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Broward County, FL Shore Protection Project, Segment III

Solicitation T2112588P1 Coastal Engineering Consultant Services August 16, 2017

Presentation Overview

I. What sets the GBA Team apart

• II. Project approach
• III. Experience addressing hardbottom impacts
• IV. Key team members
• V. Regulatory permitting

The GBA Team – What Sets Us Apart

• Fresh perspective
• Industry leaders
• Independent assessment of work conducted to date
• Practicable solutions to save the County time and

money

Project History Leading to Approach

2005/06 Project 1999 Applications submitted 2003 Permits issued 2005/06 Construction 2011 Biological monitoring complete 2014 USACE reimbursement $18.3M

• Reduce permitting duration
• Avoid/minimize hardbottom

impacts

• Reduce project soft costs
• Maximize project performance

Project Approach

Client Meeting & Site Visit Historical Data & Permits Field Investigations

(Surveys, Geotechnical Investigations, & Environmental Resource Surveys)

Project Approach

Field Investigations

(Surveys, Geotechnical Investigations, & Environmental Resource Surveys)

Client, Agency, & Stakeholder Coordination Permitting Engineering Analysis & Design

Project Approach

Engineering Analysis & Design Construction Management Post-Construction Monitoring

Segment III – Evaluate Non-Federal Project

• Greater uncertainty in future federal funding –

no guarantee of reimbursement

• Greatly reduce time to construction
• Easier to import Bahamian sand
• Reduced traffic impacts
• Higher quality sand
• Larger hopper dredges entering U.S. fleet
• Consideration of foreign sand may trigger

industry competition

• Cost share regional EIS with Miami-Dade

County

• Evaluate design/build project delivery

111 miles

90 miles

Hardbottom/ETOF Planning Experience

• Hillsboro Beach, FL
• Hollywood Beach, FL
• Hallandale Beach, FL
• Broward County Segment II, FL
• Jupiter Island, FL
• Martin County, FL
• Key Biscayne ETOF Analysis, FL
• Wrightsville Beach Studies, NC
• Sconset Beach, MA

Hardbottom Monitoring Experience

• 115 hardbottom/coral relocation projects in SE Florida
• 17 projects in Broward
• Multiple Acropora cervicornis surveys & relocations

Hardbottom Monitoring Experience

Hardbottom Monitoring for the Hillsboro/Deerfield Beach Nourishment Project

• Pre-, Mid-, and Post-Construction monitoring surveys

conducted 2010 to 2015

• 20 monitoring surveys, 350 dives, 360 hours of bottom time
• Monitoring included:
• Percent cover estimates
• Sediment depth measurements
• Coral health assessments

Hardbottom Mitigation Experience

• Multiple UMAM/HEA assessments of nearshore

hardbottom & coral communities in SE Florida (including Hollywood)

• Siting and monitoring of shallow-water mitigation reefs

(St. Lucie & Palm Beach Counties)

• Leader in coral relocation in SE Florida:
• 50+ projects from Hillsboro to Key West
• 200+ years collective staff experience

Hardbottom Assessment Innovations

• Environmental Data & Geospatial Services (EDGS)
• EDGSonline 2.0
• FMVsea
• SHARK Marine Technologies, Inc. Navigator
• 3D mapping technology
• MIKE/Delft Model capability for ETOF predictions
• Suite of remote sensing tools to save time and

money

• Geoportals for online access

Key Team Members – GBA

Permitting, Engineering Design, Surveying, & Geotechnical Studies

• Project Manager – Penny Cutt
• Former federal, state, county regulator
• 23 years public and private sector
• Broward County Segment I & III experience
• Project Oversight and QA/QC – Clay Bryant, P.E.
• 30+ years experience coastal engineering projects
• Expertise in ETOF prediction adjacent to hardbottom
• Federal and state permitting and funding
• Coastal Engineer – Kevin Kremkau, P.E.
• 20+ years experience coastal engineering projects
• ETOF and template designs adjacent to hardbottom
• Construction management & project compliance
• Coastal Geologist - Jonathan Barker, P.G.
• 16 years experience coastal geology & geomorphology
• Borrow area development
• Sand compatibility analysis in south Florida

Key Team Members – CSA

Biological Assessments & Monitoring

• Marine Biologist - Erin Hodel
• 14 years experience
• Chief scientist, project manager, field scientist
• Hardbottom, coral relocation & Acropora specialist
• Segment III experience
• Marine Ecologist - Mark Fonseca, Ph.D.
• 30+ years experience (25 years at NOAA)
• Director of Science
• Ecosystem restoration and management
• Mitigation specialist (HEA and UMAM)
• Marine Biologist - Keith Spring
• 36 years experience
• Chief scientist, project manager
• Hardbottom, coral reef restoration & Acropora specialist
• Marine Biologist - David Snyder
• 29 years experience
• Icthyologist & marine ecologist
• Hardbottom & Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) specialist

Key Team Members – M&N

Structure Design & Numerical Modeling

• Coastal Engineer - Timothy Blankenship, P.E.
• 20+ years experience coastal engineer
• Broward County Segment I & III experience
• Engineer of Record for Hollywood, Hallandale, &

Hillsboro beach nourishment projects

• Engineer of Record for Hillsboro Inlet
• Coastal Engineer – Santiago Alfageme, P.E.
• 20+ years experience coastal engineer
• Numerical models include: Delft3D, MIKE3, MIKE21,

ADCIRC, RMA-2, RMA-4, ADDAMS, REFDIF, CGWAVE, SBEACH,& GENISIS

• Extensive Federal experience
• Coastal Modeling – Yong Chen, P.E., Ph.D., P.E.
• Hollywood Beach Nourishment
• Hallandale Beach Nourishment
• Hillsboro/Deerfield Beach Restoration

Key Team Members – Baird

Engineering QA/QC & Federal Agreements

• Coastal Engineer – Gordon Thomson, P.E., D.CE
• 17+ years experience
• Project manager for >$250M in total construction costs

with placement of over 20 MCY of material

• Broward County Segment II & III experience
• Broward County Beach Demonstration Project
• Coastal Engineer - Robert Nairn, Ph.D. P.E.
• 30 years experience
• Hydrodynamics, sediment transport, & scour processes
• Numerical modeling
• Coastal Engineer - John Headland, P.E., D.C.E
• 35+ years as port, ocean, coastal, & hydraulic engineer
• Extensive Federal experience
• Previous member of CERB

Professional Staff

GBA Team Professional Resources GBA M&N Baird CSA Total P.E. 12 214 28 ‐ 254 Ph.D. ‐ 23 9 5 37 P.G. 1 ‐ ‐ ‐ 1 P.L.S./P.S.M. 6 ‐ ‐ ‐ 6 C.H. 4 ‐ ‐ ‐ 4 Marine Biologists 4 ‐ ‐ 30 34

Nearshore Hardbottom Permitting Examples

GBA

• Town of Jupiter Island – FDEP & USACE since 1976
• St. Lucie Inlet – FDEP & USACE since 2001
• Pinellas County – FDEP & USACE permitting

Key Team Members

• Hillsboro Beach – FDEP, USACE, & Broward EPD
• Hillsboro Inlet – FDEP, USACE, & Broward EPD
• Hollywood – FDEP, USACE, & Broward EPD
• Hallandale Beach – FDEP, USACE, & Broward EPD
• Town of Palm Beach Reach 8 – FDEP & USACE
• Town of Palm Beach Reach 7 – SEIS & USACE Permit
• South End Palm Beach EIS – DEIS & EIS review

Before After

Regulatory Permitting & Funding

• Excellent relationships with federal, state, & local

regulators

• Collaborative permitting coordination & application

assistance

• Thorough understanding of regulatory permitting

process

• Comprehensive knowledge of NEPA process to

include EIS preparation

• Extensive track record securing Category G

Reimbursement funds

• Effective Beach Management Funding Assistance

Program application and processing

• Successful grant application & processing

The GBA Team Advantage

• Fresh perspective
• Industry leaders
• Independent assessment of work conducted to date
• Practicable solutions to save the County time and

money