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19 <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ 26-07-01 <br />Continuing Professional Architectural and Engineering | General Civil Engineer <br />Project Description <br />Our Continuing Contract with the School Board started in 2018 under <br />RFQ #17-114C, Ross was assigned a 5-year drainage recertification task <br />work order which includes drainage analysis and drainage design on <br />sites where flooding is an issue. Ross was recently re-selected for this <br />contract in 2023 to continue consulting on the School Board’s drainage <br />infrastructure through 2028. Since 2018, Ross has successfully inspected <br />and certified over 45 schools in Broward County. The schools’ range in <br />size from over 50 acres with 112 drainage structures to 15 acres with 30 <br />structures. Each site was broken down into the following process: <br />Typical 5 year drainage certification process: <br />• Schedule inspection at school <br />• Perform inspection at school <br />• Prepare inspection report <br />• QA/QC Review <br />• Opinion of probable cost <br />• Coordinate with SBBC & contractor to request cost estimate <br />• Review cost estimate from cost estimate and request PO <br />• Perform follow-up inspection post contractor maintenance, 1st <br />• Prepare follow-up report <br />• Perform follow-up inspection post contractor maintenance, 2nd <br />• Prepare Renewal Letter including check request <br />• Follow-up with County and notify SBBC of completed SWM <br />renewal <br />Some school sites have existing flooding issues and a new mandate <br />by the school board commission board has been implemented to <br />upgrade existing school properties to eliminate flooding and protect <br />buildings and facilities onsite. Ross has utilized both ICPR 4.0 and <br />SFWMD CASCADE modeling software to perform drainage studies on <br />several school sites. From the studies, concept designs are submitted <br />to the School Board PM for review and in most cases final design and <br />permitting is initiated and commenced. Solutions include gravity <br />drainage wells, exfiltration trenches, retention areas, wet ponds, swales <br />etc. Below are a sample of schools that were certified or in the process of <br />the 5-year certification with Broward County, South Broward Drainage <br />District, Indian Trace Improvement District, Sunshine Water control <br />District and Cocomar Water Control District. <br />• Bayview Elementary School – Fort Lauderdale (Broward County) <br />• Blanche Ely High School – Pompano Beach FL (Broward County) <br />• Coral Glades High School – Coral Springs FL (Sunshine Water <br />Control District) <br />• Falcon Cove Middle School – Weston FL (Indian Trace <br />improvement District) <br />BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CIVIL ENGINEERING <br />CONTINUING SERVICES <br />Broward County, FL <br />Client Reference <br />Teresa A. Thomas, CIEC, <br />FLMA <br />Coordinator, <br />Environmental <br />Compliance <br />Broward County Public <br />Schools <br />4200 NW 10th Avenue, <br />Oakland Park, FL 33309 <br />Office: 754-321-4200 <br />Cell: 954-205-7105 <br />t.thomas@ <br />browardschools.com <br />Role <br />Prime Consultant <br /> <br />Performance Period <br />Civil Engineering <br />Continuing Services <br />Contract 2023-2028; Ross <br />has provided related <br />services to the School <br />Board since 2018 <br />Total Amount of <br />Contract <br />$5 million over 5 years <br />MQR #2 <br />Project # 3