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�M Information <br />L/""F� .To Build On <br />••Tesdm <br />® Florida Power & Light Proposed Overtown- Venetian Transmission Line, Miami, Florida. <br />Florida Power & Light (FPL) was faced with the critical challenge of installing a 138 kV line from its <br />substation in Miami across Biscayne Bay to its Venetian substation in Miami Beach. This needed to be <br />accomplished while minimizing impacts to the community and environment and keeping the public <br />informed of the design logic and construction process. Electric power load demand in the Miami and <br />Miami Beach area was projected to exceed the current capacity by the middle of 2007. The increased load <br />was a result of new commercial office buildings and other facilities in the area. The load demand growth <br />will cause the transmission network serving the Miami Beach areas to exceed the existing capacity <br />supplied by FPL through the existing power circuits to that area. Unacceptable reliability conditions may <br />occur if the new transmission line is not constructed to improve the existing systems capacity. <br />The purpose of the geotechnical exploration program is to provide exploratory information in connection <br />with the proposed FPL Overtown- Venetian Transmission line project. The proposed method of <br />installation of the transmission line is primarily by horizontal direction drilling (FIDD) to minimize <br />impacts to the submerged aquatic resources in Biscayne Bay. Cut and cover methods are being evaluated <br />for the landside portions (Miami Beach) of the project. The purpose of the geotechnical exploratory <br />program is to obtain subsurface soils information needed to complete the transmission line design and to <br />determine the most appropriate depth for the transmission line installation. <br />PST's services included obtaining data regarding the general subsurface conditions along the <br />® proposed alignments by means of exploratory borings (SPT and rock core), as well as laboratory <br />testing of the collected samples. The laboratory testing was conducted for classification purposes <br />and to provide pertinent engineering characteristics of the material. <br />Role: Geotechnical Engineering Services <br />Dates: June 2007 to on -going <br />Client: Mr. Jim Sells, Jacobs <br />RFQ No. 14 -07 -02 1 Page 12.65 <br />