RSQ_10-22_Electrical_Eng_Proposal.pdf

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REQUEST FOR

STATEMENT OF

QUALIFICATIONS

CONTINUING

PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES

RSQ# 10-22

(ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING)

April 19, 2022

Letter of Intent

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

April 18, 2022

Re: Continuing Professional Services (Electrical Engineering) RSQ #10-22

Dear Selection Committee, Fred Wilson & Associates, a CMA Company (FW&A), is pleased to submit our qualifications in response to the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach’s RSQ #10-22 for Continuing Professional Services (Electrical Engineering).

FW&A has provided electrical engineering services for several municipal electric utilities, including the City of New Smyrna Beach, and public and private electric utilities throughout the state of Florida. We are confident that you will continue to find our services exceed your requirements.

Most of the firm’s electrical team of engineers, designers and drafters have more than ten years of industry experience, and some have over 25 years electric utility engineering experience. Many of them joined FW&A after extensive engineering careers with electric utilities in Florida.

FW&A previously held this continuing contract with the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach and we have valued our working relationship with the City and worked hard to look after the utilities interest during the design and construction of your projects.

As Principal-in-Charge for this contract, I am authorized to give and support information, both in writing and oral presentation, for our company. John Franko, P.E. will serve as Project Manager for this contract. Both Mr. Franko and I are located in our Jacksonville office.

Each member of the FW&A Team is committed to providing the City of New Smyrna Beach with responsive professional services. The FW&A Team is looking forward to the opportunity to present our understanding and approach, qualifications, past performance, and Team in more detail in the pages that follow and before the selection committee, if requested.

We appreciate being considered for this continuing engineering services contract. We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach as one of your professional engineering consultants. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at +1 (904) 398-8636, ext. 6828 or tgardner@chenmoore.com.

Respectfully submitted, Fred Wilson & Associates, a CMA Company

Thomas Gardner, Vice President Electrical

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RSQ 10-22

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

DATE: March 28, 2022

RE: RSQ 10-22 Continuing Professional Services ADDENDUM NO. 01

To prospective vendors:

The Utilities Commission is issuing the following addendum. As such it becomes an integral part of the proposal and must be acknowledged by the return of this signed form, with your proposal form, acknowledging receipt of the addendum.

The following questions were asked and are answered below.

1) Our company provides both Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering services. Do we submit a qualification package for each service/discipline or in one package?

Yes, separate submittals.

2) On page 5 of the RSQ, it states that ‘Submittals’ should contain no more than fifty (50) double sided pages” Can you please clarify whether this is referring to 25 sheets of paper with 50 total pages or 50 sheets of paper with

100 total pages?

50 Sheets of paper which may be double sided.

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3) Are you folks asking that respondents submit an SF330 for this solicitation?

No. Please follow the directions contained within the solicitation to respond.

4) In the proposal subjects’ section, the details/descriptions of 1

(Qualifications) and 7 (Past Project Description) are very similar, almost identical in terms of what is being asked. Can you please clarify the differences between these two sections?

1 (Qualifications): overview of consultant’s qualifications and capabilities, what makes them standout, and why they would be an asset to the UCNSB.

7 (Past Project Descriptions): detailed examples of past projects performed, who they performed them for, and the benefit the project provided to the client.

5) The 1. “Qualifications” and “7. Past Project Performance” sections (refer to pages 4 and 5 of the RSQ both request a list of projects completed in the past 10 years. For our firm, most of the projects we would list are the same projects that would apply to both sections. Outside of the requirement to include “details on the project the positive impact it had for the municipality” requirement for the “Past Project Performance” section, the requested details are generally the same for both sections and our responses would be very similar. Our questions are below: Please clarify the differences between the “projects” requirements for the two sections. Is it

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acceptable for respondents to merge our response to the two sections for brevity?

1 (Qualifications): overview of consultant’s qualifications and

Respondents may merge their responses as long as it is clear for the evaluation committee on how to score the Consultant Ranking Sheet.

6) Is Exhibit B (page 22) required at this time or only after contract award?

After contract award.

7) Do the proposal cover and tabs count against the page limit?

No, they do not count toward the page limit.

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8) Are the references requested in Section 1 (Qualifications) different from the references requested in Section 7 (Past Project Performance)?

1 (Qualifications): overview of consultant’s qualifications and

9) Are the references requested in Section 1 (Qualifications) different from the references requested in Section 6 (References)?

1 (Qualifications): overview of consultant’s qualifications and

6 (References): three (3) project references that the UCNSB can contact on any private or municipal projects.

