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F. EXAMPLE PROJECTS WHICH BEST ILLUSTRATE PROPOSED TEAM’S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS CONTRACT (Present as many projects as requested by the agency, or 10 projects, if not specified. Complete one Section F for each project.) 20. EXAMPLE PROJECT KEY NUMBER 21. TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) 22. YEAR COMPLETED Hardbottom and Reef Community Monitoring for the Hillsboro/Deerfield Beach Nourishment Project, Deerfield Beach, Florida PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSTRUCTION (if applicable) 2015 2010 23. PROJECT OWNER’S INFORMATION a. PROJECT OWNER b. POINT OF CONTACT NAME c. POINT OF CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER Cities of Hillsboro & Deerfield Beach Linda Sunderland 954-519-1483 24. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND RELEVANCE TO THIS CONTRACT (Include scope, size, and cost) CSA conducted pre-construction, weekly mid-construction, monthly post-construction, and three annual post-construction biological monitoring surveys of benthic hardbottom and reef habitats offshore Hillsboro and Deerfield Beach, Florida, in relation to a beach nourishment project. The biological monitoring plan consisted of quantitative and qualitative habitat assessments of nearshore hardbottom in order to determine potential impacts from migration of beach fill onto nearshore hardbottom communities or movement of sand from the borrow area onto adjacent offshore reefs. Eighteen permanent, cross-shore (east-west) transects (10 nearshore, 8 offshore) were established and monitored in both project and reference areas. Transect length was dependent on hardbottom/reef availability, and transect depths ranged from 3 m to 20 m. Percent cover of substrates, benthic flora, and fauna were visually estimated in situ by sampling 1-m2 quadrats. Individual counts were made of all corals, sponges, octocorals, and other fauna within each quadrat. Maximum relief of hardbottom, coral colony diameter, octocoral height, dominant macroalgae thalli height, and sediment depth were measured within each quadrat. Photographs of each quadrat were also taken. During the pre-, mid-, and monthly post-construction surveys, five permanently tagged stony corals along the length of each permanent transect were assessed for health and potential sedimentation stress incurred from beach renourishment activities. Coral colonies were photographed and evaluated for potential signs of sedimentation stress using a four-tiered Stress Index. Maximum sediment depth was measured at every meter along each permanent transect and every meter along 60-m temporary north-south transects. Temporary transects were located perpendicular to the eastern end of nearshore transects and the western end of offshore transects in order to flank the borrow area and monitor for potential sediment impacts from dredging. In addition, CSA scientists collected video data in quantitative format along each permanent and temporary transect for later analysis in the event signs of impact were detected from other monitoring methods. Total Project Cost: $576,583. 25. FIRMS FROM SECTION C INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT a. (1) FIRM NAME (2) FIRM LOCATION (City and State) (3) ROLE CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. Stuart, Florida Biological Monitoring 94