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URS Jim Nadaska~ PE (Cont'd) ,- ~ · Marine Parks and Waterfront Facilities o As an engineering consultant to Marineland (Florida), the world's Erst "oceanarium," recent work has included efforts to structurally stabilize 63 year old steel tanks and the reconstruction of concrete bleachers that collapsed during Hurricane Floyd, subsequent to a structural assessment of 1hrineland's facilities for a major redevelopment plan. (2001) o Structural Engineer of Record and design engineer for the Town of Jupiter, Florida's 1,000-foot Riverwalk along the Intercoastal \X1aterway. (2001) o Structural Engineer of Record and design engineer, performing evaluations and recommending repairs for the seawall at Grove Isle, Miami, Florida. (2001) o Design engineer for a barge mooring and off-loading facility on the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana. (1983) · Solid Waste Facilities /'"' W o Structural Engineer of Record and design engineer for several solid waste transfer facilities, including a recyclable materials recovery and transfer facility for Browning Ferris Industries located in Sarasota, Florida. (1992) o Project manager, structural Engineer of Record, and design engineer for a metal recycling facility at the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Florida. (1991) o Structural Engineer of Record and design engineer for the administration and heavy equipment maintenance building at the Interim Contingency Landfill, Broward County, Florida. (1987) · Transit Facilities and Railroads ",-- o Deputy Project Director, and then Project Director, for the design, and design services during construction, of the Brickell Extension of Miami's Automated People Mover, I\1iami-Dade County, Florida. The project included more than 1.1 miles of elevated guideway, with a high-level bridge over the 11iami River. \X1as also the structural Engineer of Record for the six stations, two of which are high level, 8+ story stations on either side of the River. Total project costs were $250M; the guideway and station project costs on the Brickell Extension were $39M. The design was fast-tracked and completed within one year, and was bid $8.3M under the original construction budget. The total project was completed on time and $25M under budget. This was the Erst time a Federally-funded transit project was completed under budget. (1989-1994) '--" o As part of a team of consultants developing a Major Investment Study to restore streetcars on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, was responsible for advising and developing concepts 4