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Maureen Lynch, AST would like to present our Statement of Qualifications package to qualify for “Continued

Professional Services” with the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach (UCNSB). We are glad to demonstrate our capabilities and understanding of scope of work for this RSQ 10-

22 and how we can deliver a quality and efficient execution for this and any other projects with

UCNSB in Florida. AST's qualification package includes our diverse and extensive capabilities, which depicts a broad range of expertise for various types of clients, leading to many successful on-time and within budget completed projects while maintaining a superior safety record. AST looks forward to discussing the value and benefits that we can bring to your team.

OUR STATEMENT OF QUALIF ICATIONS FOR CONTINUED PROFESS IONAL ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING SERVICES IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:

Review of RSQ 10-22 from UCNSB, issued on March 4, 2022

RSQ 10-22 Addendum No.1, issued on March 28, 2022.

April 12, 2022

City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida Attn: Maureen Lynch, CPPB

Procurement Manager Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach, FL

Phone: (386) 424 3046 Fax: (386) 424 2748 Email: mlynch@ucnsb.org

RE: RSQ 10-22 – Request for Statement of Qualifications for Continuing Professional Services (Electrical Engineering Firm)

AST Proposal #: POPP_20220310_0839

REVISED PROPOSAL FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

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1.QUALIF ICATIONS

Founded in 2002, Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST) initially served the commercial construction industry by providing structural engineering services. In 2015, AST created a

Power Services Division to provide engineering for power related projects. Since then, AST has added numerous team members and resources to now expand our representation to the

Southeastern (Florida) and Northwestern regions of the United States.

AST has completed 90 commercial projects to date in Florida, along with countless cambium pole projects for Duke Energy within the last 5 years. We are actively working to grow our presence and engagement with utilities in Florida. We have key staff living there and others planning relocation later this summer. Our team is experienced with almost every type of power project ranging from traditional designs to renewable interconnections, technical engineering design consulting, construction support, electrical / civil / structural studies, proposal creation and evaluation, scope development, project/program management, budget estimation, bid development, and Owner's Engineering.

AST is pleased to present its Engineering Statement of Qualification package for approval with the UCNSB to provide engineering design and consulting services for substation (physical /

P&C), transmission, and distribution lines.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

AST has the certified education, professional & “on the job / hands-on” training, and proven experience in the design of substation protection and control (P&C), electrical physical, civil, structural, transmission, and distribution lines nationwide including Southeast utilities and clients. We are well known for providing a dedicated, attentive, detailed, focused and responsive exclusive service to our select clients. In addition, our recent addition is 3D design capabilities to our Power Services offerings. Another special service provided has been emergency engineering services for restoration support. Below is a summary of our staff qualifications to demonstrate our competency to execute items discussed in this RSQ:

Over 30 years of staff experience in system protection and control design, relay settings & programming for greenfield and brownfield substations with projects nationwide with utilities, cities, and municipalities.

Over 20 years of staff experience in physical substation design of greenfield and brownfield projects from low to extra high voltage substations including site, structural, seismic, and foundation design with utilities, cities, and municipalities nationwide.

Over 10 years of staff experience in distribution and transmission lines design projects varying from secondary distribution level up to 500kV extra high voltage line. Design of structures including steel wood, fiberglass, concrete monopole and H-Frame, P R O P O S A L F O R R S Q 1 0 - 2 2 – R E Q U E S T F O R S T A T E M E N T O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S F O R C O N T I N U I N G engineered poles, and steel towers for utilities, cities, renewables, and municipalities nationwide. Our staff have extensive experience with permitting, public outreach, and feasibility studies for greenfield lines as well as upgrades to brownfield lines.

PROTECTION & CONTROL ENGINEERING SERVICES

AST is well versed working with Utilities, Municipalities, Electric Cooperatives and partnering with Engineering firms. AST’s overall expertise in Protection and Control encompasses voltages from 4kV to 500kV. AST has proven experience designing schemes and wiring diagrams for substation upgrades, modernization, and additions. AST’s staff has experience converting lower voltage substations to higher voltage substations as well as day to day design.

A few examples are:

Converting a 12.47kv substation to a 25kv substation

Upgrading 12.47kv and 115kv buses and electrical equipment

Replacing and installing new equipment and appropriate relay protection and control at distribution and transmission voltage substations such as Transformers, Capacitor

Banks, Breakers, disconnect switches, lightning arresters, Capacitor Voltage

Transformers / Potential Transformers, Station Service Voltage Transformers, Line/Wave Traps, relay panels, RTU / SCADA / Comm panels and other minor equipment.

Creating and modifying One-Line diagrams, Three-Line diagrams, Operating

Diagrams, and Relay Panel layouts/front views, AC & DC Schematics / Elementaries, Wiring Diagrams, Cable Schedules, Conduit Schedules, Bill of Materials, and developing AC, DC and Voltage Drop Calculations.

Providing continuous construction support on the phone and in person in the field.

