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100 Spear Street, Suite 325 Phone: 415-738-6106 AM C Consulting Engineers, Inc. San Francisco CA 94105 Fax: 510-663-1119 Profile AMC Consulting Engineers, Inc. (AMC) provides structural engineering analysis, design, and construction management services for bridges, buildings, tunnels, marine structures, power plants and nuclear facilities. Founded by Ming-Chen (M.C.) Yu in 1999, AMC performed independent checks of new bridges and overpass structures; analysis of marine terminals; design verification of U2 hangers; and analysis verification of spent fuel storage facilities. As sub-consultant to T. Y. Lin International, AMC participated in the design and construction of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB) including Skyway and South-South Detour East Tie-in Structure. As sub-consultant to Parsons Brinckerhoff, AMC recently completed the BART Earthquake Safety Program (ESP) San Francisco Transition Structure Seismic Retrofit Project. AMC performed soil-structure interaction (SSI) analysis of the Transition Structure and time-history analysis of the Transbay Tube due to seismic wave passage effect. For the past two years, AMC assisted Ben C. Gerwick Inc. on the floodwall design task for the New Orleans Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Surge Protection Project. AMC's recently completed projects include BART ESP CM Services for Concord Station Seismic Retrofit, BART ESP Seismic Retrofit of the Offshore Transbay Tube Project performing ADINA analyses to reflect impact of liquefaction effects, and local FEM analysis for tube stress check; and the construction of the New SFOBB Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS) performing shop drawing review of the Orthotropic Box Girders (OBG) and related QA/QC functions. AMC currently projects include BART Oakland Airport Connector Project performing structural analysis and station design independent check tasks, BART ESP Construction Inspection Services for Hayward Yard Seismic Retrofit Project, and seismic evaluation and retrofit design of Civil Center Administration Building for City of Union City. AMC is certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE, Caltrans UDBE Category) by BART under California Unified Certification Program (CUCP) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) by California Department of General Services Principal Experience M. C. Yu, founder and principal of AMC, started his engineering career in 1980 with URS/John A. Blume Associates, where he developed extensive experience in seismic analysis of complex nuclear facilities, including non-linear time-history and soil-structure interaction analyses. In the early nineties, Mr. Yu joined MG Engineering, where he gained invaluable experience in the design and analysis of bridges through involvement in many transportation projects, including bridge retrofit for Caltrans, guideway design for SFIA automated light rail system, design, and construction oversight of I-880 for BART, and construction services for other local agencies. Mr. Yu was the key person in the development of seismic criteria for the BART SFO extension project. Kenneth Liu, principal of AMC and a licensed structural engineer, has over 40 years of diversified experience in the design and construction support of bridges, buildings and power plants. He is very knowledgeable in the current structural and seismic requirements for new and retrofit design of concrete and steel bridges. Prior to joining AMC, Mr. Liu was with Parsons Brinckerhoff where he held positions including project manager, senior supervising engineer, lead engineer, and bridge engineer on many transit projects. He has extensive hands-on experience in structural analysis and preparation of plans, specifications and estimate (PS&E). www.amccon.com e: [email protected] 100 Spear Street, Suite 325 Phone: 415-738-6106 AM C Consulting Engineers, Inc. San Francisco CA 94105 Fax: 510-663-1119 Project List Structural Engineering BART Oakland International Airport Connector Coliseum Station Design Independent Check (current) Union City Civil Center Administration Building Seismic Retrofit (current, as Prime) Peer Review of East-West Connector Segment C in City of Fremont and Union City, Alameda County (current, as Prime) Design Services for the Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent System (current) East Tie In Structure, San Francisco - Oakland New Bay Bridge BART Offshore Transbay Tube Seismic Retrofit Project BART San Francisco Transition Structure Seismic Retrofit Project New Orleans Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Flood Wall Conoco Philips Seismic Analysis for MOTEMS Audit Caltrain San Francisco Downtown Extension Project eBART - Proposed BART extension into East Contra Costa County Route 262 Connector at Warren Avenue for I-880 