RFQ-484-031716

Lighting Engineering and Design Services Contract 1

Phase 1 Submittal

March 17, 2016

On-Call Lighting Design Services

WI-SKIES, LLC

 

Section VI A.  Administrative Requirements 

1. Basic Company Information 

a. Company Name  Wi‐Skies, LLC 

b. Company Headquarters Address  504 General Maury Dr. Spanish Fort, AL 36527 

c. Contact Information  Joe Marsh  joe@wi‐skies.com  (219) 588‐6962 

d. Company Website  www.wi‐skies.com 

e. Georgia Address Atlanta Office 884 Elliott Rd Dawsonville, GA 30534 

f. Staff 

2  Electrical Engineers 

1 Structural Engineer 

1 Lighting Designer 

2 CADD Operators 

1 Administrative Staff 

g. Ownership 

Wi‐Skies, LLC is a single owner Limited Liability Company, which was formulated in Texas in 2010, with its main office in Alabama.        Wi‐Skies, LLC has been conducting electrical engineering services for six years across several states.   

2. Certification Form 

Exhibit II is included  

3. Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act Affidavit 

Exhibit III is included  

4. Addenda 

No addenda issued  

 

ADDENDUM NO. 1

ISSUE DATE: 3/4/2016

This Addendum shall become and form a part of the RFQ for:

RFQ 484-031716 – Lighting Engineering and Design Services

NOTE: PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY! THERE MAYBE CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO ANY CHANGES ADDRESSED IN THIS ADDENDUM MAY RESULT IN

DISQUALIFICATION.

In the event of a conflict between previously released information and the information contained herein, the latter shall control. NOTE: A signed acknowledgment of this addendum (this page) MUST be attached to your SUBMITTAL for Phase I. Firm Name Signature Date Typed Name and Title

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Office of Transportation Services Procurement

One Georgia Center 600 West Peachtree Street, NW

19th Floor

Atlanta, Georgia 30308 This Addendum, including all questions and answers, shall become and form a part of the original RFQ package and shall be taken into account when preparing your proposal. The purpose of this addendum is to provide the answers to the written questions received during the question and answer period of the RFQ Phase as follows:

Questions Answers

1.

Pertaining to the advertised RFQ-484-031716, does A. 1. “Basic Company Information” (page 8) pertain to all companies or just to the Prime?

Prime Only.

2. For Phase I submittals under Sections IV. B. (pdf page 6) and under VI. B. 3. (pdf page 9) A Key Team Member is listed (indicating 1 page allowed). However, the Key Team Member is not listed in either Contract 1 or 2 (pdf pages 19 and 22) only a Key Team Leader. In prior RFQ’s the Key Team Member was shown in the contracts as well.

The Key Team Leaders - are specific individuals whose qualifications the Department would like to see. Those individuals will oversee the project areas determined as particularly important to each specific project. The Key Team Member - is an individual chosen by the Prime that is not the Project Manager or a Key Team Leader whose qualifications the Prime firm would like to highlight as essential in the delivery of the proposed project/contract.

3. On Attachment 1 (pdf page 27) the Key Team Member is shown allowing 1 page. Would you please clarify if a Key Team Member is to be included in addition to the one Key Team Leader?

Yes, the one (1) Key Team Member should be included in addition to the one (1) Key Team Leader. They are both allowed one (1) page each.

Addendum No. 1

RFQ 484-031716 Page 2 of 2

4. In regards to a previous question about the Team Member sheets, are the Team Members sheets for the Prime only or for the Prime and the subs?

The Key Team Member one (1) sheet /page is for the Prime only.

5. In the advertisement Page 8, Section B. 2. “Key Team Leaders” (plural) references Section 7 in Exhibit 1. Page 22, Section 7 of Exhibit 1 only lists one “Key Team Leader” as a Lighting Engineer Designer. We are confused as to whether we are allowed one “Key Team Leader” or multiple “Key Team Leaders”?

The Department requires one (1) Key Team Leader that will be one (1) Lighting Engineer Designer.

6. It is our understanding to provide two (2) separate qualifications, one (1) for each contract. If this is correct, would you like them packaged separately or together?

See Page 11, Section VIII. A. and B., Instructions for Submittal for Phase I – Statements of Qualifications.