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10) Qualifications (#1) and Past Project Performance (#7) appears to be one in the same with the exception of #7 being focused on municipalities Do project references/examples need to be only focused on municipality related projects: If you sum the weighting of these two items it’s pretty heavy, so would be good to get some clarification on the difference of the two.

1 (Qualifications): overview of consultant’s qualifications and capabilities, what makes them standout, and why they would be an asset to the UCNSB.

7 (Past Project Descriptions): detailed examples of past projects performed, who they performed them for, and the benefit the project provided to the client.

Qualifications, Past Projects, and References can be private or municipal projects.

11) Regarding references (#6) says ‘similar’ contracts-do the contracts have to be at the muni level?

Qualifications, Past Projects, and References can be private or municipal projects.

12) Please confirm that NIA and other network related upgrades are required as part of the scope of services for this project.

NIA/instrumentation and controls capabilities should be included in the response to the RSQ. Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering firms may include this capability in their qualifications.

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A Copy of This Signed Form Must Accompany Your Proposal

Acknowledgment of Receipt of Addenda No. 1

Company_______________________________________

Title___________________________________________

Signature_______________________________________

Fred Wilson & Associates (FW&A), a CMA Company

Vice President Electrical

Thomas Gardner, P.E.

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Section Number Section Title Page Number

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Qualifications 1-1

2 Consultant’s Understanding 2-1

3 Staffing 3-1

4 Location 4-1

5 Financial Stability/Insurance/Occupational License 5-1

6 References 6-1

7 Past Project Performance 7-1

Ta bl e of

C on te nt s

UTILITIES COMMISSION CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH

RSQ #10-22 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

(ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)

FW&A, A CMA COMPANY

Section 1 - Qualifications

UTILITIES COMMISSION CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH

(ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)

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1. QUALIFICATIONS

Brief Company History Fred Wilson & Associates (FW&A) was founded in 1962 performing Civil, Roadway and Electrical designs for Federal, State, Public and Private clients. FW&A was acquired by Chen Moore and Associates (CMA) in 2021.

FW&A offers professional services to public and private clients for the design of utility power distribution, utility power transmission, and utility power substation projects in the electrical engineering discipline.

CMA is a Florida-based Company with nine offices and over 100 employees. All electrical work for this contract will be performed out of CMA’s office in Jacksonville, Florida, where the original FW&A electrical and FDOT civil staff are still located about two hours and 105 miles from the City of New Smyrna Beach’s government offices.

CMA employs 105 full time staff, including 39 registered professional engineers, 6 registered landscape architects, 2 certified planners and a certified irrigation designer. With our highly experienced technical design staff, the CMA team has the capabilities to address the smallest to the most challenging electrical, civil, environmental and transportation engineering, planning, landscape architecture and construction administration tasks required for many types of public, semi-public and private sector projects. The City can be assured that the FW&A team can handle all components of the electrical engineering projects performed under this contract.

Capabilities FW&A understands that services covered under a continuing contract can be wide-ranging, including projects and studies with values up to certain statutory limits. For this contract, we understand the City of New Smyrna Beach may select two registered and qualified firms to provide professional engineering consulting services for your electric engineering projects. The projects may include:

a) Utility Power Distribution design (overhead and underground), Permitting, Standards Development, Bid Package Development and Evaluation.

b) Utility Power Transmission design (overhead and underground).

c) 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.

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Most of the firm’s electrical engineers and designers have more than 10 years of industry experience, and many of them joined FW&A after extensive engineering careers with electric utilities in Florida and elsewhere. As a result, FW&A engineers approach transmission, substation, and distribution system design with informed consideration of operational and maintenance concerns.

FW&A offers the following services:

• Comprehensive Engineering Design, including transmission, distribution, and substation projects

• Siting, permitting and regulatory compliance issues

• Construction cost estimating

• Construction contract drawings and specifications

• Assistance with NERC reliability standard compliance

• System Protection Studies

• Protective relay settings for substation equipment and transmission lines

• Modeling of transmission and distribution systems and equipment

• Owner’s engineering and field support services

• Engineering reports (technical writing)

• Solar generation interconnection

• Power supply and rates

• Project management (schedules, budgets and progress reporting)

• Engineering studies and reports

• Field investigations and documentation

• Construction administration (including shop drawing review, on-site support, RFI response and record drawings)

• Operation and maintenance documentation

Substation Engineering FW&A provides comprehensive electrical and site/civil engineering services for new, rebuilt and upgraded substations. FW&A specializes in overcoming diverse substation design challenges with innovative solutions and creative site/civil engineering. FW&A has experience with substations ranging from 5 to 500kV.

