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Atkins | Stone Mountain CID
<br />Planning and Urban Design | 3-17
<br />Atkins | City of Sunny Isles Beach, RFQ No. 12-04-020006.027944.0512
<br />the four-laning of CR 3280 and SR 81 in each direction where necessary to provide intersection
<br />operation at level of service C or higher. The study involved all social, economic, and
<br />environmental effects; mitigation as required by the PD&E Manual; and providing the required
<br />environmental documents, engineering reports, preliminary plans, and public hearing. A public
<br />involvement program was developed and conducted for communicating to and receiving
<br />information from all interested persons, groups, and government organizations regarding
<br />development of the project.
<br />FDOT District Four Districtwide Project Development and Environment Services,
<br />Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District Four, Districtwide, FL. Ms.
<br />Spain-Schwarz served as a cultural resources specialist for this project that involved project
<br />development and environment support services. She assisted District Four, as needed, with
<br />the review of cultural resource documents such as the cultural resource assessment survey
<br />(CRAS), Section 106, and Section 4(f) de minimis for the Midway Road Project Development
<br />and Environment Study, as well as review of the US 1 relocation in Rivera Beach CRAS.
<br />Services provided included evaluating and documenting transportation capacity; assessing
<br />engineering feasibility; and assessing the social, cultural, economic, and environmental impacts
<br />of transportation improvements to projects throughout the district. Additionally, community
<br />involvement/public information programs were developed and implemented to assist in
<br />informing the public of the status, progress, and impacts of the transportation improvement
<br />projects.
<br />Florida Department of Transportation, District One General Engineering Consultant
<br />Services (1992-2011), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), District One,
<br />Polk, Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands,
<br />Okeechobee, Glades, and Lee Counties, FL. Atkins serves as an extension of District
<br />One staff, providing technical and professional personnel for its annual capital projects
<br />work program. From the contract’s inception, Atkins has provided owner’s representative
<br />services for the District’s design-build program and managed more than 100 design and
<br />project development and environment projects. Additional assignments have included traffi c
<br />studies, project scheduling, cost estimating, public information, construction sequencing,
<br />transportation planning, right-of-way acquisition, permitting, intelligent transportation
<br />systems, value engineering, environmental services, and constructability reviews. As a cultural
<br />resources specialist, assists with plan submittal reviews to determine if there are any cultural
<br />resource issues that need to be addressed. This included over 55 local government and 24 local
<br />enhancement American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded projects reviewed through
<br />desktop analysis in 2009 plus over 40 local government projects pending federal funding. Also
<br />assists with cultural resource coordination with the FHWA and the SHPO, as needed, especially
<br />for projects with unique cultural resource issues.
<br />Districtwide Project Development and Environment Study Support Services, Florida
<br />Dept. of Transportation (FDOT), District Seven, Districtwide, FL. Ms. Spain-Schwarz
<br />served as a cultural resources specialist for this contract that involved providing project
<br />development and environment support services. She provided cultural resources support and
<br />coordinated general resource surveys and other miscellaneous tasks. Responsibilities included
<br />coordination with subconsultants for miscellaneous cultural resource surveys, primarily for ponds
<br />and historic structure update surveys conducted during design. Services included evaluating and
<br />documenting transportation capacity; assessing engineering feasibility; and assessing the social,
<br />cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of transportation improvements to projects
<br />throughout the district. Additionally, community involvement/public information programs
<br />were developed and implemented to assist in informing the public of the status, progress, and
<br />impacts of the transportation improvement projects.
<br />Rebecca Spain-Schwarz,
<br />AIA
<br />Historic Preservation
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