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<br />. <br /> <br />The MAG team also designed a 1,000 car parking facility for the <br />Performing Arts Center Authority in Fort Lauderdale, and the garage <br />was completed on time (actually before) the Broward Center for the <br />Performing Arts opened. <br /> <br />b. The firm's experience with municipal projects. The MAG team has <br />designed several facilities for the public sector. One such client is the <br />Miami Parking Authority, for which MAG and its consulting engineers <br />have designed surface parking lots and parking garages. RGD, its <br />landscape architect, has designed park facilities for Sunny Isles Beach. <br />MAG's architects have designed schools for Miami-Dade Public <br />Schools and multiple retail tenant improvements located in the Fort <br />Lauderdale International Airport. MAG's engineering consultants have <br />designed numerous projects for the public sector (see attached SF <br />330s). Public sector projects require tight plans and specs because <br />the lump sum competitive bidding process awards contracts to the low <br />bidder (who may have omitted or altered specifications to lower their <br />bids). <br /> <br />4. AVAILABILITY OF STAFF <br /> <br />a. The firm's ability to keep staff readily available for the project. If <br />selected to design the Heritage Park project, MAG assures Sunny Isles <br />Beach that it will give this project its top priority and MAG and its <br />design team will have dedicated architects, engineers, and technical <br />assistants assigned to this project for its duration. Continuity of <br />personnel returns benefits to the client as well as to MAG and its <br />engineering consultants. The attached SF 330 indicates that the MAG <br />design team has sufficient staff to produce the Heritage Park project. <br /> <br />b. The firm's ability to have staff readily available for the project. <br />MAG's office is located approximately seven miles from the proposed <br />site, and the travel time from its office to the site is approximately 13 <br />minutes. MAG's engineering consultants' offices are located less than <br />one-hour's drive from the project site. MAG and its consultants <br />maintain a staff that is sufficient for all projects that they take on. The <br />MAG design team will keep dedicated staff members assigned to this <br />project for its duration. MAG is prepared to work overtime in order to <br />keep the project on schedule. Should production schedules require <br />more staff than originally assigned to this project, MAG will supplement <br />its drafting staff with additional personnel. MAG manages its <br />production commitments, and can anticipate its need for increased <br />production personnel months in advance; MAG will hire additional <br />experienced people as required. Although MAG's current staff and <br />work load are sufficient to accommodate the Heritage Park project, the <br />Group has the ability to increase its production staff. MAG has fully <br />equipped CAD drafting stations that allow it to increase its production <br />staff by 50%. All data is automatically backed up each evening and it <br />is stored off-site (a feature that allowed MAG to complete its production <br />commitments even after Hurricane Wilma destroyed MAG's office back <br />in 2005. MAG maintains good business interruption insurance. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Page 10 of 13 <br />