• Equipment procurement specifications

• Complete site development

• Permitting and regulatory compliance

• Physical layout design

• Design of lightning protection and grounding systems (including ground grid analysis)

• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC)

• Security lighting, cameras, and fence/wall design

• Design of incoming and outgoing transmission and distribution lines and terminations

• Assistance with final substation checkout and commissioning

• Facility Rating

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Engineering for Protective Relaying and Controls, and Communications FW&A provides comprehensive engineering services for protective relaying and controls, communications in new substations, and for upgrade projects of varying complexity. Relay and controls, communications and load metering engineering services include:

• Complete relay system coordination (including design, specifications, panel layout, settings, and commissioning)

• Model Transmission Systems for Relay Coordination in Aspen OneLiner

• Design SEL Relay Settings in AcSELerator

• Design of microprocessor-based, electromechanical and solid-state systems

• Design of relay upgrades for distribution automation

• Communications design (including fiber-optic, radio and microwave systems)

• Coordination with utility SCADA systems

Power Transmission Engineering FW&A provides power transmission line design for voltages from 46kV through 230kV. The firm specializes in providing solutions for projects with relocations in connection with FDOT work, complex right-of- way constraints, clearance requirements, permitting issues and underbuilt distribution.

• Overhead and underground line design

• PLS-CADD design using aerial photography, LiDAR surveys and terrain modeling

• Design of wood, steel and concrete support structures

• Underbuilt distribution

• Route Selection Study and assistance with right-of-way acquisition

• Permitting for transmission facilities, including EMF

• Access/patrol road design

• NERC Facility Rating analysis

• Upgrades such as voltage conversion and reconductoring for line uprating

• Sag/tension calculations

• Structural load trees and analysis

Power Distribution Engineering FW&A provides engineering services for medium-voltage power distribution systems. The firm specializes in:

• Overhead-to-underground conversions and distribution relocations associated with roadway improvements.

• Overhead and underground line design for new construction projects, as well as relocations and upgrades for system storm hardening

• Overhead-to-underground conversion design (including duct bank and manhole systems, and direction drilling)

• Distribution system computer modeling and analysis with tools such as SynerGEE, ETAP, SKM Power Tools, and ASPEN

• Distribution system studies (including load-flow, fault, system coordination and Arc Flash)

• Cable and equipment replacement design

• Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping with tools such as ArcFM

• Assistance with operational issues such as system losses and troubleshooting

• High-mast and conventional roadway lighting design and computer modeling with tools such as AGi32

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How FW&A is Uniquely Qualified We believe that FW&A has the experience and qualified engineers with the individual experience in electric utility projects to continue to provide exceptional design services to UCNSB as we have demonstrated under the current contract.

1. Characteristics of FW&A

FW&A has qualified and experienced engineers that have been involved in a wide variety of electric utility projects and have worked through the various challenges such projects have presented over the years. While the entire firm consists of 105 people, the FW&A Electrical staff in Jacksonville has 11 degreed electrical engineers, seven of which are licensed professional engineers (PEs). Some of our engineers have backgrounds with a municipal utility, some with an investor-owned utility, and some with private industry. Because our staff has experience on a broad range of projects, we are able to re-deploy engineers, when necessary, without suffering a noticeable drop in the experience level.

FW&A is a firm that is based on being responsive to our clients. As a small business, we believe that smaller projects and larger projects are equally important. Projects issued under continuing contracts are often smaller projects.

Geographically, FW&A has partnered with Florida Municipal Electric Utilities from Key West to Chattahoochee;

and on a size basis from the smallest (Moore Haven and Bushnell) to the largest (JEA). We have served the municipal electric market for the last 26 years of our 60-year history as a company.

For FW&A, electric utility design is our primary business. It is not an afterthought or just a minor area of service as it is for some consulting firms. In addition to the 11 engineers, our electrical team includes five designers/drafters.

We also rely on an in-house civil engineer who specializes in transmission line patrol roads and substation site issues, such as stormwater management, oil containment, and environmental permitting.

2. Specific Experience of FW&A

FW&A is pleased to have been of service to the UCNSB through continuing professional services contracts established in 2010, 2014, and 2018. The major project with which FW&A assisted the UCNSB under our original contract was the 23 kV Subaqueous Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) Crossing at the North Causeway. This project involved a very complicated design of a 2,100-ft directional drill, 23 kV cable installation, environmental and FDOT permitting, and construction phase services.

