Agenda - 06-18-2024; 8-m - Approval of a Professional Engineering Services Contract with Schnabel Engineering, Inc. for the Lake Orange Intake Tower Rehabilitation-Replacement Project

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35 schnabel-eng.com 3. Innovative Factors / Lake Orange Intake Tower / 19 3. Innovative Factors ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Schnabel has extensive experience with federally funded dam design and construction projects, in addition to other type of infrastructure projects receiving federal funding in which Schnabel has been involved. Within the past five years alone, Schnabel has managed the design and construction of two Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded dam remediation projects in South Carolina, prepared designs and provided construction phase engineering for numerous NRCS funded dam rehabilitation projects in various states, performed engineering designs for US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) owned projects, and participated in the review of the USACE Dam Safety Program. Schnabel has also provided design and construction phase engineering for dam engineering projects receiving funds from various state agencies. In addition, Schnabel routinely hires and consults with former federal employees, which provides us with a unique perspective and understanding of federal processes. Through this extensive recent experience and knowledge obtained from former federal employees, Schnabel continues to expand our unparalleled knowledge and understanding of the processes that are utilized by federal agencies as projects progress from design through construction. This vast knowledge base allows projects to be completed on-time and on-budget without interruption to the Owner. Specific recent examples of projects, which receive either federal or state funding, are highlighted below. »Schnabel has also worked with the Town of Lake Lure, NC to receive two cycles of dam rehabilitation funding through the FEMA Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD) Program. The funding is being used to design and construct a new reservoir drain through the base of this 120-foot-tall, concrete multiple arch-buttress dam. »After Hurricane Florence, Governor Cooper established the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR), a division of the N.C. Department of Public Safety, to provide disaster recovery programs statewide and help communities and disaster survivors recover and rebuild smarter and stronger. In late 2017, the Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ), Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), was awarded a $500,000 grant to gather necessary information and perform hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analysis on the dams located within the Neuse River Basin to better understand hydraulic capacity and performance of the structures during storms like Florence and be better prepared for future hurricane events. ))With Schnabel's assistance, Aiken County, South Carolina received federal funding from FEMA to remediate Langley Dam, a century old structure that was in jeopardy of failing. The funding, which equated to approximately 50 percent of the construction cost, required unique management on Schnabel's part in that all pay requests from the contractor had to be allocated between grant funding and non-grant funding. Through diligent recording keeping and understanding of the eligible portions of the project, each pay request was reviewed and approved by Aiken County and the funding agency without hesitation. »Schnabel has performed numerous assessments, planning studies, detailed designs, and construction phase engineering on the behalf of the state and local conservation districts and the NRCS. Many of these projects were funded, at least partly, by the NRCS and involved cost- sharing agreements between federal agencies and local sponsoring organizations. As required by the agreements and requested by the owners, Schnabel assisted with the management of the projects and progress and budget tracking for cost-sharing purposes. Build Better.Together.