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CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR Golden Shores Utility Undergrounding and Roadway Improvements D–1IWOP41002.18w_Sunny Isles Beach Golden Shores Undergrounding.indd D. Project Approach and Understanding Introduction We understand the City would like to convert existing front yard and rear-yard overhead utilities to an underground location in the Golden Shores residential neighborhood. Golden Shores is a mixed single-family and multi-family neighborhood of approximately 255 homes, just south of the William Lehman Causeway but in sight of the soaring high- rise buildings along the coast, it is quite amazing. It’s a quiet walkable community just out of reach of the hustle bustle of the Collins corridor and has great pedestrian appeal with access to Golden Shores Park, Heritage Park, and the beach. Undergrounding the overhead utilities in the neighborhood will be transformative, both functionally and aesthetically, and will only serve to enhance the neighborhoods already unique feel. Not only will it aesthetically transform the landscape, it will also significantly improve the level of service of electric, telephone, and cable communications to the community. For this contract, the City needs a consultant team that has the local talent and proven experience to plan, design, and execute this type of project efficiently and cost-effectively. Kimley-Horn is that consultant. We can draw several parallels between this project and projects that Kimley-Horn has successfully completed or are currently engaged in, such as the Town-Wide Undergrounding Program in the Town of Palm Beach and the Village-Wide Undergrounding Program in Key Biscayne. The similarities between those programs and this project gives us the unique ability to roll those efforts and experiences into your projects and allows us to focus on the specific needs and requirements of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. In addition to the other undergrounding projects we have successfully implemented, we are currently engaged in two relevant infrastructure projects for the City of Miami (Miami Worldcenter and Brickell City Centre) in which we are working with a number of City and County departments, including Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). The Miami Worldcenter was the City’s largest downtown project, involving partnering with numerous utility companies to determine existing underground conditions. Once this information was obtained, we worked with multiple stakeholders to develop and evaluate various streetscape options for roads and avenues within the multi-block project limits (including placing the overhead utilities underground). The Brickell City Centre project involved design, permitting, and construction administration for the installation of thousands of feet of utilities within an extremely congested, aging utility corridor; extensive coordination and design for the undergrounding and relocation of multiple dry utilities, including AT&T, Comcast, FPL, and various fiber providers to improve aesthetics around the building and to facilitate other utility provisions; full roadway reconstruction, including drainage improvements; traffic signalization; and onsite stormwater management. By combining the elements of successful recent strategies and applying invaluable lessons learned, Kimley-Horn will develop a project success strategy tailored to the City. Project Execution We know that responsiveness to your needs is vitally important. Our local Delray Beach office (supported by our Coral Gables and West Palm Beach offices) is geared to providing the types of services required to assist our local clients with projects of varying scale and scope. Accordingly, we structured our firm as a business-based professional engineering practice. Kimley-Horn’s philosophy of providing professional engineering services is based on client service and technical expertise. This philosophy is especially applicable for projects that encompass a broad variety of disciplines and experience, yet require a common point of contact. Accordingly, we provide all our clients with teams of client-centered By combining the elements of successful recent strategies and applying invaluable lessons learned, Kimley-Horn will develop a project success strategy tailored to the City.