Atwell_City_of_New_Smyrna_RSOQ.pdf

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Electrical Engineering & Survey Services

PREPARED FOR

Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach

APRIL 19, 2022

CONSULTING. ENGINEERING. CONSTRUCTION.

143 Union Boulevard, Suite 700, Lakewood, CO 80228 Tel: 303.462.1100 Fax: 303.825.7110 www.atwell-group.com

April 19, 2022

Maureen Lynch, CPPB Procurement Manager Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach, FL 200 Canal Street New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32168

RE: Atwell, LLC Statement of Qualifications to Provide Continuing Engineering and Survey Services

Dear Ms. Lynch, The Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach (UCNSB) is a leading provider of electric, water, wastewater and reuse water services to more than 27,000 customers the greater New Smyrna Beach area. Atwell, LLC (Atwell) is very experienced in providing consulting services for public utilities as we currently provide these services for many other clients. It is our mission to provide a smooth and positive experience for all groups within UCNSB as an extension of your staff while also maintaining an unwavering commitment to the safe and reliable operation of the utility infrastructure and service to UCNSB’s many valued customers. The following Statement of Qualifications outlines the advantages Atwell offers UCNSB, including:

FULL-SERVICE CAPABILITY WITH A LOCAL PRESENCE. As a full-service firm, Atwell can directly provide complete design, engineering, surveying, and land services helping improve agility, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Atwell currently has six offices in Florida. We are dedicated to providing a reliable staff of technical experts who have your best interest in mind. Our team will make this program its top priority with a common goal to exceed your expectations!

ELECTRIC UTILITY EXPERTISE. Our project team specializes in professional services for utility clients and our hallmark is our ability to execute our assigned projects and programs from the utility’s perspective. Atwell provides value engineering, which is defined as the substitution of materials and methods with less expensive alternatives, without sacrificing functionalitywhen possible. Our teams have designed thousands of miles of electric transmission and distribution infrastructure as well as hundreds of substations throughout the country. The knowledge and experience that our team offers will add value to UCNSB and its projects.

COMMITMENT TO UCNSB. Atwell is committed to providing exceptional service to UCNSB and its customers. We understand the business of utility operations and how important communication and trust are when bringing on board a contracted design firm as your representative with customers, and as an extension of your team. The partnership between our professionals and our clients establishes a foundation for the successful, quick, high-quality, and safe execution of each project.

Thank you for this opportunity to work with UCNSB. If additional information is required, do not hesitate to contact

us. All of the contacts listed below are authorized to make representations on behalf of Atwell.

Sincerely, ATWELL

Maximillian Sablosky Team Leader Phone: 484-645-7107 msablosky@atwell-group.com

Scott Perrie, P.E.

Director Phone: 303.928.6772 sperrie@atwell-group.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

COMPANY OVERVIEW

UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

STAFFING

RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

APPENDIX A - RESUMES

SUMMARY

CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA

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INTRODUCTION

Atwell is pleased to provide this Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to support the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach (UCNSB) in providing services in the area of civil, electrical engineering design, and survey and mapping. This SOQ was prepared in response to the Request for Statement of Qualifications No. 10-22, dated March 4, 2022. To facilitate proposal review, Atwell has created the guide below that directs the reader to the appropriate section for UCNSB-identified evaluation factors, which are outlined starting on page 4 of the

RSQ.

EVALUATION FACTOR PAGES

Qualifications 15-22, 30-40

Consultants Understanding 12-13

Staffing 24-26, Appendix A

Location 27

Financial Stability Insurance/Occupational License 12

References 29

Past Project Performance 30-40

As a full-service consulting, engineering, and construction services firm with more than 115 years of experience, Atwell is driven by our commitment to our clients. We deliver solutions that help our clients achieve their goals on schedule and on budget. Atwell’s Power & Energy team has decades of experience providing a variety of electrical, structural, and civil engineering services to meet the needs of electric utility clients across the country.

Atwell understands that the complexities and demands of our local utility customers today. These include safety, budget spend, fast yet consistent changes in customers and their demand, retirements, workforce and talent retainage, renewable penetration, ESG and regulatory pressures. We work with our clients to turn these demands into opportunities by strengthening their core business, improving operational efficiencies and providing nationwide insight in utility best practice and technological advances.

If Atwell is awarded this project, UCNSB will benefit from the qualities that make us unique - our long and stable history, our broad range of services, our experience across multiple industries, and our dedicated people. In the paragraphs below, we have highlighted specific areas where Atwell’s qualifications far exceed those of our competitors for this project.

ATWELL ADVANTAGES

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS TO PERFORM THE SERVICES. Atwell has extensive experience working for major power and energy utilities such as Salt River Project (SRP), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Exelon, American Transmission Company (ATC), CenterPoint Energy, Detroit Edison (DTE), CORE Electric Cooperative, CPS (San Antonio), American Electric Power (AEP), Southwest Gas, People’s Gas/Northshore Gas, Peoples Natural Gas (PNG), Atlanta Gas & Light (AGL) and Michigan Gas Utilities, Avangrid, Tri-State Generation & Transmission and Black Hills Energy. We believe our recent experience working with these major utility clients uniquely qualifies our team to complete this work in an efficient, high-quality manner.

