RSQ-10-22_Continuing_Professional_Services-Electrical_Engineering.pdf

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Utilities Commission City of New Smyrna Beach, FL

RSQ No. 10-22 | Continuing Professional Services Electrical Engineering Firms

April 19, 2022

Proposal No. 22002803P 1101 N. Lake Destiny Road, Suite 415, Maitland, FL 32751

1101 North Lake Destiny Road, Suite 415 Maitland, FL 32751 Main: 321 441 9405

Ms. Maureen Lynch, CBBP Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach Procurement Manager 200 Canal Street New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

RSQ No. 10-22: Continuing Professional Services – Electrical Engineering Firms Colliers Engineering & Design Project No. 22002803P

Dear Ms. Lynch, Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc. (DBA Maser Consulting) is pleased to submit our Response for the Request for Statement of Qualifications from the City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida Utilities Commission (Commission) for continuing Electrical Engineering services. This contract has the full attention of our firm, and we look forward to working alongside Commission staff to perform all task assignments issued under this contract. Through our years of experience in providing task based as-needed services to various utilities, we have gained a thorough understanding of the expectations for this contract. CED has assembled our staff with the goal of providing the highest quality technical expertise, depth of resources, and exceptional leadership. This will be achieved through technical innovation as well as effective communication, coordination, and collaboration with the Commission. Efficient performance of tasks under this contract will provide significant benefits for planning and construction of new and upgraded infrastructure by the Commission.

As you review our information, you will see that CED has the expertise to perform any service related to support New Smyrna Beach needs with five offices located in Florida. The work for this contract would be performed from the Tampa office.

The CED team, led by Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, PE, CEM, is prepared to be your trusted partner on this contract. We are committed to provide the resources necessary to perform assignments for water and electric utilities. CED is familiar with the potential electrical engineering services needed by the Commission.

Additionally, CED has on staff highly experienced engineers to support client projects. Our Electrical Engineering staff predominantly comes from a Utility background with over 100 years’ experience in designing and constructing power generating stations, substations, transmission systems and distribution systems.

We are licensed to do business in 42 states and 442 PE and 52 PLS licenses firmwide. Colliers Engineering & Design shall comply with the established Project HASP for engineering services as well as the City of New Smyrna Beach’s health and safety plan during the Engineering phase. All COVID requirements will be respected and followed.

Our commitment to the safety of the public, our staff, and stakeholders is paramount in every aspect of what we do. This commitment to safety is foremost in our approach to work in the office and our field operations. Every project plan is created with safety as a primary driver on the

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Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to working with you.

Sincerely, Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc.

(DBA Maser Consulting)

Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, PE, CEM Associate

UTILITIES COMMISSION

CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA

200 CANAL STREET

P.O. BOX 100

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32170-010

RSQ 10-22

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

A Copy of This Signed Form Must Accompany Your Proposal

Acknowledgment of Receipt of Addenda No. 1

Company_______________________________________

Title___________________________________________

Signature_______________________________________

Colliers Engineering & Design, Inc. (DBA Maser Consulting)

Associate | Discipline Leader - Electrical Engineering

Table of Contents

Cover Letter 1 - 2

Addendum No. 1 3

Table of Contents 4

Section 1 Qualifications 5 - 10

Section 2 Consultant’s Understanding 11 - 16

Section 3 Staffing 17 - 32

Section 4 Location 33

Section 5 Financial Stability / Insurance / Occupational License 34 - 36

Section 6 References 37 - 38

Section 7 Past Project Performance 39 - 47

Section 1 Qualifications

Qualifications | April 19, 2022

The Colliers Engineering & Design Team

Colliers Engineering & Design is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey and has 63 offices throughout the United States. Our first Florida office opened in Tampa in 2013, with the hiring of local experts who have extensive experience providing electrical engineering services to multiple clients throughout the state. Since then, we have increased our Florida presence to over 150 employees and opened additional offices in Maitland, Miami, Boca Raton, Ft. Myers, and Jacksonville.

Colliers Engineering & Design has a well-established track record for providing similar professional electrical engineering services under multiple as-needed contracts for cities, counties and utility agencies throughout Central Florida.

For this contract, our available capacity and services are reinforced by Florida licensed professionals and, if it becomes necessary, by field and office support staff from our Tampa, Boca Raton, and Jacksonville office locations, and by discipline experts companywide. Utilizing our established workflows, integrated technology and communication protocols, staff in multiple offices can work collaboratively with local project managers, which allows projects to be reviewed by industry experts while leveraging staff capacity to quickly respond to the Utility Commission needs and expedite project schedules, as necessary.

