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CMBUILD IN <br />GOOD COMPANY. <br />AlORI94' <br />Facilities Development & <br />Operations Department <br />Capital Improvements Division <br />2633 Vista Parkway <br />West Palm Beach, FL 33411 <br />TELEPHONE: (561) 233 -0260 <br />FAX: (561) 233 -0270 <br />www.i)bcgoy.com/fdo /cid <br />E <br />Palm Beach Count, <br />Board of County <br />Commissioners <br />Karen T. Marcus, Chair <br />Shelly Vana, Vice Chair <br />Paulette Burdick <br />Steven L. Abrams <br />Burt Aaronson <br />Jess R. Santamaria <br />Priscilla A. Taylor <br />County Administrator <br />Robert Weisman, P.E. <br />"An Equal Opportunity <br />Affirmative Action Employer" <br />SECTION 5 // REFERENCES <br />November 23, 2010 <br />Mr. Len Martling <br />The Weitz Company <br />1720 Centerpark Drive East <br />West Palm Beach, FL 33401 <br />Re: Palm Beach County Hurricane Hardening Project <br />Dear Len: <br />I understand that The Weitz Company is submitting this project for your <br />company's most prestigious honor, the Charles H. Weitz Award. Palm <br />Beach County supports your nomination. <br />The Weitz team has been working at the State Attorney/Public Defender <br />(SA/PD) and Main Courthouse Buildings under our annual CM contract. <br />The Weitz Company was chosen based on their past performance and <br />ability to undertake this challenging project. <br />As you know, following Hurricane Wilma in 2005, FEMA made available <br />Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funds for projects designed to mitigate <br />the hazards of disaster events relative to critical government facilities. <br />The SA/PD and Main Courthouse buildings were chosen due to their <br />property value as well as being extremely critical from a service <br />perspective to the citizens of Palm Beach County. The lack of comparable <br />space in the commercial market in the event of the destruction of these <br />buildings makes hardening them extremely important. The hardening <br />consists of replacement of the existing glazing, skylights, exterior doors <br />and frames, and overhead coiling doors to comply with current code <br />requirements to withstand winds up to 140 mph. <br />This project challenged the Weitz team with several logistic problems <br />including: <br />• Careful planning and execution of daily night time work without <br />disruption of day time activities. Weitz provided a 4 week, 2 week <br />and 1 week look ahead schedules to building occupants. <br />28 <br />THE WEITZ COMPANY // CM SERVICES FOR GATEWAY PARK, RFQ 12 -06 -01 / CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL <br />