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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I EMERGENCY DEBRIS DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT I. TECHNICAL COMPETENCE For over eight years, Target Engineering Group, Inc., (Target) has provided professional engineering services in construction management and inspection to a diverse group of state agencies and public clients throughout the State of Florida. Our team members of over one hundred (100) professionals have participated in a wide range of transportation, civil engineering and public/institutional projects. Our professionals have demonstrated expertise in highways, roadway, moveable bridges, segmental bridges, fixed bridges, toll plazas facilities, service plaza facilities, airports, drainage, utilities and buildings. In addition, Target Engineering Group has the proven record and expertise in the Emergency Hurricane Disaster Recovery Management. Target Engineering Group, Inc. has repeatedly demonstrated its comprehensive understanding in the management of emergency contracts to various local and state and federal agencies. Our prior involvement in emergency contracts and track record in Disaster Management clearly shows our Team's ability to perform these valuable services to several cities based upon our past efforts for the Florida Department of Transportation's Districts 1, 4, and 6 as well as various counties. Our Miami office, located at 8095 NW 12th Street, Suite 105, Miami, Florida 33126, will be the responsible office for this contract. Our Team will be able to assist in all aspects of the hurricane relief efforts presented in the Request For Proposals. Target Engineering Group strives to provide high quality management, engineering and inspection services through effective management of our professional staff and resources. We draw from our extensive knowledge and experience and we base our approach on innovation, partnering and a strong commitment to our client's interest. The Proiect Team's Overall Technical Competency Starting with Hurricane Frances in 2004 and for every hurricane affecting Florida Department of Transportation Districts 4 and 6 since, Target has been involved in all aspects of emergency contracts including inspection of the work, coordination of the recovery effort, program management and cost control, and reporting to state and federal agencies. We believe our extensive experience in these types of projects sets us apart. We highlight below the most important aspects of our services. The personnel that we propose herein have the hands on experience necessary to provide the immediate and effective response to the City's needs during an emergency. We believe the experience we have gained in the administration of the various projects as listed in the previous section allows us to offer the best of "lesson learned" and provide effective assistance to the City. Our personnel will not have to go through a learning curve; we have done it before and done it well. We highlight below the qualifications of our staff. Raj Rangaswamy, P.E, - Principal in Charge, Mr. Rangaswamy has over 25 years of experience in construction of bridges, highways and buildings. He spent his last 12 years working as a CEI Resident/Senior Project Engineer on major Department of Transportation projects. Raj was personally involved with assisting the Florida Department of Transportation District 4 with assessing damage, developing bid documents, and contracting during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. His technical abilities combined with his managerial skills have been successfully demonstrated on all the projects which he was involved in. Sara Duffoo, P.E. - Quality Assurance/Senior Project Engineer, Ms. Duffoo has 20 years experience in civil engineering and construction projects. As Project Administrator, she has successfully completed several projects for the Florida Department of Transportation Fort Lauderdale Construction Office. She will be the Project Manager for this contract. Ms Duffoo was extremely instrumental in assisting FDOT District 6 with the Hurricane recovery effort following Hurricane Wilma. Her work experience with the hurricane recovery effort involved coordinating the different recovery operations with the Department and the Contractor's work forces ensuring that all the high priority areas were address first. Ms. Duffoo has also served as Final Estimates Review Engineer in FDOT Districts 4 and 6. She is proficient in all aspects of construction engineering and inspection including Multi-line, CPM scheduling and claim analysis. Throughout her career she has received several FDOT recognition awards for her performance on projects.