Utility Experience and How CED can be an Asset to the Utilities Commission:

Colliers Engineering & Design projects are managed in accordance with corporate procedures based on accepted best practices to ensure successful project delivery in compliance with the schedule, budget and quality standards agreed upon at project inception. Our team has the capabilities to respond to any of the special types of assistance outlined in this RFQ and commits to successfully completing all task assignments on time, safely and cost-effectively. We achieve these goals by maintaining close relationships with clients;

executing projects in accordance with established goals, schedules, and budgets; and fostering effective on-going communication the Utility Commission project manager and staff.

Colliers Engineering & Design has a well-established track record for providing all of the services required for this contract, including specific utility experienced gained under similar on-call contracts for clients such as Florida Power & Light and Borough of Park Ridge, NJ. We work with our client partners to review each task assignment and listen to ensure that we understand client goals and expectations and the specific assignment requirements and determine milestone scheduling and deliverable requirements. By working with client partners to determine need, Colliers Engineering & Design is able to plan each of our projects, employing the right technology, techniques and production workflows.

Section 1 - Qualifications

To make sure all team members understand project requirements every kickoff meeting includes a project-specific checklist for each stage of the project. Importantly, the plan is created with safety first and foremost.

The techniques we employ with each piece of equipment and technology were designed with safety as a primary factor. At project kickoff the PM will create a project specific safety plan on our Health & Safety SharePoint site. This plan includes Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all known project factors that can affect safety. This is reinforced with our Site Safety Briefing Form. This form is the center of a tail-gate safety meeting that occurs each day, at the beginning and end of the day, as well as any time site conditions change. Using this form the crew members all take part in identifying site factors that can affect team members ability to work safely and mitigating equipment/actions for each potential safety issue. Some issues typically encountered include weather, traffic, electric equipment, and construction activities. All crew members take part in this review and sign the safety briefing form to further engage everyone in our culture of safety.

Qualified staff, the tools and technology to efficiently meet project goals, and a defining culture of safety make Colliers Engineering & Design the right partner for the New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission.

Similar Experience:

The Colliers Engineering and Design Electrical Engineering Department has a combined experience of well over 100 years in direct industry practice. The range of competencies includes voltage classes from 120V to 765kV, generating plant and substation design and implementation, substation equipment upgrades, relay and protection upgrades, ARC Flash studies, renewable design and implementation / interconnection, distribution system upgrades, water wastewater system designs, building electrical upgrades, and more.

Representative projects that display the experience of our CED team include the following:

City of Monroe (NC)

Colliers Engineering & Design (CED) created a utility conflict matrix for a large road-widening project for design use. Our team compared proposed road plans with existing utility plans and GIS data to document all equipment that required relocation. CED worked directly with gas, water, sewer and telecom designers on the project.

Confidential Client

Storm Secure Program - City of Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL

Created conceptual, preliminary, permit and final construction drawings for the conversion of approximately 100 miles of overhead to underground distribution conversion. Voltage drop, flicker calculation, conduit and fill calculations, cable and transformer sizing, and junction box locating were some of the tasks performed under this project. Additionally, make ready and overhead removal drawings were included in the project. Milestones were critical on this project due to PSC involvement and all required milestones were met.

Laona POI Switchyard - EDPR / O’Connell Electric

Provided complete substation engineering package for a 115kV five breaker ring bus designed to National Grid standards. Scope included electrical, protection and control, grounding calculations, civil and structural engineering. Also provided technical coordination with National Grid, EDPR and O’Connell Electric.

Federal Aviation Administration, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, Atlantic City, NJ

Completed a comprehensive review of all existing electrical infrastructure at the FAA campus at Atlantic City Airport. Project included an inventory of all equipment, condition, years in service and priority / importance of the equipment to the electrical system on site. This assessment resulted in a long-range capital investment plan for the next 20 years, laid out in a way that was manageable by FAA staff, within annual budgets.

In addition to the above projects, Staff have completed relevant projects prior to employment at CED that include the following:

New York Power Authority – In City Generation Project

Multiple CED engineers work on this project prior to coming to CED. These employees were responsible for the conceptual and physical designs, equipment procurement, scheduling, budgeting and construction management of eleven 44MW Generating stations and substations for interconnection to the utility system.

Responsibility of the engineers also included oversight of Environmental, Legal, Real Estate, Public Affairs, Licensing and Engineering, as well as numerous outside entities.

Engineers were responsible for all disciplines of engineering and the development of approximately 10,000 drawings for the installation of all plant systems for eleven generating units.

