RSQ_10-22_Rummel_Klepper_Kahl_Submittal.pdf

UTILITIES COMMISSION CITY OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

RSQ 10-22

Submitted on: April 19, 2022

3504 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 165, Orlando, FL 32817 | P 321.397.7820 | F 321.397.7826 | www.rkk.com

April 19, 2022

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

RE: RSQ 10-22 Request for Statement of Qualifications | Continuing Professional Services

Dear Ms. Lynch:

Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP (RK&K) is pleased to present our proposed team and professional engineering qualifications in response to the Utilities Commission ,City of New Smyrna Beach Continuing Engineering Services Request for Qualifications.

We understand that RK&K may appear to be a new firm to the UCNSB, however, we have assembled a team that includes several staff members that have had a long history serving the UCNSB. RK&K, as a firm, was founded in 1923 in Baltimore, Maryland and has been successfully serving clients in Florida since 2004. RK&K is a full-service consulting firm that expanded its outstanding reputation to Florida by establishing a water and wastewater engineering and consulting practice in 2018. This effort required the strategic recruiting of Florida professionals to assemble a team with specific talents and capabilities to serve the special needs of the Florida market. We have been building our Florida practice organically by selectively targeting pursuits that best fits the interests of our team as well as pursuing clients that our team members have had a successful history with. Our team assembles, discusses, and agrees on each client and project opportunity prior to proceeding with a pursuit. This collaboration includes an internal meeting with the proposed team to discuss whether the proposed client, project or potential task orders under an on-call professional services contract are in our area of expertise. In addition, we determine if we maintain the appropriate level of available staff to successfully perform for a selected client. In the current accelerated Florida growth environment, many firms are pursing projects for the sake of building backlog without the consideration of being able to perform all tasks successfully. This is neither good for the client nor the staff and ultimately creates needless issues for our staff and the client. We also consider geography in our pursuits with our team being supported by six (6) Florida offices and more than 32 offices in 11 states. RK&K has a history of truly valuing our clients who place their trust in us.

Brad McMahen, PE, is our proposed Contract Manager and will manage this contract from RK&K’s Orlando office with the support of staff from our Lakeland, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Naples, and Miami locations as well as receiving support from technical experts located throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Brad has a experience working with the UCNSB ,providing consulting and engineering services that have included due diligence studies, condition assessments, and utility valuations related to the Florida Water Services and Sugar Mill Country Club utility system acquisitions as well as working with David Hoover and staff on the water reclamation facility expansion in the early 2000s. Brad is excited to reengage with the UCNSB and bring his 25 years of engineering experience that has included the permitting and design of countless water and wastewater treatment facilities, pumping, storage, collection systems, and pressure piping as well as having a diverse management consulting background. He will serve as the primary point-of-contact, keeping the UCNSB staff informed of project progress, any issues encountered, and propose solutions, as necessary.

Within the enclosed submittal, RK&K highlights our staff and firm’s qualifications, as well as presenting similar experience showing our ability to successfully execute any tasks that may be assigned by the UCNSB. We have staff that would be able to perform immediately for any given assignment. Our team appreciates your consideration and we are eager for the opportunity to serve the UCNSB.

Sincerely, Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP

Nathan Atkinson, PE Partner-in-Charge

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RSQ 10-22 Continuing Professional Services | Table of Contents

Tab Section Page #

1 Qualifications 2

2 Consultant’s Understanding 5

3 Staffing 12

4 Location 39

5 Financial Stability/Insurance/Occupational License 40

6 References 45

7 Past Project Experience 48

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TAB 1

Qualifications

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RSQ 10-22 Continuing Professional Services | Qualifications

About RK&K For 99 years, RK&K has served public and private sector clients by providing multi-disciplinary planning, design and construction phase services for water, wastewater and reclaimed water. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, RK&K offers a range of in-house services from 32 offices, including six in Florida. RK&K’s technical expertise consistently results in award-winning projects and recognition amongst our peers. We are honored to be recognized as #61 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms in 2021, #17 on Trenchless Technology Magazine’s Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms in 2021, and APWA’s 2015 Mid- Atlantic Consultant of the Year. Our more than 1,350 team members collaborate with clients and teaming partners to achieve project goals while ensuring a commitment to quality.

RK&K’s engineers, environmental scientists, planners, geologists, and construction staff are excited for the opportunity to help the Utilities Commission, New Smyrna Beach (UCNSB) achieve its utility infrastructure goals.

Corporate Services Offered RK&K is an award-winning, multi-disciplined firm that offers a full-spectrum of services to help our clients achieve their environmental, utilities, site development, transportation, and construction goals. The foundation of our success is our firm-wide commitment to ensuring the delivery of these services is tailored to the specific needs of our clients.

