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Statement of Qualifications to provide

RFQ No. 484-

030513

Utility Coordination Services

Prepared for:Georgia Department of Transportation

Prepared by:AMEC

March 5, 2013

ORIGINAL

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Statewide Utility Coordination Services (RFQ 484-030513) 13PROPTRAN.RBGA.0002

Table of Contents

A. Minimum Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... i GDOT Prequalification Forms ..................................................................................................................................... i Certification Form ....................................................................................................................................................... ii Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act Affidavit ...................................................................................... iii B. Stability and Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 1 B.1 About AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. ............................................................................................. 1 B.1.1 KCI Technologies Inc. ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 B.1.2 ARCADIS, US Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 B.1.3 Coastline Consulting Services ........................................................................................................................................... 1 B.1.4 Kennedy Engineering & Associates Group ....................................................................................................................... 2 B.2 Firm History ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 B.3 Litigation History .............................................................................................................................................. 2 B.4 Statement of Disclosure .................................................................................................................................. 2 B.5 Insurance Carrier ............................................................................................................................................. 3 B.6 Annual Average Revenue for 5 Years ............................................................................................................. 3 B.7 Banking Reference .......................................................................................................................................... 3 B.8 Failure to Complete a Contract ........................................................................................................................ 3

C. Experience and Qualifications ........................................................................................................................... 4 Organizational Chart .................................................................................................................................................. 4 C.1 Project Manager .............................................................................................................................................. 4 C.2 Key Project Staff .............................................................................................................................................. 5 C.3 AMEC Project Experience ............................................................................................................................. 11 C.4 Subconsultant Project Experience ................................................................................................................. 13

D. Suitability ........................................................................................................................................................... 17 D.1 Unique Qualifications ..................................................................................................................................... 17 D.2 Current and Projected Workload ................................................................................................................... 18 D.3 QC/QA Procedures ........................................................................................................................................ 18 D.4 Specialty/Enhanced Capabilities ................................................................................................................... 19 D.5 Non-Discrimination & Equal Opportunity Policies .......................................................................................... 19 D.6 Summary ....................................................................................................................................................... 19

Appendix Addendum No. 1

Section ASection A

Section B

Section B

Statewide Utility Coordination Services (RFQ 484-030513) 1 13PROPTRAN.RBGA.0002

B. Stability and Resources The AMEC Team brings experience, knowledge of GDOT processes, and working relationships with

GDOT and utility owners.

B.1 About AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. AMEC’s Environment & Infrastructure business unit, headquartered in Alpharetta, is a powerful global environmental and infrastructure business unit that is staffed by 7,000 talented professionals serving public and private clients worldwide in design, engineering, planning, environmental, and construction engineering services. In Georgia, AMEC has a staff of nearly 350 employees in three metro Atlanta area offices that have assisted county, municipal, state, and federal agencies by successfully completing thousands of projects. To serve your needs, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure offers the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) a strong and specialized local project Team to provide utility coordination, utility design, utility inspection, and training services. Our Team has full access to the considerable worldwide resources and personnel of AMEC. The AMEC Team has the resources to put the Right People in the Right Places to benefit GDOT. Below are the primary contacts for the Utility Coordination contract: PRIMARY CONTACTS Donnie Murphy – Project Manager Michael “Mike” Thomas, PE – Principal-in-Charge AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. 1075 Big Shanty Rd., NW, Suite 100, Kennesaw, GA 1075 Big Shanty Rd., NW, Suite 100, Kennesaw, GA P: 678.776.9701 F: 770.421.3486 P: 478.733.4739 F: 770.421.3486 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] AMEC has taken great care in assembling a specialized team to bring depth, experience, and knowledge for this Statewide Utility Coordination contract. Below we have provided a brief summary of each firm’s background and role in the contract. More information regarding staff roles will be defined on the Organization Chart that is provided in Section C of this response. KCI Technologies, Inc. will be providing the Team with overall utility coordination support including serving as the Lead Utility Design Coordinator role, assist with the utility relocation design, utility inspection, roadway design, and utility coordination efforts. ARCADIS, US Inc. will coordinate closely with roadway designers, utility owner/operators and other utility designers to facilitate coordinating the relocations of other utility facilities. Kennedy Engineering & Associates Group and Coastal Consulting Services will provide utility construction inspection services. Each firm is familiar with GDOT's Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards and the Department’s construction process and will apply these principles to utility engineering construction inspection on various GDOT construction projects throughout the state.

B.1.1 KCI Technologies Inc. Founded in 1955, KCI is an employee-owned, multi-disciplined engineering firm that employs more than 1,000 people operating in 24 offices in 14 states. The firm is comprised of professional engineers, planners, scientists, surveyors, construction managers, and support personnel offer technical expertise in civil, structural, transportation, environmental, hazardous waste, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, and soils engineering; land planning and landscape architecture; geology; hydrology; ecology; surveying; as well as construction management and inspection. B.1.2 ARCADIS, US Inc. Since 1957, ARCADIS U.S., INC. (ARCADIS) began in Georgia with the formation of Hensley and Associates to provide transportation, civil, and water resource design services to municipal and state government clients. The firm has 181 employees in three Georgia offices with 75+ transportation and environmental professionals in the Atlanta office. B.1.3 Coastline Consulting Services. Since 2003, Coastline Consulting Services, Inc. (CCS) has provided civil engineering, construction management, general contracting and program management, for various clients. Clients include federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as private clients including engineering firms, general contractors, and developers. CCS is certified by the City of Savannah as an SDB, 8(a), minority-owned firm by the Small Business Administration and as a DBE with numerous agencies such as GDOT, SCDOT, and several cities throughout Georgia.

mailto:[email protected]



B.1.4 Kennedy Engineering & Associates Group. Established by Lori Kennedy in 2003, Kennedy Engineering & Associates Group (KEA Group), is a woman-owned, 8(a) and DBE certified engineering firm with an established reputation for responsive service to their clients. The KEA Group is a full service engineering consulting firm licensed to do business in Georgia and offers services in sustainable planning, design, value engineering, environmental, cultural resource management, public involvement, environmental site assessments (Phase I and II), constructability reviews, and construction inspection.

B.2 Firm History

Our parent company AMEC, was founded in 1953 and has steadily grown to 29,000 professionals in 40 countries worldwide. Its new business unit, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., a Nevada-based corporation, has 115 offices in North America and offers depth and breadth of capabilities. Corporate headquarters are located locally in Alpharetta, GA. Our specialists provide engineering, design, consulting, and construction services to public and private sector clients locally and globally. In Georgia, AMEC has a staff of nearly 350 employees in three metro area offices, and additional locations in Warner Robins and Brunswick. AMEC’s Kennesaw, Lawrenceville, and Atlanta offices, have assisted county, municipal, state, and federal agencies by successfully completing planning, engineering, design, and construction oversight projects since the 1940s.

B.3 Litigation History

AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. has been in business over 60 years and operates 115 offices in North America. The list of litigation matters below is the result of our internal due diligence search of various reporting sources that come out of our Atlanta operations. However, there may be claims/matters of which we are currently unaware where AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. has been named as a defendant.

Case Name Project Name Type of Dispute Status

Court Docket No.