Interchange Project Overpass at Air Cargo Road and Airport Drive Interchange at Oakland international Airport Beale Air Force Base U2 Hangars 1067 and 1068 Special Structural Analysis BART Oakland International Airport Connector Aerial Structure Nonlinear T-H Analysis (current) SFMTA Twin-Peaks Tunnel and Sunset Tunnel Vulnerability Study (current) Skyway Nonlinear Time-Histories Analysis, New San Francisco Skyway Time-Dependent Construction Sequence Analysis, new Bay Bridge New Truss Span and Skid Bent of East Tie-In Roll-in Roll-out System, New Bay Bridge Preliminary Nonlinear Analysis of Oakland Touchdown Structure, New Bay Bridge BART San Francisco Transition Structure SSI (Soil Structure Interaction) analysis BART Transbay Tube Seismic Analysis - Wave Passage and Site Response Effects BART Transbay Tube Uplift Analysis - Liquefaction Pantex Plant – Building 12-64 Seismic Adequacy Evaluation H. B. Robinson Nuclear Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation(ISFSI) Pad SSI Analysis Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation(ISFI) SSI Analysis Seismic Analysis of East Wall Student Center, Piedmont High School Construction Management BART On-Call Construction Management Services – Hayward Yard Seismic Retrofit (current) BART Seismic Retrofit of C Line Concord Station Construction Management Service Caltrans District 3 On-Call Professional and Technical Construction Engineering Services (current) Caltrans Professional Engineering Structure Construction Inspection Services for District 4 (current) New San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge Self-Anchored Suspension (SAS) Span Construction Services New San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge Skyway Construction Services Construction of MUNI Metro East Light Rail Operations and Maintenance Facilities Laguna Honda Hospital Construction Service www.amccon.com e: [email protected] 20. EXAMPLE PROJECT KEY F. Example Projects Which Best Illustrate Proposed Team’s Qualifications For This Contract NUMBER (Present as many projects as requested by the agency, or 10 projects, if not specified. Complete one Section F for each project.) 1 22. YEAR COMPLETED 21. TITLE AND LOCATION (City and State) Professional Services Construction (If applicable) New San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge – Skyway Construction Services 2008 2009 Oakland, CA 23. PROJECT OWNER’S INFORMATION c. POINT OF CONTACT a. PROJECT OWNER b. POINT OF CONTACT NAME TELEPHONE NUMBER Caltrans Brian Maroney, Project Manager 916-227-8867 24. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND RELEVANCE TO THIS CONTRACT (Include scope, size and cost) Construction Cost: $900+ Million Fee: $520,000. Project Description: The Skyway is an elevated roadway supported by piers. Extending for over a mile across Oakland mudflats, it is the longest section of the East Span. The Skyway will eventually connect the new Self-Anchored Suspension (SAS) span with the Oakland Touchdown. The Skyway marine foundation consists of 160 hollow steel-pipe piles measuring eight feet in diameter and dispersed among 14 sets of piers. The piles were driven as much as 310 feet into the deep bay mud, and weigh about 365 tons each. The Skyway’s decks are composed of the world’s largest pre-cast concrete segments (standing three-stories high) for the deck, and will contain approximately 200 million pounds of structural steel, 120 million pounds of reinforcing steel, and about 450 thousand cubic yards of concrete. AMC’s responsibilities: During preliminary design phase, AMC performed various parametric studies to obtain an optimal seismic resistant structural system for the Skyway structure. AMC developed DRAIN-2D models to study individual pier seismic behavior and global ADINA models to investigate seismic response of four frame systems by varying vertical piles to battered piles. AMC performed nonlinear time-history analysis considering multiple supports and variable depth motions and evaluated the adequacy of the structural system and its components. During construction phase, AMC performed tasks involving review, response and resolution of contractor’s submittals to ensure conformance to contract plans and specifications on a tight contractual schedule. AMC also reviewed composite drawings (shop Drawings) of east-bound and west-bound precast concrete segments, hinge segments, transition steel orthotropic tubs, bike path panels, and transverse prestressing submittals related to pier table. M.C. Yu was responsible for the composite drawing review of all 28 pier tables. During the shop drawings checking process, the engineers had to understand the contract plans, key CCOs and RFIs, and make sure the shop drawings submitted by the contractor reflect the intend of the designer. STANDARD FORM 330 (6/2004) 20. EXAMPLE PROJECT KEY F. Example Projects Which Best