In addition, our team has experience designing the protection and control of a substation implementing smart drawings. Adding artificial intelligence to the design allows to significantly reduce the probability of human error in our designs. AST uses Bluebeam Revu

Extreme, Bentley Microstation, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, SBS Substation Design Suite for P&C, ASPEN and CAPE to complete designs.

SUBSTATION PHYSICAL DESIGN

AST possess extensive experience in the physical, structural and civil design of brownfield and greenfield substations at voltages ranging from 4kv to 500kv. AST’s Physical Design Team has experience converting lower voltage substations to higher voltage substations as well as day to day design. A few examples are:

Upgrading 12.47kv, 25kv, 69kv, 115kv, 138kv and 230kv buses and electrical equipment

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Replacing, reconfiguring, and installing new equipment at distribution and transmission voltage substations such as Transformers, Capacitor Banks, Breakers, Disconnect Switches, Lightning Arresters, Capacitor Voltage Transformers / Potential

Transformers, Station Service Voltage Transformers, Line / Wave Traps and other minor equipment.

Creating and modifying site plans, substation general arrangements, plan and details for foundations, fence, grounding and conduit, as well as electrical & structural elevations, sections views and details.

AST uses NEC, NESC, NEMA and IEEE/ANSI standards daily. In addition, our team is experienced designing and modeling substations in 3D. This allows our internal team of engineers and designers to perform more accurate quality reviews and it allows our clients to visualize the substation design from a real and more practical perspective. AST uses Bluebeam

Revu Extreme, Bentley Microstation, AutoCAD, Inventor, SBS Substation Design Suite for

Physical, and WINIGS to complete designs.

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION DESIGN

AST is well versed in design of transmission and distribution overhead and underground line design from service/secondary distribution to 12kV up to 500kV lines. Our diverse team of experienced engineers and designers' years of experience in project development and permitting support, design, procurement, and construction support. AST will utilize industry standard software such as PLS-CADD to model and analyze lines, and structures including variation of framing such as monopole, H-Frame, and steel towers.

AST structural and transmission group have extensive experience with design of range of foundations such as drilled pier, grillage, direct embedded, spread footing, and steel grillage.

AST staff have worked with numerous utilities nationwide to evaluate, spec., and design distribution and transmission conductor, equipment, and hardware.

CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REPUTATION

A vital part of AST’s design philosophy is the open communication and collaboration between team members and client. We pride ourselves on always being available to clients and AST’s engineers have been trained to respond to client questions and concerns on a moment’s notice.

At AST, technical competence and customer service play equal parts in the success of our client’s projects.

AST works hard to be proactive and protect the interest of our clients. As a result, we have consistently avoided legal disputes, litigation, and arbitration on our projects. It is this devotion to customer service that has resulted in repeat business from a vast majority of our clients over the years. AST has never had a contract cancelled for any reason other than the project itself being cancelled. AST ALWAYS DELIVERS!

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METHODOLOGY

AST proposes to serve UCNSB by utilizing our internal resources and knowledge of power engineering analysis, design, utility experienced staff, capable team members, detailed scope of work development, estimating, and previous knowledge of engineering design standards and personnel to ensure UCNSB’s project team is satisfied with project deliverables.

AST will work closely with UCNSB and other third parties throughout any projects during the project initiation/kick-off meeting(s), field data collection meeting(s), pre-bid meeting(s), bi-weekly Microsoft TEAMS screen sharing & video conference call meeting(s), weekly progress report meeting(s), and detailed project scope of work and request for proposal development and associated project template form(s). If any issues are found during data collection, validation, and deliverable development, AST’s staff located in Florida will have the flexibility to travel to diligently serve and work with UCNSB to reach a mutually beneficial solution for all parties.

AST's team members and staff have a great combination of power industry experience, in-depth knowledge of power resources, professional licensures, educational backgrounds, achievements, knowledge, municipal project experience, and Owner's Engineering expertise to serve the UCNSB by providing a thorough and detailed consulting experience. AST will have a dedicated team to support the UCNSB. Additional resources may be added to the team, as needed.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

AST maintains a management program with concentration on lessons-learned feedback including active communication with vendors, contractors, subcontractors, construction crews, utilities, and other third-party stakeholders. Communication is paramount to any project, and AST has the policies, procedures, and staff to minimize any project issues and their associated impacts to schedule and budget constraints.

The Project Management tracking tools used by AST consist of Microsoft Project, Deltek Ajera, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft OneNote. AST is willing to adopt client’s preferences on any other tool, if necessary. AST’s Project Management Program is available to review upon request, and AST would be proud to demonstrate our capabilities and knowledge.

