USCGA MCoE

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Maritime Center of Excellence

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November 3, 2016

Captain Andrea Marcille (Ret)
President
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association
47 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320

RE: Request for Proposals
Coast Guard Academy Maritime Center of Excellence

Dear Ms. Marcille and members of the selection committee,

When I first learned about the possibility of the Maritime Center, some months ago, I was excited
about the prospect of a new facility on the waterfront at the Coast Guard Academy—one that
could embody the mission of the Coast Guard, create a waterfront face to the campus, and address
critical environmental issues that pertain to our sensitive waterfront environments. I’ve spent my
career working on similar projects on sensitive sites, which draw inspiration from a unique client
mission and context. The early design concept also reminded me of my design of the Brock Center,
both in form, but also in opportunity. My excitement only grew when I had the opportunity to be
on campus again, tour the site, and meet with you to learn more about your objectives. The spirt of
both the campus and the waterfront was palpable.

Fundamental to our methodology is the belief that there are no preconceived solutions to any
design assignment. We view the existing concept as a launching point. Each project evolves
individually from a careful and thoughtful exploration of its own unique challenges. For every
project and client, our objective is to deliver the clearest and most innovative design, balancing the
demands of the program, your goals, the budget, and your building’s potential. The architecture
that results is the natural and unified expression of these critical elements. Your goals for the
Maritime Center include:

• To celebrate and embody the heritage of the Coast Guard, and instill a love of the sea.
• To leverage the site and campus to create a focal point on the waterfront that inspires and

attract recruits.
• To accommodate boat maintenance in modern facilities that meet your specific functional

needs.
• To create a premier facility with high quality classrooms, lab environments, interpretative

spaces, and informal learning spaces, with flexibility to serve needs that vary over the course of a
year.

We believe we are uniquely qualified to provide solutions that meet these goals. SmithGroupJJR
is a nationally recognized, award-winning design firm with a notable portfolio of work with
leading institutions across the country. Our design solutions respond to very specific contexts
and program requirements and result from a truly integrated and collaborative process. We are
a multi-disciplinary firm with architects, engineers, and planners in-house and can leverage that

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broad expertise to fully realize the critical issues that your project requires. The partnership between
Bill Brose and me combines our firm’s expertise in waterfront facilities, with our expertise working
for cultural institutions and higher education clients around the world.

We will leverage our understanding of interpretive, learning, and research environments, to
provide a design that inspires and fulfills the needs of the campus. SmithGroupJJR has a tradition
of working with its clients to create direct responses to unique imperatives and opportunities,
transforming vision and mission into built form. We are particularly well-versed in the challenges
and processes of campus design including consideration of immediate needs and longer-term
flexibility, sustainable design strategies, and creating a vision that will attract funding and support
among multiple constituencies.

Prized for their beauty, their ecological importance and their economic impact, waterfronts present
tremendous opportunity for development and a tremendous responsibility to do it correctly.
SmithGroupJJR offer decades of experience and innovation working in the complex environments
of rivers, lakes and oceans. We leverage our in-house coastal engineers, planners, architects,
landscape architects, ecologists and biologists to address the vexing challenges inherent in
waterfront work. From harbors, parks and resorts to beaches, bluffs and promenades, we have deep
expertise in navigating through a maze of permits and funding sources while mitigating the natural
forces of waves, floods and currents.

This proposal outlines our unique qualifications for this project, introduces you to our firm and
to Bill and myself, and showcases relevant projects Bill and I have contributed to. We are also
providing a fee proposal that describes the approach we’ve envisioned for your project.

With a core commitment to design excellence, SmithGroupJJR has the special expertise and
experience required for the design of this project. Thank you for your consideration. We are
extremely excited about partnering with you on the concept design for effective and meaningful
spaces that reflect the heritage and the mission of the Coast Guard, to create a landmark building at
the Coast Guard Academy, while fulfilling your specific programmatic objectives.

Sincerely,

Greg Mella, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Vice President
SmithGroupJJR

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Contents

Firm Overview 7.........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Team 17...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Experience 31................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Fee Proposal 42...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Firm Overview

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock Environmental Center

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Pleased to Meet You

SmithGroupJJR At-A-Glance Founded in 1853, SmithGroupJJR is the longest
continuously operating architecture, planning, and
Employees: 1,000 Firm Wide engineering firm in the United States. With a multi-
200 in Washington, DC office disciplinary staff of over 1,000 in ten offices, our
integrated practice offers depth in all disciplines serving
Privately Owned Corporation the built and natural environment.
Established: 1853, by Sheldon Smith
SmithGroupJJR is highly ranked by professional
Office Locations organizations and publications for our design ability, and
receives numerous design awards. We differ from other
Ann Arbor large US practices in our ability to address increasingly
Chicago complex challenges through comprehensive solutions:
Dallas our teams include SmithGroupJJR architects, engineers,
Detroit landscape architects, designers and planners, providing
Los Angeles integrated design solutions with a sustainable design
Madison focus. Our integrated design approach fosters knowledge-
Phoenix sharing that leads to streamlined and intelligent decision-
San Francisco making, with well-coordinated results. Our approach has
Shanghai led to recognized leadership in academic architecture and
Washington, DC sustainable design.

Services and Expertise Higher Education Design Leaders

Architecture SmithGroupJJR’s first higher education project was
Building Technology a research laboratory building for the University of
Civil Engineering Michigan in 1901. With over 100 years of experience
Construction Administration in the design of specialized academic facilities including
Environmental Engineering professional schools, libraries, classrooms, and
Fire Protection Engineering laboratories, encompassing more than 200 projects,
Interior Design SmithGroupJJR brings inventive skill, vision, and an
Landscape Architecture in-depth understanding of the issues affecting universities
Lighting Design nationwide. Our designs address a wide range of
MEP Engineering challenges, including difficult sites, demanding budgets
Programming/Planning and time constraints, unusual technological requirements,
Sustainable Design and the integration of new construction with existing
Urban Design/Planning buildings and contexts.

Practice Areas Like the academic community, we thrive on creative
thought as well as hard work. We welcome our clients as
Learning key members of the design team, enjoying a free exchange
Urban Design of ideas and approaches. SmithGroupJJR has a reputation
Healthcare for being open minded and responsive to differing
Science & Technology opinions. We will push you, as we push ourselves, to look
Culture at your project in a new way—asking thought-provoking
Workplace questions, examining alternatives, exploring imaginative
solutions.
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Interpretive Centers

Normandy American Cemetery Visitor Center SmithGroupJJR creates built environments that celebrate
White House Visitors Center our clients’ institutional mission, defining solutions
that embody the client’s aspirations while also resolving
functional and operational concerns.

Our team of cultural facility experts has substantial
experience working on several unique interpretive centers
telling a story about events that occurred at the museum’s
location. We completed the Normandy American
Cemetery Visitor Center on Omaha Beach in France, a
museum and visitor center devoted to telling the story
of sacrifice and courage of the landing of the American
troops. We recently completed the White House Visitor
Center update, which interprets the history and complex
role of the White House and the President’s Park, located
within the Historic Balridge Hall.

In addition to a wide variety of historical interpreitve
centers, we have speficic experience in interpreting
martime history. We have worked for several years with
the National Museum of the United States Navy at
the Washington Navy Yard and the National Maritime
Heritage Foundation, completing studies and conceptual
designs for a new Navy Museum. In the Projects section
you will find information about our master plan for
Mystic Seaport and the Monitor Center at the Mariners’
Museum in Newport News, Virginia.

Locating a story-specific visitor center at a maritime site
with rich history provides an opportunity to engage new
ideas of what constitutes a “collection,” where the river
itself becomes a vital part of the interpretive experience.

National Hurricane Museum
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Specialized Learning Environments

Northwestern University The program for the Maritime Center of Excellence
Lakefront Athletic Campus encompasses a range of academic functions.
SmithGroupJJR specializes in the design of specialized
University of California Merced learning environmentas as well as flexible academic
Science & Engineering Building 2 buildings that accommodate multiple uses.

American University Recreation
Washington College of Law
November 3, 2016 SmithGroupJJR has won 20 awards for recreational
sports facility design, including eight from NIRSA
(formerly the National Intramural-Recreational Sports
Association). Through our ongoing experience in
programming, designing, and observing the operation of
campus recreational facilities, we understand how these
facilities can help develop a strong campus community
and enhance students’ quality of life. We have had the
opportunity to work with some of the most successful
and storied athletic programs in the Big 10 and across
the country, including the Ohio State University, Indiana
University, and the University of Connecticut.

Environmental Science

For the past 20 years SmithGroupJJR has dedicated firm
resources to understanding national trends in STEM
education. We have designed hundreds of academic
laboratory spaces, from high-tech research buildings to
small environmental education labs embedded in visitor
centers. Our philosophy incorporates all the requirements
for a collaborative lab setting, while meeting project-
specific goals and supporting desired student outcomes.

Flexible Teaching Spaces

While we design for flexibility in all of our academic
spaces, some spaces are truly multifunctional workhorses.
We work closely with our clients to develop the best
space configurations for their needs, from classrooms that
accommodate both traditional lectures and active learning
formats to “flexitoriums” that can host large classes,
theatrical productions, or career fairs depending on their
configuration.