Stanley and Mary Sell v Jacobs Civil, Inc., et al. Sell Litigation Settled 07A-05965-7

Gray Construction, Inc. v MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.

Toyo Tire Facility Litigation Settled 2006cv02520

Janet Bryant v MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc., et al.

AGL-Trustees Garden (General McIntosh Blvd)

Litigation Settled STCV0603014

Richard Corbett v District Owners Association, Inc., et al. Atlantic Station Litigation Open 11EVO12715H

Based on current knowledge AMEC management does not believe that liabilities, if any, from current or pending litigation will have a material adverse effect on its financial position or operations of the company. Our Subconsultants: ARCADIS is currently a co-defendant with GDOT in a multi-party claim resulting from a bicycle accident – case ongoing; ARCADIS previously resolved a claim originating in 2005 related to purported delays on a design-build construction project. There are no indictments on our principals. Based on current knowledge of KCI Technologies, Coastline Consulting Services, nor KEA Group reported any litigation matters.

B.4 Statement of Disclosure AMEC works with numerous clients in Georgia in both the public and private sectors. Our private sector clients include developers and other business interests that may have an interest in property adjoining the State Highway System. AMEC maintains a database of all clients and projects by name, type of work, and geographic location in its Job Retrieval System. Our Legal Department Policy requires that the potential for conflicts of interest be investigated using this database and others as appropriate. Prior to undertaking any individual contract that may be assigned to us by the Department, the Project Manager/Liaison will complete a search for actual or potential conflicts of interest. Prior to assigning any work to our subconsultants, we will give them a description of the project and require that they search for and disclose any potential conflicts as well. We affirmatively state that AMEC currently does not have any conflicts of


interest that would disqualify us from submitting or subsequently executing these Statements of Qualifications to provide the services contemplated in this RFQ.

B.5 Insurance Carrier Carrier: AON Risk Services Northeast, Inc., 10 Lanidex Center West, PO Box 608, Parsippany, NJ 07054 P: 866.283.7122

B.6 Annual Average Revenue for 5 Years Our annual average revenue for the past five years is $564.2M.

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 $787.4M $694M $410.9M $438M $490.8M

B.7 Banking Reference Financial Reference: Diners Club N.A.

John Porter, VP, Relationship Management - BMO Spend and Payments P: 866.429.9768 ♦ Email: [email protected]

Banking Reference: JPMorgan Chase 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, 7th floor, New York, NY 10005-1401 Contact: Treasury & Securities Services P: 212.552.5778

B.8 Failure to Complete a Contract In the ordinary course of business, there have been occasions where a contract has been canceled, indefinitely postponed, or suspended due to various business, economic, market, and/or client-related reasons. Please note that AMEC enters into approximately 10,000 new contracts annually, and there is no procedure in place to identify and track the reason why a contract or task order is canceled. However, to the best of the knowledge of the undersigned, failure to complete has not resulted from AMEC’s performance or any of its subconsultants KCI Technologies, ARCADIS, Coastline Consulting Services, or KEA Group.


Section C

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C. Experience and Qualifications Organizational Chart


C.1 Project Manager Donnie Murphy Project Manager/QC

Professional Summary

With over 28 years in the utility coordination industry, Donnie manages utility coordination activities for AMEC throughout Georgia and serves as a technical consultant for other AMEC offices nationwide.

He manages one of GDOT’S Statewide Utility Coordination contracts valued at $1.8 million. Through this three year contract, AMEC’s staff has provided utility coordination on over 83 projects within GDOT’s construction work program with an additional 13 projects requiring prior rights research. Through these efforts AMEC’S utility coordination staff have reduced reimbursable utility costs to GDOT by $2.5M. Donnie will continue to provide his commitment to put the Right People in the Right Places.

Donnie retired with over 32 years experience with the GDOT that included 20 years experience with utility coordination. Prior to retiring from GDOT as the State Utility Liaison Engineer, Donnie managed large utility projects and provided oversight for Districts 2, 4, and 5. His responsibilities included coordinating utility accommodations and utility relocation design review from the project concept through the plan development process.

Donnie has strong interpersonal skills and has coordinated with utility companies both in construction and design phases, on rural and urban projects. He has a solid understanding of GDOT’s and the Federal Highway Administration’s Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards. He has applied these principles for the location, installation and maintenance of utility facilities, including public and privately owned, within the highway right of way. He is aware of the importance of adhering to all policies and procedures for the safety and protection of the traveling public.

As the State’s Utility Liaison Engineer and as a District Utilities Engineer, Donnie assisted in policy development and regulations for utility companies occupying public right of way, as well as providing functional guidance to other GDOT offices on both utility and railroad issues.

During his career in the Tifton District, Donnie worked as the District Utilities Engineer for six years. He directed the District’s utility coordination, utility accommodations, relocations and adjustments on hundreds of highway construction projects for 32 counties. Much of this work was associated with the many widening and reconstruction projects in the Governor’s Road Improvement Program (GRIP) corridors; including U.S. 82, U.S. 84 U.S. 27, U.S. 19 and U.S. 319. He coordinated utility relocation through all phases of the GDOT Plan Development Process (PDP) and attended concept meetings, preliminary design meetings and final design meetings. He identified all stakeholders and utility impacts and prepared utility conflict resolution reports to minimize impacts with highway construction. He managed the processing of public and private utility permits, directed the review, approval, and execution of utility and railroad force account agreement billings.

Additionally, Donnie worked as the Assistant Utilities Engineer for four years; District Permit Engineer for six years and worked as an Engineering Technician II through Engineering Technician V. He began his career with GDOT in the maintenance and administration departments.

Years of Relevant Experience: 28

Education:

High School Diploma


C.2 Key Project Staff

Mike Thomas, PE Principal in Charge

Professional Summary As AMEC’s Georgia Senior Transportation Engineer, Mike has spent his entire career in the transportation industry. Prior to joining AMEC in 2011, Mike garnered over 29 years of experience with the GDOT, where he retired as the GDOT Director of Local Grants and Field Services. In that capacity, he was responsible for supervision of the activities of all Field Districts, the Office of Equipment Management, and the Office of Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants. Mike has a complete understanding of the complex coordination process that is required to transition a project from the concept/design phase to a functioning transportation facility. The value of having Mike as a member of the Team is his knowledge and his trust reflected in his representative project experience demonstrated below. Mike currently serves as the Project Liaison Manager for the GDOT District 2 Construction Engineering and Inspection (CE&I) Contract. In this role, he manages the assigned inspectors assuring that all are properly trained and equipped to perform inspection on GDOT projects and monitors the project budget to manage available funding. Mike retired with 29 years of GDOT experience. Prior to retiring from GDOT’s General Office as Director of Local Grants and Field Services, Mike directed and supervised seven District Engineers and their associated staff members statewide. In this role, he also directed and supervised the Office of Local Maintenance and Improvement Grants (LMIG) and Office of Equipment Management. While in the General Office, Mike previously served as Director of Planning, Data, and Intermodal Development supervising appropriate staff to facilitate statewide planning activities, preparation of reports necessary to support Georgia’s Federal Fund allocations and coordination of Rail, Transit, Port and Aviation activities. During the 16 years Mike worked in GDOT’s District 2, he served 10 years as District Engineer in responsible charge of all GDOT activities in 28 middle Georgia counties. Both as District Engineer and in his previous roles (District Construction Engineer, District Maintenance Engineer and Assistant District Engineer), Mike worked cooperatively with local/state elected officials, construction contractors and utility owners to plan, coordinate and implement projects to enhance Georgia’s Transportation System. Many of the widening and reconstruction projects were located on the GRIP corridors including Fall Line Freeway, Savannah River Parkway, U.S. 1, U.S. 441 and U.S. 17. Mike also served as Project Engineer for two projects located on the Corridor Z/South Georgia Parkway GRIP corridor. He subsequently served as Area Engineer responsible for all construction activities in a four county area in GDOT’s District 5. Construction projects completed during that time included numerous widening and reconstruction projects associated with the Golden Isles Parkway and U.S. 1 GRIP corridors.