Atwell’s power delivery is team comprised of over 300 experienced staff members. Our team includes industry experts in utility electrical distribution performing 4kV voltage conversions, road widening relocations, overhead to underground conversions, manhole and conduit system design, subdivision design and solar Distributed Energy Resource (DER) interconnection to name a few. Atwell is familiar with UCNSB software tools such as Automated Utility Design (AUD), Maximo and PLS-CADD for design execution as we have provided electric design services to utilities similar to UCNSB over the past several years on an extensive variety of projects.

SUMMARY

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ATWELL IS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR TEAM. When Atwell is working on behalf of our clients, we function as an extension of that firm, and as a part of that cohesive team. We do this by investing time to build strong relationships at all levels and gaining an understanding what’s most important for our clients. We will approach this partnership intent on learning every nuance, preference, and process specific to UCNSB to be successful.

Our many utility clients are located throughout the US and require power delivery design engineering knowledge from heavily populated downtown urban areas to rural and mountainous terrains. This diversity in clients and scope of work has resulted in a robust approach to onboarding new clients quickly and effectively as we learn your specific processes while applying our industry knowledge for a seamless integration. As a result, our team is able to produce quality designs quickly in a consistent manner.

DEDICATED LOCAL PRESENCE AND EXPERIENCE. If awarded this project, it will be managed and performed by our local, in-house staff located in one of our six Florida offices. With field and office staff in Florida, we have more than 20 years of experience in the southeast region, providing complete engineering and project management services for new construction, relocation, and rebuild projects. Atwell is well versed in coordination with counties regarding zoning ordinances, required reports, permit application content, and has local staff to support project undertakings.

CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL DEPTH. One of Atwell’s primary strengths is that we provide turnkey solutions for our utility clients. Atwell has outstanding experience in planning, environmental impact minimization, permitting, land solutions, survey, engineering, design, procurement, construction support, as-built preparation, and GIS mapping. Our Project Governance allows for superior integration with UCNSB to adjust for all Stakeholder Interactions. Our approach allows for independent Program & Project Management while promoting communication & accountability in all aspects of the T&D Engineering & Design – Process. This includes attending all Project Meetings, Milestone Reviews, and tailoring our Status Update Meetings to fit around the Stakeholder Schedules. This approach alleviates the need for project management time and allows your employees to focus on more pressing needs. Atwell’s team fully understands the engineering and design challenges related to these types of projects and is currently providing similar services with several distributors, investor-owned utilities, municipalities, and cooperatives in Arizona and throughout the United States.

SUMMARY

Planning Studies Feasibility Studies Economic Studies

Conceptual Designs & Cost Estimating Siting/Permitting/Public Outreach Surveying and Land Acquisition

Development

Site Design Electrical Engineering Civil/Structural Design

Transmission and Distribution Line Design

Design

Turnkey Engineering/Procurement/ Testing & Commissioning/

As-built survey and documentation Construction

COMPANY OVERVIEW

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Atwell Offices

Professional Engineering Services

Professional Surveying Services

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OFFICES AND LICENSING

OUR MARKETS

OUR SERVICES

SURVEY

ATWELL, LLC

A L E G A C Y S P A N N I N G

MORE THAN 115 YEARS

REAL ESTATE & LAND DEVELOPMENT

Residential Commercial Community

POWER & ENERGY

Power Generation Power Delivery Battery Storage

OIL & GAS

Midstream Exploration & Production Transmission & Distribution

LAND SOLUTIONS

GIS MAPPING

PLANNING/

LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE

ENVIRONMENTAL &

NATURAL

RESOURCES

CONSTRUCTION

SERVICES

ENGINEERING

PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT

FULL-SERVICE

CONSULTING,

ENGINEERING &

CONSTRUCTION

SERVICES FIRM

1000+ EMPLOYEES

150+ LICENSED PROFESSIONALS

NATIONAL REACH, LOCAL PRESENCE

Atwell offers clients access to a national development consulting platform via offices throughout the United States. We dedicate teams of specialists to the evolving needs of the Power and Energy, Real Estate and Land Development, and Oil and Gas markets.

Atwell’s teams are comprised of industry leaders in their dedicated market, which include engineers, planners, land surveyors, environmental specialists, construction managers, and other professionals. Clients receive the benefits of numerous teams throughout the organization via a single point of contact. Atwell can provide local knowledge and leverage our local relationships, as well as national knowledge of industry best practices, current trends, and policies.

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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

THE ATWELL DIFFERENCE

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Atwell offers specialty planning capabilities combined with aggressive land development, entitlement, and engineering services to provide clients with a seamless transition from concept to construction. This turnkey approach and collaborative effort allows Atwell to maximize project value and minimize development timelines via customized design solutions that are technically sound and financially feasible.

Atwell offers due diligence, land planning and design, engineering, land surveying, environmental consulting, natural resources and cultural resource services, water resource solutions, construction services, and other niche services through a single project manager – shortening timelines, minimizing coordination effort, and maximizing your return on investment.

Atwell organizes its teams into market sectors as opposed to service groups by technical discipline.

As such, Atwell can leverage industry knowledge and best practices for your most complex solar projects with professional staff fully experienced on your specific industry, relevant market trends and product type.

Atwell’s Quality Assurance Program provides maximized returns through the development process and a consistent, scalable design approach and philosophy. A thorough project review by Atwell’s team of experts proactively addresses areas that add project value and minimize costs to expand your return on investment.