» Environmental: Water/Wastewater, Water Resources, Hydrogeological, Natural/Cultural Resources, Solid & Hazardous Waste, and Geospatial/Information Technology (IT) Solutions

» Utilities: Natural Gas/Petroleum/Pipelines, Utility Coordination/Relocation, Cathodic Protection, and Corrosion Engineering

» Site Development: Site Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Surveying

» Transportation: Highways/Roadways, Structures, Traffic, Transit/Rail, and Planning

» Construction: Construction Management and Inspection, Program Management, and Support Services

Founded in

190+ Pump station projects completed since 2000

THOUSANDS

of miles of distribution lines designed and inspected

16th

Trenchless Technologies Firm

1,300+ Firmwide staff

100+ in Florida

Nationwide offices in Florida

RK&K is a full-service environmental, construction management/inspection, planning, and engineering firm serving a wide range of clients in the mid- Atlantic, southeastern and southcentral United States.

QUALIFICATIONS

Founded in

200+ Pump station projects completed since 2000

THOUSANDS

of miles of distribution lines designed and inspected

17th Trenchless Technologies Firm

1,350+ Firmwide staff

100+ in Florida

Nationwide offices in Florida

RK&K is a full-service environmental, construction management/inspection, planning, and engineering firm serving a wide range of clients in the mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southern United States.

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Water/Wastewater » Water Supply, Treatment and

Converyance » Wastewater Conveyance and

Treatment » Pump Stations » Mechanical/Electrical/HVAC/

Instrumentation & Controls

Environmental » Cultural Resources » Environmental Health and

Safety Services » Flood Control » Natural Resources » Hydrogeology » NEPA Documentation » Noise Analysis » Permitting » Stream Restoration » Stormwater/Water Resources

Utilities/Energy » Corrosion Protection » Natural Gas Engineering » Petroleum Facilities » Subsurface Utility Engineering » Utility Coordination » Utility Relocation

Civil/Site Development » Civil Site Engineering » Landscape Architectural » Site and Master Planning » Urban Design

Construction Management » Claims Analysis » Construction Engineering » Inspection » Partnering » Program Management » Project Controls » Scheduling

Alternative Delivery » Design-Build » Progressive Design-Build » Construction Management At Risk » Full Delivery » Public-Private Partnership » Program Management

Innovative Solutions

» 3D/4D BIM

» Application Development » Augmented and Virtual Reality » Connected, Autonomous, Shared and Electric Vehicles (CASE) » Geographic Information Systems

(GIS)

» Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Transportation » Healthy Communities » Highways/Roads » Intelligent Transportation Systems

(ITS)

» Planning » Rail/Transit » Tolls » Traffic

Surveying » Field Surveying » Property/Easement Plats » Real Estate/Right-of-Way

Acquisition

Structures » Architecture » Bridges » Condition Inspection » Foundations » Geotechnical » Noise Walls » Water Structures/Facilities » Waterfront

Technical Expertise Our team of technical experts are skilled, knowledgeable and dedicated to their profession and their clients. We handle a wide variety projects large and small and are trusted with discovering sustainable solutions for complex challenges. Our experience includes:

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RK&K has vast experience related to the evaluation, planning, design, permitting, and construction administration and management of water transmission, distribution and pumping systems, as well as septic to sewer conversions. We are prepared to support UCNSB with the following services:

• Water, wastewater, and reuse water piping design and rehabilitation via conventional or trenchless technologies

• Hydraulic modeling

• Wastewater lift station design and rehabilitation

• Permitting, bid document development and evaluation

• Septic to sewer conversions

Transmission/Distribution: In the recent past, RK&K has designed over 200 interceptor sewers, conventional gravity and low pressure sewers, parallel relief sewers, and force mains. These projects have involved pipelines ranging from eight to 108-inches in diameter constructed of wide-range of materials, including ductile iron pipe (DIP), prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP), reinforced concrete pipe (RCP), polyvinyl chloride pipe (PVC), high-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE), centrifugally cast fiberglass mortar, clay, steel, and cast-in place conduits to 22-feet in diameter.

Lift Stations: RK&K has completed over 200 water pumping facilities of varying scope and size since 2000.

Our recent and varied lift station planning, permitting, design and construction experience will benefit UCNSB.

Septic to Sewer Conversions: RK&K has specialized expertise converting aged and failing septic infrastructure within existing wastewater service areas. Our team has experience conducting septic to sewer studies and designing conveyance systems that benefit the public and the environment.

Distribution, Transmission, and Lift Stations Potable Water Plant Expansions, Modifications, and System Upgrades

Work Category Qualifications The RK&K Team is highly qualified to provide USNCB with the civil engineering services needed to enhance, improve and maintain your potable water, wastewater and reuse water facilities. We have outlined a few highlights regarding our qualifications providing these services below. For more information regarding our ability and approach to providing these services, please refer to Consultant’s Understanding.

Water Treatment Plants: RK&K’s potable water treatment plant experience includes the evaluation and design of new facilities as well as the rehabilitation, upgrade and expansion of existing treatment facilities of varying sizes. We have provided planning, regulatory analyses, vulnerability analysis, water quality analysis, design services, bid document preparation, cost estimating, permitting and funding assistance, troubleshooting, and/or operational assistance for numerous types of water treatment processes.