In addition, engineers were responsible for all plant equipment procurement from numerous vendors, developing and review of specifications, delivery schedules, coordination, and logistics. Also responsible for ensuring that construction permits were in place and that all required information was provided to the Code Compliance, Safety and Quality Assurance groups.

Engineers assisted with negotiated interconnection and operating agreements for existing and new facilities and outage management for interconnection.

Engineers spent 9 months in the field providing Construction Support throughout the construction of all eleven generating units at seven sites.

New York Power Authority – Brooklyn Generating Plant Interconnection Project

Engineers now working for CED were responsible for the overall construction of a 138kV feeder interconnection from the Authority’s Seymour GT Site to Con Edison’s Greenwood substation, including a Seymour 138kV substation extension, Greenwood 138kV substation extension and feeder routing and street construction.

Project scope included all substation design, equipment specification and procurement, delivery schedules, budgets, Con Edison interface, environmental evaluations, securing property easements, licensing interface and general installation coordination and logistics.

In addition, engineer was responsible for ensuring all required permits are in place as required and that all required information is provided to the Code Compliance, Safety and Quality Assurance groups. Engineer was also responsible for interface with Energy Resource Management Group, ensuring that all proper paperwork is available for filing with the New York Independent System Operator and that all modeling is completed prior to reconnection.

Accelerating success.

Colliers Engineering & Design is a trusted provider of multi-discipline engineering and architecture, consulting and design delivering customized solutions to public and private clients. Established in 1984 as Maser Consulting, Colliers Engineering & Design maintains its same dedicated leadership, systems and services to clients. Today, the firm employs over 1,800 professionals nationwide. Over its history, the company has consistently been recognized nationally by Engineering News Record as a Top 500 Design Firm and ranked on The Zweig Group Hot Firm List of fastest growing companies.

Driven by our values of quality, accountability, and safety in the work environment our dedicated professionals take pride in their commitment to providing clients the highest standards of customer service. Our full-service, in-house resources, advanced technologies, and proven project management approach combine to provide accessibility to resources and strategies that maximize the success of our clients’ project potential.

Firm Overview

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Civil/Site

• Commercial & Residential

• Landscape Architecture

• Land Use Planning

• Water Resources

Transportation

• Traffic Engineering & ITS

• Transportation Planning

• Highway Design

• Bridges

Governmental

• Civil Engineering

• Water/Wastewater

• Planning

• Landscape Architecture

• Coastal/Marine Engineering

• Geographic Information System

(GIS)

• Grants & Funding

Survey/Geospatial

• Land Survey & Measurement

• Mobile & Static LiDAR

• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

• Rail & Tunnel

• Subsurface Utility Engineering

(SUE)

Infrastructure

• Structural Engineering

• Construction Engineering

& Inspection

• Coastal/Marine Engineering

Geotechnical/Environmental

• Geotechnical

• Environmental

• Natural Resources

Architecture

• Energy & Sustainability

• Interior Design

Telecommunications

• Cell Site Modification & Design

• New Site Build

• Small Cell & DAS

• Structural Analysis & Design

• Fiber Construction Network &

Design

Utilities/Energy

• Renewables

• Substation Design

• Oil & Gas Pipelines

• Transmission & Distribution

• Electrical System Design

Project Management

• Project & Program Management

• Planning & Advisory Services

• Commissioning & Energy Services

Core Disciplines 1984-2022 38 Years of Experience

Colliers Engineering & Design offers a robust range of Electrical Engineering Services to fully realize your energy or utility infrastructure projects. From low voltage to extra high voltage experience, substation design, renewable development, solar energy, battery storage and construction management, our in-house services are ready to support your project when and where you need it most.

• Over three decades providing valued services and expertise

• Professionals who look beyond the engineering aspects of a project to help determine cost, schedule implication and energization plans to support a client’s overall business plan

• Supporting client design and interconnection needs through highly technical, experienced and diverse engineering team

• Professionals who provide complete and accurate designs in a timely manner for all clients’ electrical needs including substation design, renewable interconnections, transmission and distribution projects and site planning and engineering

• Over 1,000 experienced and qualified professionals under one organization for a single-source solution

• Experienced Project Managers responding to clients’ needs, attending meetings and providing engineering, technical and administrative support

• Knowledge and experience with local critical issues that may affect your project

Accelerating success.

Firm Advantages

Electrical Engineering

Section 2 Consultant’s Understanding

Consultant’s Understanding | April 19, 2022

Consultant’s Understanding of Scope and Expectations

The City of New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission desires to obtain Professional Electrical Engineering services to include Overhead Transmission, Distribution system and Substation Designs.