Atwell offers access to a national power & energy development consulting platform from coast to coast throughout the United States. Comprised of engineers, planners, land surveyors, environmental specialists and other niche professionals, these teams are fully educated on the energy market and its service needs. Via a single point-of-contact, clients receive the benefits of access through numerous teams throughout the organization providing local knowledge and support, as well as program-level consistency and standards.

TURNKEY APPROACH MARKET SECTOR APPROACH

FULL-SERVICE CONSULTING CULTURE OF QUALITY

NATIONAL REACH COUPLED WITH

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Atwell is committed to a standard of health and safety excellence. Atwell affirms to the company’s employees, clients, and the communities where work is performed that Atwell will always conduct business activities in a manner that is protective of human health, safety and the environment. Atwell’s employees along with the consultants, contractors, and vendors under the operating control must manage health, safety and environmental performance in accordance with this commitment.

CULTURE OF SAFETY

En vi ro nm en ta l C om pl ia nc e/

Con st ru ct io n

M on ito rin g

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ATWELL CLIENT PROMISE

WE WILL BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS.

We will develop long-term, trusting relationships with our clients and maintain genuine interest in their success by understanding their drivers, goals and expectations.

WE WILL PROVIDE INDUSTRY EXPERTISE AND MAINTAIN PROJECT KNOWLEDGE.

We will provide dedicated thought leaders and technical professionals who will deliver industry specific knowledge and project experience to every project.

WE WILL BE RESPONSIVE AND EXECUTE ON EVERY TASK.

We will maintain a nimble organizational structure for maximum flexibility to better serve the needs of our clients and respond immediately to a client’s urgent requests and project deadlines.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HIRE AND DEVELOP TECHNICALLY SOUND PROFESSIONALS.

We will ensure all team members assigned to project teams maintain the technical aptitude, knowledge and commitment to safety pertaining to their field, industry, community standards and technical requirements for the project.

WE WILL PROVIDE QUALITY DELIVERABLES AND MAINTAIN A CULTURE OF

EXCELLENCE.

We will maintain a culture of excellence focused on industry standards and best practices to ensure accuracy, consistency and constructability for each project.

The Atwell Client Promise serves as a set of guideposts to demonstrate the company’s commitment to our clients and partners. In an effort to better understand our clients’ perceptions, satisfaction and expectations of Atwell and our leaders, we launched a national initiative to gather client feedback. The Atwell Promise is a direct result of our clients’ feedback and prioritized from our clients’ perspective.

The Atwell Promise is our commitment to you as we strive to develop a long-term relationship and support your project needs.

UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH

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COST MANAGEMENT AND METHODOLOGY

PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Atwell’s Client Account Leader, Maximillian A. Sablosky, will be the main point of contact for the UCNSB program, managing communications to and from UCNSB, performance metrics, upcoming needs, and changes in strategy associated with the contract. He will work closely with the Engineering Delivery Leaders who will oversee the project schedule, quality assurance and client expectations. UCNSB will also have direct access to all Engineering Delivery Leaders assigned to the UCNSB portfolio when desired/needed. Updates will be given on a regular basis regarding project status, schedule, and financials through continued correspondence with UCNSB on a weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly basis. Atwell will relay any issues regarding or affecting the project such as schedule management, budget management, RFI’s, project strategy, project related technical issues, and project constraints as they arise.

Atwell encourages regular and continued correspondence throughout each project as communication and responsiveness is extremely important for project success. Atwell will accomplish this communication via meetings, virtual conference calls/meetings, phone conversations and emails. Atwell will encourage discussions on project milestones, critical project dates, budgetary concerns and general concerns and issues throughout the life of the project. Atwell will organize and set up meetings regularly to discuss project components.

BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND COST CONTROL

A significant factor in our firm’s reputation is our ability to produce a high-quality product and to adhere to the demands of the budget & schedule ascribed to a particular Project or Program. Our teams work diligently to develop a detailed project scope that includes a Deliverables List, Forecast, Accruals, & Project Schedule. Our team updates these key documents throughout the project lifecycle. Atwell understands that one of the largest components of cost management is scope management; and if all stakeholders can agree on a thorough and well-defined scope, a result will be a high resolution Construction & Procurement Cost Estimate. Atwell also understands that by assisting UCNSB in Scope Management ahead of Procurement & Construction we can work together to create efficiencies that translate in to substantial cost savings during Project Execution.

Atwell provides a very high level of transparency through our Accounting System and Cost Control measures this includes tracking at the Project & Task Levels. Atwell further maintains an accounting system that allows our teams to track project costs on a weekly basis. Each employee is required to complete an electronic timesheet and an expense report at the end of each week that indicate the number of hours spent and cost incurred on projects. This allows for Weekly Reporting in “Real Time” on the Project Budget, Project Spend, & activities completed by the Project Team Members. Our Real Time Tracking & Reporting features also enable a forecast of our budget adherence to be sent directly to UCNSB anytime. Our Accounting & Cost Control System enforces a code and process for change management in strict adherence to the UCNSB Playbook.