Chris Prosperi, PE QA Manager

Professional Summary Chris has 14 years of experience in utility coordination, utility engineering, utility conflict analysis and resolution, utility verification and inspection, utility relocation cost estimating, utility design, and subsurface utility engineering (SUE). Chris has additional experience with roadway design, bridge layout, resource management, traffic studies and construction inspection. His responsibilities include project management for numerous utility projects as part of AMEC’s utility services group. He has been the project manager and engineer of record for seven utility coordination projects. These projects included over 40 utility adjustment packages and associated utility adjustment monitoring and verification. He has managed over 30 SUE projects ranging from Quality Level A to Quality Level D and five utility impact studies quantifying an estimated $200M in expected utility relocation costs for P3 projects. His utility impact studies include GDOT’s Northwest Corridor project in Cobb and Cherokee Counties.

Years of Relevant Experience: 14 Education: B.C.E, Marquette University, 2000 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer: GA #36566,

TX #94617, MI #6201059786

Years of Relevant Experience: 30 Education: B.C.E., Georgia Institute of

Technology, 1983 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer: GA #18170 GSWCC Erosion/Sedimentation

Course, Level IA


Tony Pritchett Senior Utility Coordinator

Professional Summary With over 30 years in the utility coordination industry, Tony performs utility coordination activities for AMEC Environment & Infrastructure throughout Georgia. Tony retired with over 33 years experience from GDOT in 2000, including over 18 years experience in utility coordination. He worked as the District Utilities Engineer for over six years where he managed the utility coordination for all projects within the construction work program for the Gainesville District consisting of 21 counties. He attended project concept meetings, preliminary design meetings, and final design meetings identifying all stakeholders. He identified utility impacts and prepared utility conflict resolution reports to minimize impacts with highway construction. He managed the processing of public and private utility permits, directed the review, approval, and execution of utility and railroad force account billings and developed a priority list for the Overhead/Subsurface Utility Engineering Program. He has a strong understanding of GDOT’s Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards and has applied these principles in all phases of the PDP. His experience consists of hundreds of widening and reconstruction projects including urban, rural, interstate design, signal, passing lanes, intersection improvements, and resurfacing projects. Tony has also worked as the Assistant District Utilities Engineer for seven years managing the preconstruction activities in the Gainesville District. He managed utility coordination in the project concept meetings, preliminary design meetings and final design meetings. He identified utility impacts and prepared utility conflict resolution reports to minimize utility impacts on highway construction. He also worked as an Engineering Aid in all phases of survey activities. After Tony’s retirement from GDOT and prior to joining AMEC, he has worked as a Regulatory Specialist with a Georgia Transmission Corporation. His duties include coordination of the transmission lines relocation in conflict with GDOT and local government projects and developed and obtained permits from GDOT, local governments, railroad and other utility owners for transmission line installations.

Jimmy Hobby Senior Utility Coordinator


With over 12 years in the utility coordination industry, Jimmy performs utility coordination activities for AMEC Environment & Infrastructure throughout Georgia. Jimmy worked for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for 31 years before retirement in 2003. As the District Utilities Engineer for over three years, he managed utility coordination in all phases of the PDP with utility preconstruction activities, utility construction activities and permitting utility installations within the 28 counties of the Tennille District. He attended project concept meetings, preliminary design meetings, and final design meetings identifying all stakeholders. He identified utility impacts and prepared utility conflict resolution reports to minimize impacts with highway construction. He managed the processing of public and private utility permits, directed the review, approval, and execution of utility and railroad force account billings, and developed a priority list for the Overhead/Subsurface Utility Engineering program. He has a strong understanding of GDOT’s Accommodations Policies and Standards and has applied these principles in all phases of the PDP. His experience consists of hundreds of widening and reconstruction projects including urban, rural, interstate design, signal, passing lanes, intersection improvements, and resurfacing projects. Jimmy also worked as the Assistant District Utilities Engineer for over three years managing the utility preconstruction activities for 14 counties in the Tennille District. He managed utility coordination in the project concept meetings, preliminary design meetings and final design meetings. He identified all stakeholders, utility impacts, and prepared utility conflict resolution reports to minimize impacts with highway construction.

Years of Relevant Experience: 45 Education: Attended Lanier Tech and

Gainesville Junior College

Years of Relevant Experience: 37 Education: Attended Middle Georgia College


Allen Ferguson Senior Utility Coordinator Professional Summary

With over 19 years in the utility coordination industry, Allen performs utility coordination activities for AMEC Environment & Infrastructure throughout Georgia. Allen retired as the Gainesville District Utilities Engineer with over 27 years experience. As District Utilities Engineer his responsibilities included coordinating utility accommodations, utility relocation design review from the project concept through the plan development process, and utility guidance during construction on all department projects. This included utility certification on local sponsored roadway projects, utility permitting, and railroad maintenance coordination within the 21 counties in northeast Georgia. Prior to retiring from GDOT as the District Utilities Engineer, Allen held several positions including serving as the State Utilities Liaison Engineer with responsibilities of providing technical guidance for Districts 2, 4, and 5 as well as other GDOT offices on both utility and railroad issues. Allen has strong interpersonal skills and has coordinated with utility companies on hundreds of roadway construction projects during both design and construction phases for rural and urban projects. He has a solid understanding of GDOT’s and the Federal Highway Administration’s (FWHA) Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards. He has applied these principles for location of the installation and maintenance of utility facilities including public and privately owned within the highway right of way. Allen realizes the importance of adhering to all policies and procedures for the safety and protection of the traveling public.

David ‘Butch’ Jones Utility Coordinator


With over 20 years in the utility coordination industry, Butch performs utility coordination activities for AMEC Environment & Infrastructure throughout Georgia. Butch is responsible for coordinating utility relocations in GDOT’s Gainesville District under AMEC’s GDOT Statewide Utility Coordination contract. His role includes receiving and reviewing all Utility Owners deliverables (permits, relocation plans, utility relocation agreements, prior right claims, and easement-limited agreements) and forwarding utility information to the GDOT Project Managers. As a former Permit and Regulatory Specialist for the Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC), Butch served as a statewide liaison between GTC, GDOT, and local governments. He coordinated all engineering activities on GDOT and local government roadway relocations statewide including the coordination of facility relocation, routing, and engineering activities. Butch was responsible for all regulatory permits in Georgia for GTC projects, he provided support to all project teams including six project managers and five department managers on a regular basis. While with GDOT, Butch’ served as a Transportation Engineer with responsibilities that included supervision of a 12-man survey team, established new highway location routes, generated topo maps, tying highway location routes to the U.S. Coastal and Geodetic Grid System, accomplishing property surveys along highway locations and right-of-way boundaries, and generating right-of-way plans from information gathered from field surveys.