The major project with which FW&A assisted the UCNSB under our second contract was the Electric Utility Master Plan Update. Working on the analysis and report associated with this project has given some of our engineers a level of understanding of the characteristics and needs of the UCNSB electric system that other firms would not have. Elements of that project included:

• Preparing system, substation, and feeder load projections for the 10-year planning period.

• System modeling using WindMil software for normal loading and single contingency switching conditions.

• Developing a recommended program of improvements with budgetary cost estimates and Commission presentation.

FW&A has also provided assistance with the FAC-008 and other NERC compliance documents under both contracts.

FW&A, under a separate contract, provided design and construction services for the expansion of the Smyrna 115kV to 23kV Substation Expansion. The design included protection and control, physical, transmission, site design, and permitting for this substation expansion project. FW&A developed equipment specifications for all major equipment and protection relays. The design consisted of replacing the existing 115kV 30MVA transformers with two new 56MVA transformers and six new 22.9kV distribution feeder breakers and providing provisions for a future transformer and feeder breaker bays.

The major projects with which FW&A assisted the UCNSB under our current contract was as follows:

• Design of two (2) new 23kV express distribution feeders from the upgraded Smyrna Substation. The two feeder are underground from the substation in directional drilled conduits and manholes to the east side of I-95. From there, the feeders go overhead. Feeder one is underbuilt on the Airport transmission line

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• Design to connect the existing Airport 115kV transmission line to the Field Street transmission line with a new 3-way 138kV switch. The project replaced three wood poles in the Field Street 115kV transmission line with spun concrete poles to support the new 3 way switch and provide proper clearances. A new spun concrete pole was added to the 115kV Airport Line as the tap structure from the 3-way switch. This project provides a tie point in the field as necessary for maintenance.

• Design to rebuild the existing Field Street 115kV transmission line from the Smyrna Substation to Glencoe Road. The line was designed to handle a Voltage upgrade in the future to 138kV. The design replaces the existing deteriorating wood poles with spun concrete poles with underbuilt distribution. The design also included adding additional spun concrete transmission poles to the Airport 115kV transmission line from I-95 to Sugar Mill Drive. The new poles were added to support underbuilt distribution and provide proper clearance between the transmission conductors and the distribution conductors.

FW&A has been honored to be one of the engineering firms the UCNSB selected and trusted as a team member in these recent years. We understand the UCNSB has interest in utility-scale PV solar, plans for some distribution automation, plans for some distribution feeder upgrades, and possible 115 kV transmission system expansion. As your city and electric utility continue to grow, we would be pleased to assist with any of your planning, design, or operational issues, and with any of the projects outlined in your Capital Improvement Plan.

Understanding of Project FW&A has extensive experience providing engineering services for electric utility clients under long term on- call contracts. The majority of the firm’s electric utility projects emerge from such agreements. We understand this RSQ does not identify specific projects or needs of the city, but lists the following types of electrical engineering services:

a) Utility Power Distribution design (overhead and underground), Permitting, Standards Development, Bid Package Development and Evaluation.

b) Utility Power Transmission design (overhead and underground).

c) 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.

Once FW&A is notified about an upcoming project, the project manager will coordinate with the City to clarify basic project details and set up a project scoping meeting. We will conduct a visit to the project site to identify both opportunities and potential challenges.

Following the scoping meeting and/or site visit, we will prepare a draft scope of services and present it to the City for review. The scope will include a description of the deliverables to be provided and the schedule for providing those deliverables. The need for any specific subconsultants will also be determined during that period.

As part of developing the scope, FW&A will inquire about the client’s specific procedures and standards and will adjust to suit the situation. The scope will identify any information required from the client as well as anticipated involvement of the client in the project process. We will attempt to identify all available resources, i.e.: What relevant information does the client have and in what format – surveys, studies, plans, etc.? Will other agencies need to supply information, make decisions, etc.?

After there is mutual understanding and agreement on the scope, FW&A will prepare a fee estimate for the desired services and submit it to the City for authorization.

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Section 2 - Consultant’s Understanding

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Project Approach After the City issues a Notice to Proceed (such as a task order or purchase order), FW&A’s team leaders will assemble a project-specific team. Once a project team has been assembled, FW&A will adapt its standard project approach to the needs of the client and to the complexity of the project or task. The following section describes the life-cycle for a larger Capital Project.