The purpose of this contract is to provide a wide range of general Electrical Engineering Services to the Utilities Commission on an as-needed basis, including but not limited to work and consulting within their transmission and distribution systems, and substations.

Colliers Engineering & Design (CED) commits that we have the necessary resources and expertise to successfully complete each task. We can assume full and sole responsibility for projects of varying size, whether the project is a small one-day consulting solution, or a multi-year design and construction project.

Our proposed team has outstanding credentials and has experience serving varying roles on a wide range of projects.

CED appreciates the opportunity to express our interest in presenting our unique qualifications, introduce our talented team of dedicated professionals, and share our project experience to serve the City of New Smyrna Beach for professional engineering services related to the Utility Power Distribution Design, Transmission design (overhead and underground), Substation Design.

We have a local and national team of design electrical engineers, structural, construction inspectors, surveyors, geotechnical, environmental professionals who are well qualified to successfully provide services under this contract. Our engineer staff are registered with the Florida Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors or Nation Institute of Certified Inspection Technicians.

Our local experience working within the Tampa area, as well as our experience working with clients throughout Florida and other states, will prove beneficial in providing excellent services to the City of New Smyrna Beach. Improving today’s infrastructure is an on-going mission for our clients and a passion for our employees. CED is committed to providing exceptional services for the City of New Smyrna Beach. Our employees live and work here, and we are delighted to be a part of our community’s growth.

Work Plan Approach

Successful projects are those in which the team is well coordinated, the scope of work is well established, and the Owner is regularly involved from the onset as an active part of the team. The CED Design and Assessment Team facilitates a full management partnership with the Client and its staff, incorporating “in-person” communication and an open exchange of ideas. We serve as your partner, while preserving your role in each strategic decision.

Section 2 - Consultant’s Understanding

CED’s management plan is designed to provide the Client:

• A project management process that allows multiple teams with various technologies and approaches to execute separate task orders simultaneously.

• Highly skilled, dedicated and responsive project team.

• A rigorous quality assurance/quality control process for all aspects of the design process.

• A communications plan and document control system that enables seamless work across multiple offices. The is a primary point of contact assigned to this contract. The Project Manager is responsible to become thoroughly familiar with the needs of the Client and their Task Order procedures and develop a well-established working relationship with the Client.

The Project/Program Manager will assure that the most highly qualified design team is engaged for this project by balancing these factors as guides for selection:

• Technical qualifications, expertise, and past performance specific to the type of work.

• Specialized planning, or assessment services that may be required.

• Specific customer knowledge and relationships regarding the site and scope of work.

• Capacity to perform the work based on the required schedule and budget.

Upon award of the contract, the Project Manager will develop a project-specific project management plan (PMP). The PMP will include all contract information, scopes, work breakdown structure, budget, schedule, team contact information and responsibilities, document distribution matrix, client communications procedures, and the task order-level quality control plan—essentially, all the information necessary for the Project Manager to manage the project in one concise, comprehensive document. Likewise, the PMP will be the Project Team’s guide to successfully accomplishing the work within an agreed upon budget and schedule. The information in the PMP is standardized, which enables all members of the design team to know where to find information and how to quickly access it. The PMP will be reviewed in compliance with the CED QA/QC Program for every Task Order to assure consistency, quality, budget, schedule, and delivery.

OWNER’S PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

Upon award, the CED team will work with the owner to review or further develop the Owner’s project requirements and detail further the project scope. At this time, the team will detail functional requirements of the project, location, operational requirements and the project expectations. This includes project and design goals, measurable performance criteria, budgets, schedules, success criteria, stakeholders’ interests, owner’s directives, and supporting information. It also will include information to assist the project team to properly plan, design, construct, and the owner to operate, and maintain systems.

DESIGN BASIS DOCUMENT

Design basis documents and Standards developed by the client will be reviewed and incorporated into the design planning. Design basis documents will become a compilation of the clients’ system and design basis documents, concepts, calculations, codes and standards, and equipment selections used to meet the project criteria and to satisfy applicable regulatory requirements, standards, and guidelines. The document will include both narrative descriptions and specific assumptions made by the CED project design team during design development.

DETAILED DESIGN

Detailed Design is an expansion of the design basis in performing design specific calculations, design drawings, diagrams, specifications and material selections. During this phase, size and placement of equipment is determined along with establishing interconnection of components. In addition, detailed coordination between disciplines occurs. For existing facilities, CED will conduct surveys as needed utilizing its wide range of capabilities of the site to collect or verify site data that includes, documentation or verification of existing systems, identification of facility attributes and deficiencies, and document or verify existing dimensions that may impact the project. In addition, existing NERC compliance and requirements to bring a facility into compliance may be required.

