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e e e SPILUS CANDELA DMJM Spillis Candela DMJM r y~l:::l -]I p, -1 It ~ r ,;:I f f- "r ,rv I r- ;1 ' [ j, "' 3 ~ II' arry ;II i, t"""'0 lfY r= .~ j -' If: ~ 11 l"Jf :11 , j - May 30, 2007 ECEIVED MAY 3 0 2007 l\;)' o--r' e e e e City Clerk's Office Sunny Isles Beach Government Center 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 RE: Qualifications - RFQ# 07-04-02 Professional General Engineering Consultants Dear Mr. Conner and Selection Committee Members: " - e e The design of the new Heritage Park Parking Garage will be an important and very visible project for the City of Sunny Isles Beach. To become a long term asset for the community it serves, the new Parking Garage must be simultaneously functional, cost effective, secure and aesthetically pleasing. To ensure success, this project will need to be a collaborative effort of an established local architectural and engineering team coupled with the input of City staff and its representatives in a true "partnering" work environment. As the Architects for the City's award winning Government Center, our goal will be to provide the same high level of professional services to the City resulting in a facility that will be an asset to the community for many years into the future. e e e e e Although parking garages are typically not considered to be "design-oriented" projects, this particular parking garage is somewhat of an exception to this rule given its highly visible site and context in which it will be located. For the thousands of cars and individuals that use the Lehman Causeway on a daily basis, this garage will be the first and last image they have of the City of Sunny Isles Beach and therefore its design needs to be carefully orchestrated. Having planned, programmed and designed numerous parking garages throughout Florida, Spillis Candela DMJM would like to be the City's Architect for this project. - Founded in 1926, Spillis Candela DMJM is headquartered in Coral Gables and currently employs more than 225 professionals. Our firm will be the "Prime" consultant to the City and will provide "all" basic design services for this project including Architecture, Structural, MEP, and Civil Engineering. We will be supported by several technical consultants including: EDAW (Landscape Architecture); David Plummer & Associates (Traffic / Parking); Kaderabek Co. (Geotechnical); Keith & Associates (Surveying) and CMS, Inc. (Cost Estimating). In summary, Spillis Candela DMJM offers the following benefits to the City: e e Parking Garage Experience: Spill is Candela DMJM has been responsible for the planning and design of more than 30 parking garages throughout Florida totaling more than 30,000 cars. Our firm is very familiar with this specific building type and includes garages that range in size from less than 200 cars to more than 9000 cars. There will be no learning curve for our firm on this project. - ers~ /-..