QUALITY

AST has a very detail-oriented quality process for every project. This process includes analyzing each project before, during, and after each deliverable phase and determining what potential issues could arise, what historical issues have arisen, and by maintaining an active communication line with all stakeholders. AST uses internal peer, independent and manager quality review process to guarantee the best quality. AST’s goal is to deliver the highest quality forward-thinking design to save UCNSB and their customers time, expense, and effort for each

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2. CONSULTANT’S UNDERSTANDING

For over 10 years now, AST has routinely partnered with a Disabled Veteran Owned

Engineering Firm to complete projects for the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and

Veterans Administration (VA) under Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with efforts contracted via negotiated task order. As such, we are very familiar with the contract approach and delivery method proposed for professional services within this RSQ and executing the scope of work in a timely manner.

AST’s is offering, per this RSQ 10-22, a statement of qualifications to provide continued

Electrical Engineering professional services for the engineering department of the UCNSB in a timely manner on an as needed basis. AST is highly qualified and licensed in the state of

Florida and has proven expertise in the following disciplines:

Utility power distribution design permitting, standards development, bid package development and evaluation.

Utility power transmission design .

Utility Power Substation design (greenfield, expansions and system modifications), protection and control designs (new and upgrades), renewables, permitting, standards development, bid package development and evaluation.

AST has also expertise in the disciplines of Civil and Structural Engineering (Utility, Municipality, Cooperative and Commercial) that may be needed for additional support.

AST understands that the UCNSB will select firms from the selected list of qualified, experienced companies by issuing negotiated fee task orders for the scope of services needed at a particular time. Period of performance will be one (1) year, extendable up to three (3) times.

3. STAFF ING

DESIGN TEAM

AST’s design team features bright, energetic, friendly, professional, and engaging engineers and designers. They have a great deal of experience in power substation, transmission, and distribution projects similar to scope provided in this RSQ throughout the country. We emphasize in providing innovative and latest design trends when modeling and analyzing new projects with our staff well versed with 2-D and 3-D modeling of substation and transmission/distribution lines utilizing latest software and tools available in industry.

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John Levar – Principal Engineer and co-founder of AST

John will act at the Team Leader and administrator for AST, overseeing design operations and contract coordination with UCNSB. John’s involvement will be significant in the early stages of the project during Concept and Scoping phase. Once the first stages are and design phase begin, John will take an active role in managing the overall team and act as the Structural

Engineer of Record for the structural scope of work.

David Buchanan – Principal Engineer and co-founder of AST

Dave will act as the Project Manager, overseeing the project controls, scheduling, and overall resources coordination. He will also perform Quality Assurance and Quality Review on the substation physical / civil / structural design.

Obed Arroyo –Substation Design Manager (Physical / P&C)

Obed has vast professional experience with over 17 years working in substation physical, protection and control design with clients nationwide. He is a Florida resident with proven experience as engineer and project manager leading many physical, protection & control substation design projects. Obed has worked with numerous designs installing and upgrading protection, bus and electrical equipment for 4.16KV to 500KV substations in the states of

Florida, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana and Hawaii. Some of the clients have been Delmarva Power, Atlantic City Electric, Pepco, Pennsylvania Power &

Light, Florida Power & Light, Georgia Power, Lafayette Utilities System and Maui Electric.

Obed has designed new substations utilizing GIS and Metalclad enclosed switchgears. Obed has completed projects involving substation upgrades for site, foundation, seismic, structural, and electrical equipment. Obed has experience inspecting and documenting construction installation, as-builts, creating material specifications and bills, developing bid specifications for below and above grade construction, working in energized substations and working with electric utility operations. Obed will perform Project Management, QA/QC on drawings, design, and models. Obed holds an Electrical Professional Engineering (PE) license in the state of

Florida and he will act as the Engineer of Record for the Electrical scope of work.

Heva Mostafavi – Transmission & Distribution Line Design Manager

Heva has over 8 years of great experience working in transmission and distribution line design with clients nationwide. She has extensive experience in engineering and management of distribution and transmission projects from feasibility permitting stage up to IFC and construction support. Heva will be overseeing and managing AST’s internal staff to execute transmission and distribution line, structural, and foundation design. Heva will perform

QA/QC on drawings, design, and models. Heva holds Civil Professional Engineering (PE) license in the state of Florida and will act as Engineer of Record for Civil Package.

Richard Pereanu – Substation Design Senior Engineer

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Richard possesses a wealth of experience with 18 years of substation physical electrical and civil, distribution line, and transmission line design with utilities nationwide. Richard will perform the majority of substation physical design for our team.

Jeremy Dickens – Substation Design Designer/Drafter

Jeremy is an experienced Designer with over 8 years working with substation physical and protection and control drafting. He has tremendous experience modeling substations in 3D and creating intelligent modules and drawings using SBS Substation Design Suite for

Physical, AutoCad Electrical and Autodesk Inventor. Jeremy will be the lead designer / drafter for these projects.

Michelle Schmidt – Civil Structural Senior Engineer

Michelle has a wealth of experience with 12 years of professional civil / structural engineering experience. She has experience doing QA/QC of greenfield and brownfield substations and foundation and oil containment designs on multiple projects.

