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c c c City of Sunny Isles Beach: Special Inspection Services RFQ No. 11-07-11 is able to accurately estimate the cost of the work, modify design as needed while working in conjunction with the City needs. URS objective will be to assure that the final design product is within the initial construction cost budget established by the City. URS will prepare, as requested, detailed opinions of construction costs reports either during the design or construction phases of the project based upon the various completion schedules for the work. Typically, opinion of construction costs can be and have been provided by URS at any of the following deliverable milestones: Opinion of Costs Deliverables: · Conceptual or Basis of Design Report . 30% General Design Report (Preliminary Design Phase) · 60% Detailed Design Report (Design Development Phase) · 90% Final Design Submittal (Pre-final Design Submittal) · 100% Final Design/Construction Bid Documents · Construction Phase in Response to Design Change Requests · Construction Phase in Response to Construction Claims Evaluations For small to medium projects, the conceptual, 30% and 60% submittals are not typically required and the estimate is based on the 90% design submittal. The URS Team shall use a clear and concise estimating formats that depicts in detail the breakdown of the job, unit costs, quantity take offs and all markups applied to the costs. The URS Team will review unit costs of any prior-constructed projects in the City records and local construction market factors in the preparation of the detailed opinion of costs. An appropriate contingency, developed in consultation with the City's Project Controls Division, shall be applied to the cost estimate. The URS Team shall compare each cost estimate with the prior opinion of cost to identify and account for discrepancies. Each cost opinion shall be reviewed with the City PM and appropriate City staff to discuss assumptions used and results. Estimates will be prepared using City-approved estimating software allowing for various formats and organization of the output to accommodate city project controls, project management and construction administration staff needs. As required, detailed recommendations will be made for corrective design actions and modifications, including such things as alternative design recommendations, to keep the project on track with the City budget/funding allocations. 5.9 COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CODES AND PERMITS The URS group of construction engineers and inspectors has local experience and background with federal and local environmental permitting and compliance monitoring. Compliance with applicable permit requirements will be evaluated, documented, and corrective actions identified prior to and during construction to ensure permits compliance issues do not impact project construction and project implementation. URS would lead these permit expediting efforts by developing and maintaining a project permits status file/matrix to track the expiration dates and advise the City of the need for any necessary permit extension in a timely manner. 5-9 I P 2 g (CO URS