George Shenk Utility Coordinator


With over 12 years in the utility coordination industry, George performs utility coordination activities for AMEC Environment & Infrastructure throughout Georgia. George currently assists the GDOT Utility Office in District 5 with training their utility engineers in the proper procedures pertaining to Georgia Utilities Permit System (GUPS) and on proposed projects.

Years of Relevant Experience: 27 Education: Attended Gainesville College

Years of Relevant Experience: 45 Education: Attended Southern Technical

Institute, Highway Engineering Technology

Years of Relevant Experience: 12 Education: High School Diploma


Reviewing with each GDOT Utilities Engineer the utility coordination on various GDOT projects with the Utility Owners’ relocation plans of their facilities, reviewing plans, utility cost estimates, and utility owners’ prior rights issues. George retired with over 21 years experience with GDOT. Prior to retiring from GDOT as the Utilities Engineer, George coordinated utility owners’ relocations prior to projects being let. His responsibilities included coordinating utility accommodations and utility relocation design review from the project concept through the plan development process, attending contractor and utility meetings after the project let to construction, and assisting in resolving construction and utility issues. George has strong interpersonal skills and has coordinated with utility companies both in construction and design phases on rural and urban projects. He has a solid understanding of GDOT’s and the FWHA’s Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards along with GDOT’s Standard Specifications. He has applied these principles for location of the installation and maintenance of utility facilities including public and privately owned within the highway right of way. George realizes the importance of adhering to all policies and procedures for the safety and protection of the traveling public.

Michael Wilson Utility Coordinator


Michael has more than 27 years of experience in underground utilities, including SUE designation and location for a major natural gas utility. He has managed projects utilizing GPR and CART from concept through construction. Over his career, he was responsible for project schedules, budgets ranging from $5 to $13 million, and employee supervision. He served as senior engineering liaison to GDOT for a major natural gas utility in Districts 1 and 2 for a five-year period. In his career he has been involved in utility design, utility relocation design and utility coordination. Michael has more recently been involved in utility consulting and SUE work as a project manager under KCI’s statewide SUE contract. His career involving utility coordination has included the following: attendance at concept meetings, providing utility impact reports, “no facilities” letters, “No Cost” letters and “No Conflict” letters and existing records research. He prepared first submission plan markups, performed utility impact analysis (UIA), utility relocation design, second submission markups for utility relocation and utility adjustment schedules. He has also worked on GDOT projects that included force account agreements and NPDES submittals. He routinely attended utility coordination meetings with GDOT, GDOT road contractors, and other utilities.

Ken Timpson, PE Overhead/SUE Engineer

Professional Summary Ken is a self-motivated engineer capable of managing the most complex transportation related projects from concept to final plans. He has over 20 years of transportation design experience, including utility coordination and conflict resolution. As a project manager, Ken is responsible for the development of projects, maintaining project schedules/budgets and the client satisfaction. He has developed a high level of expertise as an engineer and project manager on state and local transportation projects, location/feasibility studies and hydraulic/hydrologic studies. Ken is tasked with the supervision, management and technical guidance of SUE projects within AMEC’s Georgia and Texas locations.

Years of Relevant Experience: 20 Education: B.C.E, Georgia Institute of

Technology, 1993 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer: GA #25149 GSWCC Erosion/Sedimentation

Course, Level II, 2006 Certified GDOT Plan Development

Process Training National Highway Institute Culvert

Design #13056, 2006

Years of Relevant Experience: 27 Education: B.C.E., Clemson Univ., 1983


Stan Hicks, PE Utility Design Coordinator

Professional Summary Stan is a Vice President of KCI and has served a three-decade career serving as a consultant to various local governments, including the City of Roswell, Dawson County, Spalding County, Cobb County, Gwinnett County, Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Transportation. His experience includes planning, designing, supervising, reviewing and managing various types of transportation projects using local and federal funding. His ten-year experience in road improvement program management includes Cobb, Spalding, and Gwinnett Counties. He provides experience in selection and management of design consultants. In addition, he has expertise in quality assurance, plan review, and environmental and permitting requirements including adherence to NEPA, Section 106, and Section 404.

Matt McDow, PE Utility Design Engineer

Professional Summary Matt has 14 years of experience as project manager specializing in civil engineering and transportation projects including utility design and coordination. His successful completion of GDOT’s PDP training course, qualifies him to successfully manage and deliver a wide range of transportation projects/programs involving utility design and coordination. Matt has successfully managed projects for GDOT, Cobb DOT, and numerous other counties and cities based on his innate attention to detail and ability to lead and deliver projects on time and within budget from inception to completion.

Mirsada Ilic, PE, LEED AP Water/Sewer Utility Design

Professional Summary Mirsada has a broad range of civil and environmental engineering experience encompassing site civil design, stormwater management, water and wastewater conveyance and treatment, wastewater utilities, hydraulics, pump stations, site remediation, roadway design, and construction administration. She has designed drainage systems for numerous roadways and bicycle paths. Her 23 years of project experience includes preliminary studies, analysis, and construction documents preparation. Mirsada has extensive experience in managing municipal standby engineering contracts that include DeKalb and Fulton County.

Brian Friery Natural Gas Design Engineer

Professional Summary Brian brings over 28 years of experience in the field of natural gas distribution engineering, design and construction. He has been responsible for the engineering design and construction of the City of Cartersville’s natural gas projects serving over 10,000 natural gas customers with over 315 miles of distribution mains spanning across two counties. He has completed the design engineering and inspection of over $3M in natural gas projects. His capabilities in natural gas distribution engineering have allowed the system to rely on his ability to complete natural gas projects from project inception to final inspection of the completed installation.

Years of Relevant Experience: 30 Education: B.C.E, Auburn University, 1982 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer: GA #17335 GSWCC Erosion/Sedimentation

Course, Level II

Years of Relevant Experience: 23 Education: M.C.E., Sherbrooke University,

1996 B.C.E., Sarajevo University, 1986 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer, GA #27867 LEED Accredited, US #10292259 Certified Professional-Storm Water

Quality, GA #114 HAZWOPER 40 Hour HAZWOPER 8 Hour Refresher

Years of Relevant Experience: 14 Education: B.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia

Institute of Technology, 1998 Registrations/Certifications: Professional Engineer: GA

#028726; SC #23032 Certified GDOT Plan Development

Process Training

Years of Relevant Experience: 28 Education: Oglethorpe University, Dual

Degree Program, 1982-1983 Southern Technical Institute, Civil

Engineering Technology, 1983-1986


Rufus Powell Utility Distribution Engineer Professional Summary Rufus has designed distribution systems in rural and urbanized areas in Georgia for over 33 years. His responsibilities included determining customer needs for both residential and commercial service including designing industrial plants, county and city municipalities, and highway relocation design projects. He retired from Georgia Power with over 25 years of distribution design experience and was the lead engineer for Georgia Power in the Bainbridge area. Since retiring, Rufus has been providing Contractor Design Services for the past eight years and is currently involved in the relocation design of six projects in Turner, Irwin, Tift, and Ben Hill Counties. He has proven experience and promotes joint use policies and has a complete understanding of GDOT’s Accommodations, Policies and Standards.