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In Good Company

Selected Institutional Clients

American Battle Monuments Commission American
University Architect of the Capitol California Institute of
Technology Clemson University College ofWilliam & Mary
Corcoran Gallery of Art Cornell University Duke University
Emory University George Washington University Harvard
UniversityJohnsHopkinsUniversityKennedyCenterforthe
Performing Arts Loyola University Chicago Michigan State
University National Building Museum National Gallery of
Art National Museum of American History National Museum
of the United States Army Northwestern University Ohio
State University Pennsylvania State University Princeton
University Stanford University Texas A&M University The
Mariners’ Museum University of California University of
Chicago University of Connecticut University of Georgia
University of Illinois University of Maryland University
of Michigan University of North Carolina University of
Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of
Virginia Vanderbilt University Villanova University Virginia
Tech White House Historical Society

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Waterfront Design and Engineering

Chicago’s Navy Pier

Our highly experienced waterfront and coastal engineers We strive to create designs that engage, innovate, and
provide the latest design support and technical standards. excite our clients and the greater community. No two
In addition to our experienced engineering staff, your projects are alike—our portfolio shows a wide variety of
project will be supported by our in-house staff of spaces and their unique design solutions. Each project
waterfront planners, landscape architects, ecologists, is specific to its place, time and purpose. We thrive on
biologists, and architects. complex problems—our experts are the best in their field.

We work in multidisciplinary teams from the outset SmithGroupJJR’s work has garnered national awards from
to streamline the overall process, which leads to a the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American
more creative, holistic outcome. The results speak for Society of Landscape Architects, the Waterfront Center,
themselves: the States Organization for Boating Access, the National
Park Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the
• SmithGroupJJR’s clients are able to secure permits for Federal Highway and Transit Administrations. This broad-
projects involving shoreline reconstruction, lakefill and based recognition by our peers reflects our dedication to
dredging success with innovative, interdisciplinary design.

• Our projects receive funding from public/private
financing partnerships

• Our projects are constructed on time and on budget in
the face of difficult coastal and riverine environments.

• SmithGroupJJR projects have received an extensive
range of project awards reflecting industry-wide
recognition for quality and innovation

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Sustainable Design

The U.S. Coast Guard’s mission is intrinsically connected University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law
to the sea and the environment. The Coast Guard has LEED Platinum
safeguarded our Nation’s maritime interests here, at sea,
and around the globe, protecting the maritime economy
and the environment. In the wake of climate change, the
Coast Guard’s mission is increasingly addressing resilient
design principles to restore critical shore infrastructure
affected by climate change impacts, while anticipating
future impacts of sea-level rise. We believe the CGAAA
Maritime Center should manifest the importance of
sustainable and resilient design to link the project to the
work and mission of the Coast Guard and the fragility of
our ever-changing coast, bringing these issues to national
prominence.

SmithGroupJJR has been a leader in sustainable design By 2000, with the advent of LEED, we had a legacy of
since the term was first coined. In the 1970s, we designed sustainable and integrated design allowing us to embrace
one of the largest photovoltaic arrays in the world of its and contribute to LEED starting with the design of the
time, for Georgetown University. In the 1980s, our design Merrill Center, the first LEED Platinum building in
for the Resources & Conservation Center renovated an the world. Over the last decade, we’ve led the industry,
existing headquarters into a sustainable facility, resulting watching sustainability grow from the fringe of practice
in energy costs of about half that of typical buildings in and society, towards widespread adoption. We are staying
the area. In the 1990’s, we designed the U.S. Fish and ahead of the curve having designed several Net-Zero
Wildlife National Conservation Training Center—a energy buildings. Our most recent net-zero project is the
14-building, totally self-contained campus that contains Brock Center, the first in the region to achieve full Living
numerous conservation and sustainability features and has Building certification, recognizing projects that achieve
been identified by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as a net-zero energy, water, and waste.
high level greening project.
We are deeply committed to sustainable design principles
Oakland University, Human Health Building as a matter of routine practice. We strongly believe that
LEED Platinum the values of sustainable design are synonymous with the
needs of a productive environment. Many of the same
design elements that create effective working and learning
environments are also sustainable: maximizing natural
lighting and ventilation; providing superior indoor air
quality; using natural, non-toxic materials; reducing water
use within the building and using recycled water for site
irrigation; reducing energy use for HVAC, hot water,
lighting, and employing renewable energy sources; and
protecting and enhancing the surrounding environment
while creating opportunities for interaction with nature.
These basic design choices affect every system choice,
fundamentally impact resource efficiency, and can impact
the overall quality of working and learning spaces.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Brock Environmental Center
LEED Platinum + Living Building Challenge

We recognize that true sustainable design must address Leaders in
environmental, economic, and social sustainability in Sustainable Design
balance. We begin by understanding site and climate 1st LEED Platinum Certified Building
opportunities allowing our design to embrace passive 1st LEED Platinum New Federal
design strategies—proper orientation, envelope
effectiveness, passive solar design, natural ventilation, Laboratory Building
and daylighting, because these approaches are often cost
neutral. We then consider active systems, like the selection 1st LEED Quadruple-Platinum
of HVAC systems and technologies, using a return-on-
investment approach, measuring first cost premiums Building
against lifetime operational savings, often uncovering a
broad range of strategies that pay for themselves within 156 LEED Projects (as of October
ten years or less.
2016)
Our highly iterative, integrative design approach uses
simulation tools to validate each design move. Having 435 LEED Accredited Professionals
architecture and engineering co-located, facilitates Firm of the Year
collaboration and integration, resulting in high-
performance, holistic solutions that are both economically USGBC-NCR 2008
and environmentally viable. The high cost of renewable
energy technologies can be a hurdle, but we have helped U.S. Coast Guard Academy / Maritime Center of Excellence 15
clients take advantage of grants and incentives to fund
these approaches, and often find these technologies attract
donors. The naming recognition for the wind turbines
and solar cells at the Brock Center became significant
donor opportunities. Leveraging all of these approaches,
we see the opportunity to create a nationally-prominent
benchmark for sustainable and resilient design at the
Coast Guard Academy, while positively impacting the
project’s economic viability.

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Fundraising Support University of Georgia
Grady College of Journalism
Fundraising Materials
New York Law School
Client identity and fundraising go hand-in-hand. Fundraising Booklet
SmithGroupJJR has participated in concept design
efforts toward fundraising campaigns for many of our
academic and cultural projects. The visual imagery and
written program text that we produce often forms the
basis for graphic and written materials that generate
enthusiasm and support among potential donors. We
have also participated in a variety of presentations to
alumni, trustees, members of the community, and other
prospective donors. Recent examples of our fundraising
support include:

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis,
Campus Center
• Renderings for brochures and marketing materials
• Meetings with alumni groups and potential donors
• 3-D animation for targeted meetings

New York Law School
• Renderings for and text for fundraising activities
• Participation in trustees’ summit and donor functions

University of Pennsylvania, Neural & Behavioral Sci-
ences Building
• Renderings for brochures and marketing materials
• Donor presentations

University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism
• Renderings for brochures and marketing materials

University of Pennsylvania
Neural and Behavioral Sciences

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Team

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University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

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Our Team

The core team for the CGAAA Maritime Center will be Cost is at the core of everything we do, and we rely on
led by Greg Mella, acting as Principal-in-Charge and Dharam to provide added value and consulting advice as
Project Manager, who will lead the design. Greg will well as delivering high quality, accurate, and timely cost
collaborate with Bill Brose, a waterfront engineer who models and estimates. Their individual and collective
brings 25 years of experience working on waterfronts, knowledge base of construction costs and associated
allow the design to respond to your project’s functional project costs are one of the best in the industry. Through
needs. the use of market knowledge, benchmark data and
through strategic analysis, their budget setting skills set
A successful concept will consider the holistic systems that them apart from the competition. SmithGroupJJR and
comprise the design, allowing project cost projections to the team from Dharam recently worked together on the
accurately capture the complexity of issues that address Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock Environmental Center
site and program requirements. To that end, we will draw project.
on a range of experts from SmithGroupJJR’s multi-
disciplinary staff of highly qualified architects, planers, Don’t take our word for it.
MEP engineers, structural and civil engineers, landscape
architects, and site designers, each experienced and We are proud of the relationships we’ve built with our
recognized in the design and construction of state-of-the- clients and encourage you to contact them directly.
art facilities. We have brought on Dharam Consulting,
construction cost and risk consultants, to see that the cost Greg Mella Reference
estimates that accompany the design concepts are accurate
and consider all project issues. Mary Tod Winchester
Vice President of Administration and Operations
Dharam Consulting is a 20-person independent Chesapeake Bay Foundation
consultancy providing clients with a high quality 6 Herndon Avenue
and best value cost and risk management/estimating Annapolis, MD 21403
service. Dharam’s leadership and staff members have [email protected] 443.482.2002
worked collectively and individually with some of the
most respected architects and building owners in the Bill Brose Reference
world. With offices in New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Washington DC, Dharam provides proactive, Larry Sullivan, Chief Engineer
real-time cost management, estimating and risk advice Port of Milwaukee
to accompany our design work. Their experienced 2323 S. Lincoln Memorial Drive
construction professionals have a deep understanding Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207
of all aspects of cost and risk consultancy in the US and 414.286.8139
many overseas locations. [email protected]

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Gregory A. Mella, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C

Principal-in-Charge and Designer

In a 22-year career that includes multiple projects of national significance on waterfront
sites along the east coast for higher education and non-profit institutions including
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Clemson University, the University of Connecticut,
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and the National Park Service, Greg has developed an
expertise in coastal architecture, mission-driven design, and sustainability. His work
centers on creating a compelling visual expression by developing a seamless link between
architecture, site, and the client’s mission - resulting in a legacy of design that responds to
its place, amplifying the mission of the institution by creating powerful and memorable
architecture with a proud civic presence.

Greg, SmithGroupJJR’s Director of Sustainable Design, is a pioneer and nationally recognized expert in sustainable
design. Over the past 15 years, he has risen to become one of the nation’s leading authorities on a myriad of green
design topics and initiatives, including net-zero energy design, rainwater harvesting and net-zero water design, resilient
design, materials transparency, and energy metrics and benchmarking. Greg first gained national attention in 2000 as a
visible advocate of sustainable design when he served as SmithGroupJJR’s project architect for what would become the
world’s first LEED Platinum building - the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s
headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland. Greg was recently honored as a recipient of the 2016 Living Building Challenge
Hero Award, given to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to creating an ecologically resilient
and regenerative built environment.

