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Continuing Professional Architectural and Engineering Consulting Services (CCNA), RFQ 26-07-01 <br />Cummins Cederberg | Trusted by the Coast. Proven in Practice. <br />83 <br />• Real-time budget tracking using Deltek Vantagepoint <br />to monitor labor, budget burn, and cost-to-complete. <br />• Alignment of design and permitting requirements <br />to minimize redesign and avoid permit-driven cost <br />escalation. <br />• Clear scope definition and early risk identification to <br />reduce unforeseen conditions and change orders. <br />• Application of local and regional experience to avoid <br />constructability issues in constrained waterfront <br />environments. <br />These techniques reduce change orders, support <br />competitive bidding, and maintain alignment with City <br />budget expectations. <br />REPRESENTATIVE COST CONTROL EXPERIENCE <br />Cummins Cederberg consistently delivers living shoreline, <br />coastal infrastructure, and waterfront improvement <br />projects within established budgets through proactive <br />cost estimating, value engineering, and ongoing budget <br />management. <br />Representative examples include: <br />Currie Park Redevelopment, West Palm Beach <br />• Assisted the City in securing more than $20 million <br />in grant funding from five separate grant programs, <br />including a $16 million Florida Commerce Community <br />Development Block Grant-Mitigation award, <br />significantly reducing implementation costs. <br />• Evaluated living shoreline alternatives and modified <br />breakwater configurations to satisfy environmental <br />objectives while avoiding redesign costs and <br />permitting delays. <br />• Implemented phased permitting and early regulatory <br />coordination strategies that reduced project risk and <br />minimized schedule and budget impacts. <br />• Applied value engineering and stakeholder <br />coordination to balance resiliency improvements, <br />public access, habitat enhancement, and long-term <br />maintainability while maintaining budget objectives. <br />Crandon Marina North Living Shoreline, Miami-Dade <br />County <br />• Utilized an alternatives-based evaluation process <br />that considered construction costs, permitting <br />requirements, implementation feasibility, and grant <br />funding opportunities for each design alternative. <br />• Reduced permitting risk and potential mitigation costs <br />through environmental avoidance strategies and early <br />agency coordination. <br />• Developed cost-effective shoreline stabilization <br />solutions utilizing native limestone revetments, <br />offshore breakwaters, and mangrove plantings to <br />improve resiliency while controlling implementation <br />costs. <br />• Coordinated project development with anticipated <br />permitting review periods, reducing downstream <br />schedule risks and supporting efficient project <br />advancement. <br />PROVEN COST CONTROL <br />RESULTS: <br />Through value engineering, alternatives <br />analysis, proactive permitting coordination, <br />grant funding integration, and real-time <br />budget management, Cummins Cederberg <br />consistently delivers constructible, cost- <br />effective solutions that reduce project risk, <br />avoid costly redesigns, maximize available <br />funding, and keep projects moving from <br />planning through construction.