FINAL DESIGN

Upon approval by the client of the detailed design, the CED team will begin the Final Design Development Phase of the project. During the Final Design Development phase, comments from the Design review are incorporated and final drawings and other documents are generated. In addition, detailed coordination between disciplines continues. A review of the budget will be conducted and value engineering if required will be evaluated at this stage. A constructability review will also be conducted once construction documents are complete. Addressing constructability issues in this phase tends to lead to a project with less conflicts and construction issues ultimately producing a better installation at lower cost. CED will conduct a final review with the project stakeholders to ensure compliance with the project requirements.

PROCUREMENT PHASE

During the Procurement Phase, CED will participate in discussions and inspections to ensure that the design intent and unique project parameters are clearly conveyed to the Suppliers. In addition, CED will provide documentation of any addenda required for clarification to the Suppliers.

CONSTRUCTION PHASE

The CED team is comprised of professionals with extensive experience from the engineering design, construction and construction management business, specifically related to the requisite work. This experience enables us to thoroughly understand the construction installation, materials and methods necessary for a successful outcome. We understand the time constraints that drive construction projects and the impacts of not meeting schedules and we strive to provide timely responses to Requests for Information (RFI’s) and materials submittals. CED also attends construction coordination meetings and performs field observations visits with timely publishing of written field observation reports.

QUALITY CONTROL

Colliers Engineering & Design (CED) is detail oriented and prides itself on quality control. CED has established quality assurance procedures to ensure quality deliverables to our clients. Engineers are directly involved in the design process and supervise design efforts and CADD operations. Compiled lessons learned from previous projects are applied to each new design. The CED discipline leads will perform a quality control review, and the project manager will perform a final quality control review prior to document submission to the Owner.

Managing your contract With 30+ years of experience in electrical engineering, including 20 years at an electric utility, Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, PE, CEM will serve as your Project Manager and Primary Point of Contact for the duration of this contract. Along with her extensive regional experience, Jennifer has a long background working within City, County and State governments, Electrical management districts, utility owners and commercial and residential clients, and other regulatory agencies throughout the country.

Jennifer has an extensive background in all levels of engineering including design and implementation of large capital projects inside power plants (Nuclear, Hydro, Combined Cycle, Natural gas and Renewables).

She worked within the design and construction management teams for the first Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) in New York State and has designed and implemented many new substations, upgrades to existing substations, underground transmission systems and is currently working on an overhead transmission relocation.

Jennifer also has extensive experience with NERC Compliance, Outage Management, and Short-Term and Long-Term Planning.

Jennifer has developed a very dedicated team residing in offices within NY, NJ and Tampa, FL. Each of the Key Personnel selected for this contract has extensive relevant experience within Electrical Engineering and outstanding qualifications with advanced degrees and/or certifications in their specialized fields offering a depth of technological capabilities as well as, additional capacity to provide comprehensive solutions for projects of any size or complexity on schedule.

Colliers Engineering & Design understands that timely, high quality and within budget deliveries of designs are critical and commits to meeting or exceeding the Utility Commissions expectations under this contract.

We know how important it is to complete all project elements in a timely manner and within budget– maximizing the effectiveness and value of this contract. The following critical elements are the foundation for ensuring the successful execution of this contract:

• Responsiveness, Communication and Coordination: Responsiveness, along with clear lines of communication will be a key to the success of this contract. As the primary point of contact, our Project Manager, Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, will facilitate responses to all Utilities Commission communication within a 24-hour timeframe. She will proactively communicate directly with Utility Commission’s Project Manager in the event of unusual circumstances ensuring prompt resolution to avoid project delays. She will be available if required to attend meetings with Utility Commission staff, other agencies, utility providers, business owners, residents, and other stake holders. Colliers Engineering & Design will provide timely project deliverables and milestone dates which the Utility Commission may use to determine our overall progress as part of project status reporting.

• Schedule: Resourcing and availability will be the driving elements of meeting project schedules. After completion of a task order negotiation phase and upon notice-to-proceed, Ms. Mayadas-Dering will hold a kick-off meeting with all key personnel to discuss project milestones, schedules, accuracies, deliverables, and QA/QC procedures. All key staff will be given the work program schedule that identifies critical milestones for each stage of the project. Detailed communication procedures will be established and followed between all constituents and Colliers Engineering & Design’s Project Manager. Schedule updates will be included with the monthly progress reports and corrective actions, if necessary, will be identified and communicated to maintain agreed upon deadlines.