Richard Clarke Senior Utility Specialist

Professional Summary Richard has been involved in hundreds of SUE and utility coordidation projects over the past 19 years. He has experience in both management of projects and fieldwork. He has expertise in project estimating, proposal preparation, work plan preparation, fieldwork, utility conflict analysis, contractor oversight and QC/QA. He has also used his extensive experience for training: He has provided training on SUE methodology, explaining the cost effective use of FHWA Quality Levels and best practices for drafting SUE data and the correct use of locating equipment to adapt to varying site conditions. Although Richard’s SUE and utility coordidation experience has been primarily for highway design projects his experience has also involved work on Superfund sites, airports, public works facilities and oil fields.

Lewis Shelton, RLS Senior Land Surveyor

Professional Summary Lewis is a registered Land Surveyor licensed in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina with 19 years of land surveying experience that includes: boundary, ALTA/ACSM, topographic, GPS, multi-family apartment developments, single family developments, Subtitle-D sanitary landfills, right of way and roadway mapping. Currently Lewis is providing surpervision for the data collection, preparation and sealing of property maps, relief and or existing structures for the DeKalb County Watershed Management Standby contract. His transportation experience includes supervising the topographic survey and establishment of GPS Control for the design of two-lane and four-lane roadways, road widening, and intersection improvements across the State of Georgia.

Years of Relevant Experience: 33 Education: M.S, Administration

(Management), Georgia College and Univ., 1984

B.S., Agricultural Engineering University of Georgia, 1970

Years of Relevant Experience: 19 Education: B.S., Political Science, University of

Plymouth, 1991

Years of Relevant Experience: 15 Education: A.A.S., Construction Engineering

Technology, Chattanooga State, 1994

Professional Registration: Professional Land Surveyor: GA

#2971, TN #2525, AL #28855-S, NC #4725


C.3 AMEC Project Experience The following table lists projects including utility coordination work performed that demonstrates that the AMEC Team has a rich history of experience in similar projects for GDOT and/or other state DOTs and local communities. Due to page limitations, the following provides examples of ongoing or completed utility coordination, SUE, and other relevant projects involving AMEC, KCI Technologies, ARCADIS, Coastline Consulting Services, and Kennedy Engineering for the past five years. A complete list can be made available on request.

Project Name & Location Project Owner Project Description Costs Status

AMEC

GDOT Statewide Utility Coordination Services

Mike Bolden GDOT

(404) 631.1354

Three-year ID/IQ providing statewide utility coordination and inspection services supporting GDOT’s construction work program during each phase of the Plan Development Process and construction phases. Scope also includes utility relocation design and other engineering services in support of the utility coordination requirements for the Department. AMEC has processed 83 projects within GDOT’s construction work program with an additional 13 projects requiring prior rights research. Through these efforts AMEC’S utility coordination staff has reduced GDOT’s reimbursable costs to utility companies by $2.5M. Additionally, AMEC’s staff is providing utility coordination and training to GDOT’s staff in the Gainesville, Tennille and Jesup districts.

$1.8M (fees) Ongoing

July 2010 to September 2013

TxDOT SH 349 – SUE Utility Services, Midland

John Wallis TxDOT

(806) 748.4587

Freeway design with frontage roads consisting of new alignment to tie into existing SH 191 and SH 349 Business Route with an overpass at SH 158. The project was planned to be built in phases with utility relocations to be performed to the ultimate design. AMEC performed utility coordination, utility engineering, subsurface utility engineering, construction monitoring and verification.

$340K (fees) Completed

October 2006 to July 2009

TxDOT SH 289 SUE Services, Collin Co

David Stauder TxDOT

(214) 320.6100

The SH 289 project included two sections. The North project extended from U.S. 380 to Panther Creek for a distance of 2.9 miles. The South project extended from Panther Creek to FM 3537 for a distance of 1.5 miles. SH 289 was widened on both the east and west sides. Because the project was in two sections, the number of utility agreement packages and utility coordination efforts were increased to accommodate the two separate letting dates and schedules. AMEC performed utility coordination, utility engineering and construction monitoring and verification density testing.


October 2007 to April 2008



TxDOT U.S. 281 Bridge Replacement, Marble Falls

Howard Lyons TxDOT

(512) 756.2316

Project includes replacement of an existing bridge that crosses the Colorado River just south of the downtown area of Marble Falls, Texas. The bridge improvement is almost a half-mile long extending from Second Street to RM 2147. The replacement bridge will include twin structures each 46 feet in width. AMEC performed the utility engineering, utility coordination, and utility verification and inspection of the relocation of 6 different utility companies.


October 2007 to July 2010

TxDOT FM 982 SUE Services, Collin Co

David Stauder TxDOT

(214) 320.6100

The FM 982 is a 5.4 mile segment extending from U.S. 380 to FM 546 near Dallas. The project included the widening of the existing FM 982 on both the east and west sides. This presented a very tight right of way with dense development of homes and businesses on both sides of the existing highway. Scheduling and accurate placement of the utilities were critical to the project. AMEC performed utility coordination, utility engineering and construction monitoring and verification.


June 2006 to April 2008

MoDOT Interstate 64 Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Services, St. Louis

Lesley Hoffarth MoDOT

(314) 340.4100

Subsurface utility engineering (SUE) services, Levels A and B, for 12 miles of heavily traveled Interstate 64 through the heart of urban St. Louis area in Missouri. AMEC identified over 140 miles of subsurface utility information (35% more than client's original estimate) to be used on subsequent fast-track design-build reconstruction of the highway. All overhead lines and utility poles were also inventoried. Over 10,000 labor-hours were worked during the 18-week peak of the project.

$1.2M (fees) Completed

August 2005 to April 2006

GDOT Statewide Value Engineering Services

Lisa Myers GDOT

(404) 631.1770

AMEC has been providing VE ID/IQ services since 2007 under two contracts. To date, we have studied projects totaling over $800M in construction; providing approved recommendations totaling a project savings of over $62M.

$8M (fees) Ongoing

March 2007 to Present

Fulton County DPW Standby Engineering Atlanta, GA

Ray Wooten Fulton County

DPW (404) 612.7547

Currently providing surface water management services. Work includes hydrologic analyses of stormwater detention basins; designing, modeling, implementing and analyzing program to evaluate control techniques for water resource management plans; wetlands delineation and streambank restoration; and regulatory/policy development assistance. Performed various specialist consulting services on an as-needed basis. Work has included evaluating problems with culverts on Allen Road and developing designs for upgrades.

$500K (fees per year)

Ongoing 2001 to Present



GDOT District 6 Cartersville CEI Services

Patrick Bowers GDOT

(770) 387-3609

CEI services for variety of highway, and bridge projects in 17 counties over three years. Scope includes inspection of contractors’ work to ensure conformity with plans and specifications, measuring items for payment, maintaining project records, and materials testing.

$5.1M (fees to date)

Ongoing September 2010 to August 2013

GDOT District 2 Tennille CEI Services

Edwin Thompson, Jr.

