HomeMy WebLinkAboutProject6City of Miami, Florida RFQ #02-03-163
PROJECT NO. 6
WATSON ISLAND DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN & COORDINATION
TYPE OF TEAM DESIRED:
The consulting team should be headed by a civil engineering firm with experience in the
planning, engineering, construction, and administration of land development projects.
Consulting services are required from a civil engineer with support from a land planner
and surveyor, who can research, master plan and design interconnected utilities and
infrastructure, manage and coordinate construction, and provide permit assistance for
several different development projects on Watson Island. The site utilities include water,
electric, gas, telephone, sanitary sewers and storm drainage systems. The infrastructure
primarily consists of interior circulation roads and connections to access ramps from I-
395. The various developments are described below.
The civil engineer will work independently, but in dose interaction with City staff, the
City's tenants, lessees, design professionals, and contractors hired by the City and
others. Experience requirements include subsurface utility research and design, road
design, local zoning and permitting, drainage calculations for site development, and
construction management. Infrastructure design experience is required. Strong written
and oral communication skills, and computer skills, including CAD, are highly desired.
Activities shall include but are not limited to:
• Coordination of utilities and infrastructure improvements
• Coordination of construction staging for multiple projects
• Design & supervise construction of specified interior circulation roads
• Review and comment on requests from developers for variances, etc.
• Review and comment on conceptual and construction plans
• Coordination of quality assurance exercises to ensure that surveys, lease
boundaries, civil engineering, etc. for various projects are compatible
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
There will be 2 to 3 projects under construction at all times during the next 5 to 7 years on
Watson Island. Currently, the Parrot Jungle and Miami Children's Museum are under
construction. Within the next month, two parking facilities and a Japanese Garden will be
under construction. The Visitor and Aviation Center will break ground in the next 6
months. Island Gardens, a mixed -use development with hotels, retail and a marina, are
expected to follow. All of the projects on Watson Island are considered public -private
ventures between a developer and the City. The civil engineer will be the City's project
representative in the coordination of the above projects.
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