Curtis Irwin – Protection & Control Design Senior Engineer

Curtis possesses great experience with 10 years working with substation protection and control design, relay settings and system studies with utilities nationwide. Curtis will be the

Lead Responsible Engineer for the accurate engineering design of projects.

Melissa Levija – Protection & Control Design Senior Drafter

Melissa has a wealth of experience with over 7 years working with substation physical and, protection and control drafting. Melissa uses Bentley MicroStation, AutoCAD and SBS

Substation Design Suite for P&C to create/draft designs. Melissa will be the Lead Drafter for these projects. Melissa is relocating to Florida in June of this year.

Aman Singh – Protection & Control Engineer

Aman has 5 years of experience with AST working with substation protection and control design with various utilities. He will be the backup design engineer and will perform various studies, calculations, and reports.

**Additional staff may be added as needed.

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TEAM ORGANIZATION

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STAFF RESUMES

AST's staff is seasoned with countless projects involving power system calculations, site design, civil design, foundation design, structural design, substation physical electrical design, transmission and distribution line design, communications design, relay protection and controls design, conceptual planning, budget estimating, relay setting development & analysis, study evaluations, SCADA and relay programming and integration, and project execution planning.

Please find below the detailed qualifications of ATS’s selected staff for this RSQ with the

UCNSB:

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J O H N L E V A R , P . E .

P R I N C I P A L E N G I N E E R / P R E S I D E N T

P R O F E S S I O N A L / C I V I L E N G I N E E R ( A L , A Z , A R , D E , F L , I D , K S , K Y , L A , M A , M I , M N , M S , M O , N E , N M , N C , N D , O H , O K , S D , U T , V A , W V , W I , W Y )

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Mr. Levar is a co-founder and Principal of AST.

He has a wide range of experience on many successful projects throughout the country. His design expertise includes cast-in-place concrete, precast concrete, site-cast tilt-up, masonry, structural steel, wood, and light gage metal systems on both new and complex renovation projects. As an

Architectural Engineer by degree, he brings unique solutions to the table and takes great care in considering the impact of decisions on other disciplines.

His hands-on experience in construction provides AST’s clients with the well-vetted, realistic solutions.

Mr. Levar initiated the development of AST’s BIM services in 2007 and our new VR/AR collaboration suite in 2018. He continues to develop and lead

AST’s workflows and new processes for utilizing the latest technology during design and construction. In 2015, Mr. Levar developed the business plan and infrastructure for AST’s Power Services Division. He continues to work with their leadership on a regular basis in an administrative and marketing capacity.

E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Engineering (structural emphasis)

The University of Wyoming – Laramie, WY

Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (structural emphasis)

The University of Wyoming – Laramie, WY

E X P E R I E N C E

21 year’s industry experience

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

POWER SERVICES/PROJECTS

GCPUD – Cloud Peak Substation – Structure QA/QC

GCPUD – Quincy Plains Substation – Structure QA/QC

GCPUD – Winchester Substation – Structure QA/QC

Kitching Substation & Switchyard – Structure QA/QC

Hartburg Substation Reactor Containment Foundations – Design

Cambium Pole Design QA/QC - Florida

GOVERNMENT

Highland Arena Elevator Retrofit – St. Paul, MN

Aldrich Arena Elevator Retrofit – Maplewood, MN

Edinburgh Golf Club – Clubhouse Remodel - Brooklyn Park, MN

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Advance Auto Parts Data Center Remodel – Roanoke, VA

Target Data Center Remodel – Brooklyn Park, MN

Health Partners Data Center Remodel – Minneapolis, MN

Target.com Data Center Remodel – Woodbury, MN

SPECIAL/UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

St. Thomas Law School Skyway – Minneapolis, MN

US HWY 64 FRP Bridge Strengthening – Haw River, NC

Upsher Smith Narcotics Vault – Maple Grove, MN

Wells Blue Bunny FRP Blast Strengthening – LeMars, IA

US Bank Security Bollard Design – St. Paul, MN

B.H. Whipple Federal Building Security Bollard and Barrier Design - St. Paul, MN

Zorinski Federal Building FRP Blast Strengthening – Omaha, NE

Printing Press, Die Cutter and other Equipment Foundations – Multiple Locations

Pilon Sign and Solar Array Foundations – Multiple Locations

Liquid Containment Traps/Foundations – Multiple Locations

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D A V I D C . B U C H A N A N , P . E . , S . E . , P . E N G .

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P R O F E S S I O N A L / C I V I L E N G I N E E R

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Mr. Buchanan is a founder and managing Principal at AST, Inc. where he oversees all engineering work and structural drawing production on wood-framed, post-tensioned concrete, mild-reinforced concrete, CMU, structural steel, tilt panel and precast concrete projects throughout the country, including the high seismic regions of the West Coast.