GDOT (478) 552-4603

CEI services for variety of highway and bridge projects in 28 counties over a three year period. Scope includes contract administration, inspection services, measurement of quantities for payment, project recordkeeping, and materials testing.

Task Order #1(for Year 1)

$4.6M

Ongoing November 2012

to December, 2015

C.4 Subconsultant Project Experience Project Name &

Location Project Owner Project Description Costs Status KCI Technologies Inc.

Maryland State Highway Administration (MSHA) Aerial and Underground Utility Relocation Design Services Statewide

Lisa Choplin MSHA

(410) 545.8824

This is a five-year open-end contract intended to support the SHA's Innovative Contracting Division. KCI is providing under this contract include relocation design of all underground and above ground utilities within project assignment areas, utility coordination, facility survey and mapping, subsurface utility engineering, impact analysis, plan review, and prior rights investigation; as applicable to each project assignment.

$3M (fees) Ongoing

January 2013 to May 2017

MSHA MD 97/Randolph Road, Montgomery County

John Ney MSHA

(410) 545.8787

Prepared utility relocation studies, concepts, and detailed designs for relocation of Verizon facilities and PEPCo 13kV and 69kV feeders. The project coordination incorporated gas and water designs into an advanced utility breakout project. KCI staff helped utilize Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer (ACTT) methodologies to solve issues with the complex and congested interchange. The Federal Highway Administration selected the project for an “Excellence in Utility Relocation and Accommodate Award.”


March 2004 to January 2008



GDOT S.R. 400/U.S. 19 @ C.R. 145/Northridge Road Alpharetta, GA

Jun Birnkammer GDOT

(404) 631.1354

The project will replace the existing bridge over S.R. 400, widen Northridge Road and the GA 400 exit ramps, and improve the intersections of Northridge Road at Dunwoody Place and Roberts Drive to reduce accidents, increase capacity and enhance the operational efficiency of the interchange. Reconstruction of the existing bridge will also accommodate the future S.R. 400 managed lanes. A roundabout will be constructed at the intersection of Northridge Road and Roberts Drive. Services to be performed include utility coordination, supplemental QL-B verification of existing utilities, Utility Impact Analysis, QL-A test holes, preparation of utility plans and water relocation design.

$103K (fees) Contract Pending

NCDOT U.S. 21 Utility Coordination, Allegany County

Larry James NCDOT

(919) 707.7178

This utility coordination project involves the grading, paving, drainage, widening, and resurfacing along 9.678 miles of roadway. This high utility impact project crosses or impacts 28 cross streets or adjacent roadways. Utilities in the area include two electrical distribution companies, two communications distribution companies, two cable television companies, and one local municipal water/sewer company. With multiple aerial and underground facilities, numerous relocations and realignments were necessary throughout the project. These impacts were identified in the utility analysis and preliminary routing report along with the preliminary relocation routing.

$34.7K (fees) Ongoing

January 2011 to December 2013

ARCADIS

Canton Road Roadway and Railroad Bridge Replacement Cobb County, GA

Kim Nesbitt GDOT

(404) 631.1575

Project included concept, survey, traffic analysis, roadway and bridge design, preliminary plans, ROW plans, final plans, environmental document preparation (CE re-evaluation), and constructions services. To avoid the expensive construction and maintenance of a railroad truss bridge, ARCADIS designed the bridge using 160 foot-long, 11.5 feet deep through-girder beams. This project required extensive coordination with the GA NE Railroad. The ARCADIS PM led direct face-to-face involvement with the railroad to resolve stipulations and obtain final railroad concurrence. ARCADIS worked with utility owners t o design the project to reduce $1 million in reimbursable utility expenses.

$1.4M (fees)

2007-2011 (re-activation)

2000-2011

(intermittent)



KIA/I-85 Interchange Design/Build Troup County, GA

Darryl VanMeter GDOT

(404) 631.1703

Lead Design-Build Design Consultant to CW Matthews Contracting Company, Inc. for design of roadway, bridge, hydraulics, lighting, survey, landscaping, permitting, and construction support. Kia Motors selected its new assembly plant site in Troup County located 100 miles SW of Atlanta. Project included extensive utility coordination and relocation for 5-mile addition of new frontage roadway; a new interchange for access/egress to I-85; construction of two new bridges, a new box culvert, several box culvert extensions, roadway/site drainage improvements, new traffic signals at three intersections and highway lighting at new interchange along frontage road.

$2M (fees) May 2007 to

December 2008 (19 months)

Franklin Road Widening and Streetscape Marietta, GA

Jim Wilgus City of Marietta (770) 794.5648

Project consists of 1.5 miles of roadway widening to allow for addition of a landscaped raised median and turn lane improvements. It also includes significant utility coordination and design to relocate the overhead utilities to underground along the corridor. ARCADIS prepared a conceptual design for the entire corridor and completed final design on the two end sections of the project. The next project phase from Twin Brooks Way to Las Colinas Apartments is required to follow the GDOT PDP due to federal funding and ARCADIS is currently in the preliminary plan phase.

$660K (construction)

Ongoing August 2007 to Present

Coastline Consulting Services

Georgia DOT CEI District 3 Columbus

Monica Flournoy Georgia DOT

(404) 631.1971

Provided 4 inspectors for CEI services, contract administration, documentation, and general contract compliance for various roadway and bridge projects in the western part of District 3, for a period of 3 years. The projects for this district are located in and around Columbus, LaGrange, and Americus. Projects within this district included major interstate widening (I-85), bridge replacement and construction, and concrete and asphalt resurfacing.

$1.5M (fees) Complete 2006 to 2009

Georgia DOT CEI District 7 Atlanta

Monica Flournoy Georgia DOT

(404) 631.1971

Provided approximately 7 inspectors for CEI services, contract administration, documentation, and general contract compliance for various roadway and bridge projects in the southern ½ of District 7, for a period of 3 years. The projects are located in Clayton County, Douglas County, Southern Fulton County, and the City of Atlanta. The projects included major interstate widening, bridge replacement and construction, interchange reconstruction, and concrete and asphalt resurfacing. A few specific projects include the resurfacing of I-75/I-85 in Downtown Atlanta, the replacement of the 14th Street Bridge over I-75/I-85, and the S.R. 54 Interchange Reconstruction.

$1.5M (fees) Complete 2007 to 2010



Clayton County CEI for Roadway Resurfacing Program Clayton County, GA

Wayne Patterson Clayton County (770) 477.3686

Provided CEI services and documentation for conformity with GDOT specs, County plans and specs, contract documents, and approved budgets for Clayton County’s milling and resurfacing program. During Year 3 of this 4-year contract, CCS provided inspection for the resurfacing of over 50 miles of roadway throughout Clayton County’s four Commission Districts. In Year 4, CCS provided inspection for another 64 miles of roadway resurfacing.

$855K (fees) Complete 2007 to 2009

Kennedy Engineering & Associates

GDOT S.R. 38 Grade Separation over Norfolk Southern Railroad Lowndes County

Mike Bolden GDOT

(404) 631.1354

Providing utility inspection and coordination services as a subconsultant. Responsibilities include utility construction inspection, documentation, and technical assistance for the utility companies that have utility agreements with GDOT for utility relocations/adjustments, verification of daily and weekly utility work reports submitted by the utility companies with agreements, assisting GDOT in verifying utility progress and final bills for utility agreement work when requested, coordination and verification of utility contract modifications for recommendation, and assistance and attendance of weekly coordination meetings with the Utility Companies at the direction of GDOT.