Wastewater/Reuse Plant Expansions, Modifications, and Upgrades

Wastewater Treatment Plants: RK&K provides planning, design, construction phase services and design/build services, on a daily basis for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions. Over the last 20 years RK&K has worked on more than 110 projects at over 70 WWTPs to improve liquids and solids unit processes and support facilities at small, medium and large facilities. Our experience includes the use of physical, chemical and biological wastewater treatment processes to achieve the desired public health and environmental objectives.

Electrical, I&C, and Support Services: RK&K’s wastewater process engineering staff is supported by our multi-disciplined engineering staff of geotechnical, civil, hydraulics, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers, and construction administrators. Our services are provided for new facilities and retrofits of existing facilities using a wide variety of process technologies.

RK&K’s fundamental approach is to select and apply the technology for a specific plant’s needs rather than to use the same technology at each plant. Our staff’s diverse experience provides clients with an excellent blend of treatment process understanding and applications-oriented experience, both of which are required for a project’s success.

TAB 2

Consultant’s Understanding

RSQ 10-22 Continuing Professional Services | Consultant’s Understanding

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Consultant’s Understanding The purpose of this RSQ is to seek qualifications from engineering firms to provide civil engineering services on an as needed basis. The awarded firm(s) shall assist the UCNSB in performing various services which include design, permitting and maintenance support for various transmission, distribution and pumping system components as well as for potable water and wastewater treatment plant expansions, modifications, and upgrades.

Distribution, Transmission, and Lift Stations To ensure that UCNSB customers receive the highest level of service while reducing overall operating expenses for the utility, the UCNSB will need to continue their program of replacing aging infrastructure to improve system hydraulics and water quality while extending service to accommodate service area growth.

To address tasks that are anticipated under this contract, RK&K has assembled a Team of professionals to apply their extensive permitting, planning, design, and construction experience to ensure successful delivery of pipeline and pump station projects even in the most challenging conditions. Our Team has extensive experience in planning, permitting, design, and construction of pressure mains and gravity collection systems for a wide range of sizes, materials, and services. Our Team includes specialized pipeline engineers with extensive experience in the design and construction of projects that have had conventional and non-conventional pipeline construction methods.

Our Team includes hydraulic modeling professionals with the capability to integrate existing models into proposed improvements to provide a “desktop” evaluation prior to any project moving forward with permitting and design during preliminary engineering. In addition, preliminary engineering will include investigations of pipeline alignments and/or site visits for each assigned pipeline or lift station task. Our professionals will review general conditions for each project area to identify potential design constraints and consider any site-specific issues which may include environmentally related items, rights-of-way, temporary working areas, and traffic considerations. During these site visits RK&K’s construction engineers will identify any constructibility concerns and propose any alternative construction methods, as applicable.

CONSULTANT’S UNDERSTANDING

UCNSB CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS BY THE NUMBERS

» 300 miles of potable water mains » 250 miles of 6” piping or larger » 200 miles of gravity sewer and force mains » 100+ sewage lift stations » 60 miles of reuse pressure piping » 14 miles of raw water mains

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Trenchless Technology RK&K consistently ranks in the Engineering News-Record (ENR) for top design firms and top 20 for trenchless technologies (ranked #17 in 2021 by Trenchless Technology Magazine). Our trenchless technology experience has become invaluable in addressing pipeline replacement and rehabilitation projects, providing our clients with alternatives that many did not know were available. This trenchless technology experience can also be invaluable in septic-to-sewer conversions reducing the disruption to existing development, private properties, driveways, and public roadways, and reducing general restoration efforts.

RK&K has decades of experience in alternative construction methods including HDD, pipe bursting, and compression-fit slip-lining. When the project requires alternative methods, RK&K will match the appropriate trenchless technology to fit the unique needs of each individual project.

In addition to piping system replacement and extensions, the UCNSB has an aggressive on-going program to reline deteriorated vitrified clay pipe (VCP) within the gravity sanitary sewer lines along with the associated manholes.

This program is funded to improve system hydraulics while reducing infiltration and stormwater inflow. These ongoing improvements also reduce hydraulic loading at the wastewater treatment plant while reducing general infrastructure wear and damage. The UCNSB routinely lines thousands of feet of the sewer collection system annually along with the associated manholes. Again, our trenchless technologies experience has allowed us to learn that these lining systems can have issues if not properly facilitated.

We have also learned through our extensive Infiltration and Inflow (I/I) studies and measurement tools that a large percentage of I/I originates from customer services, which are often disregarded. Our projects consistently reduce I/I, increase resiliency, and allow us to address public concerns and logistics related to private property owners up front.

To address repair-in-place situations we have included engineers with specific pipeline rehabilitation experience to include but not limited to slip lining, cured in place pipe (CIPP), thermoformed pipe, mechanical spot repair, shotcrete, and grout-in-place pipe repairs.

RK&K has also provided professional services on several utility relocation projects for various municipalities that have involved rights-of-way for countless entities. We are familiar with the State’s requirements for utility relocations, including providing red, green, and brown facilities plans;

construction plan preparation using FDOT phase III plan submittal, preparing utility work schedules and the electronic submittal process for all phases. When new or

#17 Ranking in Trenchless Technology’s 2021 “Top 50 Trenchless Design Firms”

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replacement piping systems are being proposed our Team regularly investigates any proposed planned roadway and/ or drainage improvements to coordinate construction to reduce costs and community impact when possible.

3D CADD Capabilities: Our work to repair, improve or expand aging infrastructure in dense, highly urbanized environments has made us industry leaders in the use of innovative design technologies such as 3D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD). 3D CADD allows the engineer to visualize how utilities intersect or are aligned from any angle. This enables them to identify a route that avoids conflicts and maintains minimum separations.

Wastewater Lift Stations In addition to wastewater pipeline projects, the UCNSB has budgeted for improvements to include rehabilitation and construction of multiple wastewater lift stations within the service area. Our Team not only offers experience on local projects, but also benefits from the firm’s extensive national pump station project portfolio and our Team of in-house industry experts. This experience and knowledge separate us from others, allowing the Team to bring lessons learned from hundreds of pump station projects of all sizes to the UCNSB. Some of our recentl lift station projects are shown in the table below.

Our Team will approach any potential wastewater lift station task orders as a collaborative effort with critical UCNSB staff. This typically includes project management and operations staff combined with the RK&K Team to develop a clear project vision. The key to success is understanding project goals and collecting critical data prior to preliminary engineering. This will allow the determination of overall project feasibility by evaluating the constructability, efficiency, reliability, and maintenance of the final constructed facility. The RK&K Team will provide hydraulic modeling based on system curve inputs and consider the characteristics of each lift station in relationship to other connected lift stations. The key to success is the optimization of the proposed lift station into the entire wastewater conveyance system. This optimization is based on pipe sizes, construction materials, pump capacities, and energy required to deliver the wastewater downstream efficiently while minimizing hydrogen sulfide generation.

Our Team will collect any existing field data, including pump capacities and run times, and integrate this information into a hydraulic model to project pumping requirements, piping velocities, pipe residence time, and pump cycling. The model output will be evaluated and used to assist in design optimization and existing system integration. In cases where more than one lift station is manifolded into a common force main, an analysis with multiple hydraulic scenarios is developed to provide a range of probable operation for each lift station. One range considers a high-head scenario where all lift stations are online; the other range considers a low-head scenario with only one lift station online. The two

Pump Station Client Capacity (mgd) TDH (ft.) Motor (hp) Service Type

Coliseum Drive Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) 12 89 100/125 New

Kerger Road Howard County, MD 1.08 119 65 Replacement

33rd Street HRSD/Newport News, VA 3.6 38 50 Replacement

Claremont Avenue HRSD/Hampton, VA 8.5 52 74 Rehabilitation

Patapsco Baltimore County, MD 80 150 1,000 Rehabilitation

Stemmers Run Baltimore County, MD 42 113 450 Rehabilitation

Potomac Washington, DC 460 70 1,750 Rehabilitation

Atlantic HRSD/Virginia Beach, VA 42 125 450 Rehabilitation

Sixth and Canal City of Reading, PA 61.5 65 250 Rehabilitation

Gray Manor Baltimore County, MD 41.5 135 500 Rehabilitation

Long Quarter Baltimore County, MD 36 324 1,000 Rehabilitation

Delmar Baltimore County, MD 25.3 155 500 Rehabilitation

Pleasure Road LASA/Lancaster, PA 22 77 200 Rehabilitation

Bengies Baltimore County, MD 18 67 125 Rehabilitation

Orens Road Baltimore County, MD 15.5 77 200 Rehabilitation

Red House Run Baltimore County, MD 15 66 150 Rehabilitation

Marley Anne Arundel County, MD 14.76 143 242 Rehabilitation

RK&K’s Recent Lift Station Experience

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scenarios provide the boundary conditions for the probable range of operation, and our designs are developed based on this range. We ensure that no pumps in the system will be shut off due to high system operating pressures caused by increased flow competition and that no pumps run off of their performance curve. Our design capabilities range from basic duplex constant speed pump facilities to much more sophisticated VFD facilities with air conditioned MCC buildings with integrated odor control.

Septic-to-Sewer Conversions The UCNSB has septic-to-sewer (STS) conversion projects that remove aged and failing septic systems from the wastewater service area. The proposed STS projects allow for the diversion of domestic wastewater flows from individual septic systems to the regional UCNSB advanced wastewater treatment facility (WWTF). RK&K has a long history of STS conversion projects and understands the challenges associated with these types of projects.

STS projects typically begin with the development of a feasibility or alternative analysis study for a defined area.

Each region may have specific local requirements that will dictate the procedures, design and technology used for a successful project implementation. If the UCNSB has not determined a preferred conversion method, our Team will provide an alternative analysis study to evaluate technologies for the replacement of septic systems including vacuum sewer systems, low-pressure sewer systems, STEP sewer systems, and conventional gravity sewer systems to serve the area.

In addition to onsite treatment systems, these evaluations many times include smaller package treatment facilities. The goal is to remove individual source treatment components and less effective facilities to convey the wastewater from the service area to a regional treatment facility. This practice reduces ineffective treatment and removes failing systems.

The alternative analysis study will include construction cost estimates, a life cycle cost analysis, pros and cons of each alternative and can include a preliminary design and a listing of any associated environmental impacts.

These documents can be developed to a level to support permitting and funding mechanisms like grants, loans and/ or tax assessments.

STS conversions include developing critical relationships with property owners, businesses and stakeholders. Our Team provides a public outreach program that plans, coordinates, and shares planning level efforts, as well as ongoing project information with the stakeholders. Our Team can provide real-time, web-based information to all stakeholders.

Preliminary engineering will typically include topographical surveying, subsurface utility engineering and planning to reduce utility conflicts and traffic issues. Our Team understands the importance of locating and obtaining the depth of the existing sewer laterals of each property, as well as locating the septic tanks in order to provide a proper design. The STS design will include any collection system, water mains and services, and/or other utility improvements required to reduce disruption from future construction. The final design will include restoration of any disturbed surfaces including the milling and paving of any affected roads.

Potable Water Plant Expansions, Modifications and System Upgrades The UCNSB raw water supply is withdrawn from four Upper Floridan Aquifer wellfields and more than 20 wells which is conveyed to the Glencoe Class A Water Treatment Plant (GWTP) prior to distribution to customers. The GWTP incorporates a lime softening process rated for 10.388 MGD which utilizes ground storage reservoirs, high service pumping, and four booster pumping stations to provide finished water.

The UCNSB has budgeted for improvements to the GWTP clarifiers and miscellaneous electrical improvements as well as a progressive pelletized lime softening process in an effort to reduce sludge disposal requirements.

RK&K’s water treatment plant experience includes the evaluation and design of new facilities, as well as the rehabilitation, upgrade, and expansion of existing treatment facilities ranging in size from small package plants to the 318 mgd Montebello Filtration Plant in Baltimore, Maryland. We have provided planning, regulatory analyses, vulnerability analysis, water quality analysis, design services, bid document preparation, cost estimating, permitting, and funding assistance, troubleshooting, and/or operational assistance for numerous types of water treatment processes including countless lime softening facilities. As part of our global treatment experience, our Team provides water quality modeling and related regulatory guidance. Water quality modeling has

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become a very valuable tool to assist clients with compliance with water quality regulations. RK&K has extensive experience in water quality modeling and source trace analyses for small and large systems.

As part of our holistic approach to clients, RK&K provides:

» Regulatory compliance evaluations » Water treatment plant baseline investigations » Comprehensive performance evaluations » Regulatory training

RK&K has assisted numerous clients in navigating drinking water regulations since the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was enacted in 1974. More recently, the SDWA amendments of 1986 and the 1996 SDWA reauthorization has resulted in numerous rules, regulations, and guidance documents. Key regulations include:

» Activated carbon for taste and odor control » Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR) » Total Coliform Rule (TCR) » Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) » Consumer Confidence Rule » Interim and Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water

Treatment Rule » Stage 1 and 2 Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts

Rule / Backwash Recycling Rule

Wastewater/Reuse Plant Expansions, Modifications, System Upgrades The UCNSB treats the domestic wastewater that is generated in the service area via a 7.0 mgd tertiary wastewater reuse facility (WRF). The WRF treats the raw wastewater to advanced levels and provides the quality effluent as a source to offset higher quality water sources used for residential and commercial irrigation. The reuse system has allowed the UCNSB to avoid discharges into the Indian River Lagoon allowing this outfall to used only in the event of operational emergencies and during extended rainy periods, such as hurricanes and tropical storms.

The UCNSB has budgeted for WRF improvements that include several key components in the primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment processes. The proposed projects include improvements to pumping facilities, headworks facilities, BNR bioreactor, clarifier component replacement, filtration system upgrades, RAS/WAS pumping, biosolids facilities, an assessment, and upgrades to the auxiliary power facilities.

The proposed RK&K Team brings significant wastewater treatment experience that includes planning, design, permitting, and construction management experience for countless facilities throughout the country’s Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Our Team’s extensive experience includes multiple wastewater treatment plant projects throughout Florida, including a history with UCNSB, Flagler County, Brevard County, Seminole County, Orange County, Marion County, Lee County, and many other facilities.

RK&K’s experience includes primary, secondary, and advanced levels of wastewater treatment for completely new design and construction to the rehabilitation, expansion, and upgrade of existing facilities. These designs have focused particularly on reliability, efficiency, and economy using state-of-the-art and innovative technologies. We have recommended and designed treatment facilities to include:

» Headworks (screening and grit removal facilities) » Odor control » Flow control structures » Bioreactors (extended aeration, multi-stage advanced nutrient removal, membrane) » Clarification » Filtration » Disinfection » Miscellaneous electrical, SCADA and HVAC systems » Reclaimed water storage and high service pumping facilities » Deep Injection wells and Aquifer storage and recovery systems

Water & Wastewater Permitting Services and Experience The RK&K Team has extensive experience in water and wastewater permitting that includes re-rating and renewal of existing operating permits. The RK&K Team has performed countless Capacity Analysis Reports (CARs) and an Operation Maintenance and Performance Report (OMPRs) along with other required permitting activities for facilities throughout the state.

This has resulted in seamless permitting for our clients ensuring that all regulatory requirements are streamlined and fulfilled.

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Permitting/Environmental RK&K excels in efficient and successful regulatory coordination and permitting for projects of all scopes and sizes. Our Team maintains strong relationships with various regulatory agencies at the local, state, regional, and federal levels with a depth of understanding related to their governing criteria, policies, and regulations. We understand that it is important to establish early coordination specific to a task/ project in order to minimize review times and potential adverse impacts. The proposed RK&K Team consists of qualified staff specialized in preparing/obtaining various types of permits from agencies that could be associated with tasks under the UCNSB contracts. These projects could require permitting from the following agencies:

» St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD):

General Environmental Resource Permit (ERP), Noticed General ERP Individual ERP, Conceptual ERP, Water Use Permit, ERP exemptions

» Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT): Right-of- Way Use Permits, Driveway Permits, Drainage Connection Permits

» Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP):

NPDES Generic Permit for Discharge of Ground Water from Dewatering Operations, General ERP, Individual ERP, 404 Program, Sovereign Submerged Lands, Wastewater Permit Application For 2A for Domestic Wastewater, Wastewater Facility or Activity Permit, Domestic Wastewater Collection/Transmission System Permit

» Volusia County: Growth and Resource Management Department, Building Department

» (EPGMD) Construction Dewatering Permit, Water Well Construction Permit

» Florida Department of Health (FDH): Notice of Intent for General Permit for Construction of Water Mains

» US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): Standard, General, Letter of Permission, Nationwide, No Permit Required Determinations, Approved Jurisdictional Determinations

» US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA):

Consultation under USACE permits

» US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): Consultation under USACE permits, Bald Eagle nest monitoring, wood stork consultation, West Indian manatee consultation, nesting sea turtles consultation

» National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): Consultation under USACE permits, Gulf sturgeon and small tooth sawfish consultation, swimming sea turtles consultation, Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation

» Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC):

Consultation under ERP permitting, scrub jay consultation, gopher tortoise permitting, osprey nest removal permitting

» US Coast Guard: Bridge permitting, vessel surveys

In addition, RK&K has extensive experience in environmental services with specialists available to successfully complete any environmental task associated with the rehabilitation and/or replacement of the projects outlined in the scope of services. Environmental services provided by our Team include:

» Environmental site assessments » Species surveys and relocations » Remedial investigations/feasibility studies/design » Wetland delineations and jurisdictional determinations » Environmental permitting and regulatory assistance » Water quality monitoring

We have successfully completed hundreds of wetland delineations covering thousands of acres throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region. Our staff includes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-certified wetland delineators and Professional Wetland Scientists, as well as authorized Gopher Tortoise Relocation Agents.

Funding Experience RK&K has been responsible for assessment, prioritization, review, design, and bidding of in-house and Consultants’ design projects involving 100+ miles of water main replacement and rehabilitation to meet the goals of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA).

RK&K is experienced in special provisions contract language to supplement/amend project Standard Specifications to meet the state/federal requirement for WIFIA (Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) and SRF (State Revolving Loan Fund) funding, including minority participation goal, American Iron and Steel (AIS), and Davis Bacon wage rate requirements totaling $150 million in WIFIA and SRF funding.

$150M in WIFIA & SRF Funding

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Contract Management Approach Project Manager (PM), Brad McMahen, PE, will serve as the day-to-day point of contact for UCNSB. Brad will be responsible for coordinating our Team’s work effort and monitoring the schedule, budget and quality of all deliverables. As the prime consultant, RK&K will be responsible for the management and coordination of all technical and administrative aspects of this contract.

Providing effective coordination and communication is a key component to our approach to project management and contract administration. The timely delivery of information pertaining to proposed services, planned activities, work efforts accomplished, and issues anticipated and resolved is central to RK&K’s method for successfully completing your projects. At project inception, we will meet with you to clearly define your project communication requirements, including:

» Communication protocols and responsibilities » Monthly progress reporting requirements » Project schedule outlining meetings and reporting » General requirements for meetings (minutes, etc.)

» General requirements for phone, e-mail and written communications » Invoicing and related documentation » Change management processes » Coordination between the RK&K Team members, the

City, as well as its consultants and contractors » Communication with the public or other agencies

These elements will be documented in our Project Management Plan, which will serve as a reference guide to the Team throughout the project. The RK&K Team believes in operating as an extension of staff and will do so by providing continuous support for any and all activities through frequent telephone and electronic communication, regular progress updates, and face-to-face meetings.

Approach to Managing Task Schedule and Budget Our approach to managing task schedule and budget include identifying realistic goals, developing a focused action plan that addresses items necessary to accomplish those goals, anticipating the implications of decisions made in early phases to future phases, and preparing a process to address unexpected challenges.

Task Work Order Coordination and Approach Once Notice to Proceed (NTP) is received for an assigned task, an internal kick-off meeting will be held with the assigned staff to discuss roles/responsibilities, budget, schedule, and the Quality Control (QC) process. After an appropriate Task Manager is assigned, the Task Manager will then coordinate day-to-day project activities. Regularly scheduled internal progress meetings will be held between our PM, Brad McMahen, PE, and the assigned Task Manager to discuss the status of the assignment. Progress meetings will also be held with UCNSB staff. The frequency and format of these meetings will be based on the size and duration of each assignment. Monthly progress reports and invoices will also be submitted to UCNSB.

Contract Management Approach

Project Manager Brad McMahen, PE

Recommend team, perform preliminary research, & identify challenges

Prepare budget-compliant scope and schedule

Perform & monitor work, providing monthly status reports to UCNSB

Complete task & debrief with UCNSB on performance

Initial Task Assignment

TAB 3

Staffing

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The Right Team We have carefully selected staff that have the expertise and availability to work on your projects. We emphasize that the individuals presented on our organizational chart on the following page will serve the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach (UCNSB) throughout this contract.

Team Leadership The key to the success of a contract of this nature is providing experienced personnel capable of completing the entire range of anticipated task assignments. The RK&K Team is led by people who have proven themselves on previous contracts, including on-call contracts. This combination of management experience, technical skills and visionary leadership makes RK&K ideally suited to serve the UCNSB. RK&K’s leadership team, described below, is surrounded by staff that embraces teamwork, supports creativity and flexibility and provides superior client service.

Brad McMahen, PE Project Manager 25 Years of Experience

As Project Manager, Brad will serve as your primary point-of contact and be responsible for the delivery of our work. With over two decades of experience managing a broad spectrum of water/wastewater projects, Brad excels at recognizing the connections between his projects, key concerns, top priorities, and project goals. Brad will work with our disciplinary leads to assemble the right blend of technical experts to match your top priorities. In addition, he will address your immediate concerns and efficiently meet your budget and schedule goals.

Nate Atkinson, PE Partner-in-Charge 21 Years of Experience

Nate will provide corporate support and will verify that our team has all of the resources necessary to deliver your projects efficiently. Nate has overseen a variety of water wastewater engineering projects that include condition assessments, planning, design, and construction. He routinely reviews planning and construction documents for accuracy and completion companywide, providing clients with a national perspective. He understands that the City has unique challenges and is committed to delivering projects that exceed your expectations for quality and sustainability.

Mike Gaffney, PE Quality Assurance/Quality Control Manager 31 Years of Experience

Mike has vast experience working with municipal clients to address sanitary sewer and water infrastructure needs.

He specializes in the design of wastewater pumping, collection and conveyance projects. His experience includes investigations and condition assessments, flow metering and hydraulic modeling, alternatives identification and evaluation, improvement prioritization, and implementation planning. His expertise also includes extensive pipeline and pump station design experience.

Key Team Members and Organizational Chart The RK&K Team is led by key members who boast decades of combined experience providing planning, design and construction-phase services for utility infrastructure projects.

Resumes of our key staff follow the organizational chart.

20+ Average Years of Experience

25+ Available Professional Engineers

60% Average Staff Availability

STAFFING

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Subconsultant Key/Legend Southeastern Surveying & Mapping, LLC (SSM) | Universal Engineering Services, Inc. (UES) |

All staff are from RK&K unless otherwise noted | Key Staff/Resume Included

PROJECT MANAGER

Brad McMahen, PE

PARTNER-IN-CHARGE

Nate Atkinson, PE

QA/QC MANAGER

Mike Gaffney, PE

CATEGORY 1

Potable Water, Wastewater, Reuse Water

Pressure Piping Design Wayne Noonoo, PE Ron Mattingly, PE Nirav Shah, PE, PMP William Snyder, PE

Rehabilitation/Lining Ron Mattingly, PE Kathy Marshal, PE, CCM Keith Eysaman, PACP, MACP

Trenchless Technologies Keith Eysaman, PACP, MACP Wayne Noonoo, PE

Wastewater Collection Design Ron Mattingly, PE Nirav Shah, PE, PMP James Kiladis, PE

Lift Station Design & Rehabilitation Rob Linthicum, PE Brad McMahen, PE

Septic to Sewer Conversion Brad McMahen, PE Kelly Duffy, PE

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Hydrogeology Mike Waldron, PG

John Mayhut, PG

Hydraulic Modeling Bill Gross, PE

Jeff Grow, PE, ENV SP

Odor Control Kelly Duffy, PE

Robert Andryszak, PE

CADD/3D CADD

Tony Sumner

Rousana Marrero Gonzalez

Structural Engineering Brent Trimble, PE

Paul Bardoff, PE

Landscape Architecture Melissa Miklus, RLA, ASLA

Survey/SUE Scott Sowards, GPRT (SSM) Edwin Munoz Jr., PSM (SSM)

Geotechnical Engineering Brian Pohl, PE (UES) Joseph Rommel II (UES)

Site Civil/Stormwater Joe Baan, PE, CFM

Liz Lorello, PE

Environmental Permitting Gordon Mullen

Brett Berube Jeff Obrecht

Catherine Cruz-Ortiz

Pavement Restoration/ Design & MOT

Jason Lyle, PE Ahmed Elshaer, EI

Construction Cost Estimates Ron Mattingly, PE

Tony Piedra, PE

Constructability Reviews Enrique Tamayo, PE

Angel Cano, PE

Public Outreach Siobhan Gale

Adam Rose

Potable Water Plant Expansions, Modifications, and System Upgrades

Planning & Design Mary Sawitzki, PE John Moore, PE Douglas Morton, PE David Olson, PE

Storage & Pumping John Cole, PE Brad McMahen, PE Rob Linthicum, PE

Wastewater/Reuse Plant Expansions, Modifications, and System Upgrades

Planning & Design Kelly Duffy, PE Brad McMahen, PE David Olson, PE

Storage & Pumping John Cole, PE Brad McMahen, PE Rob Linthicum, PE

Biosolids Treatment/ Management David Wacker, PE Maia Tatinclaux, PE

Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Dean Foote, PE, RCDD, CSSA Tim Bollinger, PE Denise Watkins, AIA, NCARB

Distribution, Transmission, and Lift Stations

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Brad McMahen, PE Project Manager

Brad’s experience includes planning, permitting, design, and construction of conveyance systems, pump stations, water treatment plants, and wastewater treatment plants for municipal clients in Florida. He also has extensive experience in management consulting providing public and private clients with water/wastewater utility system (sp) valuations, assisting with utility system mergers and acquisitions and preparing cost-of-service studies. His experience also includes the preparation of utility master plans, capital improvement programs, technical and financial analyses, as well as hydraulic modeling and evaluation.

Project Experience Florida Governmental Utility Authority | Lehigh Acres Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Deep Injection Well/Reclaimed Water Storage and Pumping Station, Lehigh Acres, FL: As engineer-of-record, Brad was responsible for providing services including planning, modeling, design, permitting, bidding, shop drawing review, construction management, and start up for this project that included the design of transfer pumping, ground storage facilities, jockey pumps, a high-service pump station, and an 18.0 MGD Class I deep injection well (DIW). The project included VFD vertical turbine pumps that delivered public access reclaimed water to a high-pressure reclaimed water transmission system with automated conveyance to a DIW as required for wet weather disposal. Project included site planning, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and Lee County permitting, electrical design, instrumentation, and controls.

City of Marco Island | Professional Services Library: Water and Wastewater Engineering Services, Marco Island, FL: As contract manager, Brad was responsible for this task-based services contract supporting the City of Marco Island with the implementation of capital improvement projects related to water and wastewater engineering services. Under this contract, RK&K provides support in the following technical areas: water distribution/wastewater collection system engineering; groundwater, injection and aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) well design/ analysis/permitting; site infrastructure/drainage/development design and permitting; regulatory permitting, reporting and engineering study preparation; and grant assistance.

City of Venice | Venice Avenue Ductile Iron Water Main Replacement, Venice, FL: As project engineer, Brad was responsible for the replacement of an aging ductile iron potable water pipe in a section of downtown Venice with dense single-family, multi-family and commercial buildings. Given the heavy vehicular traffic and high pedestrian volumes within the project area, non-traditional construction methods, including micro-tunneling and/or horizontal directional drilling (HDD) were required to minimize disruption to local businesses, residents and daily commuters. Brad performed all engineering calculations required for the micro-tunneling segments of the design, and also prepared all permit applications with regulatory agencies

Marion County Utilities | Stonecrest Subregional WWTP & Reuse Water Pumping Station, Ocala, FL: As engineer-of-record, Brad was responsible for providing planning and design services for this new four-stage Bardenpho advanced level wastewater treatment facility that provided public access to reclaimed water. The facility discharge was located in a newly designated springs protection area and the owner was required to meet lower effluent nutrient level requirements.

The project included new headworks, surge tankage, four-stage bioreactor, clarification, downflow sand filtration, disinfection, and reuse pumping/distribution facilities.

Years’ Experience

• 25 years

Registration

• Professional

Engineer, FL

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering

Firm

• RK&K

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Nate Atkinson, PE Partner-in-Charge

Nate is the Partner-in-Charge overseeing the firm’s water/wastewater, utilities, water/natural resources, and site development projects. He has overseen a variety of water/wastewater engineering projects that include condition assessments, planning, design, and construction.

Project Experience City of Marco Island | Professional Services Library: Water and Wastewater Engineering Services, Marco Island, FL: As partner-in-charge, Nate was responsible for this task-based services contract supporting the City of Marco Island with the implementation of capital improvement projects related to water and wastewater engineering services. Under this contract, RK&K provides support in the following technical areas: water distribution/wastewater collection system engineering; groundwater, injection and aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) well design/ analysis/permitting; site infrastructure/drainage/development design and permitting; regulatory permitting, reporting and engineering study preparation; and grant assistance.

City of Fort Lauderdale | Bayshore Drive Intracoastal Force Main Crossing Design Build, Fort Lauderdale, FL: As partner-in-charge, Nate was responsible for the replacement of approximately 4,420 LF of 18-inch sanitary sewer force main along NE 9th Street from Middle River Drive, then crossing the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with two 14-inch HDPE pipes, and continuing eastward to tie-in near the intersection of Bayshore Drive and Vistamar Street. RK&K is designing a single pipe/boring across the Intracoastal Waterway to save time and minimize risk during construction.