7. On page 5 of RFQ-484-031716 Lighting Engineering and Design Services, Section E. Contract Term and Type states, “GDOT anticipates two (2) On-Call Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract to be awarded to one (2) firms, for each project/contract identified.” Can you please clarify if the two (2) contracts will be awarded to one (1) or two (2) firms

See addendum below.

RFQ Section I., Item E. is DELETED and REPLACED by the below:

E. Contract Term and Type

GDOT anticipates two (2) On-Call Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contracts to be awarded to two (2) firms, for each project/contract identified. GDOT anticipates that the Contract Type will be paid via Firm Fixed Price and/or Cost Plus Fixed Fee methodology. As an On-Call Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract(s), the Agreements will remain in effect for three (3) years, with an option to extend the Agreement via a Supplemental Agreement, if necessary to allow assigned tasks to be completed. The full term of the Agreement shall not exceed a maximum of five (5) years.

SECTION VI B (1) - PROJECT MANAGER – JOE MARSH, P.E.

a. Education:

B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering - Valparaiso University, 2001

b. PE Licenses:

Alabama #32331-E District of Columbia

#907313 Florida #73630 Georgia #036491 Illinois #062-061654 Indiana #10810174 Iowa #22626 Louisiana #36940 Maryland #42563 Mississippi #20726 Missouri

#2012026655 North Carolina

#040673 South Carolina

#29699 Tennessee #115448 Texas #110975 Wisconsin #43228-6 Virginia #0402049887

c. Relevant Project Management Experience:

With over twelve years of roadway lighting experience, Joe is a well-accomplished electrical engineer capable of handling any lighting project type. He has demonstrated this role to manage on-call lighting contracts for GDOT over the past five years with two different firms. Joe is a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), which collectively recommends the lighting design criteria for North America and sits on two important sub-committees, Tunnels and Intersections. Wi-Skies recently secured a similar on-call lighting contract with Illinois DOT largely due to Joe’s work history with IDOT as well as his current work within IES.

1. Project Manager for 12 Lighting Task Orders With Wi-Skies, LLC Under GDOT Master Lighting Contract #TOESVDES150002 (2014 – Present)

TO#1 - PI0012753 - I-75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd. Joe oversaw a stand-alone lighting project consisting of public involvement, survey, geotechnical, photometric calculations, lighting plans, specifications and cost estimates for a 3.5-mile corridor of I-75 north of Macon. This project involved the installation of over seventy high mast towers, conventional and underpass lighting and supplemental daytime lighting for a tunnel. There were many other concerns addressed such as light pollution, environmental and historical concerns which were addressed.

TO#6 – PI0007050 – SR 26 over Ocmulgee River. SR 26 crosses over the Ocmulgee via two separate eastbound and westbound bridges, both of which include continuous lighting.

Provided Full Lighting Calculations, Plans and Estimates for the Following Roundabout Designs under the Master Lighting Project:

TO#4 - PI231630 - SR12/US278 at SR 142

TO#5 – PI532370 – SR144 at Captain Mathew Freeman

TO#7 – PI332180 – SR 16 at SR 54

TO#10 – PI0012834 – SR 195 at Smithville Rd & 2nd St

TO#11 – PI0009938 – SR 53 at SR 183

TO#12 – PI0007319 – SR 347 from McEver Rd to Lake Lanier

2. Project Manager for GDOT Design-on-Request Services. Mr. Marsh has been uniquely involved as an in-house consultant to the GDOT Lighting Group over the past few years to assist them with many of their policy and program initiatives. As requested, Mr. Marsh has offered his expertise in assisting GDOT in several important tasks such as revising Chapter 14 of the Design Policy Manual (DPM), revising outdated specifications and pay items and identifying and developing design standards to be adopted by GDOT. He also led the effort to develop an LED Specification for the Department’s use and guidance to adopt a statewide Light Loss Factor (LLF) for LED technology. Joe’s expertise has been called upon by the group to assist in daily challenges the group faces, such as providing general cost estimates for lighting projects to be programmed, providing lighting designs for smaller in-house projects and reviewing photometrics and plans submitted by either outside vendors or other consultants. Joe’s unique ability to quickly communicate pros and cons of a given situation as well as deliver solutions to potentially complicated issues has continually served both the Department and public very well. His continued presence within the group has helped develop the Lighting Group’s initiatives despite many turnovers within the Group’s personnel.

SECTION VI B (1) - PROJECT MANAGER – JOE MARSH, P.E.

3. Project Manager for 16 Lighting Task Orders With Volkert, Inc. Under GDOT Master Lighting Contract #TORDDDES080194 (2011 – 2014)

TO#22 - PI132790 - SR400 @ SR53 Continuous Flow Intersection. The intersection was changed to a Continuous Flow Intersection (CFI) for which Joe was responsible for the lighting.

TO#5 - PI0001817 - Grant Parkway, Conley Road and Old Dixie Highway Realignments in Clayton County Mr. Marsh provided significant utility coordination, photometric and voltage drop calculations, plans, specifications and cost estimates for the corridor’s lighting improvement.

Provided Full Lighting Calculations, Plans and Estimates for the Following Roundabout Designs under the Master Lighting Project:

TO#7 - PI0009576 - US 80 at Holley Road

TO#12 - PI0006864 - SR154/Cedar Grove/Ridge Rd

TO#13 - PI0008276 – Robert Miller Rd – Two Roundabouts

TO#20 - PI000409 - SR16/CR496/Hollonville Rd

Provided Full Lighting Calculations, Plans and Estimates for the Full Interchange Designs under the Master Lighting Project:

TO#9 - PI0008407 – SR 96 with US 129 (SR 247)

TO#17 - PI 610890 – I-75 at Carbondale Rd

TO#19 - PI0007421 – I-95 with SR 251

Developed Plans to Rehabilitate and Upgrade Existing Lighting Systems under the Master Lighting Project:

TO#4 - PIM004252 – I-75/85 & I-285 – Six Tunnels

TO#15 - PIM004523 - Langford Parkway Lighting

TO#16 - PIM004524 - I-85 SB entrance ramp tunnel from SR13

4. Senior Electrical Engineer for Illinois DOT Design-on-Request Services. Wi-Skies teamed up with Joe’s previous employer and secured a similar on-call lighting contract with Illinois DOT. Joe expects to assist IDOT in several large tasks such as revising Chapter 56 of their Bureau of Design and Environment Manual, reviewing designs and identifying and developing design standards to be adopted by IDOT. He will lead the charge in Illinois’ effort to properly deploy, install and maintain LED technology.

5. Project Manager for Jeffersonville Rd and Millerfield Rd Lighting (City of Macon/Bibb County) As part of a large scale area of urban improvement, Joe is leading the lighting design for a total of 1.8 miles of urban collector roadway. The five lane roadway cross-section consists of dual lanes in each direction with a middle turn lane throughout, along with a multi-use path on one side and a sidewalk on the other. The design will be accomplished by using LED fixtures mounted at a maximum mounting height of 45’ with eight foot arms.

d. Relevant Experience Utilizing GDOT Specific Processes:

Mr. Marsh has completed over eighty lighting projects during his twelve-year career, all in accordance with IESNA RP-8 and while using AGI32 exclusively for the past several years. Joe has operated in a key role within GDOT as their subject matter expert for roadway lighting over the past three years. Joe has intimate knowledge of Chapter 14 of the DPM and Lighting Design Process Flowchart, as he has been an active member of revising both. Joe has absorbed GDOT’s Plan Development Process (PDP) over the past few years. As a part of several projects, he has attended PIOH and FFPR meetings, as well as PFPR for some. Joe’s unique insight as both an extension of the GDOT Lighting Group as well as a lighting consultant enables him to provide invaluable input to improve the PDP for both parties. Despite the fact the Roadway Lighting Group has seen a vast overturn in the past couple years, and continues to do so, his presence has been an unwavering constant on the group’s intention on improving lighting policy and designs moving forward.

SECTION VI B (2) - KEY TEAM LEADER - JON M. HART, L.C.

a. Education:

B.S. Music Education, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1970

M.A. Music Performance, University of Northern Colorado, 1973

b. Certifications:

Lighting Certified, 2002

IESNA Certificate of Technical Knowledge, 1993

Professional Affiliations:

IESNA Roadway Lighting - Chair (2008-2010) Maintenance Chair (2003-2014)

CIE (Alternate U.S representative to Division 4.)