1. Project Kick-off Meeting

A typical kick-off meeting will include at least the following components:

FW&A will restate the project scope and clarify provisions for scope adjustment, emphasizing unique project features and potential obstacles. FW&A will also work with the client to confirm or adjust the project schedule and milestones. The firm will address typical scheduling obstacles, such as site selection, right-of- way acquisition, permitting issues, and coordination with third-party agencies. Schedule implications from project-specific factors, such as public/political concerns or use of special materials, will also be addressed.

Each aspect of the project kick-off meeting will focus on client expectations. FW&A will ensure that design team members understand the client’s desires and have adequate resources to respond.

2. Communication

For every project, we will identify lines of communication and provide contact information for the assigned representatives from FW&A and the client. When clients call us during office hours, a receptionist will answer and make every attempt to find the desired person or provide information to speed up call-back time. The project manager and all team leaders provide clients with their mobile/cellular numbers as well.

Monthly invoices can also include a summary of the services provided during the period. An updated status of the project schedule and budget is often provided along with the invoice.

3. Field Investigation

The design team will perform detailed field investigations. This step allows FW&A personnel to ensure that survey documents or existing drawings have accurate and up-to-date information, which significantly reduces the potential for change orders during the construction phase. Field investigations also help engineers and designers foresee potential obstacles.

4. Environmental Compliance and Permitting

Permitting can require significant time; however, we are intimately familiar with the regulatory spectrum, from stormwater and wetland impacts to containment concerns with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to navigable waterway crossings with the Army Corp of Engineers to right-of- way accommodation with the Florida Department of Transportation.

5. Design and Drawing Preparation

FW&A aims to function as a branch of our clients’ engineering departments, adapting completely to their procedures.

Larger utilities often have intricate standards for drafting/drawing and construction/materials, including customized software and work management systems. Smaller utilities might require assistance with developing or updating their standards.

All designs will be produced at our Jacksonville office. We will issue progress submittals at the intervals agreed upon in the scope of services.

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6. Quality, Schedule & Budget Control

The Project Manager will oversee procedures to ensure quality, maintain schedule and minimize costs for both design and construction. Thomas Gardner, P.E., Vice President of Electrical assumes ultimate responsibility for successful project administration and stays abreast of all major activities and concerns.

a. Quality: For FW&A, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) begin at the project kick-off meeting when the firm clarifies the client’s priorities and expectations. As the project continues, FW&A assumes QA/QC responsibility, clarifying to project team members that quality review is not the client’s role.

Consequently, most submittals will be reviewed in detail by the team leader as well as the project manager or other qualified peer reviewer. FW&A also has well-established procedures for organizing and preserving project information, including hard copy project files. Such procedures ensure that subsequent questions can be quickly investigated and resolved. The process also minimizes complications when client-delayed projects are “taken back off the shelf.”

b. Schedule: Establishing a realistic schedule (though often aggressive and challenging) is the most important step. Only experienced designers and engineers can create accurate hour estimates. FW&A relies on personnel who have designed many similar projects to evaluate initial schedule proposals and ensure that all parties involved have considered relevant issues.

Once confirmed, a typical project’s schedule is monitored at several levels. First, the primary designer or engineer is thoroughly acquainted with all project deadlines and notifies the team leader at the first sign of potential delay. The team leaders oversee schedule compliance and personnel assignments for most projects within their areas of expertise (distribution, relaying/substation or transmission). Team leaders also coordinate with subconsultants whose deliverables can significantly impact a project schedule.

c. Budget: Budget control occurs in two spheres. First, FW&A minimizes design costs through the quality and schedule control measures described above. Project errors and delays needlessly increase hours. Such protective measures promote efficiency, which allows FW&A to offer reasonable rates. Second, FW&A minimizes construction costs by brainstorming creative engineering solutions. During design, the firm’s personnel prescribe cost-friendly construction procedures and materials (where appropriate). Designers also prioritize life-cycle cost issues – small savings on the front end of a project sometimes lead to large long-term expenses. To whatever extent possible, design team members accommodate potential future upgrades. For example, one design project might leave room to safely install and operate equipment that the client plans to add in a subsequent project. Such measures provide added value to each project.

7. Subconsultant Coordination

FW&A rarely requires subconsultant participation for the design portion of electric utility engineering projects. We do, however, regularly partner with a variety of subconsultants for services such as surveying, geotechnical and environmental engineering and related services. Potential subconsultant selection depends on project type.

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8. Construction Phase Assistance

FW&A will provide post-design support to whatever extent the client desires. Construction cost estimates can be included with each design submittal. We can also help clients prepare for the bidding process, conduct bid reviews and select contractors based on best value.

