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Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />F. FIRM REFERENCES & SIMILAR WORK COMPLETED <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ No. 16-12-01 <br />Professional Planning and Zoning Consulting Services, <br />including Civil and Traffic Engineering <br />Printed <br /> on <br />paper <br />21 <br />1.866.367.4400 | www.johnsonengineering.com <br /> <br />Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer <br />Rick joined Johnson Engineering in 2006. He is a project manager in the firm’s surface water <br />management department. He has designed and permitted surface water management systems for <br />roadway, site development and assorted environmental projects through the South Florida and <br />Southwest Florida Water Management Districts. <br /> <br />Prior to joining Johnson Engineering, he served as an office engineer in the design and construction <br />management of the Southwest Florida International Airport expansion project. There, he determined <br />quantities for pay, participated in resolution of design and construction related issues, and in contract <br />close-out documentation. <br /> <br />Rick is a Certified Floodplain Manager and is accomplished in backwater profile modeling for <br />adjustments to FEMA FIRMs. His modeling experience also analyzes water quality for treatment <br />facilities related to municipalities achieving their obligations under the TMDL program. <br /> <br />Relevant Experience <br />¬ Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority – Analyzed the capacity of the <br />intake channels to determine if sufficient channel capacity exists to convey the maximum <br />pump capacity through the channel during a low tide event, i.e. a worst-case scenario. <br />Topographic information of the river bottom at and near the Peace River Regional Water <br />Supply Facility Intake Pump Station was obtained from field data collected by Johnson <br />Engineering, and also topographic data was obtained from the SWFWMD. Rick used the <br />HEC-RAS (Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System, US Army Corps of <br />Engineers, 2010) to evaluate one-dimensional steady river flow in the intake channel to <br />determine water surface profiles. <br />¬ Powell Creek Preserve Filter Marsh - This project will provide pollutant removal and <br />reduction of existing impairments to the Powell Creek watershed by pumping flows into a <br />created 20-acre filter marsh system. Also, the trails adjacent to the marsh will provide <br />educational opportunities. Our team preformed a wide variety of design and permitting <br />activities, including wetland delineation, protected species surveys, mitigation design, <br />environmental permitting and modeling and design of the surface water management <br />system and permitting through SFWMD, ACOE, FWC and Lee County. <br />¬ State Road 739 Bridge Alteration, Conalvias, USA, City of Fort Myers - Provided <br />modeling to allow a bridge to be replaced with a land fill within MSE walls within a FEMA <br />floodway. <br />¬ Fort Myers Country Club, City of Fort Myers - Provide design of a storm water <br />treatment system to improve onsite and offsite water quality for areas currently without <br />treatment to meet requirements of BMAP and SFWMD. <br />¬ City of Naples Basin III Stormwater Improvements - Assisted in the design and permitting <br />of storm water improvements serving approximately 480 ac in the downtown Naples area. <br />This project involves installation of pipes and construction of detention areas along <br />approximately 1.5 miles of roadways <br />¬ State Road 31, Lee and Charlotte Counties - Assisted in the design and permitting of the <br />surface water management system for the approximately four-mile roadway expansion <br />project <br />¬ Spanish Creek Preserve Hydrologic Restoration - Lee County - Analyzed hydrology and <br />hydraulics within approximately 5,000 ac of land that serves as headwaters for a 243-acre <br />parcel in Lee County. The goals were to determine the existing capacity of the Spanish <br />Creek and the quantity of water that could be diverted into the Spanish Creek Preserve to <br />improve the hydroperiod. <br />¬ City of Cape Coral North Water Treatment Plant, City of Cape Coral - Assisted with <br />the design and permitting of the surface water management system serving a 66-acre <br />treatment plant <br />RICARDO ACOSTA, P.E.,CFM <br />Water Resource Engineer <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />racosta@johnsoneng.com <br />239.461.3324 <br /> <br /> Years Experience <br />14 years <br /> <br />Licensing & Registration <br />Florida Professional Engineer, <br />License No. 69121 <br /> <br />Association of State <br />Floodplain Managers, <br />Certified Floodplain Manager, <br />Certificate No. US-13-Q71l0 <br /> <br /> <br />Education/Training <br />B.S. Civil Engineering (1998), <br />Universidad Nacional de Colombia <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />