F. R. ALEMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
STREET LIGHT AUDIT
SERVICES
& Associates, Inc.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS
& Associates, Inc.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS
10305 NW 41ST Street, Suite 200
Miami, Florida 33178
Tel: 305-591-8777
Fax: 305-591-8749
Email: Marketing@fr-aleman.com
January 13, 2012
10:00am
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Request for Letter of Interest
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS
& Associates, Inc.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS
January 13, 2012
City of South Miami
Attention: Mr. Hector Mirabile, PhD, City Manager
6130 Sunset Drive
South Miami, FL 33143
RE: Street Light Audit Services
Request for Letter of Interest
Dear Mr. Mirabile:
FRA is a Minority Owned Design-Build Consulting Engineering & Surveying Firm. Recently FRA was recertified as a Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) with the State of Florida. FRA is specialized in design, planning and traffic engineering and has been dedicated
to providing professional services to government and private agencies since 1987. The FRA Team is comprised of nearly eighty full-time
professionals who take pride in doing their jobs exceptionally well. Relevant to this contract, FRA's knowledge and expertise lay in the
area of concurrency management systems; preparation of mobility plan updates; planning, design, construction feasibility studies;
bicycle, pedestrian, public transit studies; traffic impact studies; corridor studies; data collection (TMC’s); traffic engineering; signal
timing; signing; pavement marking; lighting; signalization; transportation statistics; GIS and ITS. Our past experience includes many
similar prime and subconsultant roles on numerous projects throughout the State. FRA has worked with various agencies including City
of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FDOT and City of Miami Beach over nearly 25 years. We are looking forward to the opportunity to work
with you as a prime.
We are pleased to submit our response to your Request for Qualifications for the above referenced project and request your
consideration for potential selection. This submittal is based on a thorough review of your scope of services and our involvement in
previous similar contracts. It is intended to outline FRA’s technical expertise, efficiency in performance, and capabilities necessary to
successfully complete the requirements of this contract.
Below please find listing of information required for the introduction letter.
Responsible Office: F.R. ALEMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Miami Office (shown below)
Specialization: Signalization; Lighting; ITS; Traffic/Transportation Engineering; Minor Design; Pavement Marking
Conflict of Interest: FRA does not have any conflicts of interest with any officers, directors, agents or immediate family
neither members nor city employees.
Minority (MBE) Usage: FRA is a certified Minority firm with the State of Florida.
Why FRA? : This project is very important to us. As Vice President and the Project Manager proposed for this project, I will
personally assume responsibility for quality, accuracy and prompt response to City’s needs. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to call me. We look forward to your favorable selection.
A summary of information contained in this letter of interest is listed below:
Section 1 -- Cover Letter/Introductory Letter
Section 2 – Evaluation Factors
Section 3 – Supportive Information
Very Truly Yours,
_________________________
Amazia Kiboko, P.E., PTOE
Vice President
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SECTION 2 – EVALUATION FACTORS
LOCATION OF FIRM
FRA’s headquarter office is located in the Aleman
Building, a 65,000 square foot building, in Miami. The
firm has grown to five offices located in major City’s
throughout the State of Florida. Other offices are in
Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville (map shown here).
Each office has fully operational computer
workstations, printers/plotters, equipment and the
latest software capable of supporting surveying and
mapping, engineering design, CADD, plotting and
publishing techniques to ensure timely and cost
effective services. Laptop computers, digital cameras
and video cameras are extensively used for field work,
and data is routinely transferred between sites via
wireless modem. Upon our merger with FZG, we
purchased even more state-of-the-art equipment and
software to bring our firm up-to-date with the latest
technology available pertaining to Surveying and
Mapping. Some of which included EFB and CEFB for
DOT type projects, CAiCE, Microstation, GEOPAC,
AutoCAD LD 2I, Survey, Leica GPS with RTK, TDS
Survey Pro, automated data collection. This project will
be handled out of our Corporate Headquarter office
location in Miami, Florida. We are located at 10305
NW 41st Street, Suite 200, Miami, Florida 33178.
The FRA Team is comprised of approximately 80 full-time professionals who take pride in doing their jobs exceptionally well. A complete Resume
of the proposed staff qualifications, pertinent training, skills and experience has been included in the Appendix.
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
· SR 836 Ext. from East NW 107 Ave to NW137 Ave –
(Miami Dade County Expressway Authority - MDX)
· Highmast Lighting for I-75 at US 17, I-75 at Kings Highway and -75
at Harbor View. (FDOT 1)
· Turnpike Interchange at 74 Street (Miami Dade County) · Lighting Plans for SR 858/ Sunrise Blvd from I-95 to US 1, (3 Miles )
District Wide Minor Design (FDOT 4 - Palm Beach County)
· Districtwide Minor Design – Lighting Design for I-95, Highmast
Pole Design at the Interchange of Midway Road and I-95, St.
Lucie County (FDOT 4)
Maintenance of Lighting for Bridge 10A for the MIC
(Miami International Airport - MIA)
· SR 836 Toll Plaza Lighting from NW 27 Ave to the Toll Plaza.
(Miami Dade County Expressway Authority - MDX)
RECENT, CURRENT AND PROJECTED WORKLOAD
As shown on the graph, FRA is nearly complete with the
listed projects and will be fully available if selected on this
contract.
A representation of FRA’s workload is shown on the right.
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I-595 Design ITS Infrastructure,
Traffic Analysis
Brevard County ATMS
Management System
Expansion
Traffic Monitoring & Site
Implementation
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APPROACH TO PROJECT
FRA will request all different types of Street Light records containing as much information as possible from the City of South Miami
including but not limited to Street Light Maps, Maintenance Records and Billing Records. FRA will conduct a field survey to verify or to
show all Street Lights located within the City limits according to Ownership (owned by the City, County or FPL), Lamp Size (lumens), type of
light (incandescent, mercury vapor, high pressure sodium).
CITY OWNED LIGHTS
· FRA will analyze current maintenance records and prepare recommendations to develop an efficient re-lamping program according to
IES and manufacturer’s specifications which will provide savings in operating costs for the City. They will be provided for each type of
light surveyed or specified.
· It is anticipated that older type of lights such as Mercury Vapor Lights will be replaced with more efficient Metal Halide and High
Pressure Sodium Vapor Lights. Metal Halides Street Lights equivalent to those found in the field from a light output stand point will be
recommended wherever good color rendition is required. High Pressure Sodium Vapor Street Lights equivalent to those found in the
field from a light output stand point will be recommended wherever color rendition is not a primary factor to consider. These
recommendations should be able to save the City a considerable amount of money in energy savings while neither maintaining or
increasing existing lighting levels.
· A meeting will be held with the City to determine their preference regarding the different types of lights considered.
· Several Typical Lighting calculations will be performed for each type of Street found in the Survey such as Collector and Arterial
Streets to determine if recommended lights meet recommended IES lighting criteria or if additional lights are required.
· Re-Lamping recommendations will be provided according to the City’s Personnel available to conduct this activity.
FPL OWNED LIGHTS
· FRA will identify any lights owned by FPL and will discuss with them all alternatives that could result into energy savings for the City.
· FRA will prepare recommendations based on whether lights should be owned by the City or FPL based on FPL’s current Street
Lighting Agreements: Customer Owned (these lights will be owned and re-lamped by the City) , FPL Owned where FPL will install and
maintain Street Lights and Premium Lighting where FPL will finance the entire cost of the installation.
· FRA will provide a Final Report to the City including the following items:
1. A set of plans showing all lights being replaced and or installed.
2. A written report indicating all findings and future recommendations.
3. A Re lamp Schedule for all luminaries.
4. A Table Summary showing annual savings to the City in both energy and operational costs.
INNOVATIVE APPROACH
In implementing our approach, we will execute the project with the following five primary objectives in mind: quality, coordination,
staffing, timeliness, and cost effectiveness. These five key five objectives will be crucial in ensuring that all contract requirements are
met and exceeded.