FINANCIAL STABILITY

Atwell, LLC is a financially stable company and has the necessary resources, human and financial, to provide the services for the City of New Smyrna at the level required. The latest Dun & Bradstreet report for Atwell lists our overall business risk as LOW and gives the following statements:

� Overall assessment of this company: VERY STABLE CONDITION

� Based on the perceived sustainability of this company: STRONG LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED OPERATIONS

� Based on the payment behavior of this company: LOW-POTENTIAL-FORSEVERELY-DELINQUENT-PAYMENTS

The full report can be provided upon request.

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DELIVERABLES

Quality Control aims to identify quality issues in a finished product, and therefore is performed as interim and final products are developed. The following flow chart represents Atwell’s standard review process.

A Quality Control Review is performed early in the design process to ensure the Designer / Engineer is on the right track before project initialization, a design criteria document is utilized to ensure consensus on project scope, standards, and specifications. This is done at the Senior Technical Review in an informal discussion over all available sketches and prints available at the time of the review. The reviewers at this step are the Atwell senior engineering staff and management team. The objective of this meeting is to ensure the proposed design satisfies the client scoping document(s), represents a least cost means solution, addresses/avoids potential constructability issues.

When quality issues are identified during a QC review, the product will be revised by the designer and resubmitted to QC. No product shall be issued without QC acceptance and sign-off on the applicable QC checklist. The Quality Control Review for the final delivery of the Work Package is an Independent Quality Control Review and shall be conducted by approved quality control personnel.

SDS-PHYSICAL FOR AUTOCAD AND VR CAPABILITIES

In addition to Atwell’s extensive distribution AUD capabilities, our substation team beta tested Spatial Business Systems’ SDS-Physical for AutoCAD software in late 2020. Atwell dedicated one of its senior substation engineers and two substation designers to build two 3D substation designs in the beta software, both based on existing completed projects. Once the testing was complete, multiple meetings were held between Atwell and SBS to discuss approach, training, issues/errors, and lessons learned. Atwell is excited to continue using this software on future projects now that it has been released for production.

Once beta testing was complete, Atwell took a 3D substation layout that had been created in SDS-Physical for AutoCAD, and used Virtual Reality software to import the model into VR Oculus Headsets. In this software, our team was able to hold meetings with multiple colleagues inside the model to look at the details of the design in actual scale. This software allowed us to fly above the substation, go below grade to see the details of the conduits and cable routing, take clearance measurements, make notes and genuinely understand how the designed substation layout would look once constructed.

We believe this technology will be an extremely valuable tool on UCNSB projects, and could be used for detailed design reviews training and pre-construction meetings.

DESIGN QA/QC PROGRAM

Project Kickoff

Preliminary Design Stage

Senior Technical Review

Detailed Design Stage

Quality Control Review

Client Submittal

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

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Atwell’s power engineering teams offer clients in the generation, transmission, and distribution markets the information they need to make decisions, and the design solutions to successfully execute them. With decades of experience and thousands of projects completed, our specialized electrical and civil engineers collaborate to deliver substation, transmission, distribution and power system projects to power generation developers, electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, large industrial customers, and municipalities.

ATWELL SERVICES

POWER DELIVERY ENGINEERING

CAPABILITIES

Land Surveying � Boundary Surveys & ALTA Surveys � As-built Surveys � Topographic Surveys Control - Geodetic Surveys � Construction Surveys � Easement and Rights of Way Surveys � Easement and Right of Way Legal’ s and Exhibits � Record of Survey Plats

Civil Engineering � Boundary Survey and Base Mapping � Legal Descriptions and Exhibits � Geotechnical Investigation � Geotechnical Design � Existing Road Studies and Transportation Analysis � Hydrologic/Hydraulic Modeling � Civil Engineering Plans

– Grading & Drainage Calculations

– Grading Plans & Details

– Erosion Control Plans & Details

– Pond Design

– Culvert Design

– Roadway Design Calculations

– Driveway Entrance Plans

– Slope Analysis

– Site Layout / Proposed Conditions

– Fencing Plans & Details

– Laydown Area Plans

– O&M Facility Plans

� Subsurface Utility Engineering � Substation Design & Plans � Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) � Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC)

Environmental Due Diligence and Permitting � High-Resolution Aerial Mapping � LiDAR Review and Conversion � Permit Matrix / Support � Siting and Routing Studies � Federal, State, and Local Permitting � Natural Resource Assessments and Field Studies � Wetland Delineation and Permitting

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ATWELL SERVICES

POWER DELIVERY ENGINEERING

� Cultural Resource Studies � Preliminary Geotechnical Review � Desktop Subsurface Utility Review

Power System/Quality Studies:

� Transmission Interconnect � Load Flow/Voltage Drop � Short Circuit � Relay Setting � Power Quality � Power Factor Correction � Motor Starting � Harmonic Filters � AC/DC Drive � Grounding Systems � Stray Voltage � Energy Consumption � Sub-Synchronous Harmonic Resonance � Neutral Current Elimination

Renewable Energy Design & Engineering:

� LGIP, Interconnect, Load Flow/Contingency & Stability Studies

� Reactive Compensation System � Collector System � Substations � Switchyards � Communications � Controls � Engineer/Procure/Construct � Commissioning � Construction Management & Inspection

Battery Energy Storage Systems:

� System Impact and Load Flow Studies � Project Cost Estimating � Battery Technology Selection & Vendor Negotiations � Site Layout & Design � Environmental Permitting � Engineering & Construction Drawings � Grading, Drainage & Access Road Design � Grounding System Design � Protective Relaying Scheme Development & Design � Duct Bank Design � Lightning Protection Risk Analysis and Design � Control Room Design � Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) Turnkey Project

Delivery, Including Procurement of Battery Systems

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CAPABILITIES INCLUDE

� Overhead/underground distribution system design

� New Business/Service Design � Primary Line Extensions � Conflict Review/Relocation � 4kV-35kV Line Design � Secondary Network Design � Subdivision Design � Overhead to Underground Conversions

� Voltage Conversion � Reclosers, Regulators, and Cap Banks

� Manhole & Conduit Design � Pole Analysis & Replacement � Utility Fiber & Make Ready Design � Underground Cable Replacement � DER Interconnect Studies and Design

� Survey/Legal Description Creation

� Land and Right of Way Solutions � Full Permitting Services � Utility Coordination � SCADA Implementation and expansion

� Damage assessment and repair planning

� Capacity expansion and system reinforcement

� Facility relocations/public improvement

� Targeted transformer replacement

� Construction cost estimating � Generator and renewable resource interconnection design

� Distribution automation implementation and expansion

Detailed engineering and project support planning services are required to implement a successful electrical distribution system program, whether new lines or upgrades, overhead or underground. We work with you to develop viable solutions designed to increase reliability, reduce outage frequency and decrease outage duration.

Our electrical distribution services team has the knowledge to solve your challenges, with extensive experience in a variety of project delivery methods. We can assist with specific engineering components or perform full turnkey engineer-procure-construct (EPC) projects. Whether you need to bring a new system online, relocate facilities, inspect and inventory distribution assets, manage pole attachments and make-ready, or assess and recover from storm damage, our team has the experience you need to be successful.

By understanding the need for current and future load demands on the system, you can better allocate resources and investments to implement upgrades and expansions to the underground grid. We help identify critical areas for improvement, set priorities to maximize impacts to the system, and implement solutions through design and construction.

OVERHEAD DESIGN

Atwell provides electrical overhead distribution design services with a combined 150 years of experience. Our capabilities and experience include all aspects of distribution design from the substation fence to the customer meter. Our recent design projects have included 12kV line rebuilds, single phase to three phase upgrades, feeder ties, line extensions, galloping mitigation, third party attachments/make ready, fiber design and new service work. This includes installation of transformers, fuses and disconnects, reclosers and capacitor banks, customer meters, reconductoring, pole analysis and replacements, primary and secondary risers. All members of our electrical design team have direct experience with overhead distribution design and the challenges it can present including clearances, extreme terrain challenges, uplift, imbalanced pole loading, and even customer impacts due to right of way (ROW) and easement limitations that have caused our design team to think outside the box.

ATWELL SERVICES

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION DESIGN

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UNDERGROUND DESIGN

With the increased desire for improved aesthetics and reliability, the electric utility industry has justifiably seen a trend of converting overhead facilities to underground as well as replacement of old facilities that have far exceeded their expected life. The Atwell team has extensive experience with many utilities in multiple states including Arizona, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Colorado, and Florida to name a few.

Our distribution design team consists of experts in underground distribution design with multiple individuals with more than 15+ years of experience.

Expanding on the Atwell team’s extensive experience we can speak to 9 feeder manhole and duct bank design, extremely long bore shots crossing deep rivers and highways, congested primary and secondary replacements, cable rejuvenation and partial discharge testing, new substation feeders, feeder ties and many overhead and underground combination projects. Atwell has experience with cable sizing, pulling calcs, voltage drop analysis, transformer sizing, planning and overcurrent protection studies, survey, easement acquisition, permitting and environmental concerns that drastically impact our design decisions throughout an underground electric project.

GENERAL

� Maximo/WAM/Other work management systems � GE Smallworld � ArcGIS � ArcFM � AutoCAD � MicroStation � BlueBeam � LD-Pro

� DDS

� Synergi � Microsoft Windmil

OVERHEAD

� OCalc � SpidaCalc � Automated Utility Design (end user design and configuration) � Sag10 � PoleForeman

� PLS-CADD

UNDERGROUND

� Polywater Pull-Planner

DISTRIBUTION DESIGN SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

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OVERHEAD & UNDERGROUND DESIGN

Atwell maintains a successful reputation analyzing Ageing Transmission Infrastructure in the United States through a unique multi-faceted approach to evaluating New & Existing Transmission Line Structures, Conductors & Corridors. Our approach centers around the support we provide through Cost Estimating, Conceptual Design, & Electrical Studies to support Rate Cases for Rebuild, Reinforcement, Storm Hardening, Resiliency, Fire Mitigation, & Reliability. Transmission Line Design is further complicated due to poor communication in both Project Constraints & Solutions which lead to Budgetary Overruns in further stages of the project. Atwell Transmission Line Engineers & Designers provide rapid communication of project constraints & solutions in Conceptual Design, Permitting, Land Acquisition, Procurement, Constructability, & Construction.

Our Electrical Transmission Line Design Team works with Utilities across North America to support 35kV to 500kV Conceptual & Design Projects. Our combined experience totals over 100+ Years providing support in all aspects of the Project Lifecycle. Our Team has provided a variety of unique Reconductoring, Partial or Full-Rebuild, & New Line Projects. Our Engineers & Designers are cross trained to design Underground (UG) & Overhead (OH) Transmission Lines. A Hybrid Overhead & Underground Transmission Line can create efficiencies & mitigate risk. – Atwell Engineers & Designers understand both OH & UH Design along with the ability to identify these critical opportunities.

