from failed construction and functional design, including all aspects of the American Disability Act (ADA code), underscores the need for modern codes. Resilient construction reduces property damage from hazards, increases safety and preserves property values. KEITH understands the importance of analyzing the permit requirements at the project scoping phase. The type of project, emergency shelters, fire stations, civic buildings, etc., all have their unique criteria in the building code that needs to be understood at the Project outset. KEITH understands the certification process and time frames required for as-built reviews and final punch list closeouts required to obtain Certificates of Occupancy for properties. We work closely with the project team to understand the timeframes, resulting in projects being delivered on time. CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES KEITH understands that successful projects often rely on realistic budgets to achieve the desired goal and services upon client time frames. The KEITH Team will compile and analyze data on all factors that can influence construction costs, as we realize the importance of client needs and respond accordingly. We undertake design estimates, constructability reviews, and schedule analysis as the project evolves through various phases of design. At each phase, we evaluated potential errors, omissions, and document coordination problems that may impact cost and time. Estimates will be based upon submitted documents by the engineer or architect. Various meetings with the team will produce additional technical information to complete design and TAB D - PROJECT APPROACH & UNDERSTANDING AVAILABILITY KEITH has historically completed projects ahead of schedule and within budget parameters. Our hands-on project approach and dedicated team, as described in previous sections, has proven their ability to control the design process, expedite the permitting process and move quickly into construction. Our budgets are based on historical costs for similar projects and estimated levels of effort anticipated for each individual project. Combining our local knowledge and input on the elements needed to plan and execute the project, we are confident the project can be completed within the time and budget allotted. PERMITTING PROCEDURES AND BUILDING CODES The “Permitting” portion of our team’s project approach is crucial to the project schedule and this coordination is key all the way through the project, and even through project close-out. We are aware that most regulatory agencies are busy and even overworked. As a result, our policy is to “get it right the first time”. We understand what the local and state agencies are looking for, and we provide them with quality complete designs including the information and documentation that they need, in a format that they are accustomed to, so reviews and approvals can be accomplished without multiple resubmissions. KEITH utilizes a hands-on approach, meeting early in the process with all regulatory agencies to discuss the proposed planned concepts and assess the issues relative to their approval process. For utilities projects, the time required for permitting can represent a major utility portion of the overall design time and will thus need to be tightly managed. KEITH will be responsible for acquiring/ compiling all necessary permit information. These materials will be packaged and submitted to the City’s Project Manager. Permit status will remain an agenda item for each coordination meeting. We are very familiar with the requirements of governmental agencies. For any design project, it is important to be proactive on the necessary permits to avoid any potential delays and to continue project momentum. KEITH provides a stellar reputation with these agencies of good design practices, accountability and extensive experience with project permitting and approvals. As we have proven on recent significant utility projects, KEITH has routinely and expertly navigated and substantially expedited the permitting process of our projects through multiple jurisdictions and agencies providing a substantial cost savings benefit to Miami- Dade County. We will also identify any critical long lead time items that the City may wish to procure in advance of the construction projects. This approach will ensure that some items are procured to facilitate project completion and delay avoidance, as applicable.