The firm typically performs construction-phase services as a separate project. Services might include shop drawings review, response to technical questions (RFIs), site visits or full-time representation, processing proposed change orders and/or pay requests, commissioning services, preparation of record drawings and production of operation and maintenance documentation.

FW&A will provide post-design/construction phase support as requested by the client and required by the project.

Construction support needs vary with scope and size of projects. We understand that the majority of the support can be handled remotely. However, when needed FW&A has the capability to supplement the owner’s staff to help manage projects through construction. FW&A has a field engineer who has over 30 years of municipal transmission experience on staff. His primary role is on-site engineering representation during construction. The construction support required for a project could include:

Bid Review and Award Recommendations Shop Drawing Review Response to Technical Questions (RFI’s) Periodic Site Visit Resident Project Representation Processing Pay Requests Construction Progress Meeting Testing and Checkout Procedures Start Up and Commissioning Assistance Record Drawings based on Contractor Redlines Construction Final Walkdown Construction Engineering Representative

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Section 3 - Staffing

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Key Personnel As project manager, John Franko, P.E. will assign tasks to the key team members as required based on the services requested from the City. A project would be assigned to a lead engineer upon award. The lead engineer then delegates tasks to junior engineers, designers and drafters to complete the task. Resumes for the following key personnel are included, starting on page 3-5 of this section.

Key Team Members Thomas Gardner, P.E., Principal-in-Charge As Principal-in-Charge, Mr. Gardner will be responsible for planning and organizing engineering projects and the application of complex engineering skills requiring advanced knowledge. He supervises a group of engineering professionals as a project leader and makes independent decisions that are not regularly subject to technical review. He has 11 years of experience and is a Professional Engineer. He will lead the design process and sign and seal engineering documents as required.

As an Electrical Engineer, Mr. Gardner is responsible for performing a broad range of engineering assignments, including substation, relaying, transmission, and distribution. He conducts independent studies and analysis and provides interpretations and conclusions. He gives technical guidance to technicians and lower level engineers.

John Franko, P.E., Project Manager/Lead Substation Engineer As Project Manager, Mr. Franko will be responsible for planning and organizing engineering projects and the application of complex engineering skills requiring advanced knowledge. He supervises a group of engineering professionals as a project leader and makes independent decisions that are not regularly subject to technical review. He has 15 years of industry experience and is a Professional Engineer. Mr. Franko has design experience that includes design work for a substation equipment manufacturer, substation design at a large investor-owned utility, as well as consulting substation design for other electric utilities and industrial facilities. Mr. Franko will lead the design process and sign and seal engineering documents as required.

J. David Hopkins, P.E., QA/QC/Design Support As a Principal Engineer overseeing Quality Assurance/Quality Control, Mr. Hopkins provides technical direction and training to department engineers and makes decisions and recommendations having important impact on engineering activities of the company. He initiates and maintains contacts with engineers in other companies, equipment manufacturers, and industry associations to maintain his technical expertise. He demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight and judgment in anticipating and solving engineering issues. He has 45 years of experience and is a Professional Engineer. He will contribute to the design process and sign and seal engineering documents as required.

G. Chris Gearhart, P.E., Lead Transmission Engineer As an Electrical Engineer for FW&A’s engineering team, Mr. Gearhart recently joined FW&A with over 20 years of experience in the electric utility industry, specializing in transmission and distribution line design. He has performed engineering and design on high-voltage transmission lines up to 345 kV in projects throughout the United States. His expertise includes project design and engineering, permitting support, specifications, material take off and procurement, shop drawing reviews, bid reviews, and construction support.

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Floyd E. Fasking, P.E., Lead Distribution Engineer As Lead Distribution Engineer, Mr. Fasking will lead Distribution projects, contribute substantially to designs, sign and seal engineering documents, ensure quality control procedures, manage schedule compliance, and conduct financial negotiations. He will also contribute to design of transmission projects. Mr. Fasking has more than 30 years of experience and is a Professional Engineer.

Frankie Wilson, III, .P.E., Lead Civil Engineer Mr. Wilson joined FW&A in 1975 and has 46 years of civil engineering experience: 15-Yrs as Draftsman & Surveyor, 31-Yrs as full time Engineer with 24 of those years as a Registered Professional Engineer. Mr. Wilson serves as engineer of record for Hydrologic & Hydraulic Basin Analysis, Roadway Storm Drainage, Site Development and Water/Sewer Utility projects. Over the years, he designed 19 wet stormwater ponds and two dry retention areas that withstood Hurricanes Michael and Irma with no flooding issues for the ponds or the projects; all are still in operation today.

