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City of Sunny Isles Beach ∙ RFQ No. 12-04-02 – Planning & Urban Design 2-3 INSPECTIONS AND EVALUATIONS This is an important part of any municipal government compliance with applicable codes. After the development of land development and zoning codes, inspectors are tasked with the interpretation of these codes. They must apply the interpretation “on the street” as they inspect various facilities. Corradino has managed and performed these services in Homestead and Cutler Bay. As urban planners, the team understands the intent of the codes they implement. A "Threshold Building" means any building which is greater than three stories or 50 feet in height, or which has an assembly-occupancy classification as defined in the Florida Building Code which exceeds 5,000 square feet in area and an occupant content of greater than 500 persons, is required to have the building inspected at various phases of construction for compliance with certain sections of Florida Building Code. The team has the personnel qualified to perform these inspections. The process is that t he “Threshold Inspector” files an inspection plan with the City for approval before the start of construction and this plan serves as a guideline and schedule for the special inspections to take place. These inspections do not take the place of those performed by the city Building Inspector, but will be coordinated with the Building Department. The Threshold Inspector will also execute the required paperwork for the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy, and will turn over all reports to the Building Department, making them a part of the permanent record documents for the building. DATA COLLECTION Quality data is critical in understanding any issue. There are many types of data and many ways to collect them, and Corradino is expert in both. For comprehensive planning analyses, the primary data to be collected relates to land use. Municipal and county land use and zoning maps are often referred to and population data must come from viable sources. Typically, the Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) is a critical source, as are demographics from Miami-Dade County, and The Department of Labor Statistics. For transportation projects, the Modeling Data by Transportation Analysis Zones (TAZ) is used, and it resides in the MPO’s South East Flo rida Regional Planning Model, that Corradino Developed for the State. More detailed traffic operational data is collected on the intersection and roadway level through automated or manual counts. Surveys play an important role toward developing specialized data. Corradino has developed many surveys,