Exhibit B (Sandco Response) - Leon County

Lafayette Street Sidewalk and Roadway Improvements
Proposal No.: BC-11-15-12-02
Technical Proposal Deadline: November 16, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
1.0 Approach and Understanding
The design build team of Sandco and Inovia brings over
20 years of local design knowledge and construction
experience to bear on this very important project for
Leon County. The Lafayette Street Sidewalk and Roadway
Improvement Project involves roadway reconstruction,
drainage improvements, widening for turn lanes,
pedestrian mobility improvements, and utility improvements.
We have assembled a team with the experience,
knowledge and manpower to design and construct this
project. Inovia’s presence in the Leon County and City of
Tallahassee jurisdiction includes many miles of roadway
design. Example projects include the Metropolitan Boulevard
Extension, Bannerman Road and Tekesta Drive
intersection improvements, and State Road 10 (US 90 /
Mahan Drive) from Apex Drive to East of County Road 59,
and others. Roadway design experience outside of the
local jurisdictions includes State Road 83 from I-10 to US
90 in Defuniak Springs, State Road 79 multi-laning in Bay
County, and the Thomas Drive Flyover in Panama City.
Sandco maintains a wealth of construction knowledge
and experience locally and outside Leon County. Notable
example projects local to Leon County are Gaines
Street Improvements, Capital Cascade, and US 90 / Mahan
Drive east of Capital Circle. We have assembled a
team with the qualifi cations, experience and dedication
necessary to deliver a completed project which exceeds
the expectations of Leon County.
Our goal is to provide a safe, convenient, effi cient, and
pleasant corridor for the traveling public, including vehicles,
pedestrians, and bicycles. Our approach is to focus
on the needs and desires of the end users of the corridor.
The Sandco/Inovia team has reviewed the design guidelines
comprehensively and understands the design and
construction responsibilities. Our team has learned the
importance of keeping our customers in mind during
the development of these project responsibilities. Our
customers are many and include not only the traveling
public, but all of the intermediate and future users
of our work product. These users include Leon County
staff , City staff , commercial developments along the corridor,
and many others. We know that working side-byside
with the Project Manager, Chris Meuhlemann, P.E.,
and eff ectively communicating and coordinating eff orts
during the design and construction phases is critical to
the overall success of the project.
The following sections discuss our fi ndings, recommendations,
and approach as they relate to the scope of services.
Items we consider a scope enhancement, or innovative
aspect are reserved for detailed discussion in
Sandco-Inovia Team Main Contact
Bob Myrick
Sandco Inc.
4708 Capital Circle NW
Tallahassee, FL 32303
850-251-8148
bmyrick@sandcofl .com
Section 4, Innovative Aspects, of this document.
1.1 Design and Geotechnical Investigation
To develop a comprehensive plan for completing this
project successfully, we evaluated the RFP and eight
addenda. The Sandco/Inovia team is fully aware of the
responsibilities and requirements set forth therein. Our
team has reviewed the project limits extensively during
multiple daytime fi eld reviews and a night time fi eld review.
Our understanding of this project is a result of a
“boots-on-the-ground” campaign and consideration of
Leon County and non-Leon County stakeholders.
A comprehensive knowledge of the project has been
obtained by researching adjacent projects, contacting
resources, reviewing crash history, and evaluating the
conceptual plans provided with the RFP.
1.1.1 Adjacent Projects
Adjacent projects researched include the Lafayette
Street Drainage Improvements for Leon County Public
Works, the Magnolia Drive / Lafayette Street Intersection
Improvements for the City of Tallahassee Public Works,
and the Lafayette Paseo Multimodal Corridor Transportation
Enhancement Proposal sponsored by the City of
Tallahassee. The following paragraphs summarize each
project.
Lafayette Street Drainage Improvements. This project
for Leon County Public Works includes drainage improvements
along Lafayette Street from the railroad
crossing west of Seminole Drive to east of Seminole
Drive. The drainage improvements east of Seminole
Drive were permitted under TEM120007, and will be
constructed by this design build project. Review comments
from COT Utilities and the stormwater analysis
have been reviewed.
Magnolia Drive / Lafayette Street Intersection. Improvements
were designed in 2009 and include widening,
ADA and pedestrian facilities, and drainage improvements.
Construction of this project is complete.