Mr. Buchanan strongly believes that good engineers are much more than just technical experts. Bringing value to his client’s projects comes about through open and continuous communication and collaboration between team members and clients. He believes it is the engineer’s responsibility to effectively communicate how decisions may impact the construction budget and schedule and works closely with clients to develop the best strategies for delivering quality projects on time and on budget.

E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (structural emphasis)

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Master of Science Coursework/Civil Engineering Instructor North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

25 years industry experience

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R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E

WAREHOUSE/ DISTRIBUTION CENTERS/COLD STORAGE

Mills Fleet Farm Distribution Center (1.15 million sq. ft.) – Chippewa Falls, WI

Kroger Food Distribution Center – Aurora, CO

Sysco Food Distribution Center – Nashville, TN

Kroger Customer Fulfilment Center – Aurora, CO

Kroger Customer Fulfilment Center – Forest Park, GA

Polaris Distribution Center – Fernley, NV

OFFICE

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Headquarters – New Brighton, MN

New 130,000 sq. ft. headquarters building

Project included 115,000 sq. ft. of office/lab/clean room space on (2) levels plus 15,000 sq. foot of

Warehouse

Project also featured a “floating” lobby stair built with no columns under stairs or landings.

Citrus Park Office Building – Tampa, FL

Wells Fargo Office Building – San Bernardino, CA

Freighquote.com Office Building – Kansas City, MO

Nelson Building Headquarters – Buffalo, MN

Keindel’s Office Building – North St. Paul, MN

Emerald Point Buildings B & C – Dublin, CA

Eastpointe Office Building – Issaquah, WA

INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING

Upsher-Smith Labs – Maple Grove, MN

Amesbury Truth – Sioux Falls, SD

Star Exhibits – Brooklyn Park, MN

200,000 sq. ft. office & production facility

Shutterfly – Shakopee, MN

Bayer CropScience Facility – Shakopee, MN

115,000 sq. ft. facility

Project included (5) ½-2 ton hoist cranes & (6) 1-3 ton bridge cranes

Leafline Labs – Cottage Grove, MN

Walter G. Anderson – Hamel, MN

Walter G. Anderson - Newton, IA

Rational Energies – Brooklyn Park, MN & Plymouth, MN

Dynamic Sealing – Andover, MN

G & K Services – Minneapolis, MN

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H E V A M O S T A F A V I , P . E .

T R A N S M I S S I O N & D I S T R I B U T I O N D E S I G N M A N A G E R

P R O F E S S I O N A L / C I V I L E N G I N E E R

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Heva manages the Transmission and Distribution Group of Power Services Division at

Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST).

Heva is knowledgeable in several aspects of transmission and distribution line design and engineering, working with diverse clients and utilities nationwide with powerlines ranging from service distribution lines up to 500kV high voltage lines. Heva has several years managing and leading transmission and distribution projects from scope development and proposals up to construction and field support. Heva has extensive experience in PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, PLS-Tower modeling, design and training, engineering and creating design packages for distribution and high voltage transmission projects, bill of material development and construction procurement support, foundation design and analysis of transmission structures, reviewing engineering packages for clients or internally, routing and siting support in extremely challenging to permit areas, and managing projects for utilities or clients. Heva has been involved in performing conductor selection studies, wind farm and renewable interconnect projects, fire hardening projects, developing construction and preliminary cost estimate for large capital projects, routing and siting studies for permitting of public utility commission projects, and representing utility engineering team in public hearing open houses for large capital utility commission projects. Heva has extensive knowledge of industry codes, standards, and practices throughout the country. Heva has also been involved in developing several training material and sessions for less experience engineers in PLS-CADD, transmission and distribution overhead design.

E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering University of Washington at Seattle, WA

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E X P E R I E N C E

8+ year’s industry experience

R E L E V A N T E X P E R I E N C E

Below is a summary of project types Heva has been involved with:

Tower replacement projects Steel and wood monopole/H-frame replacement projects Reconductoring projects Transmission and distribution lines fire hardening Public Utility Commission Permitting and Routing study Green field or relocation of powerlines projects Insulator replacement projects Wind farm interconnect projects Utility distribution line relocation projects EPC projects Solar farm interconnect projects Fiber optic addition projects NERC analysis and mitigation projects Vegetation to powerlines analysis and mitigation projects Quality assurance/quality control for clients and other firms

DETAILED PROJECTS

▫ Moraga-Oakland 115kV Tower Replacement. Oakland, CA. Project engineer in replacement of seven 115kV double circuit towers.

▫ Moraga-Oakland 115kV Rebuild. Oakland, CA. Project engineer in feasibility, cost estimate, and public utility commission permitting application preparation for rebuild of 115kV two parallel double circuit 4 miles overhead and 2 miles underground 115kV lines.

▫ 500kV T-line Insulator Replacement. Throughout CA. Project engineer in replacement of over 600+ 500kV towers insulator replacement.

▫ West and East Raymond 345kV Wind Farm Interconnect. Southern Texas.