Quality – our Team commits to maintaining continuous and constant emphasis on providing the City with the highest quality staff
and product, completing each assignment on-time, on-budget while maintaining strict adherence to Quality Assurance / Quality
Control procedures in order to deliver to the City the highest quality product possible.
Coordination – Coordination for the PEMS contract requires a thorough understanding of the City’s policies, procedures, needs, and
goals. Our basic approach to coordination is to keep City staff fully informed and apprised of all project activities while minimizing
City staff’s time and effort required for the completion of each task assignment on the PEMS contract.
Staffing – Staffing for this contract requires a diverse range of knowledge and expertise, availability, and continuity of key staff, as
well as, a high level of staff flexibility. Our general approach to staffing is to provide personnel whose knowledge and expertise best
match the needs for each task assignment and who are readily available to complete each assignment expeditiously and efficiently.
Timeliness – our Team will place the utmost emphasis on maintaining project schedules and will maintain the most appropriate
personnel available staff members to handle every assignment in a timely manner. Our Project Manager will continually monitor all
ongoing assignments to ensure all tasks are appropriately staffed and that all assignments are being completed on time and within
budget, and will track all assignments in a cohesive organized manner.
Cost Effectiveness – our Team understands (especially in today’s market) that providing a cost effective, practical approach to
implementing transportation / roadway and capital improvements is of paramount importance. Our Team will work with City staff to
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plan and implement efficient designs that provide the most cost effective solutions for any and all task assignments. We
recognize that meeting or exceeding project budgets will be of critical importance to the successful completion of any and all
assignments.
SECTION 3 - SUPPORTIVE
INFORMATION
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Below is our Project Organization Chart, it provides a
graphical representation of each team member’s
role and responsibility. Our Team consists of
available multi-talented professionals that will
handle all tasks within the scope. This flexibility will
increase the resources available to discuss and
handle issues that may occur.
KEY PERSONNEL
ARMANDO RAMIREZ, P.E.
Project Manager
Mr. Ramirez has over 30 years of experience, eighteen of those years he served as a Distribution Engineer with FPL
including seven years in a supervisory capacity for the Design Street Lighting team. His experience covers all of the
facets of Electrical related projects, from engineering design, environmental and construction to utility coordination.
Mr. Ramirez has attended several Outdoor Lighting Seminars for Sylvania in Miami, Florida; General Electric in Hendersonville, North
Carolina; and with Cooper Lighting in Peachtree, Georgia.
Listed below are design projects Mr. Kiboko has supported:
· I-595 Roadway Improvements Design-Build – Power Design, FDOT 4 (6/2010 - Present).
· Port of Miami 2035 Master Plan, Miami-Dade County (2009).
· Broward County Camera Project, FDOT TPK (2/2006 – 10/2006).
· SR 826/Palmetto Design-Build-Finance - Section 2, FDOT 6 (2010).
· I-95 ITS, 3 Northern Counties of Martin, St. Lucie, & Indian River, FDOT 4 (3/2008 – 10/2010).
· Manatee County Advanced Traffic Management System, FDOT 1 (2008-Present.
· Southern Arterial DMS, FDOT TPK (2008).
· General Engineering Consultant, Way Finding Project, Port Everglades.
· SunNav ITS Phase V Segment I (MP 155 to MP 227) & Segment II (MP 227 to MP 309), FDOT TPK (10/2005 – 11/2006).
· SunNav ITS for the Sawgrass Expressway, FDOT TPK.
· Broward County Camera Design Build (MP 40.1 to MP 50.5 and MP 66.4 to MP 73.5), FDOT TPK (2/2006 – 10/2006).
· Charlotte County Computer System Upgrade, FDOT 1 (7/2005 – 5/2006). . . .
· SunNav ITS Phase III (SR 869 from MP 0 to 8 and MP 21.2 to MP 22), FDOT TPK (3/2005 – 6/2006).
Prior to Joining FRA, Mr. Ramirez served as a Sr. Electrical Engineer with A&A for nearly 6 years. During his time with them, he
participated on numerous assignments which are outlined below:
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OUTDOOR LIGHTING
With an estimated construction cost $1,000,000.00 including 150 poles and 350 luminaries for Snapper Village
Condominium, this job was designed to meet Miami-Dade County Lighting specifications for streets, parking lots, recreational
facilities and security lighting
Recreational Park facilities Lighting Design for Miami Dade County Parks and Recreation Department.
