Miller Legg Response to RFQ No 22-06-01 Continuing Services for Landscape Architectural Services CCNA

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Page 33Request for Qualifications # 22-06-01 Continuing Services for Landscape Architectural Services CCNA 4.1 Firm Qualifications and Experience Use of Silva Cells: Miller Legg has utilized silva cells in our designs for projects which involve sidewalk/pedestrian improvements where space is limited and trees are mature. These cells are a modular suspended pavement system that use soil to create forest-like conditions in the city, supporting large tree growth and providing powerful on-site stormwater management through absorption, evapotranspiration, and interception. CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design): The basis of CPTED is that proper design and effective use of the built environment can reduce crime. All our park project designs utilize the principles and practices of CPTED to provide a safe recreational amenity for Park users and adjacent landowners. Through natural surveillance, access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance and management, the resulting environment will discourage or impede criminal behavior. The implementation of these principles, when considered early in the design process, does not increase costs and ultimately supports a safer community. Habitat Assessment / Restoration: With our in-house biological, environmental and engineering staff and a range of over 5,000 acres of habitat restoration projects, Miller Legg has an unsurpassed expertise with natural areas that are successfully integrated with passive recreational uses, resulting in award-winning projects. Some of these include City of Plantation Plantation Preserve, Pembroke Pines Preserve, and Broward County West Lake Park. This experience can provide environmental amenities along the existing lake that can not only enhance the recreational experience but also improve water quality and add educational opportunities. Sustainable Best Management Practices: Our landscape designs strive to incorporate sustainability to minimize the consuming effect on the environment. We integrate systems and materials that are cyclical in design and use and have a benign or positive effect on the environment, such as the use of native plants, xeriscaping, green building materials, among others. An emphasis on sustainable design, in combination with long-lasting products that positively affect the economic viability of a project, are not just good for the environment; they provide cost savings in the long run though reduced energy and water usage costs. Our firm has worked on numerous projects which incorporate advancing technology and concepts, ranging from pervious pavement, incorporation of bioswales and other filtration systems to create a treatment train concept that allows for stormwater to be stored, reused for irrigation or hydration of natural systems and natural filtration, with as much as possible recharge and reduction of discharge. Our landscape architects augment nature by designing landscape enhancements that blend with the environment. We work to identify the most effective and durable designs and to assess repair methods for existing structures. Evaluating both initial and periodic costs of different repair strategies can guide our Client in obtaining better overall value for its current maintenance dollars. Work done at an earlier stage will not only cost less, but will reduce the rate of deterioration, creating savings now and in the future. Miller Legg has designed dozens of active and passive park projects in South Florida, both urban and rural locations, which consider and include resiliency design elements. Major elements considered are plant selection as well as material selection. Our design Team focuses on the sustainability of parks projects. This begins with integrating any existing environmental resources and/or identifying environmental opportunities within proximity of a park. Integration of any native habitat, xeriscaping or existing desirable plant material into the design