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC): Prior to NTP a project specific QA/QC plan covering all scope elements required for this contract will be prepared and submitted for approval by the Utility Commission. In addition, any subconsultant partners that may be needed will follow the requirements established in the Colliers Engineering & Design Team Quality Assurance Plan. Our assigned QA/QC Program Manager will carry out a quality assurance (QA) review on all project deliverables, prior to submittal.

Interfacing with the Utility Commission Colliers Engineering & Design employs a proven and comprehensive approach to project management by engaging established procedures that are utilized uniformly throughout the corporate enterprise. Our professionals work diligently with our clients to ensure successful project delivery in compliance with the approved schedules, design, budgeting, permitting, and administration while maintaining quality standards from initial assessment through project completion Colliers Engineering & Design project managers operate within a team environment and we value our clients as team members and partners. A key factor in successful project management is effective communication. Keeping our clients and other team members informed throughout the project life cycle is viewed as critical to overall project success.

The Colliers Engineering & Design Team is at your service

Colliers Engineering & Design has assembled an exemplary team of qualified professionals that will always strive to exceed the requirements for professional services included in the RSQ. Our capacity to accomplish work in the required time is directly related to quantity and quality of resources and the commitment of our team to meet the needs of the Utilities Commission. We handpicked our team members to have redundant resources and experienced staff available to the Utilities Commission should multiple task orders be issued simultaneously, or if emergency situations arise.

This contract will be managed from our Maitland, Florida office which is approximately a 45-minute drive to the Utility Commission Offices. Our available capacity and services are reinforced by Florida licensed professionals and staff from additional Florida office locations (Miami, Boca Raton, Tampa and Jacksonville) as well as by discipline experts companywide. Utilizing our established workflows, integrated technology and communication protocols, staff in multiple offices can work collaboratively with local project managers, which allows projects to be reviewed by industry experts, while leveraging staff capacity to quickly respond to the City’s needs and expedite project schedules, as necessary.

Providing you with the best product to successfully complete your project

Colliers Engineering & Design’s professionals have the expertise to achieve results while maintaining quality control over design products and final client deliverables. Our systematic approach to this contract is detailed below:

QA/QC Procedures

Colliers Engineering & Design is committed to taking responsibility for the quality of all our deliverables and we understand that quality control is the job of the consultant, not the Utilities Commission. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) reviews are essential components of our workflow. Craig Zeidman, Director of Infrastructure at Colliers Engineering & Design with over 30 years of experience in the project types requested by the Utilities Commission throughout the State of Florida will be our Quality Assurance lead. Mr. Zeidman will oversee all QA/QC procedures and peer reviews for final deliverables. We will submit all work to the Utilities Commission only after our staff ensures that each deliverable meets the Commission’s standards and specifications.

Similar Contract/Government Administration Experience Colliers Engineering & Design understands the importance of representing the best interests of the New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission through this continuing services task work order-based contract. CED’s electrical engineering staff has over 75 years of collective experience working directly with governmental agencies and their contract administration processes, budgeting, required timelines and project deliverables. We are committed to establishing a long-term relationship with the Commission by providing consistent and repeatable services, leveraging the talent of our staff, utilizing emerging technology, and applying a proven contract management approach to ultimately conserve your budgets and time. This proposal highlights our experience and ability to perform multiple services under this contract.

Our firm has the capabilities to respond to any of the special types of assistance outlined in this RSQ and commits to successfully completing all task assignments on time and cost-effectively. We achieve these goals by maintaining close relationships with clients; executing projects in accordance with established goals, schedules, and budgets; and fostering effective ongoing communication between the project manager and project team.

Section 3 Staffing

Staffing | April 19, 2022

Staffing Requirements

Colliers Engineering & Design Inc. (CED) has assembled an exemplary team and we will strive to exceed the requirements for professional services included in the RFQ. Our capacity to accomplish work in the required time is directly related to the quantity and quality of resources and the commitment of our team to meet the Utilities Commission of the City of New Smyrna Beach’s needs. Colliers Engineering & Design understands the importance of representing the best interests of the Utilities Commission through this on-call services contract. We are committed to establishing a long-term relationship with the City of New Smyrna Beach by providing consistent and repeatable services, leveraging the talent of our staff, utilizing emerging technology, and applying a proven contract management approach. This proposal highlights our experience and ability to perform multiple services under this contract.

Project Team’s Experience in Providing Electrical Engineering Services

Our team understands that this contract is intended to be all encompassing covering all types of professional electrical engineering related services. Colliers Engineering & Design has the experience and qualified team to support this contract, be it small or large projects/task work orders (TWOs).

This contract requires a Project Manager who is highly familiar with the specific requirements involved in providing electrical engineering design and management to utility clients. With 30+ years of experience in electrical engineering, including 20 years at an electric utility, Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, PE, CEM will serve as your Project Manager and Primary Point of Contact for the duration of this contract. Along with her extensive regional experience, Jennifer has a long background working within City, County and State governments, Electrical management districts, utility owners and commercial and residential clients, and other regulatory agencies throughout the country.

Jennifer has an extensive background in all levels of engineering including design and implementation of large capital projects inside power plants (Nuclear, Hydro, Combined Cycle, Natural gas and Renewables).

She worked within the design and construction management teams for the first Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) in New York State and has designed and implemented many new substations, upgrades to existing substations, underground transmission systems and is currently working on an overhead transmission relocation.

Jennifer also has extensive experience with NERC Compliance, Outage Management, and Short-Term and Long-Term Planning.

Jennifer has developed a very dedicated team residing in offices within NY, NJ and Tampa, FL. Each of the Key Personnel selected for this contract has extensive relevant experience within Electrical Engineering and outstanding qualifications with advanced degrees and/or certifications in their specialized fields offering a

Section 3 - Staffing

Staffing | April 19, 2022 depth of technological capabilities as well as, additional capacity to provide comprehensive solutions for projects of any size or complexity on schedule.

Our Colliers Engineering & Design Team Organizational Chart identifies key individuals from the Team who will be responsible for the various activities anticipated under this contract. If the need arises, the Project Team can be supported by a large staff of personnel from our Tampa and Jacksonville offices. This is particularly important to maintain critical scheduling. It is the intent of the Colliers Engineering & Design Team to be available to the Utilities Commission on a moment’s notice. To accomplish this, we will ensure that key personnel have the support that is required for each given project, even if it necessitates temporarily moving personnel from one office to another. Because of the depth of our team, work overloads are practically nonexistent. We have a strong reputation for performing work on multiple projects on schedule and within budget requirements.

Key Staff

RICHARD J. ARDOLINO, PE

Mr. Ardolino is a Project Manager and Electrical Engineer with experience providing electrical designs for municipal buildings, warehouses, airports, generating facilities, and more. His responsibilities include reviewing layout drawings, preparing electrical drawings, wire sizing, and conduit fill calculations; evaluating existing panel loading; and preparing Electrical Interconnection Applications.

SCOTT D. REYNOLDS, PE

Mr. Reynolds is a professional engineer with an expertise in all aspects of high-voltage electrical engineering with a specific focus on substation design, interconnection with the bulk power transmission system and overall system design. He has experience as the coordinator for all engineering disciplines on energy projects and main technical point of contact. He regularly performs due diligence reviews on electrical engineering packages, interconnection agreements and designs, facility and load studies, power purchase agreements and related documents. He has also provided conceptual and detailed engineering documents, one line, relaying, collection routing, substation arrangements and major equipment specifications.

KOLE KEESLING

Mr. Keesling is a Senior Electrical Engineer with experience preparing underground power systems. Mainly for the conversion of existing utility customers to a more reliable service. His duties include voltage drop calculations, transformer sizing, duct design, permitting and quality control.

HAMID MORADI

Mr. Moradi has over 15 years of utility and electrical engineering experience. He is well-versed in using the NEC (National Electric Codes) for installing power and lighting systems and designing electrical panels for adequate protection against the faults and short circuits using different kind of breakers and protection systems.

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Jennifer Mayadas-Dering, PE, CEM

Associate | Discipline Leader | Electrical Engineering

Experience

Ms. Dering is the Discipline Leader for Colliers Engineering & Design’s Electrical Engineering Department. As an experienced Electrical Engineer and Energy Manager, her capabilities include the implementation of overhead and underground transmission line installations, including terminations and testing, in addition to electrical design for bulk power transmission, substation, and generation facilities.

Ms. Dering’s responsibilities include development of full-scale project plans;

detailed engineering and equipment specifications; coordination of project staff, budget, resource allocation management, and timeline development;

and providing direction and support to the project team. She also monitors and reports progress to all stakeholders; tracks deliverables; implements and manages project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs;

and evaluates results. Ms. Dering’s role also includes on-site construction management or construction support; gap and risk analysis; and startup and testing plans and implementation.

