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<br />SPILUS CANDELA DMJM <br /> <br />Spillis Candela DMJM <br />800 Douglas Entrance, North Tower. 2nd Floor. Coral Gables, Florida 33134 <br />T 305.444.4691 F 305.447.3580 www.spilliscandeladmjm.com <br /> <br />Julio Grabiel AlA <br />Guillermo Carreras. AlA <br />Donald Dwore. FAIA <br />Dean K. Newberry. liDA <br />Jesus Cruz, AlA <br />Deborah S. Klem <br /> <br />Michael Kerwin. AlA <br />Paul Reinarma/l <br />W. Ronald Hunt. ::lE <br />Jorge Iglesias, AlA <br />Enrique J. Macia AlA <br />Sandy O'Neil <br /> <br />October 10, 2007 <br /> <br />City Clerk <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach City Hall <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />1 st Floor Meeting Room <br />Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 <br /> <br />RE: RFQ# 07-08-01 Professional Design Services for the <br />Heritage Park and Parking Garage <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Conner and Selection Committee Members: <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />The design of the new Heritage Park and Parking Garage will be an important and very visible project for <br />the City of Sunny Isles Beach. To become a long term asset for the community it serves, Heritage Park and <br />Parking Garage must be simultaneously functional, cost effective, secure and aesthetically pleasing. To <br />ensure success, this project will need to be a collaborative effort of an established local Architect/Engineer <br />and Landscape Architecture team, coupled with the input of City staff and its representatives in a true <br />"partnering" work environment. As the Architects for the City's award winning Government Center, our goal <br />will be to provide the same high level of professional services to the City resulting in a garage and park that <br />will be assets to the community for many years into the future. <br /> <br />Although parking garages are typically not considered to be "design-oriented" projects, this particular parking <br />garage is an exception given its highly visible site and context. For the thousands of cars that use the <br />Lehman Causeway and Collins Avenue on a daily basis, this park and garage will be the first and last image <br />they have of Sunny Isles Beach and therefore its design needs to be carefully orchestrated in a holistic <br />design process. Having designed numerous parking garages, public parks and governmental facilities <br />throughout Florida, Spillis Candela DMJM would like to be the City's Architect for this project. <br /> <br />Founded in 1926, Spill is Candela DMJM is headquartered itl Coral Gables and currently employs more <br />than 200 professionals. Our firm will be the "Prime" consultant to the City and will provide "all" basic design <br />services for this project including Architecture, Structural, MEP, and Civil Engineering. We will be supported <br />by several technical consultants including: EDAW (Landscape Architecture); David Plummer & Associates <br />(Traffic / Parking); Kaderabek Co. (Geotechnical); Keith & Associates (Surveying) and CMS, Inc. (Cost <br />Estimating). In summary, Spillis Candela DMJM offers the following benefits to the City: <br /> <br />Parking Garage Experience: <br />Spill is Candela DMJM has been responsible for the planning and design of more than 40 parking garages <br />throughout Florida totaling more than 35,000 cars. Our firm is very familiar with this specific building type and <br />includes garages that range in size from less than 200 cars to more than 9000 cars. There will be no learning <br />curve for our firm on this project. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT H <br />