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<br />,- <br /> <br />CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH <br />SECTION Two: O!lALIFICATIONS <br /> <br />r <br />(' <br /> <br />(" <br /> <br />In 2009, for the third year in a row, we took home a Best <br />Places to Work Award at an event co-sponsored by Polk <br />Works Workforce 2020 and the United Way of Central <br />Florida. In 2007, the Florida Chapter of the American <br />Planning Association selected one of our planning projects, <br />the South Miami-Dade Watershed Study and Plan, for <br />its prestigious FAPA Award of Excellence; McGraw- <br />Hill Companies, publisher of Business Week Magazine, <br />selected K&S as one of the Southeast's Top 50 in Design; <br />and Engineering News Record named K&S one of the <br />nation's Top 500 engineering firms, for the fifth year in <br />a row. The year before that K&S took home two of the <br />twelve Best in Construction Awards given out by the <br />Florida Transportation Builders' Association, a 73-year old <br />non-profit organization that many consider "the voice" of <br />Florida's road and bridge building industry. <br /> <br />K&S is also dedicated to giving back to the communities <br />that it serves. It the past five years, K&S employees have <br />raised over $60,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society <br />(LLS), mentored at risk high school students, and supported <br />the annual Dolphins Challenge Bicycle Ride. This year, <br />alone. K&S's team for the annual LLS Light the Night walk <br />collected over $15,000 to help fight cancer. Overall, our <br />team ranked third out of the 200 Broward County teams <br />that participated in this year's event. <br /> <br />PROJECT FOCUSED EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />Civil Utility & Stormwater Engineering Services <br /> <br />As one of Florida's largest engineering consulting firms, <br />K&S provides a wide range of services to a significant list of <br />Private and Public clients. We take pride in our reputation, <br />long established relationships, knowledge of regulatory <br />requirements, and diversity of project experience; the tools <br />which enable us to successfully meet the needs of our <br />clients. <br /> <br />Building upon strong relationships, K&S provides services <br />to a number of Counties, Municipalities and Drainage <br />Districts throughout the State of Florida. Our services <br />include storm drainage design/retrofitting, stormwater <br />permitting and certifications, water analysis and master- <br />planning of stormwater/drainage, water distribution <br />and sewer collection systems as well as design of over <br />half a million linear feet of utilities improvements, large <br />transmission mains, lift stations (design/re-habilitation) and <br />related construction observation. <br /> <br />Our Water Resources group offers hydrologic/hydraulic <br />analyses for site specific flood (drainage) studies to <br />more complex large watershed stormwater management <br />programs. We use a variety of software including HEC-HMS <br /> <br />~~~~~ KEITH and S,CHNARS, P.A. <br />~ ~,;: FLORIDAs (jJ~ lOCAL FIRM <br />~ <br /> <br />(HEC-I), HEC-RAS (HEC-s),AdiCPR, SWMM, HSPE, UNET <br />and others in our analyses; which ultimately lead to design, <br />permitting, and productior. of construction documents. <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />Our Private Sector resume includes a list of well-known <br />private land development projects and clients; both <br />commercial and residential. We provide a variety of services <br />to these clients including preparation of DRI's, master <br />planning, site plans, water, sewer, and drainage design, due <br />diligence studies, permitting, and construction observation <br />for projects ranging from 2-acres to 5000-acres. <br /> <br />From large modeling and masterplans to specific <br />construction documents and inspection services, our full <br />array of Civil Engineering services provides the versatility <br />required to adapt to the diversity of project needs and <br />objectives for both our municipal and private clients. <br /> <br />StormwaterlUtility Permitting Services <br /> <br />Aside from the need for responsible budgeting and <br />adequate funding, nearly every project undertaken also <br />requires some form of permitting, whether it is local, county, <br />State or federal. So, in addition to providing clients with <br />practical advice regarding grant monies that can be utilized <br />to add value to their projects, we also provide them with <br />engineering consulting services in the area of permitting. <br />We have considerable experience in these matters, having <br />worked in numerous counties throughout the State of <br />Florida, on projects involving all levels of government. <br /> <br />TEAMING PARTNERS <br /> <br />KMEC, Inc. <br /> <br />!(.M.E.C <br /> <br />C 11 g i 11 t' t" I ;0; <br /> <br />Kouroche Mohandes, P.E., Sunny Isles resident and owner <br />of KMEC, lnc. will add the local interest to the project. <br />Kouroche is very familiar with the City systems and will <br />add to the team by providing oversight of the design. <br /> <br />C. H. Perez & Associates, Inc. <br /> <br />C. H.Perez &Associates,lnc.(C. <br />H. Perez) was founded, in May <br />2004, to provide Professional <br />Engineering and Surveying <br />and Mapping Services to the <br />public and private sectors in <br />the areas of Highway Design, <br /> <br /> <br />".:~fV~ <br /> <br />--. . -." <br /> <br />PAGE 6 <br /> <br />RFP #11-11-02 <br />