Education Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Master of Architecture, Environmental Center, Virginia Anne Arundel Hall and Maryland
The Catholic University of America, 1994 Beach, Virginia Heritage Interpretive Center,
St. Mary’s City, Maryland
Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History, The Foundation’s newest
Colgate University, 1991 environmental center houses Design of a new campus quadrangle
ecological education, advocacy, featuring a 33,700 gsf academic
Registrations restoration and community programs. building and an adjacent 15,450 gsf
Registered Architect: District of Columbia Located on and preserving the last Interpretive Center, is rooted in the
Maryland, Virginia undeveloped parcel at Pleasure House cultural, civic, and anthropological
Point, the center is a model for truly legacies of Maryland’s first capital,
LEED Accredited Professional BD+C sustainable design, transcending Historic St. Mary’s City. The building
LEED Platinum standards by is projected to use 70% less energy
NCARB Certified having achieved full Living Building than a conventional building through
Challenge certification - the first incorporation of passive solar design,
Professional Affiliations in the region. Living Building ground-source heat pumps, and
Co-chair, AIA 2030 Commitment Challenge. The result is zero net an efficient envelope and HVAC
Working Group energy, water, and waste. The facility system. The design is the first on the
includes offices, multipurpose campus to meet the energy targets
Past Member, AIA Committee on the conference room, meeting rooms, of the 2030 challenge, showcasing
Environment Advisory Group and exhibit display areas. Project that historically sensitive design is
Manager, Project Designer and compatible with high levels of energy
Past Member, AIA Sustainability Principal-in-Charge. efficiency. Targeting LEED Gold.
Discussion Group Project Manager.

Member, NAIOP Washington, DC &
Maryland Sustainable Design Committee

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Clemson University Restoration Industries Building, a National restore the White House Visitor
Institute, Graduate Education Historic Landmark on the National Center at historic Baldrige Hall.
Center, North Charleston, South Mall. The team investigated Project is approximately 16,000 sf.
Carolina the sustainable potential of the LEED Silver. Sustainable Design.
revitalization of this American icon
80,000 sf waterfront facility at the by embracing the museum’s original University of Connecticut
Clemson University Restoration passive design attributes while Sustainable Design Guidelines,
Institute in North Charleston, incorporating new technologies in Storrs, Connecticut
South Carolina. The building keeping with the museum’s historic
will support undergraduate and character. This planning work has The University of Connecticut
graduate education activities for led to multiple renovation projects embarked on a $1.3 billion facility
proposed programs in renewable while maintaining the historic improvement investment (UConn
energy and composite materials. integrity of the existing building. 21) to add over 1.2 million gsf in
The facility will include offices, When completed, the new museum new construction and renovate over
classrooms, conference rooms, a is predicted to consume half of the 600,000 gsf across its eight campuses
250-seat auditorium, café, gallery energy used when the building closed by year 2014. Recognizing the
space, fitness center and green roof. to the public in 2004. Sustainable environmental impacts associated
Targeting LEED Platinum and Net- Design. with such phenomenal growth,
Zero Energy. Project Manager and the Sustainable Design Guidelines
Sustainable Design. Clemson University Sandhill instilled a stronger environmental
Research and Education Center, ethic in the planning process and
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Philip Pontiac, South Carolina capital improvement program and
Merrill Environmental Center, created technical guidelines for future
Annapolis, Maryland 20,000 sf multi-purpose facility to campus growth. Sustainable Design.
foster collaborative research and
Heralded as the greenest building of learning. The Sandhill Research and Clemson University Restoration
its time, the design on the 30,000 Education Center was designed as a Institute, Graduate Education
sf Merrill Center is a paradigm place of creativity and inspiration, Center, North Charleston, South
of sustainable design. The center demonstrating the benefits of Carolina
and its sophisticated systems won sustainable design in a sensitive
international acclaim as a model for ecological environment. LEED Gold. 80,000 sf waterfront facility at the
energy efficiency, high performance, Project Manager and Architect, Clemson University Restoration
and water conservation, and Sustainable Design. Institute in North Charleston,
continues to educate and inspire South Carolina. The building
people, including hundreds of University of Pennsylvania Neural will support undergraduate and
businesses, organizations, and and Behavioral Sciences Building graduate education activities for
government agencies. The Merrill Phase I Study, Philadelphia, proposed programs in renewable
Center was the first LEED Platinum Pennsylvania energy and composite materials.
certified project in the world, leading The facility will include offices,
to the widespread adoption of the Provided integrated master planning classrooms, conference rooms, a
LEED rating system and sustainable and programming services and for 250-seat auditorium, café, gallery
design. The Center was the recipient the adjacent laboratory, teaching, space, fitness center and green roof.
of the 2001 AIA COTE Top Ten office, and support spaces to be used Targeting LEED Platinum and Net-
Green Building Award. The two- by the Departments of Biology and Zero Energy. Project Manager and
story building utilizes innovative site, Psychology in the Goddard, Leidy, Sustainable Design.
materials and systems strategies to rest and Lynch Laboratories. Creating
lightly on the land. Project Architect. a new gateway building at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Philip
southwestern edge of the University’s Merrill Environmental Center,
Smithsonian Institution, Arts & campus. The project is targeting Annapolis, Maryland
Industries Building Revitalization LEED certification with a target of
Sustainable Planning, Gold standard. Sustainable Design. Heralded as the greenest building of
Washington, DC its time, the design on the 30,000
White House Visitor Center, sf Merrill Center is a paradigm
The SmithGroupJJR team conducted Washington, DC of sustainable design. The center
sustainable design studies as part and its sophisticated systems won
of a revitalization plan for the Architecture and engineering design international acclaim as a model for
Smithsonian Institution’s Arts & for exhibit spaces with services to energy efficiency, high performance,

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Gregory A. Mella, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB
Principal-in-Charge and Designer

and water conservation, and Clemson University Sandhill University of Connecticut
continues to educate and inspire Research and Education Center, Sustainable Design Guidelines,
people, including hundreds of Pontiac, South Carolina Storrs, Connecticut
businesses, organizations, and
government agencies. The Merrill 20,000 sf multi-purpose facility to The University of Connecticut
Center was the first LEED Platinum foster collaborative research and embarked on a $1.3 billion facility
certified project in the world, leading learning. The Sandhill Research and improvement investment (UConn
to the widespread adoption of the Education Center was designed as a 21) to add over 1.2 million gsf in
LEED rating system and sustainable place of creativity and inspiration, new construction and renovate over
design. The Center was the recipient demonstrating the benefits of 600,000 gsf across its eight campuses
of the 2001 AIA COTE Top Ten sustainable design in a sensitive by year 2014. Recognizing the
Green Building Award. The two- ecological environment. LEED Gold. environmental impacts associated
story building utilizes innovative site, Project Manager and Architect, with such phenomenal growth,
materials and systems strategies to rest Sustainable Design. the Sustainable Design Guidelines
lightly on the land. Project Architect. instilled a stronger environmental
University of Pennsylvania Neural ethic in the planning process and
Smithsonian Institution, Arts & and Behavioral Sciences Building capital improvement program and
Industries Building Revitalization Phase I Study, Philadelphia, created technical guidelines for future
Sustainable Planning, Pennsylvania campus growth. Sustainable Design.
Washington, DC
Provided integrated master planning Dan Ryan Woods Environmental
The SmithGroupJJR team conducted and programming services and for Education Center, Chicago, Illinois
sustainable design studies as part the adjacent laboratory, teaching,
of a revitalization plan for the office, and support spaces to be used Design of a new 15,0000+ nsf
Smithsonian Institution’s Arts & by the Departments of Biology and exhibit/education Nature Center and
Industries Building, a National Psychology in the Goddard, Leidy, surrounding forest preserve, sited
Historic Landmark on the National and Lynch Laboratories. Creating within Chicago’s urban park system
Mall. The team investigated a new gateway building at the that will focus primarily on the great
the sustainable potential of the southwestern edge of the University’s geologic history, native ecosystems
revitalization of this American icon campus. The project is targeting and human interaction within the
by embracing the museum’s original LEED certification with a target of Chicago region and northeastern
passive design attributes while Gold standard. Sustainable Design. Illinois. Targeting LEED Platinum.
incorporating new technologies in Sustainable Design.
keeping with the museum’s historic White House Visitor Center,
character. This planning work has Washington, DC Environmental Education Center,
led to multiple renovation projects Indian Springs, Michigan
while maintaining the historic Architecture and engineering design
integrity of the existing building. for exhibit spaces with services to Educational center for the Huron-
When completed, the new museum restore the White House Visitor Clinton park system. The 18,000
is predicted to consume half of the Center at historic Baldrige Hall. sf structure acting as the threshold
energy used when the building closed Project is approximately 16,000 sf. between our everyday view of the
to the public in 2004. Sustainable LEED Silver. Sustainable Design. world and the rich and diverse worlds
Design. within wetlands and natural habitat.
The project was evaluated against
LEED criteria during the design
process and used as a benchmark for
obtaining the goals of sustainability.
Sustainable Design.

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Publications “Living Building Challenge Energy “Ecological Literacy in Architectural
and Water Documentation Now Education, Profiles on University of
“SmithGroupJJR’s Brock Satisfies LEED Requirements,” Tennessee, University of Virginia, and
Environmental Center converts rain Architectural Record, April 13, 2015 Kansas State University.” AIA COTE,
into drinkable water,” Building Design 2005
+ Construction, June 2016 “LEED Offers Living Building
Challenge Alignment,” Building “Greening UConn: Implementing
“Brock Environmental Center Green.Com, April 13, 2015 the University’s Sustainability Vision,”
Vindicates Onsite Wind Generation,” (co-authored with Richard Miller
Building Green, June 2016 “Resilient Design Roundtable,” Metal and R. Umashankar), Greening of
Architecture, February 2, 2015 the Campus Conference Proceedings,
“Lessons from a Living Building: 2005
The Brock Environmental Center,” “How to Succeed With the Living
Architect Magazine, June 2016 Building Challenge: 12 Teams Share Presentations
Tips,” Environmental Building News,
“The Case of the Missing Energy January 5, 2015 “Brock Year One: Candid Lessons
Model,” Architect Magazine, May, from Living at Net-Zero,”
2016 “The Environmental Impact of a Greenbuild International Conference,
Tree,” Inform Magazine, 2013 No. 3 with Mary Tod Winchester and
“Brock Environmental Center: Hyojin Kim, October 6, 2016
Strong Through the Storm,” High “In Search of Transformation:
Performance Buildings Magazine, by Merging Sustainability and Resilience “Brock Year One: Candid Lessons
Brian Coffield, P.E., Sara Lappano, for the Brock Environmental Center,” from Operating at Net-Positive
P.E. and Greg Mella, FAIA Trim Tab, Winter 2013 Energy and Net-Zero Water,”
DesignDC Conference, with Mary
“It’s Time to Put Buildings on a “Normandy American Cemetery Tod Winchester, August 24, 2016
Diet,” FastCo Design, May 2016 Visitor Center,” (co-authored with
David Greenbaum, Elsa Santoyo, and “Materials Selection and Lessons
“2030 Culture: Six Selfish Reasons to Bettina Neudert-Brown), Sustainable Learned from Living Building Project
Commit,” BuildingGreen, April 2016 Museums: Strategies for the 21st Teams,” AIA National Convention,
Century, 2011 with Amanda Sturgeon, and David
“Progress on 2030 Goals, Ten Years Briefel, May 19, 2016
Later,” BuildingGreen, April 2016 “Establishing GHG Emissions And
Water Use Reduction Goals Through “Building Energy Literacy: The
“What It Takes to Become a Living Campus Planning,” (co-authored 2030 Commitment’s Transformation
Building: Zero Energy, Zero Water, with Jeffrey Kadan), Greening of the of Firm Culture,” AIA National
and Zero Waste,” The Energy Fix blog, Campus Conference Proceedings, Conference, with Heather Holdridge,
April 2016 2009 Gwen Fuertes, and Andrea Love,
May 2016
“One of the World’s Greenest “Revisiting the Chesapeake
Buildings 14 Feet Above Sea Level Bay Foundation’s Philip Merrill “AIA Commitment Open Forum,”
Prepares for Climate Change,” Environmental Center,” (co-authored AIA National Conference, with
Inhabitat, April 2016 with Cindy Cogil), EcoStructure Andrea Love, May 2016
Magazine, 2007
“2030 Culture: Six Selfish Reasons to “Rainwater Collection for All
Commit,” BuildingGreen, April 2016 “IEQ and Energy: Connecting the Buildings: Design, Practice, Permits,”
Dots.” Contract Magazine, January AIA National Conference, May 2016
“Progress on 2030 Goals, Ten Years 2006
Later,” BuildingGreen, April 2016 “Brock Year One: Candid Lessons
“Green Office Building: A Practical from Net-Zero Energy and Water,”
“Living Future Group Pushes Toward Guide to Development.” Chapter Living Future unConference, with
Net-Positive Energy and Water Reviewer/Editor, ULI, 2005 Mary Tod Winchester and Chris
Systems,” Engineering-News Record, Gorri, May 13, 2016
March 2016

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Gregory A. Mella, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB
Principal-in-Charge and Designer

“Sonoran Collaborative: Brock “Lessons Learned on Achieving AIA Webinar, “AIA 2030
Environmental Center,” International Net-Zero Water and Energy Commitment 2011 Reporting Tool
Living Future Institute, March 2016 (Brock Center), Living Future Update,” 2011
unConference, April 1, 2015
“Closing the Loop: Policy Approaches AIA Podcast, “The 2030
to Net Positive Water,” Net Positive National Building Museum: The Commitment,” 2010
Energy + Water Conference, with Environmental Film Festival in the
Mary Tod Winchester, Kathleen Nation’s Capital, March 23, 2015 Chinese Delegation – Low Carbon
Smith, and Justin Stenkamp, Economy and Sustainable Urban
February 19, 2016 “The Process Behind Net Zero Development Summit, “Designing
Energy Buildings,” Getting to Zero Net-Zero Energy Buildings,”
“Building for Climate Resilience: National Conference, February 1, Washington, DC, 2010
Adaptations and Strategies,” USGBC 2015
NCR’s Voices on Resilience, October GreenBuild 2010, “AIA 2030
22, 2015 Tour of the Brock Environmental Commitment: Real Firms Meeting
Center, Hampton Roads Green the Real Challenge of Climate
“Water Workshop,” International Building Council, January 2015 Change,” Chicago, Illinois, 2010
Living Future Institute, November
17, 2015 “Net Zero: What’s New and AIA DesignDC, “Revitalizing an
What Works, Modern Trade Historic Landmark: The Greening of
“Innovation & Discovery: LEED in Communications Webinar, the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries
Research & Development (Featuring December 18, 2014 Building,” Washington, DC, 2010
CBF Brock),” Greenbuild 2015 Tour,
November 16, 2015 “A Tale of Two Centers: Applying National Capital Chapter of
Lessons Learned to New Design,” ASHRAE, “Calculating Carbon,”
“Turning the Tide, Saving the GreenBuild, October 2014 Washington, DC, 2009
Chesapeake Bay: Episode #15,
Elevating Possibilities,” Chesapeake “The CBF Brock Center and GreenBuild 2009, “The AIA 2030
Bay Foundation Podcast, October 13, the Living Building Challenge,” Commitment,” Phoenix, Arizona,
2015 Hampton Road Green Building 2009
Council, June & August 2014
“Collecting Rainwater - Integrated EcoBuild America, “The 2009
System Design For All Buildings,” “The Brock Center: Sustainable Committee on the Environment Top
with Celeste Novak and Eddie Van Design and the Chesapeake Bay Ten Green Projects,” Washington,
Giesen, AIA Convention, Atlanta, Foundation 14 Years Later,” Design DC, 2009
Georgia, May 16, 2015 DC 2013, September 26, 2013
Solar Decathlon, “Net Zero Energy
“The Good, the Bad, and the EUI “AIA 2030 Commitment: Measuring Buildings,” Panel Discussion with
(Energy Use Intensity),” with Karen Industry Progress Towards 2030,” ASHRAE and USGBC, Washington,
Butler, EPA Energy Star, AIA AIA National Convention, DC, 2009
Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, May Washington, DC, 2012
14, 2015 Smithsonian Institute Sustainability
DC AIA + 2030 Series, “The Power Committee Meeting, “Calculating
of Targets + Load Reduction,” Carbon,” Washington, DC, 2009
Washington, DC, 2012

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Moderator, “COTE Top Ten Jury Urban Land Institute
Panel,” Washington, DC, 2009 Environmentally Sensitive
Development Conference,
AIA Wyoming “Inspired” “Sustainable Design: Materials and
Conference, “Philip Merrill Construction,” Washington, DC,
Environmental Center: Case Study 2004
& Lessons Learned,” Jackson Hole,
Wyoming, 2008 Smithsonian Lemelson Center, “CBF
Merrill Center: Inventing for the
Juror. International competition Environment,” Washington, DC,
for the Masdar Building HQ/The 2003
Centerpiece of the World’s First
Carbon Neutral City, Abu Dhabi, Tradeline’s 21st Annual Research
2008 Lab Planning Conference, “LEED
Certification for Lab Buildings,”
National Building Museum, “The Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2003
2008 COTE Top Ten,” Washington,
DC, 2008

EcoBuild America, “Sustainable
Solutions: the 2007 COTE Top Ten
Green Projects,” Washington, DC,
2007

Labs21 Annual Conference,
“Applying Sustainable Approaches
to Laboratory Design – Lessons
Learned,” San Antonio, Texas, 2006

Conference co-chair. The
Architecture of Sustainability, AIA
Committee on Design Spring
Conference, May 2006

Rebuild America Mid-Atlantic
Regional Conference, “The Philip
Merrill Environmental Center: From
Design to Operation,” Washington,
DC, 2005

“Building Green: Demonstrating the
Value of Sustainability in Business.”
Business and Environmental
Sustainability Conference, April 2005

“The Implications of LEED.” State of
Wisconsin Great Plains Conference,
Madison, Wisconsin, 2004

American Society of Interior
Designers Anchorage Chapter,
“CBF Merrill Center: Case Studies
in Platinum Design,” Anchorage,
Alaska, 2004

November 3, 2016 U.S. Coast Guard Academy / Maritime Center of Excellence 25

Bill Brose, PE

Principal Waterfront Engineer

SmithGroupJJR Vice President and Waterfront Engineer, Bill has 25 years of experience
providing technical and thought leadership on complex waterfront projects. His
involvement begins at the conceptual design level and follows through to construction
completion. Bill is experienced in technical feasibility studies, client and public
participation workshops, data acquisition and analysis, underwater data gathering and
inspections, construction materials investigations, waterfront design and construction
engineering, infrastructure design, and construction plan and specification preparation.

Bill also offers proven expertise in permitting and working with regulatory agencies,
exploring potential funding sources, client coordination, and public involvement. Bill is a co-author of the update
for the ASCE Manual of Engineering Practice 50, Planning and Design Guidelines for Small Craft Harbors. He is a
lecturer at the University of Wisconsin on marina design and shoreline protection engineering. He was awarded the
Distinguished Lecturer Award by the University of Wisconsin for his instructions in the areas of harbor design and
engineering.

Education Milwaukee Pier Wisconsin, development for Phase 1. Principal
Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Waterfront Engineer.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984
Post Graduate Studies-Coastal Engineer- Maritime basin, transient dockage, Northwestern University Athletic
ing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, excursion boat facility, and exhibition Facility - Coastal Engineering,
1988-89 dockage for the 60,000 sf Discovery Evanston, Illinois
Registrations World Museum and Great Lakes
Professional Engineer: Aquatarium at Pier Wisconsin, an Design of a wave protection and
Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, award-winning education facility and beach stabilization system to protect
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hawaii, Colorado, tourist attraction on Milwaukee’s an expanded athletic facility. Design
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arizona, South downtown lakefront. Principal-in- verification included physical model
Dakota, Idaho Charge. testing of alternative seawall designs
Professional Affiliations including straight and recurved
American Society of Civil Engineers Ayia Napa Marina Development, seawalls and revetted berms.
Clean Marinas Program Advisor Ayia Napa, Cyprus Principal-in-Charge.
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Program Advisor Master planning and design of a University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 slip marina and waterfront Union Pier and Shoreline, Madison,
26 w w w . s m i t h g r o u p j j r . c o m resort village, including the design Wisconsin
of an yacht harbor and protective
breakwater, artificial recreational Restoration and re-design the failing
pocket beaches, a cascading water stone shoreline along the Memorial
re-aeration system for water Union terrace that included design,
quality, residential villas, high rise engineering, and implementation
condominiums, and a commercial of a new transient marina for area
core for year round economic boaters. The new pier accommodates
generators. Coastal Engineer. both a fixed pier and floating dockage
for transient boats and paddlecraft.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Coastal Engineer.
Alumni Park, Madison, Wisconsin
Waukegan Marina Redesign,
Plans for the new two acre park that Waukegan, Illinois
will feature multi-media displays,
sculptural water features, Lake 800-slip marina renovation and
Mendota overlooks, and ample open dock replacement program. Project
space and outdoor seating. Project included condition assessments
includes concept design and design of marina and facilities, permit
acquisition, and redesign of the entire

Concordia University Wisconsin Algoma Harbor, Algoma, Wisconsin Atwater Park Master Plan, Oak
Master Plan Update, Mequon, Creek, Wisconsin
Wisconsin SmithGroupJJR worked with the
City of Algoma to reimagine their Community-based process developed
Master planning, design, and prime lakefront property and develop a cohesive vision to guide design and
engineering that has improved and a waterfront and harbor master plan. implementation of bluff and shoreline
enhanced the university’s lakefront Improvements will help establish improvements to the park. Plan
property. The plans included Algoma as a key tourist destination, included recommendations include
implementing a massive shoreline create new redevelopment active recreational use, improving
erosion and slope stabilization opportunities along the waterfront, connectivity between the upper
effort for 2,700 feet of Lake and reconnect the community to terrace and the beach, promoting safe
Michigan shoreline. The project their valuable lakefront amenity. use of the park, and enhancing use of
also included the development Quality Assurance. the park for community education.
of coastal and perched wetlands, Principal-in-Charge.
environmental habitat enhancement Andalusia Marina Redevelopment
areas, recreational waterfront Master Plan NB/LS, Andalusia, Bayfield Apostle Islands Marina
improvements, and restoration of the Illinois Improvements, Bayfield, Wisconsin
bluff with native vegetation. The new
shoreline, beaches, and trails are fully Assisted the community in Planning and construction services
accessible to the public, and provide developing a design program for for a full-service marina facility for a
the university with an outdoor redeveloping the municipality’s waterfront residential community on
learning laboratory for environmental existing marina. The program was Lake Superior. Principal-in-Charge.
science programs. Principal-in- then used to create alternative
Charge. concepts leading to a preferred Bender Park Harbor and Shoreline
conceptual Marina Master Plan. Stabilization, Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Fisherman’s Cove Working Water- Principal-in-Charge.
front, Bellingham, Washington Environmental and sedimentation
Ashland Kiyi Research Vessel Dock- studies for the development of a
Development of a protected age, Ashland, Wisconsin 302-acre parcel of land along 6,000
commercial port and harbor design feet of Lake Michigan shoreline that
including a dry-stack storage New dockage facility for the USGS included an abandoned orchard,
building, boat repair and upland Research Vessel “Kiyi” to more isolated wetlands and woods, and
support facilities. The plan includes effectively support its Great Lakes a severely eroding 100-foot high
improvements to the adjacent ferry research efforts. Design included bluff. Phase 1 stabilized the bluff and
dock which allows the Nation’s a pile supported bulkhead wall, protected the shoreline from further
fleet access to their shoreline while perimeter enclosure fencing, a secure erosion. Phase 2 included a small
preserving ferry operations to Lummi parking and work yard, and a storage boat basin, dockage, launch ramp,
Island. The design effort included area. Principal-in-Charge. promenade, overlook structure, park
physical modeling of the floating building, parking, roads, landscaping,
wave attenuator design and field Ashland Marina Feasibility Study, and lighting. Principal-in-Charge.
collection of winds and waves to Ashland, Wisconsin
develop the design criteria. Principal Blue Island Riverfront Plan, Blue
Waterfront Engineer. Comprehensive study of the existing Island, Illinois
layout and structure of the marina
Amador Marina Master Plan, and developed a long-range vision Blue Island Waterfront Master Plan
Panama City, Panama for the redevelopment of the Ashland was developed as part of the plans
waterfront. Conducted a feasibility to transition the Cal-Sag Channel
Marina master plan designs to study of the Ashland Marina to from a sanitary channel with limited
accommodate a range of vessels, identify any necessary repairs and public access into an attractive
including boats that range in size improvements to maintain the waterfront amenity and includes
from 40 to 80 feet, mega yachts that marina for continued operation. recommendations and opportunities
range in size between 90 and 280 The study addressed bulkhead to redevelop the area with recreational
feet, and two cruise ship terminals stability, ice damage management, resources and activities, restore native
for vessels up to 1,000 feet in length. dredging, safety and protection, and wildlife habitat, and provide revenue
The preferred marina master plan marina development and expansion. generating opportunities for local
alternative includes 370 wet berths Principal-in-Charge. and regional stakeholders. Principal
for the 40 to 80 foot vessel range, Waterfront Engineer.
56 mega-yacht wet berths, and two
cruise ship berths. Quality Assurance.

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Bill Brose, PE
Principal Waterfront Engineer

Cameron Waterfront Master Plan, Clarksville Liberty Park and Marina, Clinton Marina, Clinton, Iowa
Cameron, Louisiana Clarksville, Tennessee
Final design and construction
Master plan study to identify key Feasibility studies, master planning, documents for a marina services
potential redevelopment sites that engineering, and construction building, new boat launch ramp,
provide strong linkages to public services for the development of a vehicle parking, on-site winter
lands, the Gulf oil industry, and new marina on the Cumberland boat storage, public walkways,
the city’s waterfront. This plan aims River. Through this process the and riverbank stabilization.
to stimulate Cameron’s economy project became part of a larger vision SmithGroupJJR led and managed the
and encourage the repopulation of for riverfront development and consultant team. Principal-in-Charge.
the city. Project included restoring improvements, including a complete
the natural biodiversity of the area, renovation of newly renamed Chicago Lakefront Harbor Master
and improving local employment Liberty Park, extension of the City’s Plan, Chicago, Illinois
opportunities. Principal Waterfront riverwalk system, and creation of
Engineer. a new destination public space, An assessment of the existing Chicago
event facilities, and environmental harbor system (said to be North
Cedar Rapids RiverRun Vision Plan, education opportunities. Principal-in- America’s largest municipally-owned
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Charge. system); identification of new harbor
development opportunities and
Redevelopment of 300 acres of Cleveland Lakefront Master Plan, potential improvements to existing
land that contains two brownfield Cleveland, Ohio harbors; and performance of market
sites, the Czech Village commercial analysis and project pro formas for
corridor, the Cedar River, and the Master planning for a waterfront proposed new harbor projects that
City landfill and compost facility. As that enhances the City as a great could soon go into detailed design
a strategic redevelopment plan, this urban center. Key principles and engineering with an eye towards
study provided a basis for informed included: public access for the entire opening before the end of this
decision-making by elected officials lakefront; enhancement of the decade. Involved significant public
and the general public regarding lakefront to attract visitors, economic involvement to ensure a balance
the economic redevelopment of the development and downtown between harbor users, the host parks,
project area, the revitalization of area residential living; design to improve and broader community interests.
neighborhoods, and the future use of and sustain the lakefront’s natural Principal-in-Charge.
the landfill site. Principal Waterfront beauty and ecology; and authentic
Engineer. creation of place celebrating Frankfort Riverfront Development
Cleveland’s spirit, history, and Plan, Frankfort, Kentucky
Chatfield Marina Site Assessment, culture. Waterfront Engineer.
Littleton, Colorado Riverfront redevelopment plan that
Duncan L. Clinch Marina, Traverse to reconnect the city to its river
Analysis of the impact of the City, Michigan and help encourage new river-
increased and fluctuating water centered economic development.
levels on the marina and nearby park Planning, design and engineering SmithGroupJJR led an interactive,
facilities, and developed like-kind services to upgrade marina facilities community-wide charrette process
replacement of existing recreational that provide state-of-the-art marina focused on the riverfront’s primary
amenities. SmithGroupJJR developed amenities and services, and safe redevelopment opportunities.
plans for the new marina and park refuge from storms in Grand Traverse Principal Waterfront Engineer.
facilities and the resulting vision Bay. Principal-in-Charge.
will be integrated into the current
environmental review and permit
review processes. Principal Waterfront
Engineer.

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Grant Park Beach Redevelopment, Wisconsin and numerous citizens through downtown Oshkosh.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and organizations. Principal Coastal The guidelines set parameters for
Engineer.. location, type, quantity, design
Planning, design, and engineering character, and materials of proposed
for the redevelopment of Grant Park Milwaukee Lakeshore State Park riverwalk, seawall, and dockage
Beach on Lake Michigan. Includes Master Plan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin improvements. SmithGroupJJR was
passive and recreational facilities, new retained to provide final design and
parking areas, decorative wall design Planning, design, modeling, coastal implementation for Phase 1 riverwalk
to prevent sand migration, and a new and civil engineering, permitting and improvements. Role.
park pavilion. Principal Waterfront construction administration for this
Engineer. 17-acre man-made island and State Paducah Riverfront Redevelopment
Park. Site elements include a large Plan, Paducah, Kentucky
La Crosse Levee Rehabilitation and and small watercraft basin, transient
Vessel Landing Area, La Crosse, boat dockage, small boat beach, The redevelopment plan for the
Wisconsin fishing access, interpretive features, downtown riverfront includes
naturalistic open space, bioengineered recommendations for new riverfront
Shoreline enhancements necessary shoreline design, native landscape, commercial, residential, recreation
to accommodate the Delta Queen a signature pedestrian bridge, and and open space development, as well
Steamboat Company’s majestic over one mile of accessible pathways. as adjacent mixed-use and residential
vessels. The improvements at Principal-in-Charge. redevelopment to strengthen
Riverside Park involved construction downtown commerce and take
of a riverboat landing dock, floating Muscatine Riverfront, Muscatine, advantage of the improved riverfront
dock system for recreational water Iowa connections and amenities. The
craft, mooring bollards, pedestrian team is also providing final design
access promenade and ADA New downtown riverfront plan and engineering for the first phase,
accessibility improvements. The reinforces linkages between the which includes a new riverfront park,
project was completed in 2000 and river and adjacent neighborhoods, excursion dock, marina and boat
the Steamboat company now includes promotes public access to the launch facilities. Principal Waterfront
La Crosse as a major destination riverfront, provides enhanced facilities Engineer.
stop on many of its riverboat cruises. and attractions for visitor and local
Coastal Engineer. boaters, and promotes continuity Port Washington Marina and
with the existing pedestrian and bike Harborwalk Expansion, Port
Marquette Harbor Master Plan, trail systems. These design plans were Washington, Wisconsin
Marquette, Michigan developed through final construction
documents and implemented through Developed plans and specifications
Redevelopment of an aging marina, Phase One. Principal Waterfront for the 24-slip expansion of
reuse of historically significant ore Engineer. the existing municipal marina.
docks and remnant piles, shoreline Also designed the connecting
enhancement, linkages between the North Coast Harbor Marina, public walkway connecting the
downtown and the lakefront, as Cleveland, Ohio existing Rotary Park to adjacent
well as a trail system that connects developments. Coastal Engineer.
the existing and proposed open Design, engineering, construction Sand Island Ocean Recreation Park,
space system. Principal Waterfront administration and implementation Honolulu, Hawaii
Engineer. of a new 53-slip transient marina, as
well as a marina amenities building Provided planning, design and
Milwaukee Lakefront Development with restrooms, showers, and technical expertise to help create
Master Plan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin laundry facilities. Improvements a comprehensive, implementable
within the harbor will accommodate vision. Current plans for the Ocean
The Milwaukee Lakefront boats ranging from 30-80 feet, and Recreation Park call for a 400 – 500
Development Plan was the result provides water and electrical service slip marina to be developed as part
of extensive coordination of ideas to the docks. Quality Assurance. of a public/private partnership,
expressed by a broad cross-section improved public amenities and
of public and private organizations. Oshkosh Fox River Corridor River- access that will include a new boat
Stakeholders included the Wisconsin walk Plan and Design Guidelines, launch, fishing pier, outrigger canoe
Department of Natural Resources, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Division of State
Facilities (DSF), Army Corps of Design guidelines for over one
Engineers, Port of Milwaukee, City mile of the Fox River corridor
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee World
Festivals, Historic Third Ward, Pier

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Bill Brose, PE
Principal Waterfront Engineer

and kayak beaches, picnic areas and utility infrastructure, parking, and park
administrative offices. Principal-in- trails and landscape design. Principal-
Charge. in-Charge.

Silver Bay Marina Harbor of Refuge Washburn Marina Improvements
Feasibility Study, Silver Bay, Min- Plan, Washburn, Wisconsin
nesota
Design and engineering study for
Plans and specifications for the the Washburn Marina that includes
construction of the Silver Bay recommendations for marina
Harbor of Refuge including plan enhancements, beach improvements
development workshops with the with public amenities, fish cleaning
client, hydrographic and topographic and boat wash-down facilities
surveys, environmental assessment, near the public boat launch.
hydraulic modeling, and geotechnical SmithGroupJJR also prepared several
investigation. The new harbor will successful grant applications for the
accommodate approximately 160 City of Washburn that have helped
slips and parking for over 160 private fund the project planning and
vehicles and 60 car/trailers is provided. implementation. Principal-in-Charge.
Principal-in-Charge.
Waukegan Marina Redesign,
Townline Park Boat Launch Facility Waukegan, Illinois
Improvements, North Perry, Ohio
800-slip marina renovation and
Design and permitting of shoreline dock replacement program. Project
improvements, including detached included condition assessments
breakwaters, boat ramps, parking of marina and facilities, permit
lot and floating docks. Principal-in- acquisition, and redesign of the entire
Charge. marina, transforming the facility from
a fixed dock to an ADA-compliant
Two Harbors Marina and Water- floating dock system. Work also
front Park, Two Harbors, Minnesota included basin reconfiguration and
plans and specifications for marina
Design for the Small Craft Harbor reconstruction. Principal-in-Charge.
and Marina located on Lake Superior
adjacent to a decommissioned Wilmette Harbor Assessment,
industrial-scale coal dock. Project Wilmette, Illinois
concepts included creatively
rehabilitating the coal dock for Condition assessment of existing
recreational uses, including mooring for marina facility including shoreline
tall ships, cruise vessels, or private mega and breakwater condition, dockage
yachts. Provided structural and civil condition, and support infrastructure,
engineering, landscape architecture, including repair/replacement cost
and project management for the new estimates. Principal Waterfront
harbor and marina basin, as well as Engineer.
landside services, including site work,
marina operations facilities, and public

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Experience

Ayia Napa Events Center

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Brock Environmental Center

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Size The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) newest environmental center houses
their expanding Hampton Roads’ ecological education, advocacy, restoration
13,400 gsf and community programs. Preserving the last undeveloped parcel at Pleasure
House Point, the design and its 122-acre site showcase technologies that
Construction Cost contribute to its net-positive energy goal while simultaneously expressing the
spirit of the unique site. The coastal site falls within the 100 year flood plain
$5.4 million and is subject to frequent hurricanes and storm surges. Resiliency principles
(excluding site work) informed the design, siting the building 200 feet from the shore atop 14
feet pylons to mitigate risks posed by sea-level rise and flooding. The curved
Completion Date building form responds to the nearby shoreline, maximizes daylight, and
embraces passive solar principles.
2014
The 10,500 sf facility includes offices for CBF staff and their partners, an 80-
seat multi-purpose room, meeting rooms, and exhibit display areas. Outdoor
spaces, including expansive decks overlooking the shore, a 100’ work boat pier
with floating dock, and a prominent outdoor classroom that hosts thousands
of K-12 students each year, allow for a reduction in built area and connect
occupants to the site.

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Prominent, curving roofs recall forms of the site’s wind-swept
live oaks, the wings of a gull, and the protective shell of an
oyster, while also enabling rainwater collection. The material
palette integrates the colors and textures of the setting; zinc
shingles recall marine life, cypress cladding accentuates the
site’s natural vegetation and horizontality, and bright metals
evoke the glistening waters of the Bay. The Center is truly
net-zero water, the first in the US to receive a commercial
permit for drinking rainwater treated to federal standards.
Daylight simulation tools guided the design, resulting in
a 97% reduction in lighting energy. The long floor plate is
interrupted by a “dog trot”, an open-air pass-through and
historically significant vernacular typology. The building
form is optimized for natural ventilation and carries breezes
throughout the interior, reducing horizontal stratification.
During the center’s first operating year, its two wind turbines
and 45 kW photovoltaic array produced 83% more energy
than the center consumed. A model for true sustainability,
transcending LEED Platinum, the Center is the first in
the region to earn Living Building certification, achieving
net-zero energy, water, and waste.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Merrill Environmental Center

Annapolis, Maryland

Size In designing a new headquarters for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation,
32,000 sf the largest nonprofit regional environmental organization in the US,
SmithGroupJJR created an icon for sustainability. Heralded as the greenest
Construction Cost building of its time, the Merrill Center is a paradigm of not only sustainable
$7.2 million design, but also architecture, having been named one of 52 game-changing
buildings from the past 170 years. The Merrill Center was the first LEED
Completion Date Platinum certified project in the world, and the recipient of the 2001
2000 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Building Award; the 2001 Business Week /
Architectural Record Award; and the 2007 Livable Building Award.
LEED Certification
LEED Platinum The 30,000 sf Headquarters was designed to support and explicitly assert
the principles of CBF’s mission—collaboration in achieving a sustainable
“The Merrill Center relationship with the Chesapeake Bay, and the site—33 acres of undisturbed
has been a major woodlands, wetlands, meadows and beaches. Project goals including creating
recruitment tool and architecture that teaches and inspires, fostering a love of the environment
a magnet for the for all those who experience the Center. It has been visited by thousands of
audiences whose people, from the general public, schools, architects, developers, engineers,
building projects we planners, governments, etc., all to see firsthand that green buildings work.
want to influence.” More than merely a workplace, the center includes extensive exhibits so visitors
leave with an increased understanding of how green buildings help to save
Will Baker, Chesapeake Bay the bay. Each year 2,400 students come to learn the ecological principles of
Foundation CEO bay saving, and how environmental design can thoughtfully be integrated
into those principles. This educational opportunity is facilitated by our
design which expresses sustainable technology as a teaching tool. Rather
than burying rainwater harvesting cisterns, the three large wood tanks are
prominently incorporated into the entrance façade tangibly demonstrating
the significance of water quality and communicating this is a building of
alternative technologies.

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Clemson University Restoration Institute
Zucker Family Graduate Education Center

North Charleston, South Carolina

Size The Zucker Family Graduate Education Center (GEC) meets a broad range
50,000 sf of educational, partnering, and outreach needs, serving as the cornerstone for
the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI). CURI’s mission is to
Construction Cost advance knowledge in integrative approaches to the restoration of historic,
$17 million ecological, and urban infrastructure resources and drive economic growth.
CURI’s site in North Charleston occupies a portion of the former naval base,
Completion Date and is surrounded by a thriving shipyard. The design takes inspiration in its
2016 unique setting and cultural heritage, creating an identity that embraces its
industrial and maritime heritage. The form and exposed structure recall its
LEED Certification shipyard context, characterized by simplicity and repetition.
Targeting LEED
Gold Situated in the flood plain on the west bank of the Cooper River, coastal
considerations influenced the design. The structure sits elevated above storm
surge predictions, with parking below so as to both preserve the structure
and also not interfere with the flooding path of the surge, avoiding injury
to adjacent properties and facilities. The design anticipated structural wind
loading unique to coastal environments and addressed higher design pressures
to ensure critical elements, like exterior windows, can withstand hurricanes
and wind-born debris.

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Referencing the shipyard warehouse structures, the interior is open and modular, with flexible interiors that support a
variety of functions. The GEC includes flexible classrooms that support a broad range instructional modes, including
lectures, demonstrations, testing and team-based or active learning. Two classrooms are separated by a movable
partition allowing them to be combined into one, while another movable partition allows both classrooms to open to
the adjacent lobby, which houses a variety of interpretive exhibits and a small cafe. The lobby itself opens to a large
deck, elevated above the flood plain, overlooking the dynamic Cooper River. The open and reconfigurable interior
allows the building to accommodate a variety of events. Other teaching spaces inside include a “situational Intelligence
Laboratory”—a simulated electrical grid/utility control room and associated high-performance computing facility;
faculty offices, and variety of study, work and social spaces for graduate students; meeting space for use both by
the CURI community and industry partners; and outdoor spaces including porches and a vegetated roof deck for
education, interpretive exhibits, and hosting events.

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Indian Springs Metropark
Environmental Education Center

White Lake, Michigan

Size The Environmental Discovery Center at Indian Springs Metropark is the
20,000 sf point of arrival for education groups and interested visitors to the restored
Construction Cost wetlands and ecosystems of the Metropark, with the 18,000 sf structure
$7,200,000 acting as the threshold between our everyday view of the world and the rich
Completion Date and diverse worlds within wetlands and natural habitat. Conceptually the
2004 Center is about revealing this knowledge of nature’s wetlands - a knowledge
that must be sought by delving deeper both intellectually and literally into
38 w w w . s m i t h g r o u p j j r . c o m the water’s edge. Much as the educational knowledge of wetlands are revealed
from top to bottom, the building is experienced from above the water, at the
water, and ultimately under the water. To enhance the learning experience, our
design enables visitors to more closely engage with the wetlands and see for
themselves the interworkings and complexities of the wetland ecosystems.

The Main Level, or entry level of the building offers an environmental
interpretive studio on the east wing, with laboratory benches and equipment
for performing experiments using information gathered on site. The west
wing holds a multi-purpose room that seats 200 people, and can be used
for a variety of functions, from a classroom type lecture room to a corporate
retreat, to a wedding reception or a banquet. This room has two sides of
glass, and a large expansive deck adjacent to it so events can expand and
engage the outdoors. In the Environmental Hall, windows allow students
and visitors to look into the pond. The Emersion Classroom, a 20’ diameter
clear acrylic room enables visitors a rare educational experience: to explore the
wetlands from below the waterline and engage the complexities of the wetland
ecosystems. The Tunnel is a barrel vaulted walkway that allows students to pass
under the pond to a Water House Gazebo that places visitors at the far side
of the pond and ready to investigate other attributes of the site. The building
is a portal through which one can experience the site: it is a gateway to the
ecosystems and a place of gathering that opens a window on the diversity and
beauty of native ecosystems.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Anne Arundel
Hall and Maryland History Interpretive Center

St. Mary’s City, Maryland

Size The central design objectives for Anne Arundel Hall and the adjacent
33,700 sf Interpretive Center derive from the project’s unique setting and history. St.
Cost Mary’s College of Maryland cohabits historic St. Mary’s City, founded in
$27 million 1634 as the fourth permanent settlement in British North America, as well
Completion Date as Maryland’s first capital. The strong context of historic and reconstructed
2016 buildings, and a tradition of thoughtful site and landscape development,
provided the foundation for our design. The facilities include an interpretative
November 3, 2016 center, archaeology and anthropology research and conservation labs, offices,
classrooms and meeting rooms.

The project site is extremely complex; archaeological remains are prevalent and
the precinct is an important point of connection between the adjacent Historic
St. Mary’s City, the College’s historic academic core campus, and its new
north campus that now contains an equal distribution of academic functions.
The materials and forms of the design are rooted in the dichotomy between
Institutional precedents (formal, symmetrical, brick) and Domestic precedents
(simple, assymetrical, wood) found in 17th century Maryland, reinterpreted to
create a cohesive and contemporary complex. The resulting design unites the
campus, creates a threshold to the outdoor museum, provides identity without
detracting from its context, all the while preserving the site’s archaeology.

The design is pursuing a LEED Gold certification, and is projected to use 70%
less energy than a conventional building through incorporation of passive
solar design, ground-source heat pumps, and an efficient envelope and HVAC
system.

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Mystic Seaport
Program and Campus Master Plan

Mystic, Connecticut

Size Mystic Seaport – The Museum of America and the Sea – is the nation’s leading
40 acres maritime museum housing the largest collections of historic vessels and
Construction Cost maritime photography in the world. Situated on 40 acres along the banks of
$150 million the legendary Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, Mystic Seaport welcomes
Completion Date more than 400,000 visitors each year and offers educational programs for all
2004 ages and interests.

40 w w w . s m i t h g r o u p j j r . c o m The Mystic Seaport selected SmithGroupJJR to work in concert with its
trustees, staff and stakeholders to prepare a comprehensive program and
campus master plan for the museum. The shared goal of Mystic Seaport and
SmithGroup was to refresh and extend the Museum’s year-round, all-weather
appeal to cultural and educational audiences; to ensure the preservation
and exhibition and the access to the Museum’s world-renowned collections,
including several National Historic Landmark vessels; and to improve the
working environment for its staff of 300 professionals.

The study assisted Mystic Seaport in increasing attendance by turning the
museum into a year-round attraction adding indoor exhibition space and other
supporting venues. There was also a fairly intense urban design component.
SmithGroupJJR linked a number of the existing cultural resources in Mystic
including the town, the water, and the Aquarium.

U.S.S. Monitor Center
The Mariners’Museum

Newport News, Virginia

Size This project was designed to illustrate the rich history, people, discovery,
72,000 gsf recovery, and the conservation of the U.S.S. Monitor, a vessel so innovative
Construction Cost that it changed the course of naval history.
$30 million
Completion Date The building design was conceived as an evocation, to express a tangible
2005 impression of the ship and create an armature for the interpretive story. From
the lobby visitors proceed down below, seeing the evocation at eye level. The
November 3, 2016 interactive exhibits and battle theatre are below the evocation – highlighting
activities above and below the horizon or waterline. The exhibit space is
naturally illuminated by a skylight, which surrounds the evocation suggesting
water. After experiencing the exhibit space visitors travel through the
conservation tank gallery to see the actual Monitor artifacts in conservation.
The real turret is seen in scale behind the evocation as it goes through intensive
conservation.

The design makes the museum a campus with multiple buildings that relate to
the site, links exhibits and conservation, clarifies pay/no pay zones, improves
visitor flow design, creates a vista to the lake from the new structure enhancing
the relationship of the Museum to Lake Maurry and the site.

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Ayia Napa Marina

Ayia Napa, Cyprus

Size Makronisos Marina is located at a maritime crossroads in the eastern
70 acres Mediterranean, an area of Cyprus that has a long history of seafaring and
568 slip marina international commerce. SmithGroupJJR is working with the project developer
Construction Cost to create a premier resort destination centered around a 600-slip mega-yacht
$370M marina. The resort-style development will mixed-use amenities, including
Completion Date private residences, a high-rise condominium tower, community event center,
Est. 2020 retail, a working waterfront and boatyard, and luxury resort amenities.

42 w w w . s m i t h g r o u p j j r . c o m To accommodate the berthing of multiple mega yacht vessels up to 60 meters
(200 ft) in length and service and fuel the vessels, SmithGroupJJR designed a
525 ft long pile supported pier and a 190 ft floating fueling platform for the
newly designed Makronisos Harbor. The layout of the docks in the harbor
required maneuvering studies to accommodate the turning characteristics
of the mega yacht vessels to reach their slips. The maneuvering analysis
considered both assisted (lateral thrusters) and unassisted turning and berthing
maneuvers. Minimum turning radii of one boat length (L) for the largest
vessels was assumed for unassisted turns, and 65% L for assisted turns.