Our Engineers & Designers are provided on-going training, attend industry conferences, & are members of professional organizations across the country this gives us an ability to source Present & Future Immerging Trends, Leverage the Relationships with Vendors for Cost Estimating, & assist with Standards, Job-Aids, & On-Site Training Programs, CAPABILITIES INCLUDE

� Transmission Overhead & Underground Line Design

– 35kV to 500kV New Lines

– 35kV to 500kV Existing Lines Partial & Full Rebuild

– Fiber Optic Cable & Shield Wire Additions

– Line Reconductoring

– HVDC

� Advanced Structural Analysis

� Civil Design including Terrain Grading and foundations/footing design

� Conceptual & Design Cost Estimates

� Constructability Reviews � Damage Assessment and

Repair Planning � Drawings and Technical

Specifications � Environmental Impact

Assessments, Studies, & Permits

� Land and Right of Way Solutions

� Lattice Tower Analysis & Design

� Lightning Shielding and Grounding System Design

� Line Reliability Studies � Overhead to Underground

Conversions � Rate Case Support &

Estimating � Reinforcement & Retrofitting of Structures � Route Selection &

ROW Analysis � Steel Embedded & Custom

Pole Analysis & Design � Survey/Legal

Description Creation � Storm Water Management

Design & Permitting � Tower, Insulators, and

Conductor Selection � Utility Crossing Exhibits � Wood Pole Analysis

& Design

TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING

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OVERHEAD

� PLS-CADD

� PLS-Pole � PLS-Tower

� PLS-SAPS

� STAAD

� RISA-3D

� SAFI

� FAD TOOLS

� L-PILE

HIGH VOLTAGE DESIGN SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Services

Overhead Existing Transmission Lines

� OPGW Additions � NERC Compliance and Thermal Rating Analysis � Conductor Replacements and HTLS Conductor Studies � Voltage Conversions � Pole Maintenance and Replacement Projects � Line Inspection and Evaluation � Life Extension Analysis

Overhead New Transmission Lines and Re-builds

� Overhead New Transmission Lines and Re-builds:

� Route Selection and Tower Spotting � ROW Analysis � Line Sag Calculations � Plan & Profile Development � Bill of Material and Construction Specifications � Permitting and Construction Support � EMF and Corona Analysis

Overhead Transmission Foundation and Structural Analysis

� Lattice Tower Design � Steel Pole Design � Wood Pole Design � FRP Pole Design � Foundation Design � Guyed Structures Design

Underground Transmission Line Design

� Cable Ampacity Calculations and Sizing � Duct System Design � Cable Pulling Calculations � Plan and Profile Development � Overhead to Underground Riser Design � Underground River Crossing Exhibit � Utility Crossing Design � Mutual Coupling Analysis � Thermal Backfill Evaluation � Earth Retaining Systems � Creation of Permit Exhibits for Directional Boring

ATWELL SERVICES

TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING

� AutoCAD � MicroStation � BlueBeam

� PLS-CADD

� LD-Pro

� DDS

� Pull-Planner

� SAG10

� Primavera P6

UNDERGROUND

� SES Autogrid � WinIGS

� CYMCAP

� Custom & Subscription

Modules for Duct Bank & Cable Crossings Design

� Automated Utility Design (end user design and configuration)

� Maximo/WAM/Other work management systems

� GE Smallworld � ArcGIS � ArcFM � G/Tech

� WMIS

� WAM

� Maximo � Asset Suite 8

GENERAL

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ATWELL SERVICES

SUBSTATION ENGINEERING

Electrical Substations are the heart of the Electric Transmission & Distribution Network. Atwell can provide full in-house support for the Engineering & Design Transmission and Distribution Substations. Our team can start to support the client from an initial Conceptual Site Plan, Civil Design, and Cost Estimates to assist project development in substantiating or initiating a Brownfield Expansion, Brownfield Rebuild, or a New Green Field Design.

SUBSTATION DESIGN

Atwell brings a group of seasoned professionals to execute Substation Design projects. Our team has completed 4kV to 500kV Conceptual, Brownfield, & Greenfield Designs. Our team has the capacity to manage and design large scale substation design projects, relay replacement upgrades, & advanced analysis of Steel Structures.

Our team has evaluated existing historic steel lattice structure for replacement, aided in storm restoration & evaluation efforts, updating system studies, planning models, along with ensuring NERC & CIP Compliance.

Our team is comprised of seasoned and experienced Substation Engineers & Designers who have worked on AIS & GIS Substations. Our background in Renewable Generation & Interconnection Agreements enables us to have prime advantage in understanding how to assist utilities in completing a backlog of Interconnection Request Evaluations. We can assist in evaluating the Utility Interconnection System Upgrade Scope & provide a Cost Estimate for the Generation Interconnection Applicant.

Our expert team have worked on Utility Programs for Reliability, Resilience, Fire Mitigation, Load Growth, Generation & Customer Interconnection. Our team also contains our own internal System Planning & Studies Engineers, Structural Engineers, Protection & Control Engineers to ensure we can provide all facets of the design.