$87,000 (fees) Ongoing 2012 to 2013

GDOT District 2 Tennille CEI Services

Edwin Thompson, Jr.

GDOT (478) 552-4603

Providing Inspectors responsible for contract compliance, material inspection and testing, daily inspection reports, material quantity verifications, project site safety, as-built drawings, environmental/permitting compliance, contractor pay applications, monthly progress reports, shop drawing reviews, change order/supplemental agreement requests, schedule monitoring and review, specification compliance, punch list activities, and final contract closeout processes.

$1.4M (fees) Ongoing 2012 to 2015

GDOT District 6 Cartersville CEI Services

Patrick Bowers GDOT

(770) 387-3609

Providing Inspectors with the following responsibilities: contract compliance, material inspection and testing, daily inspection reports, material quantity verifications, project site safety, as-built drawings, environmental/permitting compliance, contractor pay applications, monthly progress reports, shop drawing reviews, change order/supplemental agreement requests, schedule monitoring and review, specification compliance, punch list activities, and final contract closeout processes.

$1M (fees) Ongoing 2010 to 2013

Section D

Section D


D. Suitability D.1 Unique Qualifications AMEC has strategically assembled a Utility Coordination team of professionals, tailor-made to perform Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) Statewide Utility Coordination contract. Following are our unique qualifications for your consideration. D.1.1 Strong Project Manager. Our team will be directed by Mr. Donnie Murphy. Donnie will be the single point of contact – working harmoniously with GDOT’s staff to ensure that all projects under the contract are executed efficiently and effectively. Donnie retired with over 32 years experience with GDOT, including 20 years experience in both GDOT’s District 4 and State Utility Engineer’s offices. Prior to retiring from GDOT, Donnie served as the State Utility Liaison Engineer and as a District Utilities Engineer. He managed large utility projects and provided district oversight for Districts 2, 4, and 5. His responsibilities included coordinating utility accommodations and utility relocation design review from the project concept to let status of the Plan Development Process (PDP). He assisted in policy development and regulations for utility companies occupying public right of way, as well as providing functional guidance to other GDOT offices on both utility and railroad issues. Donnie currently manages AMEC’s Statewide Utility Coordination contract in place with GDOT. Through this three year contract, AMEC’s staff has provided utility coordination on over 83 projects within GDOT’s construction work program with an additional 13 projects requiring prior rights research. Through these efforts, AMEC’S utility coordination staff has reduced utility reimbursable costs to GDOT by $2.5M.

Donnie will be responsible for ensuring that the Right People are in the Right Places for this contract. D.1.2 Proven Performance. The following table demonstrates Donnie Murphy and the AMEC Team’s proven performance, by providing examples from the current Statewide UC Contract where the AMEC staff has identified an issue, provided a solution, and saved the taxpayers dollars as a result.

Project Issue Solution Savings Hall Co. S.R. 347 FM I-985 to McEver Rd Georgia Power Co. Distribution Prior rights research Verified through prior rights research $111,480

Hall Co.SR 52 @ Candler Creek - Georgia Power Co. Distribution Prior rights research Verified through prior rights research $338,860

Franklin Stephens S.R.17 - Hart EMC Prior rights research Verified through prior rights research $279,556 Bryan, Effingham Co. – Bridge replacement and realign roadway on S.R. 26 @ Ogeechee River - Georgia Power Co. Distribution

Prior rights research Verified through prior rights research $279,990

D.1.3 The AMEC Team. AMEC has strengthened its Utility Coordination Team by adding sub consultants to provide specific tasks for this utility coordination contract; (KCI - utility coordination support, utility design, utility inspection and Lead Utility Design Coordinator role. ARCADIS- Design Engineer will coordinate closely with roadway design, utility owner/operators and other utility designers. CCS and KEA will aid in utility construction inspection). Each firm selected adds valuable experience to AMEC’s utility coordination Team. Together, AMEC and its subcontractors, KCI, ARCADIS, CCS, and KEA, have 140+ years of combined experience in the industry and over 20 years serving GDOT with professional utility coordination-related services. All firms have the resources and commitment to ensure success. With the selection of the AMEC Team, there is absolutely no learning curve to overcome, and no disruption to GDOT’s ongoing workflow. D.1.4 Experience of Our Utility Coordination Staff. Our current staff consists of six retired GDOT District Utility Engineers and Utility coordinators who have a solid understanding of Georgia’s Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards and have applied these principles throughout the GDOT Plan Development Process. Under GDOT’s current utility coordination contract, we have provided project specific services, from concept through final design. Our utility coordinators have also augmented District Office staff to provide valuable training while assisting with the office workload.


As a group, the managers involved with this contract collectively have extensive personal experience in GDOT utility coordination work. The AMEC Team has the ability, the resources, and the dedication to fully support the execution of this contract. D.1.5 Utility Inspection. AMEC has provided utility construction inspection for the past 12 months on S.R. 316 Gwinnett, managing utility force accounts exceeding $18M. Our pool of utility construction inspectors are located in each of GDOT’s seven districts, allowing AMEC to provide utility construction inspection near GDOT’s projects sites with minimum response time. Along with AMEC, KCI, CCS and KEA have all provided CEI services throughout Georgia. This gives the AMEC Team the ability to provide highly experienced construction inspectors anywhere in the State. D.1.6 Utility Relocation Design Capabilities. AMEC has assembled an exceptional staff of experienced utility relocation design engineers who specialize in water and sewer, telecommunications, gas, and electrical design to meet GDOT’s needs on select and/or Public Interest Determination (PID) projects. D.1.7 Training and Other Professional Services. The fact that so many of our staff have so many years of experience working in GDOT’s utility offices makes us a perfect fit for any special project needs that GDOT may have – from training inexperienced personnel in the District Utilities Offices, to providing classroom training for other stakeholders in the utilities industry.

D.2 Current and Projected Workload Donnie Murphy will be available 100% of the time for all hours needed in order to perform on this contract. This contract will be Donnie’s top priority. All utility coordinators and inspectors will be solely employed for this contract; therefore, they will continue to be dedicated 100% of the working time. The availability of GDOT funding for the current Statewide Utility Coordination contract will be expended by May 2013. KCI and AMEC are teamed together on the statewide SUE contract expected to expire in 2015. It is not anticipated that the resources demand will affect the GDOT Statewide Utility Coordination contract.

D.3 QC/QA Procedures Quality Control and Quality Assurance are critical tools for providing reliable results on all utility coordination activities undertaken by the AMEC Team. For this contract, quality is ultimately judged by the performance of our individual Utility Coordinators and Engineers. As the Project Manager, Donnie bears ultimate responsibility for quality control on this contract. The Principal in Charge will work closely with the Project Manager to ensure that the QC/QA Plan is followed at all times, that all documentation is accurately prepared and filed, that the utility coordination personnel are properly trained and are performing their duties as expected, and that any issues of concern to GDOT staff are promptly and satisfactorily addressed. Chris Prosperi, the Team’s QA Manager, will provide quality assurance and verification independent from the Project Manager and Principal. His duties will include: Reviewing the QC/QA plan established for this project; Auditing files and reports to verify that all QC was accomplished as required and; Performing unannounced audits and surveillance of activities to review field and office work procedures.