Project engineer in greenfield design and engineering of two parallel 10 mile long 345kV lines.

▫ Gate City Blvd Utility Relocation Project. Greensboro, NC. Project engineer in developing cost estimate and feasibility study for relocation of distribution lines along Gate City Blvd.

▫ QAQC representative for SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) reviewing distribution design packages

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O B E D A R R O Y O , P . E .

S U B S T A T I O N P H Y S I C A L / P & C

D E S I G N M A N A G E R

P R O F E S S I O N A L / E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R

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Mr. Arroyo manages the Substation, Protection and Control Group of the Power

Services Division at Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST).

He is a highly skilled professional engineer with experience working at and with

Electric Utilities and Engineering firms. His overall expertise encompasses voltages from 4kV to 500kV. He has proven experience as Lead Responsible

Engineer and managing numerous Protection & Control Design, and Substation

Physical Design brownfield (upgrades, rebuilds) and greenfield (new) successful projects throughout the country involving several phases of engineering and construction. He has created and modified one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, operating diagrams, relay panel layouts/front views, AC & DC schematics / elementaries, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, conduit schedules, bill of materials, substation layouts, foundation layouts, fence plans, grounding plans & details, conduit plans & details, and elevations / sections / views. He has also reviewed the following calculations: AC & DC, voltage drop, grounding, lighting and lightning. In addition, he is knowledgeable of NEC, NESC, NEMA and IEEE/ANSI standards.

His additional experience encompasses project management, scopes, conceptual designs, feasibility studies, cost estimates, schedules, resources management, bid proposals, client management, business development, training & mentoring new and less experienced engineers, QA/QC reviews, material & equipment specifications and procurement, power transformers inspection & testing review, and construction support.

His power experience working with some of the biggest regulated and unregulated electric utilities as well as partnering with several engineering design firms across the country has allowed him to learn and understand the

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E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems emphasis) University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

E X P E R I E N C E

17+ year’s industry experience

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BROWNFIELD AND GREENFIELD SUMMARY

Some examples of transmission and distribution Substation / P&C projects replacing, upgrading and adding new major electrical equipment are as follows:

Line Protection Relays Bus Differential Protection Relays Stub Bus Protection Relays Transformer Differential Protection Relays Capacitor Bank Protection Relays Breaker Failure Protection Relay Feeder Overcurrent Protection Relay Breaker Control Annunciator & Alarms Communications / Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) / SCADA Circuit Breakers Disconnect Switches Power Transformers Potential Transformers (PTs) and CVTs Lightning Arresters Station Service Battery and Chargers Line / Wave Traps Yard Lights Transformer DGA Monitors Capacitor Banks

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R I C H A R D P E R E A N U

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Mr. Pereanu is part of the power services division of AST, he has a total of 18 years of experience with both distribution and generation electric utilities and grading & drainage plans. He has experience in the design and procurement of transmission lines and substations up to 345 kV.

Mr. Pereanu is familiar with various software including AutoCAD, Civil 3d, MathCAD, PLS CAD UltraLite, LPile, Sag10, Microsoft project schedule, Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office Suite.

Mr. Pereanu has experience in both design and construction of substations and has a good attention to detail. This has allowed him to quickly resolve issues in the design phase prior to construction.

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Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ

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18+ year’s industry experience

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SUBSTATION & SWITCHYARD DESIGN

Valencia 230 kV transmission line & Interconnection Valencia 230 kV Substation Expansion

Boothill 230 kV Substation SSVEC 20 MW Solar Plant & Substation Interconnect

Schieffelin 230 kV Substation (Greenfield Site) Schieffelin 230 kV Grading & Drainage Report

Alamo 69 kV Substation (Greenfield Site) Hereford 69 kV Substation (Greenfield Site)

Apache Solar 20 MW Solar Plant & Substation Interconnect Fiber Optic Smart Grid Static Wire changeouts

69 kV GOAB Structure - SSVEC Vistancia Master Plan Community - Land Development

Circle Eye 69 kV distribution line Bagdad Mine Substation and 115 kV Line

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J E R E M Y A L E X A N D E R D I C K E N S

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Mr. Dickens is the Substation Designer and Drafter for the Substation Physical

Design group within the Power Services Division at Advanced Structural

Technologies, Inc. (AST).

He is highly talented and skilled professional in modeling and drafting utilizing industry standard programs creating 2D and 3D drawings for substations.

Utilizing his Associates of Applied Science Degree for the past 9 years he has enhanced and broadened his knowledge and understanding of the power industry working with diverse clients and multi-faceted projects. He is highly skilled and efficient in utilizing software such as AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Inventor, Microstation, Autodesk Vault, Substation Design Suite, and many other industry standard software. He continuedly demonstrates to our clients outstanding performance in fast paced, time sensitive environments as a confident problem-solving critical thinker with outstanding quality of work.

Mr. Dickens has been a great addition to our team, and his attention to detail, deadlines, client needs, and willingness to work in a team has been a positive asset for the AST team.