Although the majority of the design for this project will be handled in-house, FW&A anticipates using the services of the following subconsultants:

Structures International, LLC - Structural Engineering Subconsultant

Structures International (SI) is a full-service structural engineering firm headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, known for Providing Simple Solutions to Complex Problems®.

SI projects include a wide range of buildings and complex industrial structures, including projects for which FW&A provided electrical design. SI has supported

FW&A on our electric utility projects by designing substation structures and foundations, including large transformer foundations with oil containment.

Ardaman & Associates - Geotechnical Engineering Subconsultant

Ardaman & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1959 by Dr. M.E. Ardaman, and has continually provided geotechnical engineering services, construction materials testing and inspection, hydrogeology and surface water hydrology, soil/ groundwater contamination assessments/remediation, building inspection, industrial waste engineering, and facilities engineering. Ardaman originated in Orlando but expanded over the years to meet the needs of their clients.

Their corporate headquarters remains in Orlando, and they have 13 offices throughout Florida and Louisiana. In 2002, Ardaman merged with Tetra Tech Inc., national infrastructure, and environmental engineering company, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of that firm. Ardaman maintains the level of integrity and technical excellence that has become synonymous with the company’s name. Ardaman employs a staff of nearly 400 professional engineers, scientists, technicians, drilling personnel, technical assistants, and support staff.

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ECHO UES - Surveying and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Subconsultant

ECHO UES, Inc. (ECHO) is a small business founded by a group of partners with civil engineering, surveying, construction, and utility/GIS background, who believe in providing high quality and reliable utility and survey data to design better, build faster, and safely enhance engineering, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure. ECHO currently has three offices in the state of Florida located in Tampa, Orlando, and Gainesville.

ECHO currently employs eighty-two (82) full-time employees and has twenty-five (25) field crews that will provide services for this project. ECHO was founded in 2017 to provide Subsurface Utility Engineering and Survey & Mapping professional services throughout Florida for a variety of projects, assisting Owners, Engineers and Constructors in better performing throughout the entire project cycle, from design to construction and maintenance of infrastructure. In 2021, ECHO also began offering Utility Coordination Services to firms throughout the state to fully round out our service offerings. Services provided include the study, analysis and depiction of existing underground utilities potentially impacted by a project, in addition to the collection of accurate topographical and specific purpose surveys to represent the above ground site conditions.

Breedlove, Dennis & Associates - Environmental Engineering

Breedlove, Dennis & Associates, Inc. (BDA) is a professional environmental and natural resources consulting firm founded in 1976. Breedlove, Dennis

& Associates, Inc. is a registered, veteran-owned small business. The firm has had its headquarters located throughout Central Florida since 1983, with offices in Winter Park and Brooksville. Breedlove, Dennis & Associates, Inc. provides its services to a diverse client base in Florida and the greater southeastern United States including residential and commercial developers, mining, energy production and transmission, aviation authorities, the entertainment industry, transportation, law firms, engineering firms, planning firms, industrial, and governmental business sectors. For 45 years, BDA has applied its expertise in natural systems ecology to environmental consulting in: wetland delineation; assessment and mitigation planning; environmental permitting; wildlife and plant surveys;

Threatened and/or Endangered (T&E) species surveys and regulatory agency coordination; habitat restoration; land management planning; water quality; and aquatic ecology.

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Project Manager John Franko, P.E.

Key Staff

Electrical Drafting Team Electrical Engineering & Design

Philip VanDeventer, P.E.

Freeman Bass, P.E.

Daniel Diez, P.E.

Garry Moore, P.E.

Thy Duong, E.I.

Chloe Peterson

Melissa Del Toro Magna James Carr

Vincent Kelemen Ayodeji Omosaiye

Geotechnical Engineering Jason Manning, P.E. (Ardaman & Assoc)

Surveying and SUE Eric Cain, PSM (ECHO UES, Inc.)

Environmental Engineering W. Michael Dennis, PhD

(Breedlove, Dennis & Associates)

Lead Transmission Engineer G. Chris Gearhart, P.E.

Lead Substation Engineer John Franko, P.E.

Lead Distribution Engineer Floyd Fasking, P.E.

Lead Civil Engineer Frankie Wilson, III, P.E.

Senior Structural Engineer John Grady, P.E.

