Shore Protection BROWARD COUNTY SOLICITATION T2112588P1 1 Atkins - - PDF document

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Coastal Engineering Consultant Services for Segment III

Shore Protection

BROWARD COUNTY

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Atkins Team Overview

• Atkins originated in Miami in 1960
• Leader Integrating Coastal Science and Engineering
• Seagrass, Artificial Reef, and Hardbottom Monitoring/Mitigation are Core

Competencies – AAUS and USACE compliant

• Assisting Broward County for 19 years
• $46.7M in Approved Tasks since 1998
• Aviation (South FLL Runway), Ports (Port Everglades CIP), Public Works, School Board, Sheriff
• Bridges, Lift Stations, Roadway Signals, Transportation Planning Studies, Roads, Drainage,

Environmental Permitting

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Key team members and roles

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Organizational Chart

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Organizational Chart

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Organizational Chart

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Organizational Chart

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Organizational Chart

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Approach

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Knowledge of Current Project Goals

• Maintain the design beach

conditions

• Recreational beach and shore protection

without impacts to nearshore hardbottom

• Reduce the sand demand and

nourishment events

• With alternatives like higher quality

material, dunes for storage, shore-stabilizing structures, other alternatives

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• Maximize cost-share
• Through local, federal, and state funding
• pportunities
• Reduce regulatory costs
• Long-term, carefully crafted conceptual permits
• Optimize physical and biological monitoring
• Assess quality and quantity of

nearshore hardbottom

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Knowledge of Project Scope

Biological characterization Sand source selection and development Permitting and funding Project participation and agreement Incorporation of dune features

Modelling Design Construction management Outreach Managed retreat

This is not just an engineering project; it is a program management project that has many elements that need constant focus Coastal Engineering for Segment III Shore Protection Atkins has the required Program Management experience plus the Project elements and experience to perform the project scope

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection Beach Management GEC (1997-2009)

• Services Provided:
• Full time staff support to JCP
• Drafted Florida’s Strategic Beach

Management Plan (SBMP)

• Developed training sessions for local, State,

and federal permit processors

• Provided expertise in hard bottom and

seagrass impacts and mitigation evaluation

• Reviewed Broward Co’s application, which

resulted in the 3 segments used today

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FDEP Bureau of Beaches & Coastal Systems GEC

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Maintenance of St. Lucie Inlet Federal Navigation Channel (2009-Present)

• Primary Tasks:
• Assist Martin County with Inlet

Management as Local Sponsor to the Corps

• f Engineers
• Services Provided:
• Maintenance dredging design and

permitting (2012, 2014)

• Construction oversight
• Annual physical monitoring, data analysis

and reporting

• Annual Hard bottom monitoring, data

analysis and reporting

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• St. Lucie Inlet Beach

Placement Area

Hardbottom Monitoring off Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge

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Smathers Beach Nourishment Project City of Key West

• Primary Tasks:
• Truck Haul Beach Nourishment Project
• Services Provided:
• Design and Permitting
• Plans and Specifications
• Topo and Bathymetric Survey
• Marine Resource Assessment
• Construction Oversight
• Post Construction Monitoring

(physical and environmental)

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Collier County Truck Haul Project

• Primary Tasks:
• 2013 Emergency Truck Haul Nourishment

Project (Hurricane Isaac and TS Debby)

• Services Provided:
• Construction Management and Oversight
• Developed ArcPad Application and GIS

Database for Truck tracking

• Post-construction Physical Monitoring,

Analysis and Reporting

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Broward Beach Nourishment Monitoring

• Primary Tasks:
• Routine diver inspections of pipeline

corridor

• Services Provided:
• During construction monitoring of

hardbottom resources in the vicinity of the pipeline corridors

• Recommendations for avoidance and

minimization

• Damage assessments
• Reporting

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AT&T Telecommunication Fiber Optic Cable

(Dania Beach)

• Primary Tasks:
• Coral repair and mitigation

construction

• Services Provided:
• Damage assessment
• Develop Mitigation Plan
• Design Mitigation Plan
• Contractor selection
• During construction monitoring
• Long Term Monitoring

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Broward County Outfall Pipe Coral Relocation and Monitoring

(Pompano Beach)

• Primary Tasks:
• Coral Relocation
• Services Provided:
• Developed Relocation Plan
• Coral relocations
• Coral monitoring

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Why Atkins?

Industry Leader

• Unique program management expertise in coastal environment
• More than 100 Seagrass, Coral, and Artificial Reef Construction and

Monitoring Assignments over the past decade Very Deep Bench Strength

• Longevity of Coastal Engineers and Scientists working collaboratively
• Regionally more than 12 Scientific Divers with Outstanding Dive

Record Average nearly 270 Scientific Dives per year Unmatched Understanding of Regulations

• Award for Excellence in Monitoring by the DOI
• Longstanding Trusted Relationships with State and Federal Agencies

Transparent Communication

• We play by the rules, transparent communication early and often, and

it benefits our clients

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Thank you

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