Parking Lot Lighting for Arlen House Condominium in North Miami Beach and several other smaller parking lots in the City of
Miami Beach.
Lighting Design evaluation which resulted in a reduction of 33 per cent of the total number of luminaries specified for a large
warehouse complex in Miami Lakes.
Conductor size and voltage drop calculations for Hawks Landing development in Broward County.
Development of a Maintenance Parking Lot and Interior Lighting program for Seminole Indian Casino on US 441.
INDOOR LIGHTING
Interior and Façade Lighting design for TECOTA communications building in Down Town Miami.
FIREDOOR. This is a large welding shop where metal Fire proof doors are manufactured.
Several small warehouses and office buildings.
AMAZIA KIBOKO, P.E., PTOE
Principal-in-Charge, QA/QC
Mr. Kiboko began at FRA in 1992 as an Engineer; he has been promoted since and is now the Vice President of Design & Transportation.
He has over 26 years of, “diverse and well rounded experience” in the areas of roadway/highway design, signalization, signing, pavement
markings, ITS and utility coordination Mr. Kiboko routinely achieves NEARLY PERFECT scores on all the contracts he manages for FDOT.
Throughout his engineering career, he has been involved in a variety of different project types from large scale data collection projects to
major roadway improvements. He is recognized for having designed and developed over TWO THOUSAND roadway, signalization and
lighting plans Statewide.
Listed below are design projects Mr. Kiboko has supported:
Final Plans Review, FDOT 4. (subconsultant)
Miami Beach Traffic Signal Upgrade, FDOT 6.
I-75 Highmast Lighting, FDOT 1.
Districtwide Utility Negotiations/Coordination, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Miscellaneous Minor Design, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Traffic Operations Minor Design Project, FDOT 4.
I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements, FDOT 4. (subconsultant)
I-95 ITS 3 Northern Counties of Martin, St. Lucie, & Indian River, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Miscellaneous Design No. 72, FDOT 5. (subconsultant)
Downtown Kendall Conceptual Street Design, Miami-Dade County Planning and Zoning.
SR 836 Extension from East of NW 107 Avenue to NW 137 Avenue, MDX. (subconsultant)
Maintenance of Lighting for Bridge 10A for the MIC Project at the Miami International Airport, FDOT 6.
Turnpike Interchange at 74 Street in Miami-Dade County, FDOT 6. (subconsultant)
Miscellaneous Design/ Plans Preparation City of Homestead, FL.
SR 836 Extension from NW 27 Ave to the Toll Plaza, MDX. (subconsultant)
XIAOJUN “JIM” GU, PhD, P.E., PTOE
Designer
Dr. Gu has over 18 years of experience in the areas of Design, Transportation and ITS. He is involved with all of FRA’s design contracts
and has worked with FDOT, Charlotte County, City of Winter Haven and the Port Everglades. Dr. Gu has a wealth of knowledge in the
industry as he is intimately familiar with the current design standards and specifications for FDOT, as he is involved with them daily.
Listed below are design projects Dr. Gu has supported:
SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) from S of SW 72 Street (Sunset Drive) to N of SW 31 Street Design-Build, FDOT 6.
SR 84 Signalization Project in Ft. Lauderdale, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Miscellaneous Minor Design, FDOT 4.
I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements, FDOT 4. (subconsultant)
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I-95 ITS 3 Northern Counties of Martin, St. Lucie, & Indian River, FDOT 4.
SR 836 Extension from East of NW 107 Avenue to NW 137 Avenue, MDX. (subconsultant)
Miscellaneous Design/ Plans Preparation City of Homestead, FL.