National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions -Test Committee (2003-2016)

c. Relevant Experience:

Mr. Hart brings over twenty-five years of roadway lighting experience and has contributed significantly to many organizations, including CIE and IES, which are the authorities on providing lighting calculations and recommendations. Jon’s invaluable expertise has been instrumental to the success of on-call lighting contracts for GDOT over the past five years with two different firms.

1. Lead Lighting Designer for Stand-alone Lighting I-75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd This stand-alone lighting project provided 3.5 miles of mainly high mast lighting along I-75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd. As the area had been recently constructed without lighting in mind, several construction issues arose such as drainage and other utility conflicts, impacts of environmental documents and other complications, all of which had to be resolved. Jon was responsible for all photometric calculations which included three interchanges, four underpasses, supplemental daytime lighting for one tunnel and horizontal and vertical illuminance along historical ROW. The project was originally designed using HPS, but was changed to LED late in the process, creating unique insight on exact LED equivalents to HPS as well as LED limitations in certain applications, such as daytime tunnel lighting and underpass lighting.

2. Lead Lighting Designer for Roundabout Lighting at US 278 at SR 142 Jon is the lighting designer for lighting plans for a roundabout in Covington, GA. This roundabout is intended to slow the traffic in a high speed rural area while also providing continuous flow to the US 278 traffic by including dual lanes for three of the four legs. These additional lanes, coupled with the City of Covington’s preference of a maximum mounting height of 30’, posed challenges to meet vertical illuminance recommendations in the middle roundabout lane. However, in using a Type IV LED, these challenges were met.

3. Lead Lighting Designer for Roundabout Lighting at SR 144 at Captain Mathew Freeman Dr The existing intersection is being reconstructed to be a roundabout, the photometric calculations for which Mr. Hart is responsible. The roundabout has dual lanes for SR 144, along with a large splitter island, creating a challenge to provide lighting to the center lane crosswalk. To maximize the vertical illuminance in these crosswalks, Type IV LED luminaires are mounted at 40’, placed optimally before the crosswalk.

d. Relevant Experience Utilizing GDOT Specific Processes:

Over the past few years, Jon has been heavily involved with many Georgia DOT projects and has become familiar with its Plan Development Process (PDP). He has provided input on the relevant concerns to beginning the lighting design process earlier in the PDP in order to minimize risk with utility conflicts. There are very few lighting designers with Jon’s experience. This experience proves valuable when questions regarding DOT policy, both existing and proposed, arise as well as a sounding board for lighting deployment questions. Mr. Hart has been involved in making revisions to Chapter 14 of GDOT’s DPM, reviewed specifications and standards for both GDOT as well as other agencies. Jon’s invaluable expertise has been instrumental to the success of many complicated lighting projects over the years including several with GDOT. Jon has familiarity with many lighting software packages and has mastered working with AGI32 software during his nine years of experience with it.

SECTION VI B (3) – KEY TEAM MEMBER – JAMES LASKERO, P.E.

a. Education:

B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1984

b. PE Licenses:

Illinois #062-0587146 NCEES Affiliate

Professional Affiliations:

Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association (Design/Construction/Research Subcommittee’s – Electrical & Utilities 2015-current)

IEEE (Power & Energy Society; ITS Society; Smart Grid Community; Computer Society; Communications Society; Information Theory Society)

c. Relevant Experience:

Mr. Laskero brings over thirty years of electrical experience in lighting, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), fiber and telecommunications with a majority of experience with roadway applications. Jim’s previous experience becomes valuable when we discuss GDOT policy changes, developing standards and revising specifications. His diverse electrical knowledge and experience provides excellent comments and discussion points to consider during the QCQA process.

1. On-Call Electrical Engineer for Illinois Tollway Jim worked as an extension of the Illinois Tollway (ISTHA) for 10 years, serving as the Lead in various departments: ITS deployment manager, Electrical Engineer on staff, Tolling consultant and Security and Access Control. He has reviewed hundreds of plan sets and contract documents including roadway lighting, ITS, Tolling and plaza buildings. As a consultant operating as Tollway staff, Jim was trusted to develop policy, standards and specifications based on best practices for the Tollway with little help. He was a key contributor in developing the standards and concepts for the intelligent control and monitoring of new LED lighting on the Tollway. Jim was responsible for developing and implementing concepts for Intermediate Power Distribution and Communications buildings, the current standard for the Tollway to power and communicate with key elements. This included developing a new standard for indoor Roadway Lighting Controllers that were typically placed in outdoor cabinets, which enabled the Tollway to develop its own power grid that utilizes both Tollway owned generators and direct power feeds from the local utility. He also developed the design guide for ITS Deployment and a critical ITS Construction Manager manual to assist the engineer during the construction.

2. QCQA for Stand-alone Lighting I-75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd This stand-alone lighting project provided 3.5 miles of mainly high mast lighting along I-75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd. Jim provided final QCQA for this project.

3. QQCA for Roundabout Lighting at US 278 at SR 142 Jim provided final QC for lighting plans for a roundabout in Covington, GA. The roundabout will slow down traffic in a high speed rural area while also providing continuous flow to US 278.

4. QCQA for Roundabout Lighting at SR 144 at Captain Mathew Freeman Dr The existing intersection is being reconstructed to be a roundabout, for which Mr. Laskero is responsible for the final quality control.

d. Relevant Experience Utilizing GDOT Specific Processes:

Over the past couple of years, Jim has been reviewing all Georgia DOT projects and has become familiar with its Plan Development Process (PDP). Mr. Laskero has been asked for input during Chapter 14 revisions, reviewed and modified specifications and provided many recommendations regarding the lighting detail drawings for GDOT during this time.

e. Importance of Key Team Member: Jim’s value to the team is multi-pronged. Primarily, due to his experience in providing similar high level policy and standard development in the past, he is aware of the pitfalls and shortcomings of certain recommendations. Secondly, Jim has provided and continues to provide similar high level support in other areas of the country for other agencies, which provides additional insight when deciding what should and should not be deployed. Finally, his experience brings invaluable insight when reviewing lighting plans and policy deployment recommendations.

Section VI B (4) Prime Experience a., f.                      Client Information  a., b., d. Project Description 

a., c. Duration of Service/Dates  e. GDOT Processes  g. Key Team Leaders & Members 

Georgia DOT                 Project Manager:        Justin Banks                  404‐631‐1153 

TO#1 ‐ PI0012753 ‐ I‐75 Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd. ‐ Bibb County, GA.  The first Task Order under our on‐call contract was a stand‐alone lighting project was designed for a 3.5 mile corridor of I‐75 from Pierce Ave to Arkwright Rd.  There are several complications and conflicts encountered during a stand‐alone lighting project such as fiber, drainage and other utilities, environmental and historical impacts and existing parapet and noise walls.  All of these existing features required the lighting design to be done to accommodate, creating design complications.  The stand‐alone lighting project included survey of proposed tower areas, guardrail extension along certain areas, geotechnical studies and daytime tunnel lighting.  The original schedule was set for over two years, but was completed in less than a year to coincide with the expiration of the existing environmental document and original let date.   

October 2014 to October 2015 

 Project Budget: 

$451,157  

Full lighting design following PDP process, Chapter 14 of DPM, NEC, and FHWA requirements.  Included survey of 50’ x 50’ areas of proposed tower locations, utilizing GDOT design policies and procedures, held public involvement meetings, geotechnical studies and multiple foundation designs necessary for high mast tower footings.  Design tunnel lighting support system with Bridge Office. 

Joe Marsh, PE            Jon Hart, LC     Larry Oliver, PE   James Laskero, PE     Randy Sanburn, PE Tim Slaton, PE  Steve Linley, PE         Sujit Bhowmik, PE Tom Skruggs, PE Bradford Drew, PE 

Project Manager   Lighting Designer   Structural Design QCQA Survey/QCQA          Survey Guardrail Design Geotech/QCQA Geotech/QCQA Geotech 

Georgia DOT                 Project Manager:         Daniel Chastain            706‐604‐6594 

TO#4 ‐ PI231630 ‐ US 278 at SR 142 Roundabout ‐ Newton County, GA.  The existing intersection of US278 and SR 142 will be shifted 590’ east to merge into a roundabout at Meadow Lane.  Additionally, US 278 is increasing to two lanes in each direction, creating a dual lane roundabout.  This wide cross‐section creates uniformity issues as well as meeting minimum vertical illuminance criteria for the middle lane pedestrian crossing for lighting designs.  To overcome these design obstacles, Type IV LED fixtures were used.  In addition to the lighting, we assembled the final UTLP file, merged from several utility submittals.     