Representative Projects

Federal Aviation Administration, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, Atlantic City, NJ Program/Project Manager responsible for program/project managing electrical projects under a five year $10M contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) involving all aspects of the proposal and project management processes, deliverables, schedules and financials. As the program/project manager responsible for the day-to-day coordination and communication with FAA, subconsultants and the Colliers Engineering & Design team to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met on schedule. Identified and implemented project improvement processes to more efficiently manage the client expectations and team goals and objectives.

Forefront Power LLC City of San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA Project Manager responsible for oversight and coordination of numerous solar installation projects that began as Interconnection and Site Assessments and have built through all initial Survey and Wetlands work through to all Civil/Site scope for numerous 2 to 5MW solar field projects.

Also responsible for ongoing management and coordination of new Interconnection and Site Assessments and recommendations on a large portfolio of possible new projects sites as they move forward into their next round of solar build throughout the State of New York. Contributed to the development, engineering, and interconnection process including the

Education M.S. Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, 1996

B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont, 1991

Certificate in Business Excellence, Columbia Business School

Professional Registrations Professional Engineer (PE) New York, Florida, Oregon, Texas, New Jersey, Vermont, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Connecticut, Massachusetts

Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

California Electrical Contractor License (C-10)

Professional Affiliations Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Senior Member

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Jennifer Mayadas-Dering ongoing coordination between client, various Colliers Engineering & Design disciplines, and the appropriate utility company.

CONTI SOLAR

City of Edison, Middlesex County, NJ and City of Worcester, Worcester County, MA Project Manager responsible for oversight and coordination of numerous 20MW solar projects. Contributed to the development, engineering, and interconnection process including the ongoing coordination between client, various Colliers Engineering & Design disciplines, and the appropriate utility company.

East Light Partners, PBC City of Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA Project Manager responsible for oversight and coordination of solar installation projects that began as an Interconnection and Site Assessment and have built through all initial Survey and Wetlands work through to all Civil/Site scope. Also responsible for ongoing management and coordination of new Interconnection and Site Assessments and recommendations on a portfolio of possible new projects sites as they move forward into their next round of solar build.

One Energy Renewables City of Seattle, King County, WA Project Manager for the engineering and interconnection process of several 20MW solar projects, including the ongoing coordination between client, various Colliers Engineering & Design disciplines, NYISO, and the local Transmission Owner.

Laona POI Switchyard – EDPR / O’Connell Electric Provided complete substation engineering package for a 115kV five breaker ring bus designed to National Grid standards. Scope included electrical, protection and control, grounding calculations, civil and structural engineering. Also provided technical coordination with National Grid, EDPR and O’Connell Electric.

Battery Energy Storage – 2MW/4MWhr - Sterling Municipal Light Department As Owner’s Project Manager, wrote the technical RFP, evaluated vendor proposals, reviewed vendor submittals, managed engineering contractor, coordinated technical installation and witness testing, and coordinated with Sandia National Labs as a stakeholder of the project.

Marsh Hill Wind Project – 25MW – Invenergy Provided a complete substation engineering package for a 34.5kV four breaker ring bus designed to NYSEG standards. Scope included electrical, protection and control, civil and structural engineering. Also provided the remote end engineering for relay replacements and breaker replacements for three NYSEG substations connected to Marsh Hill.

Development of 23 Solar Fields Confidential, Various Locations, NY 23 solar fields ranging from 2MW to 5MW solar fields are being developed or have completed construction throughout the state of New York. The development of these projects has consisted of meeting with town officials, creating single- and three-line drawings for interconnection, coordinating with other disciplines, and completing utility interconnection applications.

Central Hudson GIS Circuit Quality Assurance Project Central Hudson is in the process of integrating its circuits into the utility’s GIS database. The project consists of reviewing GIS circuits created by GIS technicians utilizing engineering diagrams and drawings, utility databases, knowledge of utility engineers and field crews, Google Earth and Google Street View, and field checks when needed. Equipment being identified and incorporated into the GIS database includes capacitors, circuit breakers, fuses, primary overhead and underground conductors, reclosers, secondary overhead and underground conductors, utility poles, switches, transformers, and voltage regulators. Also responsible for training onboarding GIS technicians in general electrical distribution systems and equipment.

Nexans High Voltage USA Director Tendering, Installation Services and Project Management

Responsible for implementation of many high voltage underground transmission line installations, including terminations and testing. Project involvement included manufacturing, equipment testing, project management, engineering, legal (terms and conditions), testing, QA, and installation.

Managed the Project Management Department, as well as Installation Teams in the field. Managed project teams, developed schedules, and communicated proper level of urgency and appropriate level of accountability for on-time completion.

Interfaced with both…