E D U C A T I O N

Associates of Applied Science Degree

ITT Technical Institute

9+ year’s industry experience

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SOFTWARE

AutoCAD AutoCAD CADWORX AutoCAD Plant 3D/P&ID Inventor Recap360 Microstation Autdesk Vault Substation Design Suite Maximo Microsoft Office ProjectWise

BROWNFIELD AND GREENFIELD SUMMARY

Mr. Dickens has supported several aspects of design and drafting of power substation and line for several brownfield and greenfield projects listed below:

Electrical & Relay Design 3D Substation Design Rendering Plans & Foundations Review Bill of Material Site, Structure, Foundation, & Electrical Drawing Creation Create 3D Parts Libraries / Modules

DETAILED PROJECTS

▫ Kempner 138kV, Added 3 138kV 3000 amp CB’s (Ring Config) & As Built, Located in Texas

▫ Copperas Cove 138kV, Wave Trap Removal, T-line rename, Vertical Bus conductor & As Built, Located in Texas

▫ McCarty Lane 138kV , Circuit Breaker Addition, Ring Bus Config & As Built, Located in Texas

▫ Ranch Road 12 138kV , Circuit Breaker Addition, Ring Bus Config & As Built, Located in Texas

▫ Schneeman Draw 345kV, added 3 bays (new transmission lines), Located in Texas

▫ Bakersfield 345kV, Added 3 bays (new transmission lines), Located in Texas

▫ Cedar Canyon 345kV, Added 2 bays (new transmission lines), Located in Texas

▫ Fayetteville 345kV & 138kV, Replace/Relocated SA’s & PT’s & Upgraded Bus, 1 345kV Auto Transformer, (4) 4000 amp CB’s w/equipment, Located in Texas

▫ Hilltop to Strahan 138kV, Renamplated 3 CB’s, Installed (2) 3000 amp V switches w/motor operators and 2 without, removed wave trap, Located in Texas

▫ Turtle Creek 138kV, Installed (4) 3000 amp CB’s in ring bus config, 6 bay tubular bus box structure, (8) 138kV

V-switches, (9) CCVT’s (1) KVA PT (9) 84kV MCOV arrestors, 21 X 27 Control House, Located in Texas

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Ms. Schmidt has established herself in the structural engineering industry and with our clients as an engineer that finds quality, cost-effective solutions to project issues. In addition, she brings a positive energy and enthusiasm to projects that has our clients asking to work with her time and time again.

Ms. Schmidt has been immersed in the design of both large and small-scale projects across the country. Additionally, she has a vast amount of design experience with a multitude of building materials including wood, concrete, masonry and steel.

Ms. Schmidt’s personable attitude has allowed her to foster long lasting relationships with her clients. With her impressive attention to detail and ability to handle strict deadlines, she’s been able to give her clients a memorable, positive experience when working with AST.

E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering (Structural and Geotechnical emphasis)

The University of Wisconsin – Platteville, Platteville, WI

13 years industry experience

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POWER SERVICES/PROJECTS

Doc Bonin Substation Foundation Designs – Lafayette, LA

Moss Substation Foundation Designs – Lafayette, LA

Bluffdale Substation Foundation Designs – Bluffdale, OR

GCPUD – Cloud View Substation – Structure QA/QC

OFFICE

Minnesota Energy – Rosemount, MN

CSI Headquarters – New Brighton, MN

MEDICAL OFFICE/LABORATORY

TUV SUD Expansion – New Brighton, MN

Affordable Dentures – Multiple Locations

Multiple miscellaneous projects at the Mayo Clinic* – Rochester, MN

Ekim Orthodontics* – Prior Lake, MN

Marshfield Clinic* – Hayward, WI

INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING

LKQ – Baton Rouge, LA

Amesbury Truth – Multiple Locations

Leafline Labs – Cottage Grove, MN

Bayer – Shakopee, MN

Shutterfly, Inc – Shakopee, MN

VA/ NCA PROJECTS

Eagle Point National Cemetery Expansion – Eagle Point, OR

Maine Rural Initiative Nation Cemetery – Jonesboro, ME

Roseburg National Cemetery Gravesite Expansion – Roseburg, OR

Fargo National Veterans Burial Ground – Fargo, ND

MN VA Outpatient Mental Health Clinic – Bridging Documents – Minneapolis, MN

MN VA Women’s Clinic – Minneapolis, MN

MN VA Private Patient Bed Ward – Design Build Study – Minneapolis, MN

MN VA Primary Care Clinic – Bridging Documents – Minneapolis, MN

WAREHOUSE/ DISTRIBUTION CENTERS

Kroger Fulfillment Center – Multiple locations

Toro – Raw Materials Warehouse – Windom, MN

Kroger Aurora Distribution Center Expansion – Aurora, CO

Polaris MDC – Fernley, P R O P O S A L F O R R S Q 1 0 - 2 2 – R E Q U E S T F O R S T A T E M E N T O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S F O R C O N T I N U I N G

C U R T I S I R W I N , P . E .