July 2015 to  April 2016 

 Project Budget: 

$37,208  

Full lighting design following PDP process, Chapter 14 of DPM, NEC, and FHWA requirements.  Utilizing GDOT design policies and procedures, including IES RP‐8‐14.  Utility coordination and assembly of UTLP file.   

Joe Marsh, PE            Jon Hart, LC  James Laskero, PE     

Project Manager Lighting Designer QCQA    

Section VI B (4) Prime Experience a., f.                      Client Information  a., b., d. Project Description 

a., c. Duration of Service/Dates  e. GDOT Processes  g. Key Team Leaders & Members 

Georgia DOT              Project Manager:      Michelle Wright 912‐271‐7562  

TO#5 ‐ PI532370 ‐ SR 144 at Captain Mathew Freeman ‐ Bryan County, GA.  Due to commercial development in the area, SR 144’s capacity is doubling.  The existing intersection with Captain Mathew Freeman, however is near an elementary school, so a roundabout will be constructed to slow traffic.  The roundabout has dual lanes for SR 144, along with a large splitter island, creating a challenge to provide lighting to the center lane crosswalk.  To maximize the vertical illuminance in these crosswalks, Type IV LED luminaires are mounted at 40’, placed optimally before the crosswalk.   

June 2015 to March 2017 

 Project Budget: 

$37,704  

Full lighting design following PDP process, Chapter 14 of DPM, NEC, and FHWA requirements. Utilized GDOT design policies and procedures, including IES RP‐8‐14.   

Joe Marsh, PE    Jon Hart, LC James Laskero, PE      

Project Manager    Lighting Designer QCQA 

Georgia DOT              Project Manager:      Kevin VanHouten     706‐646‐7557 

PI0342080 & PI0351090 – Jeffersonville Rd and Millerfield Rd ‐ Bibb County, GA.  Important to Macon‐Bibb, this project will realign and double capacity of both Jeffersonville and Millerfield.  Additionally, a multi‐use path will be constructed along one side of the roadway, with a sidewalk on the other.  The overall effect is a wide cross‐section which requires continuous roadway and pedestrian lighting with large setbacks.  Further limiting placement of poles are the abundance of utilities through the urban corridor, littered with historical boundaries.   A Type IV LED design is being utilized to overcome the challenges of this design.   

June 2015 to June 2016 

 Project Budget: 

$90,000 

Full lighting design following PDP process, Chapter 14 of DPM, NEC, and FHWA requirements. Utilized GDOT design policies and procedures, including IES RP‐8‐14, alternative studies.   

Joe Marsh, PE             Jon Hart, LC        James Laskero, PE      

Project Manager        Lighting Designer QCQA 

Illinois DOT                Project Manager:      Mark Seppelt             217‐785‐0382 

Illinois DOT Statewide Lighting Design Services Wi‐Skies, LLC is providing similar on‐call lighting design support for Illinois DOT as a sub‐consultant.  Our primary focus will be high level policy management, LED implementation and deployment, specification and standard details modification.   

January 2016 to November 2019 

 Project Budget: 

$425,000  

Project is similar to GDOT on‐call. Experience with other DOT’s is largely translatable and beneficial to GDOT Lighting Group.   

Joe Marsh, PE    Jon Hart, LC 

Project Manager   Lighting Designer 

Area Class # Area Class Description Wi‐Skies, LLC Long Engineering, Inc. Willmer Engineering Inc.