Contract quality assurance, or verification, is an independent check to ensure that all applicable QC procedures have been applied to each task. For quality verification to be effective, it must be independent of the day-to-day activities of the project. To achieve this goal, QA Manager will also meet with General Office and District staff periodically to discuss the performance of the AMEC Team. If concerns are raised, the QA Manager will then meet with the Principal in Charge, Project Manager and Utility Design Coordinator of the AMEC Team and make necessary changes. Chris will randomly meet with the Utility Coordinators working for the AMEC team to review their performance. If problems are noted, steps will be taken to remedy the situation. Quality Control and Quality Assurance are not an afterthought at AMEC. This is a process that must be incorporated into every decision each day. Therefore, immediately upon notice of award of contract, the AMEC Team will implement our Quality Control Plan that will be followed throughout the life of this contract by the entire AMEC Team. It will be a program that is an


integral part of the AMEC Team’s organization to assure conformance with contract obligations, professional standards and compliance with GDOT’s specifications. Within 30 days of receiving award of an agreement, AMEC will furnish the Department a detailed QC/QA plan outlining procedures, evaluation criteria and structure of our organization for providing services to this agreement. AMEC’s QA plan will be monitored to ensure compliance with the current work requirements. In addition, AMEC has an established Client Care Program. Through our Client Care Program, members of upper management conduct personal interviews with clients to learn how we are doing and how we can improve. In order to get objective results, this is accomplished by key personnel who are not directly associated with the project. Along with the overall goal of helping us meet and exceed client expectations, the program's goals are to:

Measure client satisfaction Measure key aspects of our performance Identify our strengths and weaknesses

Determine clients’ current and future needs Demonstrate commitment to client service Cultivate client loyalty.

D.4 Specialty/Enhanced Capabilities • AMEC’s Utility Coordination staff have over 115 years of GDOT utility coordination experience consisting of six retired

GDOT District Utilities Engineers and Utility Coordinators that can provide project specific (from concept to let status) and/or placement of AMEC’s staff in GDOT offices for complete utility coordination management including Utility Coordination Training.

• AMEC’s trained staff has years of experience in GDOT’s Utility Accommodations Polices and Standards This makes the AMEC Team a perfect fit for addressing any special training needs, from training inexperience personnel in the District Utilities offices to providing classroom training for other stakeholders in the utility industry.

• AMEC’s Utility Inspection Services is rich in CEI experience in Georgia, along with all of our subconsultants. Inspection of utility relocation on active construction projects is a natural fit for our whole team.

D.5 Non-Discrimination & Equal Opportunity Policies The employment policy of AMEC is to provide Equal Opportunity to all persons. Our company, therefore, has made a commitment to equal employment opportunity through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status. To implement these policies, AMEC will continue to: A. Recruit, hire, train and promote all persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national

origin, age, or otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status. AMEC does not discriminate based on national origin or citizenship status as provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

B. Base decisions on employment to further the principle of equal employment opportunity. C. Ensure that promotion decisions are in accord with the principles of equal employment opportunity by imposing only valid

requirements for promotional opportunities. D. Ensure that all personnel actions (including but not limited to compensation, benefits, transfers, layoffs, return from layoffs,

company-sponsored training, education, tuition assistance, social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or otherwise qualified disabled or veteran status.

D.6 Summary The advantages to GDOT for selecting the AMEC Team are:

• Commitment. The Georgia Utilities Coordinating Council mission statement lists three action verbs; “communication, coordination and cooperation”, as the primary goals of the organization. We agree whole-heartedly that this is the best way to avoid unnecessary conflict, delay and expense to all parties. The AMEC Team brings a fourth ‘c’, commitment, to


the table. The people and businesses of Georgia ultimately do not care why a delay and added expense in completing a transportation project occurred. They instead see it as a failure of all parties involved to work in a cooperative and coordinated way. With the proper care and correct information virtually all utility conflicts that arise on a GDOT construction project can be avoided.

• Strong Project Manager and Quality Control. Our Project Manager, Donnie Murphy, has an excellent background for managing and providing quality control for this contract and projects in the manner expected by GDOT. With his 20 years of GDOT utilities experience in the District and General Office, Donnie has a clear vision of the mission that GDOT’s leadership is trying to achieve. He knows how vitally important it is to thoroughly address utility relocation in the Plan Development Process. He has intimate knowledge of GDOT’s Utility Accommodation Manual, Utility Policies, and Regulations. He will work harmoniously with GDOT staff throughout the administration of this contract. Donnie will work daily with Mike Thomas, PE who will serve as the Principal-in-Charge, to make sure that our performance meets or exceeds GDOT’s expectations. Mike has excellent organizational skills and will assist Donnie in planning to make sure that the project runs smoothly.

• Quality Utility Coordinators. Our staff brings over 115 years of utility coordination experience with the Department of Transportation. They understand the importance of applying GDOT’s Utility Accommodations Policies and Standards. They also have a proven track record of thoroughly addressing utility relocation during the Plan Development Phase.

• Our Utility Engineering Inspection Staff are Retired GDOT Inspectors. Every member on our team has extensive experience providing CEI services to GDOT. All of our inspectors are familiar with the relocation of utilities on construction projects.

• Quality Assurance: Chris Prosperi, PE has 14 years of experience in utility coordination, utility engineering, utility conflict analysis and resolution, utility verification and inspection, utility relocation cost estimating, utility design, and subsurface utility engineering (SUE). He has managed over 30 SUE projects ranging from Quality Level A to Quality Level D and five utility impact studies quantifying an estimated $200M in expected utility relocation costs for P3 projects.

• Thorough Familiarity and Understanding of Utility Coordination. As a group, the managers involved with this contract collectively have unprecedented personal experience in GDOT utility coordination work. We have the ability, the resources, and the dedication to support the execution of this contract.

For your ease of reference, we have provided the following checklist to show criteria were met as stated in the RFQ: Prequalified Area Classes. The AMEC Team is prequalified in all Area Classes required by the RFQ to perform this contract.

Stability and Resources. We have strengthened our team and resources by providing qualified local staff. Donnie and his staff have proven experience in the utility coordination industry and have added team members who also have the knowledge and experience. These qualifications are proven and demonstrated by their efforts to continuously reduce costs.

Experience and Qualifications. We have demonstrated, in Sections C.3 and C.4, the Team’s rich project history proves the AMEC Team has performed this work before and knows the GDOT utility coordination and utility inspection processes and procedures inside and out. Our projects demonstrate our knowledge and experience in performing this type of work and executing them well.

Suitability. We have demonstrated in this proposal that the AMEC Team is well suited to perform the GDOT Statewide Utility Coordination contract. We have provided information in Section D, and proven on the previous Statewide Utility Coordination contract with GDOT, that this Team has the knowledge and resources to continue to provide quality services on all task orders under this contract. With the AMEC Team, no learning curve is needed. For all of these reasons, we believe that the AMEC Team is uniquely qualified to perform on the GDOT Statewide Utility Coordination Services contract. We look forward to discussing this opportunity with you further.

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