Universal_Engineering_-RFQ_21-020EN-FC_-_Library_of_Engineering_Services.pdf

Library of Engineering Services for Continuing Contracts (Categories 3 & 5)

City of Plant City Purchasing Department Plant City, Florida

universalengineering.com 9802 Palm River Road Tampa, Florida 33619

813.740.8506

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) 21-020EN-FC

SUBMIT TO:

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Tab A: Ability of Professional Personnel & Staff Experience Tab B: Relevant Experience Tab C: Location/Accessibility Tab D: Volume of Similar Government Contracts Tab E: Current and Projected Workload Tab F: Certified Minority Business Enterprise Tab G: Local Preference Required Forms

Tab A

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THE CITY OF

PLANT CITY

Environmental & Site Remediation Assessment

Soil Testing Groundwater & Surface Water

Testing Phase I ESA Phase II ESA

EPC CNFAP

EPA Brownfield Grant Preparation

Senior Project Managers Kurt Hardy, PE*

Meagen Gonzalez, PG* Zane Pierson, PG*

Key Staff Timothy Alford Bruce Glasberg Ronald Sanzi Support Staff

10 Environmental Technicians 4 Drill Rigs

2 Administrative Assistants

Wetland Delineation Surveys and Permits

Senior Project Managers David Whitney* Autumn Mercer

Support Staff 10 Environmental Technicians

Asbestos Surveys Licensed Asbestos Consultant

Fred Kaub, PG, LAC* Asbestos Inspectors Bruce Glasberg Troy Sullivan

Spencer Hawthorne Jonathan Knudsen, EI

Contract Manager Mark Hardy, PE*

UES ORGANIZATIONAL CHART -

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (CATEGORY 3)

* Key personnel with resumes included.

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THE CITY OF

PLANT CITY

Geotechnical Services Veronica DeFreitas, PE* James Stephenson, PE*

Surendra Sagi, PE* Meagen Gonzalez, PG*

Dusan Jovanovic Jonathan Knudsen, EI

Support 3 Project Engineers 2 CADD Operators

3 Admin 4 Drill Crews Geophysical

GPR 100, 250, 500, and 1600 MHz

Electrical Resistivity Magnetometer

Materials Testing, Inspection, and Laboratory Services Robert Brown, PE, SI*

Matt Hunter* Douglas Ross - Field Crew

Chief Patrick Roach - Lab Manager

Jay Nunes, CWI* Support

20 ACI Field Technicians 5 Laboratory Technicians

CMEC

FDOT

Contract Manager Mark Hardy, PE*

UES ORGANIZATIONAL CHART -

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (CATEGORY 5)

* Key personnel with resumes included.

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OUR CAPABILITIES

UES has completed a multitude of public agency (from city to federal) environmental and geotechnical engineering projects. With over 50 years in business, UES has a thorough understanding of such projects’ needs and requirements and the ability to manage schedules and meet time and budget constraints.

UES’s Tampa Office has over 100 employees but can utilize staff and equipment from the 17 offices located throughout Florida, including over 1,100 professional, technical, and administrative staff.

Our Project Managers and the Contract Manager will be responsible for meeting your schedule and budget requirements. Once the scope and services and schedule for a project have been determined, the Project Manager and Contract Manager will prepare a staffing plan that provides the necessary staff resources to meet the project schedule. The appropriate staff will then be assigned and committed to the project by the Contract Manager. Our dedicated staff’s size provides UES the luxury to reassign staff members as necessary to cover projects with short, critical path schedules. Personnel from UES’s additional Florida offices can be reassigned to this Project Team if work dictates other resources are needed.

UES has designated qualified staff with the specialized qualifications to meet the City of Plant City’s specific needs and goals for the Environmental Engineering scope of services. With the professional engineers, professional geologists, industrial hygienists, stormwater inspectors, and HAZWOPER trained field staff employed in house at UES, we can assure the City of Plant City of our capabilities of providing all Environmental Engineering services needed for this contract. Our senior, most experienced environmental staff will be dedicated to ensuring the success of this contract. Our proposed team have provided assessment activities, regulatory permitting, compliance monitoring, remediation activities, and reporting on projects for a wide variety of private and public sector clients.

For the Geotechnical Engineering scope of services, UES has a long history of providing quality service in all phases of geotechnical engineering. We are pre-qualified by the FDOT to conduct geotechnical and materials testing work related to highway design and construction. Additionally, our engineers have served private developers, industrial complexes, government agencies, and other professionals. They have worked on projects ranging from high-rise buildings, industrial developments, and commercial facilities to solid waste landfills and stormwater management systems. Most of our engineers hold advanced degrees. We encourage our engineering technicians to develop professional accreditation such as NICET, ACI certification, and FDOT. UES has its own drilling department and maintains a full-service geotechnical laboratory. With this type of in-house support, UES’ geotechnical department provides our clients with many capabilities ranging from preliminary investigations to final design.

Our knowledge of value engineering techniques, state-of-the-art site exploration, and our 50-year old exploration database is invaluable in pre-design and pre-construction planning.

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UES STAFF RESUMES

Education BS, Civil Engineering, West Virginia University Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL, NC, MI

■ State of Florida Neutral Evaluator

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Combat Training Facility and New Centcom Building, MacDill AFB Tampa, Florida

Mark served as engineer of record for the geotechnical engineering for the Combat Training Facility. In addition, he served as senior engineer overseeing the QA/QC testing during construction of both buildings. Prior to the construction of the Centcom Building, settlement plates and pore pressure monitors were installed and observed to determine that the rate of settlement from the addition of the fi ll surcharge had decreased within acceptable limits to allow additional lifts of fi ll and construction of the building to proceed.

Taxiway B Bridge, Tampa International Airport Tampa, Florida

Mark served as senior engineer for this design build project. His responsibilities included overseeing the SPT sampling and coring, laboratory testing and data analysis for the bridge drilled shaft foundations. The analyses included redundancy, durability, and constructibility including potential karst issues. In addition, a value engineering review of the drilled shaft was performed, however, the lateral forces governed the shaft design and the drilled shaft lengths could not be shortened.

Mark K. Hardy, PE Geotechnical Engineer Mark Hardy has 33 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing in the Midwest and Southeastern United States.

This experience includes low to medium rise residential, offi ce, commercial, and medical buildings, industrial sites, due-diligence and pavement surveys, utility piping and structures, large land tract development, subdivisions, right-of-way studies, bridges and numerous other projects in both the public and private sectors. Mark’s specialized work experience includes performing over 1,400 forensic studies with the majority performed in Hillsborough, Pasco, Hernando, Pinellas and Broward Counties for residential and commercial buildings. These studies included site reconnaissance and inspection of the existing conditions, preparing a subsurface exploration and laboratory testing program, and preparing recommendations based on the fi ndings for organic, plastic clays, loose soils, karst activity etc. and preparing remedial recommendations. In addition, he has specialized in geotechnical laboratory tests, report preparation, fi eld engineering, coordination of drill rig activities and monitoring well installation.

Mark is profi cient in interpretation of soil characteristics and making foundation design recommendations. Mark has served in various capacities in the civil and geotechnical engineering industries such as: staff engineer, department manager, construction/technical manager and branch manager. In these capacities he has analyzed and utilized a variety of innovative ground improvement techniques to off er options to clients; prepared and issued geotechnical, environmental and materials testing analyses reports and recommendations; managed numerous large projects and budgets; applied civil engineering principles in soil explorations, monitoring well installations and coordination of drill rigs and sampling activities. In addition, Mark is a Neutral Evaluator for the State of Florida.

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Education BS, Civil Engineering, West Virginia University Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL Certifi cations

■ OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Site Worker

■ OSHA HAZWOPER Site Supervisor

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Environmental Due Diligence Assessments, Lender Foreclosure Various Locations throughout Florida

Mr. Hardy serves as a Senior Engineer responsible for directing and conducting numerous environmental due diligence assessments at locations throughout Florida for fi nancial institution Special Assets Groups. The properties involve commercial facilities requiring special access coordination and preparation of well documented reports for evaluation by the fi nancial institution and future purchasers.

Gateway Center Multi Family Development Pinellas County, Florida

Mr. Hardy was the Project Engineer involved in the Phase I ESA. The assessment also involved Radium-226 soil sampling and analysis to evaluate the potential for radon for the future development.

Environmental Due Diligence Assessments Nationwide

Senior Engineer responsible for directing and conducting numerous environmental and property condition due diligence transactions at nationwide locations. Many transactions involved packaged portfolio properties (typically restaurants, hotels, shopping plazas, mobile home parks, and various retail establishments) requiring short turnaround times and various Lender protocols (i.e...., ASTM, Standard and Poor’s Plus, AT&T Capital, GE Capital, GMAC, Sears, Midland, etc.).

Little Road/Massachusetts Avenue Intersection Pasco County, Florida

Mr. Hardy was the Project Engineer conducting a Phase I ESA for the intersection and right-of-way of a Pasco County intersection. Two active gasoline station and one historical gasoline station existed on three of the four corners of the intersection. The assessment evaluated the cleanup and current assessment information for two of the facilities which had reported petroleum releases to determine the concern regarding future intersection improvements.

Environmental Compliance Audits of Industrial Facilities Florida and Michigan

Senior Engineer responsible for performing Environmental Compliance Audits of industrial facilities in Florida and Michigan and preparing reports detailing issues of non-compliance and recommendations for corporate/facility hazardous waste management policy development.

Kurt Hardy, PE Environmental Division Manager / Senior Project Engineer Mr. Hardy has over 28 years of experience in geo/environmental engineering and civil engineering. Mr. Hardy has conducted and supervised a diverse variety of environmental projects. These have included: identifi cation of the degree and extent of environmental contamination, design and construction of remedial systems, environmental emergency response, preparation of civil and environmental permit applications, preparation of Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, property condition assessments, facility compliance audits, underground storage tank removals, tank closure reports, site assessment reports, and other signifi cant environmental assessment, remediation, and construction projects.

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Education BS, Geology, University of South Florida Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Geologist, FL Certifi cations

■ 40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Activities Training

■ 8-Hour Refresher for Hazardous Waste Activities (Annual)

■ 8-Hour OSHA Supervisor Training

■ Ground Penetrating Radar Operator Training

■ OSHA Hearing Conservation and Loss Prevention Training

■ OSHA Excavation Training

■ OSHA Principals of Job Safety Training

■ OSHA Fall Hazard Recognition and Prevention Training

■ OSHA Electrical Safety Course Level I Training

■ OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Training

■ NFPA Electrical Safety:

Overview of Arc Hazards Training

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Sinkhole Investigations, Geophysical Exploration, Various Insurance Companies Several Counties throughout Florida

Meagen serves as geophysicist and geologist for these projects. She co-coordinates and conducts geophysical fi eld exploration, geological and geotechnical analysis for more than 100 distressed properties.

Geophysical Exploration, Former Pine Castle Jeep Bombing Range Orange County, Florida

Meagen was the project manager responsible for conducting geophysical explorations within the former bombing range including a large partially developed apartment complex and several residential parcels. This site was a very complex former bombing range that had been developed but contained unexploded ordinances.

Methods employed included GPR and Electromagnetic methods.

Meagen managed all fi eld activities including site clearance for continuing development and all data processing to ensure accuracy.

Geophysical Exploration, Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral, Florida

Meagen managed and conducted a ground penetrating radar survey around one of NASA’s launch pads. The GPR investigation was conducted in order to locate all underground utilities around the launch pad.

Pasco Hernando Community College, Gower’s Corner Firing Rnage Assessment and Cleanup Pasco County, Florida

Meagen was the project geologist responsible for supervision of drilling and monitoring well installation, soil and ground-water sample collection, and contaminant distribution resulting from former fi ring range. Sampling media involved soil, groundwater, pond sediment, and surface water. Meagen prepared and reviewed technical reports for site characterization of extent of contamination and remedial action involving soil stabilization to reduce hazardous concentrations for disposal resulting in submittal of a No Further Action report to the FDEP.

Meagen Gonzalez, PG Branch Manager Meagen Gonzalez has 20 years of experience in geophysical, sinkhole, and environmental investigations. Meagen has served as project manager on site assessment projects throughout west-central, central, and south Florida. Prior to joining Universal, Meagen served as a project manager for over 30 petroleum contaminated sites for a large retail petroleum client. Her duties included all aspects of environmental protection and remediation, scheduling, budgeting, reporting, and served as a direct link for interaction between client and county regulators. Meagen’s fi eld experience also includes drilling oversight, soil and groundwater sampling, managing source removal operations during UST removals and upgrades, and work related UST compliance.

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Education BS, Geology, University of Tennessee Years of Experience Expertise

■ Environmental Site Assessment and Due Diligence

■ Contamination Assessment and Remediation

■ Underground Storage Tank Closures

■ Forensic Geotechnical Subsidence Investigations

■ Geophysical Surveys

■ Drilling Operations

■ Project Management

Licenses

■ Professional Geologist, FL

Certifi cations

■ 40 Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste and Operations Training

■ NSPS/ACSM Certifi ed Survey Technician Level

II

■ Various Mine and Hazardous Site Safety Classes

■ American Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED Certifi ed

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Former Snack Shack Food Mart Storage Tank System Closure Assessment Seminole County, Florida

Zane was the project manager for the storage tank system closure assessment.

Zane was responsible for following FDEP guidelines for a full UST system removal and closure, collecting soil and groundwater samples, supervising contractors on site, and completing the tank closure report for submission to the

FDEP.

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Pinellas County

Zane has completed Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) in Pinellas County for numerous commercial properties. The Phase I ESAs consist of historical research and regulatory database searches to determine if the subject property has environmental concerns. Completion of the Phase I ESAs include a site walk-through, aerial photograph review, regulatory database review, city directory review, Sanborn map review, and interviews.

Dolphin Village Natural Attenuation Monitoring Quarterly Groundwater Sampling St. Petersburg, Florida

Zane collected groundwater samples from various wells until a No Further Action (NFA) was approved by the FDEP. Zane was also responsible for completing the various quarterly monitoring reports and the No Further Action Proposal letter to the FDEP.

Gower’s Corner Shooting Range Closure Pasco County, Florida

Zane was responsible for completing a shooting range closure assessment report and receiving NFA approval by the FDEP. Site assessment included soil and groundwater sampling, removal of contaminated soil, and site rehabilitation.

Zane M. Pierson, PG Professional Geologist Zane Pierson has 14 years of experience in environmental, forensic geotechnical exploration, and geophysical. Environmental experience includes report writing, fi eld work and project management of over 500 Phase I and II environmental site assessments, FDEP LSSI assessments, soil and groundwater sampling, underground storage tank removal and closure, source removals, supervising site remediation projects, emergency response, property condition assessments, landfi ll gas monitoring, and gopher tortoise surveys.

Forensic geotechnical exploration experience includes sinkhole investigations, report writing, grout recommendations, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys, soil classifi cation, computerized boring logs, hand auger borings, drawing site maps, fl oor slab relative elevation surveys, structural damage identifi cation, and hand cone penetrometer readings.

Geophysical experience includes Ground Penetrating Radar projects such as subsidence investigations, underground storage tank locating, void detection and utility locating with 500, 250, and 100 MHz antennas and rebar and cable location with a 1.6 GHz antenna (concrete radar). Additional geophysical experience includes magnetometer, electrical resistivity, and gravimeter surveys.

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Education BS in Biology and BS in Liberal Studies, University of Central Florida Years of Experience Certifi cations

■ FFWCC Gopher Tortoise Authorized Agent

■ FDEP Certifi ed Stormwater Erosion Control Inspector

■ AHERA Asbestos Facility Inspector

■ AHERA Asbestos Facility Supervisor

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Wetland Delineation, SJRWMD/ ACOE Permitting/Mitigation, Proposed Circle K Convenience Store St. Augustine, Florida

David is the senior environmental scientist responsible for performing the wetland delineation, assisting the client’s engineer with preparation of submittal of the environmental resource permit applications to the SJRWMD and ACOE, including UMAM scoring of the wetlands to be impacted and coordinating the mitigation bank credit purchase.

Gopher Tortoise Relocation, Culvers of Brooksville Brooksville, Florida

David was the senior environmental scientist responsible for performing the 100% gopher tortoise burrow survey, obtaining a gopher tortoise relocation permit from the FFWCC, and the mechanical excavation of all tortoises to be relocated to an off -site recipient property

Water Use Permit Wetland Monitoring Assistance – American Cement Company Sumterville, Florida

David is the senior scientist responsible for the background monitoring report, annual vegetation monitoring reports, and 5-year monitoring reports associated with the water use permit for this site.

City of Pompano Beach Airpark, Gopher Tortoise Relocation Pompano Beach, Florida

David was the senior environmental scientist responsible for performing the 100% gopher tortoise burrow survey, obtaining a gopher tortoise relocation permit from the FFWCC, and the mechanical excavation of all tortoises to be relocated to an off -site recipient property.

David Whitney Biologist, Senior Scientist David Whitney has 20 years of experience performing a wide range of environmental and ecological related work. His experience includes performing phase I ESAs, along with soil and groundwater sampling for phase II site assessments. He has extensive knowledge of environmental regulatory rules and regulatory permitting through federal, state, and local agencies for projects related to residential and commercial development. These projects many times include coordination, negotiation, and design of wetland mitigation through federal, local, and state agencies. David also has project experience with permitting water, wastewater, stormwater/drainage, transportation, and coastal canal dredging. David’s fi eld experience includes wetland assessments & delineations, habitat assessments, wetland mitigation monitoring, threatened and endangered species assessments, surveys, permitting, and relocations, and NPDES/stormwater facility inspection. David’s experience also includes property condition assessments for multi-family residential, commercial, and industrial facilities.

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Education BS, Geology, Indiana University (White Star Endowment Scholarship) Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Geologist, FL, #1344

■ Florida Asbestos Consultant #AX71

■ Florida Water Well Contractor #11236

■ Asbestos Contractor Supervisor, Provider #:

Fl-49-0003810, Cert #:

07201803

■ Asbestos Survey & Mechanical Inspector, Provider #: Fl-49- 0003810, Cert #:

07191801

■ Asbestos Management Planner, Provider #:

Fl-49-0003810, Cert #:

07191801

■ Asbestos Project Designer, Provider #:

Fl-49-0003810, Cert #:

07211801

Frederick G. Kaub, PG, LAC Professional Geologist/Asbestos Consultant/ Licensed Water Well Contractor

Fred assumes overall responsibility for the leadership of professional Geotechnical and Engineering services for all GFA contracts as Principal-in- Charge. Mr. Kaub serves in the capacity of Executive Liaison to company clients. He is a graduate of Indiana University (White Star Endowment Scholarship Recipient) with a B.S. in Geology; he is a licensed Florida Professional Geologist; and is co-founder of GFA International, Inc. He has served in the capacity of Expert Professional for the South Florida Water Management District. He is professionally involved and active in the following associations: Professional Member of Geotechnical Society of America, Association of Engineering Geologists, American Institute of Hydrology, National Association of Environmental Professionals, Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, and Florida Groundwater Association.

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Oakland Preserve Oakland Park, FL

This project consisted of the new construction of eighty, two and three-story, multi-family units located in Oakland Park, Florida, on a fi ve-acre parcel. The project was part of a cooperative venture between Pinnacle and the Broward County Housing Authority’s non-profi t affi liate, Building Better Communities. GFA has provided extensive Environmental Consulting services, including Phase I Site Assessment, Phase II Site Assessment, Soil Management Plan Development and Implementation, Site Assessment Reporting, Natural Attenuation Monitoring and Reporting, Engineering and Institutional Control Plan, Contour Map Development, and Geotechnical Exploration.

Bradford Marine Fort Lauderdale, FL

The subject property is an approximate 15-acre commercial tract currently used as a marina. This project consists of the demolition of existing parking and construction of a one-story guardhouse and multiple two-story, +/-4,000-square foot mixed use buildings. GFA provided extensive Environmental Consulting services for the property. This included an Environmental Phase I Site Assessment, an Environmental Phase II Environmental Site Assessment with 13 temporary groundwater monitoring wells and nineteen soil borings, a Site Assessment Report, a Limited Asbestos Containing Materials Building Survey, and Source Removal Monitoring and Reporting. Additionally, GFA performed a Geotechnical Exploration consisting of eight SPT borings to depths of 50-feet below existing site grade to evaluate underground site conditions and four exfi ltration tests to depths of 10-feet below existing site grade to evaluate site drainage. GFA’s contract value for the project was $428,530.

Mr. Kaub was responsible for directing all Environmental and Geotechnical services for the project, as well as reviewing all fi nal reporting with recommendations for the project.

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Education MS, Civil Engineering, Concentration in Geotechnical Engineering, Virginia Tech BS, Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL, VA

Certifi cations

■ Risk Management for the Design Professional (Advance, Intermediate, and Basic Principal)

Veronica De Freitas, PE Geotechnical Department Manager

Veronica is a geotechnical engineer with over nine years of geotechnical design, consulting, and construction experience on a wide variety of projects. As a Geotechnical Department Manager, Veronica is responsible for the management and mentoring of staff engineers, supervising the execution of proposals, projects, and analysis, preparation and review of geotechnical reports, business development, seeking project opportunities, and maintaining client relationships.

Her primary technical focus includes the design and construction of deep and shallow foundations, ground improvement design, sinkhole/karst evaluation, and value engineering.

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Geotechnical Department Manager ECS Florida, LLC, Tampa, FL

Oversight of project management staff for geotechnical calculations, technical writing of geotechnical proposals and reports, and associated geotechnical construction fi eld observations.

Administrative management of departmental profi t and loss monthly statement. Responsible for maintaining client database and establishing business development initiatives with current and future clients, including technical presentations for geotechnical services.

Perform value engineering design for shallow foundations using site-specifi c in-situ testing in order to substantiate more effi cient foundation design and/or remove the need for deep foundations or ground improvement. Lead and manage a wide range of geotechnical projects throughout the western and central Florida region, including coordination of subcontractors, utility locators, ordering laboratory tests, performing engineering analysis, and writing geotechnical reports. Perform geotechnical analysis and design for deep foundations (drilled shaft, driven piles, micropiles, auger cast piles, etc.).

Lead and manage construction projects involving deep foundations and ground improvement elements. On these construction projects, Ms. De Freitas performs deep foundation inspections, manages fi eld technicians, meets with clients, contractors, and other project engineers throughout the duration of the project.

Geotechnical Project Manager ECS Florida, LLC, Tampa, FL

Lead and manage a wide range of geotechnical projects throughout the western and central Florida region, including coordinating with subcontractors and utility locators, ordering laboratory tests, performing engineering analysis and writing geotechnical reports. Perform geotechnical analysis and design for deep foundations (drilled shaft, driven piles, micropiles, auger cast piles, etc.).

Lead and manage construction projects involving deep foundations and ground improvement elements. On these construction projects, Ms. DeFreitas performs deep foundation inspections, manages fi eld technicians, meets with clients, contractors, and other project engineers throughout the duration of the project. Perform value engineering design for shallow foundations using site-specifi c in-situ testing in order to substantiate more effi cient foundation design and/or remove the need for deep foundations or ground improvement.

Business development and client management, including technical presentations (lunch and learn).

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Education MS, Civil Engineering, University of Florida Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Geotechnical Explorations, State Road 20 Expansion Hawthorne, Alachua County, Florida

James worked as a geotechnical engineer on this subsurface investigation project consisting of expanding the existing State Road 20 between Hawthorne and Inverness, Florida. His duties included locating and marking investigative borings, determining soil stratigraphy and composition, and communicating with property owners.

Geotechnical Exploration, Wendy’s #238 Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida

James was the project manager for this subsurface investigation project consisting of constructing a proposed retail development to include on 2,000 square foot building with associated parking. James managed the fi eld and laboratory explorations and provided geotechnical engineering recommendations for groundwater control, foundation design and site preparation.

Preliminary Geotechnical Exploration, Commercial Building Site Osceola County, Florida

James was the project manager for this preliminary subsurface investigation project for the stormwater culvert expansion of the existing I-10 roadway.

His duties included locating and marking investigative borings and determining soil stratigraphy and composition.

James F. Stephenson III, PE Geotechnical Engineer James Stephenson has 8 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, and investigation services. He has performed geotechnical analysis for FDOT roadways and box culverts. His responsibilities include subsurface investigation, interpretation and analysis of fi eld and laboratory data, engineering analysis and evaluation of foundation and pavement design and stormwater management, client communication and report preparation.

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Education MS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso MS, Chemistry, BITS, Pilani, India BE, Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, India Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL, TX

Professional Registrations

■ American Society of Civil Engineers

■ Chi Epsilon (National Civil Engineering Society)

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

SR-55 (US-19) Continuous Right Turn Lane Pasco County, Florida

Sagi served as project manager for the geotechnical design of this 15-mile roadway improvement project. Project features include continuous right turn lane along US 19, new traffi c signalization, overhead cantilever signs, and on-site ponds and lateral drainage.

He was responsible for scheduling and supervising fi eld operations, conducting engineering analyses and reporting results on multi task assignments for roadways, drainage facilities and signal poles.

SR-80 / I-75 Interchange improvement Fort Myers, Florida

Sagi serves as project engineer for the geotechnical design of this interchange improvement. Project features include interchange improvements, I-75 widening, retaining walls, off -site and on-site ponds, traffi c signalization, retaining walls, noise walls, and signing.

US 41 Widening Hernando County, Florida

Sagi served as the assistant Geotechnical Project Manager for this road widening project.

His responsibilities included fi eld investigation and performing geotechnical engineering for road widening and low MSE wall design.

Collier Parkway Widening Land O’ Lakes, Florida

Sagi served as project manager for the geotechnical design of this roadway improvement project. Project features include widening of the existing roadway, coring and pavement evaluation and on-site ponds and lateral drainage. He was responsible for scheduling and supervising fi eld operations, conducting engineering analyses and reporting results on multi task assignments for roadways, drainage facilities and signal poles.

Surendra V. Sagi, MS, PE Senior Geotechnical Engineer/ Geotechnical & Construction Materials Manager Sagi has over 18 years of experience in geotechnical engineering, drilling and construction materials testing services. He has performed geotechnical analysis and design for FDOT roadways, bridges, retaining walls, and box culverts.

He has served as project manager for numerous residential, commercial and industrial developments, education and governmental facilities, and public utilities facilities. His responsibilities include management of subsurface investigative program, interpretation and analysis of fi eld and laboratory data, engineering analysis and evaluation of foundation and pavement design and stormwater management, client communication and report preparation.

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Education BS, Civil Engineering (Emphasis in Structural Engineering), University of Central Florida BS, Engineering Technology, University of Central Florida Years of Experience Licenses

■ Professional Engineer, FL Certifi cations

■ Threshold Building Special Inspector, FL

Expertise

■ Structural engineering (retaining walls, foundations, wooden structures, structural steel, concrete masonry and structures, tilt-wall panel buildings, commercial buildings, and residential homes), forensics, and geotechnical and sinkhole investigations

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Bishop Snyder Catholic High School Jacksonville, Florida

Robert was responsible for the design, detailing, coordination, and quality control of multiple masonry buildings on shallow concrete foundations for this catholic high school campus project.

He managed a team of fi ve structural engineers to prepare project-specifi c construction specifi cations, review construction shop drawings, and perform threshold inspections.

Tortuga Pointe Apartments St. Petersburg, Florida

Robert was responsible for the design, detailing, coordination, and quality control of multiple fi ve-story wood framed buildings on shallow concrete foundations for this apartment complex project, as well as preparing project-specifi c construction specifi cations.

Casa Monica Hotel (St. Johns County Courthouse Restoration) St. Augustine, Florida

Robert was responsible for the review of construction shop drawings for the existing timber framed building and multi-story concrete addition consisting of two-way fl at plate elevated concrete slabs, as well as the analysis and retrofi tted connection design of existing timber framed fl oors on this multi-story hotel project, as well as performing threshold inspections.

Melbourne City Hall Melbourne, Florida

Robert was responsible for the design, detailing, coordination, and quality control of this fi ve-story, 5,800 square foot steel framed building on a shallow concrete foundation. His responsibilities included preparing project-specifi c construction specifi cations, reviewing construction shop drawings, and performing threshold inspections.

Child Development Center (US Navy) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Robert was responsible for the design, detailing, coordination, and quality control of six single-story masonry buildings on shallow concrete foundations for this military project.

Robert Brown, PE, SI Structural Engineer Robert Brown has over 27 years of combined experience in the construction and forensics industries as a structural engineer. His construction experience is built on the design and management of projects extending across the following market sectors: aviation, education, healthcare, hotels, offi ces, residential, retail, renovations and alterations, and threshold building inspections. His experience covers a wide range of project development including maintenance of client relationships, construction documents, and construction administration. This experience includes developing framing concepts and selecting framing systems, which include reinforced concrete, structural steel, precast concrete, tilt-up construction, light gauge steel, load-bearing masonry, and timber. Robert’s forensics experience includes investigations of residential and commercial sites to determine the cause and origin of structural failures, damage or defects, and analyzing damage to structures caused by catastrophic events such as hurricanes.

Additionally, Robert has experience in STAAD, RAM, Enercalc, MathCAD, ETABS, ADAPT, ADOSS, Sp Mats, AutoCAD, and Revit.

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Years of Experience Certifi cations

■ QC Manager (FDOT)

■ Prestressed Concrete Qualifi ed (FDOT)

■ Earthwork Level 1

(FDOT)

■ Earthwork Level II Inspector (FDOT)

■ Concrete Laboratory Technician (FDOT)

■ Concrete Field Inspector Level I (FDOT)

■ Level I Concrete Testing Technician (ACI)

■ Concrete Strength Technician (ACI)

■ Nuclear Density Gauge License

■ Level I Inspector (PCI)

■ Level II Inspector (PCI)

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

District wide Geotechnical and Materials Testing Contract FDOT District Seven, Florida

Matt serves as the senior consultant/ inspector for the continuing services contract. He is also responsible for conducting structural element inspections of prestressed members during construction at Standard Prestress in Tampa Florida.

State Road 93 (Links 2) Hillsborough County, Florida

This project is new construction and widening for nine miles of SR 93 from the Hillsborough River to Himes Avenue. This work also includes concrete pavement over the majority of the project. His responsibilities are internal audits for the Logbooks, Assistant CQC Manager, and Support.

State Road 592 St. Petersburg, Florida

This project was for concrete pavement rehabilitation for all of I-375 in St.

Petersburg, Florida. Matt was the senior engineer inspector and was responsible for material acceptance and quality assurance. He worked closely with the QC manager, from the contractor, to ensure everything was completed in a timely manner and within specifi cations.

State Road 39A This project included the construction of a one mile four lane highway. Matt was the senior engineering inspector and was responsible for all materials testing and contractor quality control.

I-75/Alico Road Matt was responsible for internal audits for Universal Engineering Sciences on the QC logbooks and the QC LIMS entries.

State Road 592 Matt’s duties on this project included CQC Manager, review of quality control documentation, material acceptance and quality assurance for the two mile project.

State Road 55 This was a sidewalk improvement project for SR 55 in Tarpon Springs.

Matt was the CQC Manager for this project. These responsibilities included the QC Plan, review of quality control documents, material acceptance, and quality assurance of the project.

State Road 674 This project was a pavement evaluation for the seven miles of SR 674 from CR 579 to Katie Stanaland Road. His responsibilities were monitoring the coring process and the maintenance of traffi c. Also, included was preparing of the pavement evaluation report for the department.

Matthew Hunter FDOT Projects Manager, Corporate QC Manager Matt Hunter has 21 years experience in the geotechnical engineering and construction material testing fi elds. During this time, he has held positions of laboratory/fi eld technician, senior engineering technician and laboratory supervisor and is currently the CQC manager for the Tampa branch. His responsibilities include management of fi eld and laboratory personnel and operations.

Matt has broad knowledge and experience in all aspects of Construction Materials Testing including FDOT laboratory and fi eld procedures.

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Ability of Professional Personnel & Staff Experience

Years of Experience Licenses & Certifi cations

■ Certifi ed Welding Inspector (CWI)

Jay Nunes, CWI Certifi ed Welding Inspector

Mr. Nunes is an experienced Welding Inspector with Certifi cation from the American Welding Society. Jay has a total of over 35 years of practical welding and inspection experience. He was a welding supervisor at Cook Machinery, Inc., Hammer Haag Steel Inc., both in Clearwater, FL and also at Local 808 Ironworkers in Orlando, FL. In addition to his fi eld and shop experience, he was the Department Manager and Welding Instructor for the Welding Certifi cation program at Pinellas Technical College.

P R O J E C T E X P E R I E N C E

Mettler Toledo-Safeline Lutz, Florida

Multi Story Structure for Mixed Commercial and Industrial usage

Veterans Administration Cancer Infusion Therapy Center Bay Pines, Florida

Large Medical Center on the Bay Pines Campus

JDA Self Storage Facility Lutz, Florida

Multi Story Storage Facility

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Capabilities for Technical Services

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Mark Hardy, PE x x x x x x x x x x Kurt Hardy, PE x x x x x x x x Veronica De Freitas, PE x x x x x x x x x x James Stephenson, PE x x x x x x x x Fred Kaub, PG x x x x Meagen Gonzalez, PG x x x x Robert Brown, PE SI x x x x x x x Surendra Sagi, PE x x x x Dusan Jovanovic x x Matt Hunter x x x Douglas Ross x x x Jay Nunes, CWI x x Zane Pierson, PG x x Timothy Alford x x Bruce Glasberg x x Ronald Sanzi x x David Whitney x x Autumn Mercer x x Troy Sullivan x x Spencer Hawthorne x x

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Relevant Experience

Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) has provided professional geotechnical engineering services throughout the United States for over 56 years. Well respected and steep in culture, UES is considered a pioneer of the industry and stands at the forefront of influential legislature and proven best practices.

With nearly 2,000 professionals and 30 national branches, UES hosts a broad range of services, including Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing & Inspection, Building Code Compliance, Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety, and Building Envelope.

Our breadth of work includes both public and private clients and consists of projects ranging from rail and transportation to commercial and education.

An unmatched passion for our work and pride for contributing to the growth of the communities which we serve is derived from strong, meaningful values grounded in excellence.

If you take care of your employees and take care of your clients, the rest will take care of itself.”

—Mark Israel, President

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Universal Engineering Sciences, LLC 3532 Maggie Boulevard Orlando, FL 32801

OFFICE IN CHARGE

9802 Palm River Road Tampa, Florida 33619

ESTABLISHED

Corporation, 1964, Florida

AUTHORIZED IN FLORIDA

OFFICERS

CEO/Chairman: Sy Israel President: Mark Israel Vice President: R. Kenneth Derick Secretary: Melvin Rodriguez VP of Finance: Melvin Rodriguez

FEIN

59-1117804

DUNS

06-481-7562

LOCATIONS

Atlanta, GA Charlotte, NC Clewiston, FL Daytona, FL DC Metro Delray Beach, FL Fort Myers, FL Gainesville, FL Hagerstown, MD Irvine, CA Jacksonville, FL Las Vegas, NV Miami, FL

Ocala, FL Orlando, FL Palm Coast, FL Panama City, FL Pensacola, FL Port St. Lucie, FL Reno, NV Rockledge, FL Sarasota, FL St. Petersburg, FL Tampa, FL Tifton, GA West Palm Beach, FL

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Relevant Experience

UES offers a full range of geotechnical engineering services designed to help architects, engineers, and developers meet local, state, national, and international environmental regulations. Our world-class geotechnical team works in multiple sectors throughout the United States, including theme parks, hospitality, transportation, residential, higher education, healthcare, and retail.

UES’ specialists are supported by a comprehensive set of resources, including one of the largest fleets of energy-efficient field vehicles, high-capacity drill rigs, and state-of-the-art laboratories performing AASHTO, ASTM, FM, and USACE accredited testing on soils, rock cores, and water samples.

We are pre-qualified with both the Florida DOT and Georgia DOT allowing us to conduct geotechnical and materials testing work related to highway design and construction in those states. Additionally, our engineers have worked on projects ranging from high-rise buildings, industrial developments, and commercial facilities, to solid and hazardous waste landfills and stormwater management systems.

Laboratory Services We understand that both accurate and fast testing is critical to helping our clients achieve their goals. UES has two full-service labs conveniently located near this project. Our Jacksonville and Orlando labs are two of the largest consultant laboratories located in the state—both staffed with qualified CTQP personnel.

All of our sample results are uploaded by the laboratory managers to track the progress of samples during all steps of sampling, testing and reporting. Utilizing our company-wide server will allows the UES Contract Manager to perform real-time oversight of laboratory testing flow for any sample delivered to our laboratories.

Each of our laboratories follows the Quality Systems Manuals and have Quality Assurance oversight by our Quality Systems Manager.

With this type of in-house support, UES provides its clients with a multitude of capabilities ranging from preliminary investigations through to final design.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

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Relevant Experience

Efficient by Design Field Data Collection (FDC) is proprietary software used by UES technicians to gather testing data.

Following a client’s request for service, a work order will immediately be created, and a UES field technician will be scheduled and dispatched to the test site. With the use of remote devices in the field, the information gathered by the technicians is saved and transmitted to our office where, in conjunction with samples taken from the field, lab tests are performed and recorded. The resulting data is uploaded to our dispatch and scheduling application where reports are generated and reviewed by a project manager for quality. Once approved, the reports are then sent electronically to the client.

THIS ENTIRE PROCESS BEGINS AND

ENDS WITH THE CLIENT—AND FACT

THAT EVERY UES EMPLOYEE INVOLVED

IN THE PROCESS UNDERSTANDS AND

STRIVES TO DELIVER FAST, ACCURATE

RESULTS.

Using soil and groundwater test results, UES’ geotechnical engineers can analyze existing site conditions and provide our clients with safe, cost-effective construction solutions. Our dedication to value engineering techniques, state-of-the-art site exploration, and our extensive exploration database consistently proves to be invaluable in both pre-design and pre-construction planning. The evaluation of the subsurface soils and groundwater conditions is important to the development and design of construction projects as these evaluations confirm the allowable capacities of foundations, settlement potential and groundwater conditions. Also, it is extremely important that the subsurface exploration program evaluates potential site development and long-term performance problems.

That way, we can identify cost-effective remediation alternatives for use by other members of the design team.

Sinkhole evaluation and solution project in Dunnellon, Florida.

We also provide post-construction settlement investigations. These studies involve the determination of the cause(s) of settlement followed by remedial recommendations. Examples include sinkhole evaluation of commercial and residential structures, and consolidation of organic or soft clay deposits.

Civil Design Support Services Quite often, civil engineering design requires special considerations for proper performance and economical construction. A few of the services that UES provides in this area are as follows:

■ Exfiltration/Recovery Analysis and Permeability Evaluations

Development Activities The development of a new sites requires several studies to ensure that the site is compatible with the intended use. These studies include characterizing soil and groundwater conditions, evaluating the potential for sinkhole activity on the site, and location of muck on the site that could adversely affect performance and construction costs of structure and pavement areas.

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Development Activity…