Our Engineers & Designers are provided on-going training, attend industry conferences, & are members of professional organizations across the country this gives us an ability to source Present & Future Immerging Trends, Leverage the Relationships with Vendors for Cost Estimating, & assist with Standards, Job-Aids, & On-Site Training Programs.

CAPABILITIES INCLUDE

� Substation & Switchyard Design

– 4kV to 35kV Distribution Substations

– 35kV to 500kV Transmission Substations

– Conceptual Designs

– Brownfield Expansions & Rebuilds

– Greenfield Site Design

� 3D Substation Modeling and Rendering

� Battery and Station Service Sizing

� Bill of Material Creation & Entry

� Civil Structural Design � Conceptual & Detailed

Design Cost Estimates � Drawings and Technical

Specifications � Design of Auxiliary AC and DC Systems � Design of Lightning

Protection � Environmental Impact

Studies and Assessment � Foundation Design � Ground System Design � Lighting Design � Procurement Support for Bid Packages & Specifications

� Physical & Electrical Layout & Design

� SCADA & Telecom Integration

� Civil and Site Access Design � System Protection and

Control Design � Steel Structural Design

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GENERAL

� ETAP

� SKM PTW

� ASPEN OneLiner

� PSS/E

� EMTP

� CYMCAP

� WinIGS � Visual � SEL AcSELerator

� MFAD/HFAD

� LPILE

� Autodesk Robot

SUBSTATION DESIGN

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

SERVICES

� Bill of Material & Equipment Specification & Approval � Civil Site Services � Conceptual Engineering � Environmental Due Diligence and Permitting � Feasibility Studies � Grounding & Lightning Studies � Inter-substation and Intra-substation � Telecommunication Integration � Major Equipment Specifications � Materials and Equipment Specification � Protective Relaying Applications � Relay Protection Coordination � SCADA/RTU and Digital Fault Recorder Design � System Planning Studies � Field Engineering & Construction Support � Technical Procurement Support & Specifications � Testing and Commissioning Support � Security & Fire Protection Design � Structure and Control Building Design

SUBSTATION ENGINEERING

STAFFING

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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

SUPPORTING

ALL TEAMS

300 SUPPORTING STAFF

MEMBERS OF WHICH

100+ ARE LOCAL

Offices in Orlando, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm Beach

SUPPLIER

CLIENT EXECUTIVE

Jiwan Jot Singh, P.Eng Team Leader, Physical/

Electrial Substation Design

Damian Berger, PE

Senior Project Engineer

Aaron Vienot, PE Senior Project Engineer

Katy Osterwald CAD Supervisor

Katrina Stewart Civil Engineer

Substation Engineering Delivery

Leader

Scott Perrie, PE*

Vinay Mantena, P.Eng Senior Transmission

Project Engineer

Joe Snodgrass, PE Senior Transmission

Project Engineer

Trung Le Electrical Engineer

Brian Pitt Designer

Transmission Engineering Delivery

Leader

Maximillian A. Sablosky*

David Duncan Distribution Engineer

Lucas Gamma Senior Designer

Matt Smith Designer/AUD

Technical Consultant

Distribution Engineering Delivery

Leader

Jesse Zellmer, PE, PMP*

Craig Kantola Senior Project Engineer

Sarah Pfromm Project Engineer

Matthew Brown Engineer

Andy Sims Designer

Civil Engineering Delivery

Leader

Perry Ryan, PE*

Timothy Poole Project Manager

Ross Giles Project Surveyor

Survey Delivery Leader

Eric Brand, PLS*

Andrew DeWitt Team Leader/Project

Manager

Eric Rademacher Project Coordinator/ Lead Environmental

Specialist

Ernest Schenk Field Agent

David Nigro and Paul Barber

Field Monitors

Environmental Delivery Leader

Brandy Smart*

CLIENT ACCOUNT AND

ENGINEERING DELIVERY

LEADER

MAXIMILLIAN A. SABLOSKY*

Team Leader, Power Delivery

MATT BISSETT, PLS

Executive Vice President

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Procurement Manager Atwell based this organizational chart on the requirements listed in the RSQ. Updates may be made to this structure based on changes in personnel and project requirements.

*Full resumes for key team members (*starred) are included in Appendix A.

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Jesse specializes in field and system operations, distribution design, work order inspection, distribution equipment, standards creation, lighting, National Electric Safety Code, project management, change management, program management, training, distribution and substation switching, outage management and restoration, power quality/stray voltage investigations, substation RTU and control, comprehensive experience in distribution automation (FLISR), and engineering support for system operations.

Scott Perrie, PE Substation Engineering Delivery Leader

Scott is a Director in the firm’s Power & Energy division. With more than 18 years of industry experience, he leads the design of substations, renewable energy systems, power system studies, underground and overhead distribution transmission lines. He has served as lead engineer and/ or project manager on more than 50 utility transmission line and substation upgrade/retrofit/greenfield projects over the last ten years throughout the United States.

KEY PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS

AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Maximillian A. Sablosky Supplier Account and Engineering Delivery Leader and Transmission Engineering Delivery Leader

Maximillian is Team Leader of Transmission Overhead & Underground Design in the firm’s Power & Energy Division.

