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most effective, cost - efficient, biddable and constructible design documents. We understand that this effort will be augmented by value engineering (VE) reviews to provide essential functions in the most cost - effective manner, consistent with requisite performance, cons tructability, reliability, maintainability, and safety standards. The CES Project Manager and lead designers will provide required calculation and design documents to the VE Team Leader. We will make our technical experts available for the VE Team briefing. We recommend that the City also participate on the VE Team. The CES Team will make a design presentation to the VE Team, who will evaluate potential cost - saving options both for construction and total life -cycle costs. All VE Team's recommendations that maintain the design intent, reflect lower costs, and /or improve constructability and bidability will be implemented. Preliminary Design Cost Estimate A detailed breakdown in CSI format of our opinion of labor and material costs for construction will be prepared. From this stage through final cost estimate preparation, we will actively track cost changes to construction scope work items and maintain a "running" estimate for the City's periodic review in a project - specific web site. Phase II: Design In Phase II, the design of the projects will be developed. In addition, the detailed subsurface investigation of pipeline alignments will be conducted. Activities to be undertaken at each level of completion will be thoroughly identified in the project work plan and schedule, along with key deliverables, meetings and workshops, and coordination assignments as summarized below. Staffing Plan Evaluation Once the scope of work is defined, we can conduct an evaluation of the professional staff assigned to each project to ensure that the right personnel is taking care of our project. Geotechnical & Environmental Evaluation A detailed combined geotechnical and environmental survey will be conducted City of Sunny Isles Beach Conrinuing'roies ional Services ror Engineert ng Q No. 1 = -07 -02 August 12, 2014 47 when the final route is established. Specific attention to soil /rock conditions, seasonal groundwater elevations, wetlands and other site features will be investigated. The investigation will focus on possible canal, utility and road crossings, with additional exploratory borings at regular intervals along the pipe alignment. Soil characteristics will be determined to facilitate efficient design of thrust restraint, trench sheaving and dewatering facilities. Surveys and soundings will be conducted for canal crossings for permitting compliance and contractor information. Soft -Dig Utility Verification Where applicable, air /vacuum soil extraction for actual existing public and private utility locations will be conducted. Exact locations of critical utilities will be confirmed by field survey. Construction Plans & Specifications Plan and profile drawings will be provided for the selected, permitable corridor. Plans will delineate permanent and temporary easements, rights -of -way and applicable property data. Multiple bid packages separating tunnel pipeline work and open -cut pipeline work may be recommended to reduce capital cost and increase number of bidders. Details will be provided for temporary utility service, pipeline appurtenances, bedding, utilities, structures, thrust restraint and connections. A required work sequence with specific requirements will be provided for each bid package. Maintenance of Traffic Plan (MOT) Traffic control plans in accordance with the City, MDPWD, and FDOT standards will be developed where construction activities encroaches on public rights -of- way. Emphasis will be placed on public safety and maintaining the traffic flow status quo. The successful completion of any construction project requires safety. When working on public roadways, safety needs to be extended not only to workers, but also to the general public using these roadways. The only way to extend safety to the workers and the general public is through a Maintenance of Traffic plan. Selecting and implementing the most effective MOT possible will reduce work related accidents. It will also reduce project C cos.r...es. vc.