P R O T E C T I O N & C O N T R O L

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Curtis is a Senior Protection and Control Engineer in the Power Services

Division at Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST).

He is an experienced professional electric utility engineer with ten years of utility engineering experience and several years working for Engineering firms and has worked on voltage levels from 35kV to 230kV. He has proven experience as Lead Responsible Engineer and managing numerous Protection

& Control Design, and Substation Physical Design brownfield (upgrades, rebuilds) and greenfield (new) successful projects throughout the country involving several phases of engineering and construction, including day-to-day operation of electric utilities including equipment outage clearance reviews, post-fault analysis and troubleshooting of faulted equipment. Curtis has been responsible for developing, modifying, and reviewing one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, operating diagrams, relay panel layouts / front views, AC & DC schematics / elementaries, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, conduit schedules, bill of materials, substation layouts, foundation layouts, fence plans, grounding plans & details, conduit plans & details, and elevations / sections / views. He has also developed relay settings for line, transformer and capacitor/reactor banks protection, reclosing schemes. In addition, he is very familiar with NEC, NESC, NEMA and IEEE/ANSI and other applicable standards.

He has further experience with SCADA systems, revenue metering, commercial building design, feasibility/facilities studies, cost estimates, schedules, training

& mentoring new and less experienced engineers, QA/QC reviews, material & equipment specifications, procurement, and equipment test report review and

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Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems emphasis) Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa

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12+ year’s industry experience, 2 years commercial building design experience

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BROWNFIELD AND GREENFIELD SUMMARY

Some examples of transmission and distribution Substation / P&C projects replacing, upgrading and adding new major electrical equipment are as follows:

Line Protection Relays / Permissive / Line Current Differential / Direct Transfer Trip Schemes Bus Differential Protection Relays / High Impedance Stub Bus Protection Relays Transformer Differential Protection Relays Capacitor Bank / Shunt Reactor Bank Protection Relays Breaker Failure Protection Relays Feeder Overcurrent Protection Relays Breaker Control Annunciator & Alarms Communications / Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) / SCADA Circuit Breakers and disconnect Switches Power Transformers Potential Transformers (PTs) and CVTs Lightning Arresters Station Service and Batteries and Chargers Line / Wave Traps Yard Lights

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Mrs. Levija is a senior drafter for the Protection and Control Group of Power Services

Division at Advanced Structural Technologies, Inc. (AST).

Mrs. Levija has been in the Protection & Controls industry since 2015 building up her skills as a drafter and drafting lead in AutoCAD and MicroStation. Within her time in the industry, she has increased her skills as lead drafter by being detail oriented and gravitating to learn how to design a substation. Over the course of her career, she has specialized in client standards, efficiency of the drafting process, QA/QC, and hitting project deadlines.

With the vast majority of Mrs. Levija’s experience in providing drafting support to project managers, engineers, and designers in all phases of layout and design, she has increased her knowledge of completing these projects from start to finish. Some of her responsibilities include creating:

One Line Diagrams

Three Line Diagrams

AC/DC Elementary Diagram, DC Schematic

Wiring layout

Relay Control Panels

Mrs. Levija is a subject-matter-expert in multiple CAD platforms and is responsible for developing substation construction packages for Engineer Review, transmittal to clients for Construction and for picking up As-Built changes after construction.

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Mrs. Levija is known to her peers as having a high level of experience with drafting practices and industry standards and equipment, with a focus on attention to detail and consistency throughout a project while considering client preferences. Goals for a project are to exceed client expectations to deliver a quality product accurately scoped, within budget and on schedule.

E D U C A T I O N

Associate of Applied Science Degree in Drafting and Design Technology. (3.2 GPA) ITT Technical Institute of Madison, Wisconsin

E X P E R I E N C E

7+ year’s industry experience

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SOFTWARE

AutoCAD 2D & 3D MicroStation Microsoft Suit Revit Inventor

BROWNFIELD AND GREENFIELD SUMMARY

The project types that Melissa has worked on are:

Switchyards Ring bus Breaker and a half Brownfield to Greenfield 3-Phasing to 5-Phasing Substation Projects

Some examples of Substation work Mrs. Levija has been a part of are:

Spring Street Sackett Lake Station 418 Delhi - Brown field - Lead Drafter Sackett Lake 4.8kv Recloser-Regulator Corning - Green field - Lead Drafter Q39 (Tie in with Q49, Q10) - Green field - Lead Drafter Q17 – Green field - Lead Drafter Ball Hill - Green field - Lead Drafter Various Substations (15+)- RTU upgrade- Electrical Layout/ Drafting - Construction Package Various Substations (8+)- Revenue - Metering upgrade - Electrical Layout/ Drafting - Construction Package Various Substations (40+) IP Modem upgrade – Electrical Layout/ Drafting – Construction Package

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