With more than ten years of experience, Maximillian actively manages a portfolio of electric utility & renewable generations projects programs. Maximillian enjoys management of our high priority cross-discipline, pilot, &

R&D projects. He has actively engaged on behalf of the largest electric utilities & renewable developers in North America. His current & past project portfolio exceeds $1.5 billion. His successful project portfolio of projects can be directly attributed to the management of the scope, schedule, and financial needs of his clients. Maximillian has led teams on 100+ projects by empowering his team members to provide diverse perspective based on there prior project experience.

His management style emphasizes validating solution for value engineering & open communication among all internal & external stakeholders across your organization.

Jesse Zellmer, PE Distribution Engineering Delivery Leader

With more than 17 years of professional experience in the electric utility industry, Jesse is a Team Leader in Atwell’s power and energy division. Serving multiple utility clients, he leads a group of distribution designers and engineers in providing services such as make-ready analysis, distribution design, standards book creation, expert witness analysis and other distribution consulting services.

The following pages contain brief introductions and resumes of Atwell’s proposed key personnel for the UCNSB contract. An advantage to working with Atwell is that we have extensive experience in all areas of power and energy and work seamlessly between disciplines. The key team members that will be assigned to this project have worked for over 18 years in the utility substation and transmission industry and are highlighted below.

These professionals are also supported by additional Atwell experts throughout our regional network.

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Perry Ryan, PE, LEED AP Civil Engineering Delivery Leader

Perry Ryan is Atwell’s Civil Engineering Team Leader for Renewables in the Power and Energy group and has 30 years of experience in civil engineering.

He has managed teams of civil, structural, and electrical engineers from early-stage development through permitting and final design documents on over 2 GW of solar projects in the U.S. over the past several years. Perry will oversee all civil design components related to Atwell’s proposed scope of work.

Eric Brand, PLS Surveying Delivery Leader

As a Director of Operations, Eric is responsible for survey operations for land development, general contractor and energy clients on a local and regional level. In addition to managing staff and projects, his responsibilities include research of documents and records, preparation of cost estimates and proposals, computation for field use, analysis and consolidation of field data, and preparation of drawing and legal descriptions for parcels and easements.

With approximately 20 years of experience in the field services industry, Eric understands the unique needs of each client and how to execute projects in the most effective and cost efficient manner. He interfaces with the firm’s engineering, environmental and planning staff for survey projects that involve or support these disciplines.

Brandy Smart Environmental Delivery Leader

Brandy has over 22 years of environmental consulting experience and expertise in streamlining the permitting process through technical standards all while prioritizing the client’s best interests. She’s proficient with facility siting route analysis as well as selection for well field and infrastructure projects, interstate and transmission projects, electrical transmission line projects, and transportation projects that comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act and the Natural Gas Act. Brandy’s technical specialty has been the investigation, data compilation, and report preparation for wetland assessment issues related to energy, transportation, and development interests.

She also possesses significant wetland delineation and permitting experience in the central and south-eastern United States including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

KEY PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION

AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

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AVAILABILITY

Atwell can provide the full services requested through our Florida Office Locations. Our belief is that by providing local staff along with our national network of experience professionals we can meet all the needs of the City of New Smyrna. Atwell anticipates using staff from the following Florida Office Locations: Orlando, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Sarasota, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.

Atwell is structured to meet our client’s delivery expectations and project schedules through our flexible staffing capabilities. Our project managers can utilize in-house expertise and professional staff resources locally as well as on a national level from our offices located throughout the U.S.

This deep bench of experienced industry professionals provides Atwell’s clients with an added level of assurance that industry best practices, project staffing, and schedules are able to be adhered to.

RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE

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CLIENT LIST

Mike Haney Pioneer Electric Cooperative, Inc.

1850 West Oklahoma Ulysses, KS 67880 620.424.5232 mhaney@pioneerelectric.coop

Clint Meier Southern Pioneer Electric Company 1490 General Welch Blvd PO Box 1177 Liberal, KS 620.353.9104 cmeier@southernpioneer.net

Rusty Blehm CMS Electric Cooperative P.O. Box 790 Meade, KS 67864 620.873.2184 rblehm@cmselectric.com

Paul Norris KC Electric Association, Inc.

281 Main Street, Stratton, CO 80836 719.348.5318 pnorris@kcelectric.coop

Carl Reese City of Burlington 415 15th St., Burlington, CO 80807 719.346.8283 carl.reese@burlingtoncolo.com

Brian Cox NREL-National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Blvd Golden, CO 80401-3393 brian.cox@nrel.gov

Rick Miell City of La Junta 515 Lacey Avenue La Junta, CO 81050 719.384.2611 rmiell@ci.la-junta.co.us

Travis Sullivan Southwestern Electric Cooperative 216 Main Street Clayton, NM 88415 575.207.7371 tsullivan@swec-coop.org

Dave Piancino Raton Public Service 940 S. 2nd St.

Raton, NM 87740 575.445.9130 rpsdave@hotmail.com

Allen Allie Okanogan PUD 1331 2nd Ave N., PO Box 912 Okanogan, WA 98840 509.422.8407 allen.allie@okanoganpud.org

Per the RFP requirements, a list of Atwell’s recent clients is included below. Additional project summaries for these client references are included on the subsequent pages.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

Over the past 20 years, Atwell has been involved with a number of clients that have consistently ranked in the top five clients in the firm.