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CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR Golden Shores Utility Undergrounding and Roadway Improvements E–6IWOP41002.18w_Sunny Isles Beach Golden Shores Undergrounding.indd Electrical Engineering For this project, we have partnered with Waypoint Engineering and Equipment, LLC to assist our team with the initial planning and QC review of the detailed design plans, both those prepared by the Kimley-Horn team for conduit runs and those prepared by FPL, AT&T, Comcast, and Atlantic Broadband for the high- and low-voltage facility designs. As a former FPL distribution engineer, Russell Morrison, P.E. has unique experience with FPL in the design of primary underground facilities, including feeder switch cabinets, 3-phase feeder and primary distribution systems, primary laterals to pad-mounted transformers, relocation of existing overhead feeders, and undergrounding of primary distribution facilities. Under the leadership of Kimley-Horn, Waypoint can provide valuable, cost-savings benefits to the City by identifying and eliminating over-designed electrical and communications infrastructure that may only benefit the utility provider and not the City. Waypoint has extensive local undergrounding design experience and throughout Florida. They also have the ability to design customer owned and commercial services to supplement FPL’s design as needed. Survey and Subsurface Utility Locating Longitude Surveyors, LLC will serve as the project surveyor for this effort, as well as the subsurface utility locator. Eduardo Suarez has been involved in numerous projects with Kimley-Horn. For any underground related work, it is important that the design team know what exists underground as input to master planning and design—and before the selected contractor begins excavation. Performing up-front investigative work is an investment that always pays off in the form of reduced scheduling delays and change order costs. For this project, Longitude will also be providing subsurface investigation services to help the design team identify existing utilities and develop locations for the new electric and communication conduits to be properly installed. Longitude has the capability of providing full utility investigations and has provided these services for: The Village of Key Biscayne, City of Miami, City of Miami Beach, Miami Shores, North Miami Beach, City of Coral Gables, City of Homestead, City of Doral, Village of Palmetto Bay, City of Miramar, Village of Pinecrest, and the Town of Cutler Bay. Geotechnical Investigations Kimley-Horn has relied upon the expertise of Rey Villa, M.S., P.E. of Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) for many years for his expertise in providing geotechnical and environmental engineering services. Some of Rey’s project experience includes: 4-story, mix-use parking garage at Miami Marine Stadium for the Village of Key Biscayne; geotechnical field exploration, sampling, and laboratory testing for a 54-inch redundant force main and Indian Creek Drive right-of-way infrastructure improvements for the City of Miami Beach; and field and laboratory testing of construction materials for the DB13-WASD-04 Shenandoah Area in the City of Miami. We understand that trenchless methods of conduit installation may be desirable to limit restoration needs and construction impacts associated with this project. Because it is anticipated that trenchless horizontal directional drilling will be used extensively for the construction of the electrical and communications conduits, we have partnered with Universal to provide geotechnical investigations where appropriate to determine existing soil conditions. Public Involvement Because these projects affect a large number of residents and will have such a long-lasting effect on the community, a strong public involvement program throughout the duration of the project to keep the community informed is a must. We have internal staff with a great deal of experience in public outreach and communication. To supplement our own staff, we have enlisted the help of Ms. Alicia Ana Gonzalez of Media Relations Group, LLC who understands the importance of community involvement and the necessity of working with local, state, and federal agencies in a hands-on cooperative manner to build consensus and receive subsequent approval of highly sensitive projects. MRG has worked on multiple contracts with Kimley Horn in the past, including: