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General Engineering Services – RFQ #12-005
City of Key West
MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Metric Engineering, Inc. (MEI) provides all of the Civil Engineering Services as required
by the RFP. The Team has extensive experience with preparing paving, grading and
drainage plans for full scale engineering design that ranges from rehabilitating local streets to
the reconstruction of major roads, as well as other site specific properties such as parking
lots and parks. The Team’s drainage design expertise includes design of detention
ponds/swales, exfiltration trenches and deep wells, as well as experience in successfully
permitting these projects to insure approval by the agencies, such as the South Florida Water
Management District, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of
Engineers. In addition we perform Traffic Engineering Support Services such as Signing and
Pavement Markings, Signalization and Lighting, including turtle friendly lighting. Metric
Engineering has also prepared contract specifications for various municipalities, prepared
and assisted with bid documents, and reviewed and ranked contractor’s bid and qualification
to insure they meet requirements set forth in the Bid Package.
Metric Engineering’s Environmental Department will provide Environmental Engineering
Services in support of civil, transportation and coastal development projects. Our capabilities
include performing environmental site assessments, obtaining environmental permits,
designing mitigation sites, conducting mitigation monitoring and conducting environmental
compliance monitoring during project construction. Our staff includes experts in the
assessment of wetland, mangrove, wildlife, trees and landscaping, upland forest, seagrass
and coral habitats and professionals with expertise in contamination (Phase I and Phase II
site assessments). Our permitting experience includes obtaining permits from the SFWMD,
FDEP, USACE, FKNMS and the USCG, as well as local permits for tree removal. MEI’s
environmental professionals also provide professional guidance and support throughout
project development by working directly with design engineers to avoid and minimize
impacts, as well as serving as an extension of government agency staff to provide expert
environmental support on an as-needed basis.
Metric Engineering will also provide Coastal Facilities Services as required by the RFP for
seawalls, bridges and erosion control. The Team has extensive experience with the design
and plans preparation of these structural items, as well as experience in successfully
permitting these projects. Metric Engineering has also prepared contract specifications, as
well as prepared and assisted with bid documents, and reviewed and ranked contractor’s bid
and qualification to insure they meet requirements set forth in the Bid Package, for these
types of projects. Metric has designed various sea walls including two within the City of Key
West, both along South Roosevelt Blvd (SR A1A): one designed (and already constructed)
for the FDOT – District 6, and the other under design for the City of Key West. Metric
Engineering has also designed and/or retrofitted numerous bridges for municipalities and
counties. Currently Metric Engineering is designing a shared-use path bridge over the Marvin
D. Adams Waterway in Key Largo for Monroe County.
In order to effectively manage a contract of this type, MEI has developed a comprehensive
Project Management and Quality Control Plan that will ensure for a successful relationship
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