DBE ‐ Yes/No  ‐> NO YES NO

Prequalification Expiration Date 4/30/2017 1/31/2018 2/28/2017

3.15 Highway Lighting X

5.01 Land Surveying X

5.02 Engineering Surveying X

6.01(a) Soil Survey Studies X

6.01(b) Geological and Geophysical Studies X

Section VI B (5) Experience and Qualifications

Section VI C (1a) Overall ResourcesOrganizational Chart

Georgia DOT

Project Manager

Joe Marsh, PE

Lighting Design Foundation DesignSurvey Geotechnical

Randy Sanborn, PE (LEI)Tim Slaton, PLS (LEI)Andy Milner, PLS (LEI)

7 Survey Field Crews (LEI)

Jim Willmer, PE (WE)Sujit Bhowmik, PE (WE)Tom Scruggs, PE (WE)

CADD

Scott YounghouseJoseph Antinori

Jeremy Jones (LEI)Brandon Estepp (LEI)

QA/QC

James Laskero, PE

Long Engineering, Inc. (LEI)Willmer Engineering Inc. (WE)

Subconsultants

Jon Hart, LC Larry Oliver, PEBill Ingalsbe, PE (LEI)

 

Section VI C (1b&c) – Offices, Resources and Benefits 

As the current state‐wide on‐call lighting consultant, Wi‐Skies, LLC has already proven that we are more than capable to handle this on‐call services lighting contract.  Our staff goes above and beyond the call to ensure the Department has all relevant information it needs on any project so they can make educated decisions by providing expert opinions in the way the Department needs to hear.  By being a part of an on‐call service, it is understood that there is a broad base of projects and questions which may arise, therefore a flexible and diverse engineering team is essential.  The experienced staff of Wi‐Skies, LLC and our team offers this expertise, flexibility and diversity.      This project will be led by Joe Marsh, who has been heavily involved with the Lighting Group over the past two GDOT state‐wide on‐call lighting contracts.   Joe has been an active member of the GDOT Lighting Group for the past three years, facing the Group’s challenges alongside them by providing recommendations, policy deployment and enforcement, specification and standard development, photometric and design reviews and in‐house designs on smaller projects, among other tasks.  This experience translates to unrivaled knowledge and understanding of the group’s needs and desires going forward.  His unique ability to convey complicated concepts and recommended solutions to problems in a manner that can be easily understood in a no‐nonsense way sets him apart from most engineers.  Due to his diverse background and field experience, Joe offers unique insight and often visits sites, debugs circuit problems and reviews photometric calculations and plans for constructability.    Mr. Marsh has intimate knowledge of Chapter 14 of the Design Policy Manual as he has provided multiple revisions over the years.  He was also the lead author of the GDOT LED specification.  Joe’s daily dedication keeps the Lighting Group moving forward.    In addition to Joe’s intimate knowledge of GDOT’s DPM, PDP and standards, both he and Jon Hart are also very active in the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).  As such, they are always aware of any upcoming changes in their documents and can provide background for making the change.  Conversely, as GDOT develops concerns and questions regarding the reasons for design criteria, both Joe and Jon have the history to know the immediate answer, which can assist GDOT in making policy decisions.  In addition to our support to GDOT over the past couple of years, Wi‐Skies has recently landed a similar on‐call lighting design contract with Illinois DOT.  With IDOT, we are expected to provide similar support in policy deployment, standards and specification modification and high level design support.  Illinois DOT is heavily involved with IESNA as well, and as such, knows policy change is always imminent as research and resulting design criteria evolve.  Having a firm which is heavily involved with another DOT is invaluable to identifying upcoming research changes and recommended adjustments to policy.    Randy Sanborn joined Long Engineering in 2014 and is in charge of their survey and utility engineering group. He is a registered engineer in Georgia and has been working almost exclusively on Georgia DOT projects for the past 17 years.  His survey group is well versed in GDOT protocol and guidelines and has surveyed hundreds of miles of roadway while developing design databases for all of GDOT’s major consultants.  Larry Oliver a structural engineer with forty years of diverse engineering experience and has proven to work well with the Bridge Office to develop ‘outside of the box’ structural solutions to complicated issues.  Bill Ingalsbe retired from GDOT after 33 years of service in the Bridge Office as the Assistant State Bridge Engineer in 2012.  He is very familiar with GDOT standards, PDP, and foundation design.  Between Larry and Bill, it would be difficult to find more structural design experience.    Willmer Engineering was the geotechnical engineer for two prior on‐call lighting contracts with GDOT and is the largest provider of geotechnical engineering services on GDOT projects over the past ten years, with experience on more than 200 GDOT projects. The former Bureau Chief of GDOT’s Geotechnical Engineering Bureau, Tom Scruggs, PE, who served in that capacity for 10 years of a 30 year GDOT career, is lead member of the Willmer team. Willmer’s proficiency with GDOT procedures is exemplified by their geotechnical report scores received from the GDOT Geotechnical Bureau. A score of 100 is awarded for meeting the GDOT minimum requirements; most of Willmer’s report scores are above 140, yet they have received report scores as high as 185.  This superior experience with GDOT and dedication to quality yields infrequent review comments, which assists in meeting aggressive schedules.    

