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ACAI Associates.Inc. <br /> 2937 W.Cypress Creek Rd.Suite 200 <br /> Project Architect Fort Lauderdale,FL 33309 <br /> RAUL C. RAKELA, NCARB 954.484.4000 PICA ! <br /> www.acaiworld.com u .,,n... . . <br /> EDUCATION Bachelor of Architecture and Planning, shoreline photos for visualization. <br /> Central University, Quito, Ecuador BROWARD COUNTY RAVENSWOOD BUS <br /> MAINTENANCE FACILITY <br /> REGISTRATION Florida Registered Architect No. Fort Lauderdale, Florida <br /> 14759 ACAI Associates was selected by Broward County, <br /> Tennessee Registered Architect No. Florida to provide programming, design and construction <br /> 104130 administration services for the replacement of facilities at <br /> the Ravenswood Bus Maintenance Facility. The 9-acre site <br /> PROFESSIONAL National Council of Architectural will be reconfigured,replacing the existing 1970's structures <br /> Registration Boards (NCARB) with new state-of-the-art facilities for current and future <br /> needs. When completed, the facility will accommodate <br /> EXPERIENCE up to 150 fleet vehicles including (130) 40-foot buses and <br /> Raul C. Rakela has over 28 years of experience in the field (20) 60-foot articulated buses along with staff and visitor <br /> of architecture, including Project Manager and Architect parking, the majority of which will be provided by a new <br /> of Record for several Governmental Institutions including 268-space parking garage. The existing facilities to be <br /> the Department of Justice. The Department of Labor, The replaced include: an operations building, an 11-Bay bus <br /> Florida Department of Transportation, Broward County, maintenance building, a fueling and fare retrieval facility, <br /> The City of Sunny Isles Beach, The Port of Miami, and bus washing facility and surface parking. In addition, <br /> several private clients. ancillary structures include: a sanitary lift station, guard <br /> The following is a list of selected project experience: gate, a compressor building and other miscellaneous <br /> storage buildings. All of these are proposed to be removed <br /> NEWPORT FISHING PIER & RESTAURANT as part of this project. As part of Broward County's ongoing <br /> REPLACEMENT efforts to provide more energy efficient, environmentally <br /> Sunny Isles Beach, Florida sustainable building, the new Ravenswood Maintenance <br /> Prior to joining ACAI, Mr. Rakela served as Architect of Facility will pursue a LEEDsGold Certification. <br /> Record for this fully ADA accessible facility which includes BROWARD COLLEGE SIMULATION LAB <br /> a 782'long fishing pier,with a 3,800 square foot building at Davie, Florida <br /> the shore, housing a restaurant and lifeguard office. ACAI has been selected by Broward College to design <br /> CENTRAL ISLAND/DRAINAGE & STREET a building 'which will include seven state-of-the-art <br /> IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING simulation labs each of which are equipped with human <br /> Sunny Isles Beach, Florida patient simulators and bedside computers; specialized <br /> Prior to joining ACAI,Mr. Rakela was involved in this project hospital equipment specific to the function of each lab; <br /> consisting of the design and construction of a new storm internet access; digitalized video; recording cameras and <br /> sewer system which included a network of deep wells. TV monitors. The labs are designed to replicate realistic <br /> practice settings and will have an EMS ambulance bay, <br /> GOLDEN SHORES/DRAINAGE AND STREET and Emergency Department, Critical Care units, Medical- <br /> IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING Surgical unit, Trauma/Operating/Dental Room, a Labor <br /> Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and Delivery/Neonatal Intensive Care/Pediatric unit; and <br /> Prior to joining ACAI, Mr. Rakela was involved in this open lab space to conduct large clinical drills, as well as <br /> project consisting of the design and construction of a new debriefing rooms, storage space, and video recording <br /> storm sewer system. control rooms. Each patient care unit will accommodate <br /> 6 students and an instructor, and have an adjoining <br /> SUNNY ISLES BEACH BEACHFRONT DEVELOPMENT control room and storage. ACAI was approved for the <br /> & COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING STUDY Programming of the project, which consisted of preparing <br /> Sunny Isles Beach, Florida the educational program to serve as the basis of design <br /> Prior to joining ACAI, Mr. Rakela served on the design for the educational facilities and site improvements. The <br /> team selected as a sub-consultant to W. Keller which was program included every space, its intended use, capacity, <br /> given the task to produce the F.A.R. study's 3-dimensional additional requirements, such as equipment, furniture, and <br /> building models and rendering them into the existing special needs of Broward College. <br /> City of Sunny Isles Beach I Request for Proposal No. 12-04-02 49 <br />