The pile supported pier was designed to fully accept the wind loads applied
against the largest mega yachts for a 45 knot wind speed with the pier fully
occupied. Mooring bollards spaced along the pier are designed for a 15 ton
mooring line load capacity. Shoreside power for the yachts up to 1,000 amp
at 480 volts is provided on the pier. The pier is designed for seismic zone 3
survivability, and no cross bracing is used to minimize surface area for longer
corrosion survivability. The design life of the pile system, even in a salinity
level of 38 ppm is 100 years serviceability.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Alumni Park and Waterfront Design

Madison, Wisconsin

Goodspeed Family Pier

Size SmithGroupJJR assisted the University of with One Alumni Place and the Goodspeed
3 acres Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) and the Family Pier, a 23-slip transient marina designed
Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association by SmithGroupJJR that welcomes area boaters
Construction Cost (WFAA) with a comprehensive renovation and and was completed in 2014. SmithGroupJJR
$92M transformation of their campus waterfront near worked closely with WFAA to support their highly
the historic Memorial Union. This public interface successful fundraising efforts for all these projects.
Completion Date between the campus and Lake Mendota represents
2017 a major asset for both campus life and the Madison SmithGroupJJR was able to integrate these Alumni
community, hosting large public gatherings and Association projects with its work on the redesign
events, Alumni activities, recreational boating and restoration of the adjacent Memorial Union
access, and an active sailing club. Terrace and the Wisconsin Hoofers Sailing Club.
The 1-acre terrace has long served as one of the
Over the past five years, the firm has helped city’s most treasured outdoor gathering and event
design and implement a series of high-profile spaces. The site design team worked in conjunction
waterfront projects. These include the design with the architectural renovation of the Memorial
and implementation of Alumni Park, a 2-acre Union building to provide a seamless transition
commemorative park adjacent to the Memorial between building, terrace and waterfront. The firm
Union and One Alumni Place, the new home for is currently working with the Hoofers to upgrade
the WFAA and its Alumni activities. Working with the dockage and lift/storage facilities for the sailing
the WFAA, SmithGroupJJR designed a park that club’s fleet of 90 sailboats. When construction of
celebrates the achievements of past, current, and all these projects is completed the result will be a
future UW-Madison alumni through unique art complete aesthetic and functional upgrade of the
installations and interpretative design features. The University’s iconic waterfront.
park, currently under construction, is integrated

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One Alumni Place Alumni Park Memorial
Union Terrace

Before
After

Alumni Park Wisconsin Hoofers Sailing Club
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Discovery World Museum at Pier Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Completion Date SmithGroupJJR designed the maritime basin, transient dockage, excursion
2007 boat facility, and exhibition dockage for the 60,000 sf Discovery World
Museum and Great Lakes Aquarium at Pier Wisconsin, an award-winning
Construction Cost education facility and tourist attraction on Milwaukee’s downtown lakefront.
$42 million
Work included breakwaters, accessible walkways, circulation roadways, plazas,
Awards floating access docks, permitting, and regulatory coordination. The facility
2006 Engineering Achievement Award, provides special docking accomodations for the Denis Sullivan, a recreation
WI American Society of Civil Engineers of a 19th-century Great Lakes schooner that also serves as an active research
vessel.
2006 Building Team Silver Award,
Building Design In conjunction with this project, SmithGroupJJR also provided design,
+Construction engineering, permitting and simultaneous construction coordination for
Lakeshore State Park and a new cruise ship docking facility for the Port of
Milwaukee.

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Fee Proposal

November 3, 2016 U.S. Coast Guard Academy / Maritime Center of Excellence 47
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Fee Proposal

1. Fact Finding B. Visioning, Program Verification, and Site
Analysis Meeting #1
A. Start-up
1. Meet with Building Committee:
1. Review information provided by CGA, including Articulate goals and vision
(where available): • Evaluate benchmarking opportunities
• Site survey, in CAD • Discussion of existing facilities
• Existing documentation (if available) of Pine Hall. • Key messages about the Coast Guard Heritage for
• Any existing geotechnical work in the waterfront interpretation.
area.
• As-built documentation (if available) of the exist- 2. Program Verification and Stakeholder Interviews
ing seawall and existing site-improvements. • Prepare program summary and adjacency analysis
• Local wind data (if available from a local station. using initial program and design concept
If not, we can rely on nearby wind data). • Interview key users and personnel
• 2-D (CAD) and 3-D (sketch-up) model of the
preliminary concept. 3. Understanding of Boating Operations & Equipment
needs
2. Prepare for initial meetings and site analysis • Haul-out and handling of boats – Evaluate
• Sea level rise influence and tidal range preferred approach to handling and transporting
• Floodplain – impact on facilities including access, boats
elevations, forces, storage of supplies. • Outdoor Equipment – current and future needs
• Climate analysis and potential for renewable • Upland Infrastructure (washdown, winterizing
energy systems. protocols, etc…)
• Ice implications • Stormwater Management Facilities
• Code Summary and Permit Implication Analysis
• Benchmarking Research 4. Understanding of Learning and Interpretive
• Identify preliminary physical/functional aspects of environments.
facilities • Outline space data, numeric space requirements
• Draft program narrative, qualitative issues
• Continue benchmarking evaluation with space
needs data

5. Site Analysis
• Define views, campus circulation (pedestrian
and vehicular), climate, service access, parking,
setbacks, code constraints, challenges, and op-
portunities

6. Documentation
• Program Summary and Adjacency Analysis
• Site Plan indicating Boating Operation Require-
ments including guideplates of maintenance
program requirements
• Site Analysis Summary of Findings

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2. Exploration / Alternatives 3. Concept Development

A. Concepts Exploration A. Refine Preferred Option based on Board of
Directors’ Recommendation
1. Concept Development, address:
• Program fit 1. Incorporate comments
• Identity 2. Prepare architectural, structural, and MEP narratives
• Effective function
• Site/campus issues/connections for pricing
3. Develop final concept cost estimate

2. Select preferred approaches MEETING #2 (Via Web) B. Develop Final Document, Fundraising Graphics

B. Develop Preferred Option 1. Prepare color rendering (electronic and two large sized
posters), floor plans, site plan
1. Concept Refinement
2. Provide “order-of-magnitude” cost estimating for two 2. Provide cost estimate
3. Create one page flier, tri-fold pamphlet, and brief
preferred options
PowerPoint presentation
C. Present Preferred Options to Building Committee 4. Submit for comment and review
MEETING #3

1. Get feedback on two design concepts
2. Discussion preparations for Board of Directors

presentation

D. Present Preferred Options to Board of Directors
MEETING #4

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Fee Cont’d

Fee

SmithGroupJJR proposes to provide the scope of services identified in this proposal for a lump sum fee of one hundred
and ten thousand and four hundred and twenty dollars ($110,420). This fee includes design services for architecture,
site design, coastal engineering, and cost estimating.

Architecture Architect Coastal Site Design SGJJR Resource

Concept Design Principal Support Engineer Support Team

SmithGroupJJR $ 190 $ 110 $ 190 $ 120 $ 150
Start Up
4 $ 760 4 $ 440 4 $ 760 4 $ 480 0 $ -
Review information provided by CGA 16 $ 3,040 16 $ 1,760 16 $ 3,040 4 $ 480 0 $ -
Research, site analysis, andpreparation for Meeting #1
Visioning, Program Verification, and Site Analysis 8 $ 1,520 0 $ - 8 $ 1,520 $- 0$ -
Meeting #1: Visioning, Stakehold Interviews, Site Analysis -
Document Vision, Program, & Site-Analysis 8 $ 1,520 16 $ 1,760 8 $ 1,520 16 $ 1,920 0 $
Exploration / Alternatives
Concept Exploration 20 $ 3,800 40 $ 4,400 8 $ 1,520 20 $ 2,400 4$ 600
Development of 2 Preferred Design Concepts 80 $ 15,200 120 $ 13,200 20 $ 3,800 40 $ 4,800 4$ 600
Meeting #3: Present Preferred Options to Building Committee 0$ -
Coordinate preliminary cost estimates of 2 Concepts 8 $ 1,520 0 $ - 8 $ 1,520 0$ - 4$ 600
Meeting #4: Present Preferred Options to Board of Directors 8 $ 1,520 0 $ - 4 $ 760 0$ - 0$ -
Concepts Development 8 $ 1,520 0 $ - 8 $ 1,520 0$ -
Refine Preferred Option based on BOD Recommendation
Coordinate cost estimate of final concept 20 $ 3,800 20 $ 2,200 8 $ 1,520 8 $ 960 0$ -
Final Documentation and Fundraising Graphics 8 $ 1,520 0 $ - 16 $ 2,400
8 $ 1,520 20 $ 2,200 8 $ 1,520 0 $ -
Consultants 0$ -
Dharam Consulting 0$ - 4 $ 480
$ 97,920
Reimbursables SmithGroupJJR Subtotal
Travel
Printing Consultants Subtotal $ 8,000
$ 8,000

Reimbursable Subtotal $ 4,000
GRAND TOTAL $ 500
$ 4,500

$ 110,420

While these fees represent our understanding of the project based on the materials provided by CGAAA, some
assumptions were made to close gaps in our understanding of the project scope. We look forward to working with you
to refine our professional services fees to better align with the project scope and to meet your design fee expectations.

Assumptions

Our fee does not include a condition assessment of the existing seawall or other site elements (fuel system, etc)

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