Opening of Proposal - Safe Routes to School - Our Lady of Hungary Neighborhood Proj No. 122-007 - VS Engineering

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CIT Y OF SOUTH BEND PE Ser vices for Safe Routes to School Our Lady of Hungary Neighborhood Sidew alks and ADA Ra m ps VS Engineering, Inc. | Letter of Interest 8 Chris’s experience has ranged from complex interchanges, tight neighborhood intersections, non-for-profit trails, small structure maintenance and replacements, ADA ramps, and pavement rehabilitations. One of Chris’s strengths is listening to a municipality and its staff of professionals. He strives to learn the issues they face by working with the community they serve to maintain a safe infrastructure that facilitates and enhances their everyday lives. Learning the issues they face everyday while maintaining the communities infrastructure, and working with them to come up with low cost solutions. Adding value to the neighborhood and a piece of mind to its residents. Joe’s 41-year career, primarily focused on transportation engineering projects, has resulted in beneficial relationships. His utility coordination experience has allowed him to personally know many of the utility company representatives throughout northeast Indiana. These experience-based relationships exist with INDOT and the MPO as well. Joe’s extensive experience on sidewalk, curb ramp and intersection improvement projects prove valuable when working in an urban built-up environment where right- of-way is tight. His general knowledge of roadway design, as well as the relationships he’s built over his career, make Joe well equipped for this roadway reconstruction project. PROJECT EXPERIENCE City of Fort Wayne – Huguenard/Washington Center Intersection Improvements City of Fort Wayne – Johnny Appleseed Trail City of Fort Wayne - Pufferbelly Trail Allen County Highway – Auburn Road Improvements City of Gas City – First Street Phase I Improvements City of Seymour – West Second Street Reconstruction, Phase I & Phase II City of Kokomo – Washington Street Improvements 24 Years of Experience BS—Civil Engineering, Purdue University INDOT LaPorte District Trainer Bremen Community Cares Main Street – VP 41 Years of Experience AS—, Architectural Engineering, ITT Technical Institute INDOT Certified Utility Coordinator AutoCAD CIVIL 3D Certification CHRIS WAIDNER, PE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR QA/QC JOE DLUZAK ROADWAY LEAD KEY STAFF CULVER : Worked with Town on development of their Safe Routes to School projects, Bike Master Plan, Stellar application and projects implementation. GRANGER PATHS: Worked with Friends of Granger Paths (not-for-profit) on development, local fund raising campaign, project planning, design and construction of Granger Paths phases 1-3. Phases were federally funded and administered through St. Joseph County on behalf of Friends of Granger Paths. PROJECT EXPERIENCE NAPPANEE: One of Chris’s first projects was the design and construction inspection of Nappanee’s bike path along US 6, SR 19, CR 7, Woodview Dr and community park. PLYMOUTH: Chris oversaw the design and construction inspection of Plymouth’s Greenways Trail which connects the City’s parks to the High School. DOWNTOWN BREMEN: Worked with INDOT, Town of Bremen,OCRA, and JPR on development and coordination of four separate construction contracts for the complete reconstruction of Bremen’s downtown.