(Structures International, LLC)

QA/QC

J. David Hopkins, P.E.

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Fred Wilson and Associates, a CMA Company

Vice President-Electrical

Education Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering System Design Specialization, University of North Florida, 2006

Registration Professional Engineer, Florida, 73027

Professional Affiliations Florida Engineering Leadership Institute Florida Engineering Society National Society of Professional Engineers

Areas of Specialization Substation Engineering Protection and Control Overhead and Underground Distribution Engineering Construction Phase Assistance Relay Settings & Commissioning Roadway & Site Lighting

Mr. Gardner joined FW&A in 2006 and has 15 years of experience. He has experience in substation, transmission, and distribution engineering for many electric utilities and government agencies and has served as the electrical engineer on a wide variety of power projects. As a Principal Engineer, Mr.

Gardner will provide administrative and engineering leadership on all projects.

He will determine personnel assignments, oversee quality control procedures, conduct financial negotiations, manage schedule performance, and oversee subconsultant work.

Substation Engineering Experience:

Beaches Energy Services

• Sampson to Millcreek Line Relay Replacement – Engineer for the replacement of the Primary and Backup Line Relaying at Sampson Substation. This included coordinating the engineering design with FPL, creating design drawings, relay settings and providing on-site commissioning assistance to verify equipment installation.

• Line Relay Testing – Created the Line Relay Test plans for Lines 802, 803 & 805. This work included working alongside BES personnel to complete the required line tests on older obsolete line relays.

• Jax Beach Wiring Verification – Worked alongside BES personnel to complete the review of the entire DC schematic protection wiring at Jacksonville Beach Substation.

• Sampson Line 805 Relay Replacement – Engineer for the replacement of the Primary and Backup Line Relaying at Sampson Substation. This project is part of the overall Guana Expansion. This project includes creating the design drawings and relay settings.

• Jax Beach Line 801 Relay Replacement – Engineer for the replacement of the Primary and Backup Line Relaying at Jacksonville Beach Substation. This included creating the design drawings, relay settings and providing on-site commissioning assistance to verify equipment installation.

• Transmission Coordination Study – Engineer for the overall Beaches Energy Transmission Coordination Study. The study included verifying existing relay settings for every transmission line on BES’s system and providing recommended changes to update the protection schemes.

• Ft. Diego Feeder Breaker 517 – Provided engineering support for the emergency replacement of breaker 517 at Fort Diego Substation.

• Jax Beach 138kV Breaker Replacement – Engineer for the replacement of the 138kV breakers at Jacksonville Beach Substation.

This included creating the design drawings and providing on-site commissioning assistance to verify equipment installation.

• Guana Substation Expansion – Contributed to the design for expansion of the Guana Substation. The project included reconfiguring the 138kV bus from a line tap to a four-element ring bus. The project added four 138kV Breakers, one 56MVA 138/26kV Transformer and provisions for three new 26kV feeder breakers. The project included several protective relay panels and settings for the new equipment.

• Butler Line 803 Relay Replacement - Engineer for the replacement of the Primary and Backup Line Relaying at Butler Substation. This included creating the design drawings and relay settings.

• Butler 26kV Breaker Replacement– Engineer for the replacement of four 26kV Feeder Breakers at Butler Substation. This project included

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• the replacement of the primary protection relays. 26kV Capacitor Bank Controller – Engineer for the replacement of the capacitor bank protection relay and controller. This project included a total of four capacitor banks at the Jacksonville Beach and Ft. Diego substations.

• Sampson to Millcreek Line Relay Replacement – Engineer for the replacement of the Primary and Backup Line Relaying at Sampson Substation.

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• Hamlet Substation 230-23kV Transformer Addition – Engineer for adding 55MVA transformer to increase the station’s capacity. This project included modifying the bus work, adding transformer disconnect switches, station service transformers, 23kV bus tie breaker, and a transformer protection panel.

• Wilcox Substation – 138-13.8kV Transformer Addition – Engineer for adding 55MVA transformer to increase the station’s capacity. This project included modifying the bus work, adding transformer disconnect switches, station service transformers, transformer protection panel and two 13.8kV distribution feeder bays.

• Treasure Substation – Substation and P&C Engineer for a new 230kV transmission substation. The station included six incoming 230kV transmission lines, ten SF6 breakers, twenty 230kV disconnect switches, Line Traps, CCVTs, & relay vault. The protection scheme included six line differential panels, two bus differential panels, primary and secondary battery systems, DFR master controller, and substation communication rack.

This project included LED station lighting and security camera infrastructure. Mr. Gardner also provided limited construction support including answering RFIs, and verifying as-built changes met the intent of the design.

• Yulee Substation – Substation and P&C Engineer for a new 230-138kV transmission substation.