Turnpike Interchange at 74th Street in Miami-Dade County, FDOT 6. (subconsultant)
LUIS CAPURRO
Designer
Mr. Capurro has 37 years of extensive experience in many areas of the engineering industry; his focus lays in roadway, electrical, lighting,
signalization and ITS design. He has experience in Roadway designs in rural and urban areas incorporating geometric designs, signing and
pavement marking designs, lighting designs, drainage designs, interchange designs, and utility coordination. He has been with FRA since
1998 and worked alongside Mr. Kiboko on thousands of roadway, signalization and lighting plans Statewide.
Listed below are design projects Mr. Capurro has supported:
Final Plans Review (subs to multiple firms on consecutive contracts), FDOT 4.
Districtwide Traffic Operations Minor Design Project, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Miscellaneous Minor Design, FDOT 4.
Districtwide Miscellaneous Design No. 72, FDOT 5.
Miscellaneous Design/ Plans Preparation City of Homestead, FL.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
F.R. Aleman and Associates, Inc. (FRA) was established in January 1987 by Mr. Frank R. Aleman, P.E. and several associates who were
employed by Sperry Corporation (now UNISYS). Over the years, FRA has developed into a well-respected, highly technological private
consulting engineering and surveying firm dedicated to providing professional services and solutions to numerous governmental and
private agencies.
FRA is a Minority Owned Design-Build Consulting Engineering & Surveying Firm. Recently FRA was recertified as a Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise (DBE) with the State of Florida. FRA’s knowledge and expertise lay in Project Development and Environmental
Studies; Major and Minor Highway Design - Roadway; Traffic Engineering and Operations Studies; Intelligent Transportation Systems
Analysis Design and Implementation; Traffic Operations Design; Surveying and Mapping; Construction Engineering Inspection; Planning
and Subsurface Utility Engineering. The FRA Team is comprised of approximately eighty full-time professionals who take pride in doing
their jobs exceptionally well. The firm has grown to four offices located throughout the State of Florida in Miami (headquarters),
Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville.
As consulting engineers and surveyors, FRA conducts business primarily in the State of Florida, however, has customers throughout the
United States, Central/South America and the Caribbean. Our largest single customer is the Florida Department of Transportation,
though the customer list includes numerous other governmental agencies and many corporations in the private sector.
FRA has become well known for our specialty in the analysis, design, development and implementation of advanced traffic management,
intelligent transportation and communication systems of all types. We are a high-tech firm with considerable investments in automation
research, hardware/software development and computerization. Our software engineers have proven expertise in systems management
an excellent track record in the design and implementation of complex traffic and transportation related systems. We develop
application and controller (170, 2070) software as well as high tech communication systems. This organization brings a systems
management approach to engineering solutions. Our engineering, management expertise and experience provide the ability to design,
develop and manage total systems with varied requirements from the formulation stage through the operational, support and evaluation
phases.
For nearly a decade FRA has been providing services as the Engineer-Of-Record for various design-build contractors throughout state
of Florida. The scope of design services provided by FRA encompasses roadway, highway, communication, electrical, and design of
cutting-edge-technology of ITS components. FRA has extensive experience and knowledge of scheduling challenges involved with the
design-build projects. Our design team has successfully completed every project ahead of the projected design schedule.
One of FRA's specialties remains in UTILITIES! FRA has worked with various FDOT Districts, Municipalities, Cities and Counties throughout
the State in locating over 150,000 testholes and designating over 100,000 linear feet of underground utilities. We use cutting edge
technologies whenever applicable, such as Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). All of this and FRA's track record remains claim free!
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In order to supplement and expand FRA’s then existing survey services, FRA acquired an 18 year old survey and mapping firm
in 2002, Fernando Z. Gatell, P.L.S., Inc. (FZG). FZG is now known as FRA, all of FZG’s staff remained and we have since further expanded
our combined survey resources by adding even more state-of-the-art equipment and survey personnel. FRA’s survey experience includes
both prime and Subconsultant roles on numerous Districtwide Survey and Mapping contracts, as well as project specific design and
construction contracts.
Additionally, FRA has been recognized by Hispanic Business Magazine, since 1998 among the “Top 500 largest Hispanic-owned
Companies in the United States”. Additionally, we have been recognized by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce in Florida as “One
of the 100th Largest Hispanic Business Enterprises in Miami-Dade County”.
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