 

Section VI C (1d) – Additional Resources 

Wi‐Skies, LLC is a rapidly growing engineering firm which specializes in roadway lighting design.  We are committed to providing exemplary electrical engineering services and design support with the overall objective of maintaining client satisfaction above all else while completing projects under budget.  The personnel of Wi‐Skies have been working hand‐in‐hand with the GDOT Lighting Group and other GDOT personnel for the past five years and are the current holders of the current state‐wide lighting contract, consistently delivering exemplary lighting design services.    The Wi‐Skies philosophy of building strong client relationships by delivering a quality product each time is echoed by all members of the team.  Both Long Engineering, Inc and Willmer Engineering Inc have a lengthy track record of delivering quality work on time and under budget for GDOT for many years.    Long Engineering, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Ellen Long, PE, and in the ensuing years, they have successfully completed hundreds of projects ranging from major GDOT transportation jobs to airfields and all types of private sector projects. Long Engineering has been the recipient of over a dozen industry design awards and was named one of the A/E industry’s “HOT100” fastest growing firms in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2015.  Long offers a broad range of engineering design services including all aspects of roadway and bridge design, traffic analysis and signal design, hydraulics and hydrologic studies, survey, GIS, and program management.  Their background brings diverse experience to the design team necessary for stand‐alone lighting and other complicated projects.  Their abundant and knowledgeable staff is also a solid resource pool for any task or excessive workload if necessary.    Willmer Engineering Inc., founded in 1982 by Doris Willmer, PE, is a woman‐owned professional engineering consulting corporation specializing in geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and environmental engineering services. Willmer is the largest provider of geotechnical engineering services on GDOT projects over the past ten years.  Their personnel include engineers with experience on more than 200 GDOT projects and the former Bureau Chief of GDOT Geotechnical Engineering Bureau who served in that capacity for the last 10 years of a 30 year GDOT career.  Willmer has a long track record of providing each client with dependable, trustworthy geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and construction materials testing services since 1982.   When GDOT issues a task order under the master project, our design team knows exactly what the expectations are so the negotiation process is minimized.  Once the task order’s NTP is issued, our team has the experience with each other to streamline the design process as much as possible, which minimizes the time necessary to deliver the design.   Being familiar with each other’s expectations, needs and design constraints, we know to communicate them with each other immediately to eliminate project delays and oversights.  By knowing each other’s expectations, the team is better able to address design and time constraints in the common best interest of serving the client.    The importance of the team’s previous experience in this on‐call capacity cannot be overstated.  Due to GDOT’s PDP, lighting design is often not started until after utilities and ROW are completed, creating potential conflicts.  This, coupled with the procurement process, sometimes means the lighting design often needs to be completed quickly and effectively while not creating additional project delays.  Our team’s experience with these complex situations continue to circumvent several problems which could delay project schedules and advertisements.    Our team’s overall objective is to provide the best possible product to the Department as quickly and efficiently as possible.  As such, the importance of our team’s experience with each other cannot be overlooked.   Wi‐Skies staff has worked together on dozens of lighting projects for over ten years.  The Lighting Group is familiar with the team’s ability to develop superior designs in challenging conditions to satisfy schedule demands.  Willmer Engineering has been the premier geotechnical sub‐consultant and understands the importance of working quickly and efficiently to deliver quality reports each time.  Long’s diverse engineering experience and capacity are invaluable for both standalone lighting projects as well as for projects with accelerated deadlines.  There is no doubt that this team would provide the best possible experience and highest quality product to the Department over the next three years.