PROPOSAL Professional Services for Engineering, Environmental, Permitting, Right-of-Way Planning, and Related Services Seven County Infrastructure Coalition Uinta Basin Railway Project November 1, 2018 November 1, 2018 ATTN: Mike McKee, Executive Director Seven County Infrastructure Coalition via secure link upload RE: Uinta Basin Railway Project Dear Mike McKee and Selection Committee Members: HDR is eager to help the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition deliver railroad service to the Uinta Basin by December 1, 2023. We know you need to complete your railroad with the least engineering, permitting, and construction cost, and the fastest possible environmental clearance. HDR has the vision and the proven methods to deliver your desired results. We understand the strategic value of speed to market. Our team has the experience and drive to accomplish this. From the 1,500-mile Alberta to Alaska Railway to the 150-mile CN-EJ&E merger to the 30-mile New Orleans & Gulf Coast, we have successfully delivered Surface Transportation Board (STB) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) environmental approvals, grants, loans and engineering for the largest freight railway projects across North America. Our team has been assembled for its experience, commitment, and performance. We possess the right blend of local knowledge and national expertise. We have partnered with Johansen & Tuttle Engineering, Juliano Consulting, Sunrise Engineering and other specialty consultants who also have deep Uinta Basin project experience and stakeholder understanding. Our outstanding Project Manager, Mark Hemphill, is a client-oriented professional with a proven track record in all of the skills needed to plan, engineer, permit, and construct a large greenfield railway. He is known in the railroad industry for his ability to navigate the federal permitting process to deliver commercially successful railway projects for private and public clients ranging from the State of Iowa to BNSF Railway. He will leverage his STB relationships and will have laser-like focus on schedule, budget, and your goal. You asked for an innovative approach to meet your schedule and keep costs low: • We’ve located an all-Utah route competitive in capital cost and mileage to your Rifle and Mack routes, avoiding potential political problems with Colorado and funding constraints from the Community Impact Board (CIB). This will provide equal access to BNSF Railway and Union Pacific (UP) near Westwater, and the opportunity for future railroad line expansion into San Juan County and southward. • We believe a Design-Build or Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) approach will deliver your railroad the fastest, and also substantially reduce your up-front costs. • We’ve included in the first 60 days of the project a Route and Alternatives Selection step, leading to an early meeting and consensus with the STB and your third-party contractor, to reduce cost and time for survey, engineering and baseline environmental studies. This will also minimize opportunities for environmental opposition. • We’ve priced our proposal to preserve your consultant budget, and we have included an option for Design-Bid-Build if that later becomes your preferred delivery option. We stand committed to deliver our respective firms’ resources as well as our personal best to deliver the Uinta Basin Railway on time, and within budget. We are truly excited by the opportunity this project represents. Our dedication and focus on a successful outcome will be unwavering. Sincerely, Mark Hemphill Bill Hjelholt Dave Nazare, PE Project Manager National Freight Rail Director Principal-in-Charge hdrinc.com 2825 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 T 801.743.7800 F 801.743.7878 Contents Section 1 Project Team 01 Section 2 Capability of 08 the Consultant/ Experience Section 3 Approach to the 14 Project Section 4 Local Knowledge 24 and Experience Section 5 Cost 26 Section 6 Schedule Control 29 Appendix: Resumes Section 1 Project Team Seven County Infrastructure Coalition | Uinta Basin Railway Project Section 1 Project Team hdrinc.com Version # Section 1 Project Team Why the Coalition should Select HDR Years of experience, cultivated relationships, technical, permitting and financing expertise, and unique vision and approach– all with a laser-like focus on results…these are the traits the HDR team brings to the Coalition. We have partnered with Johansen & Tuttle Engineering (J&T), Juliano Consulting, Sunrise Engineering, UP Great Salt Lake Causeway Bridge and other specialty subconsultants to not only meet, but exceed, 2018 ACEC-UT Honor Award all requirements set forth in the scope of work in the Request for Proposal. Our strengths, highlighted below, will help the Recent HDR Railroad Projects in UT, CO & WY: Coalition obtain the required federal regulatory approvals by • Newfield Uinta Basin Feasibility Study (UT) December 1, 2020 and meet their December 1, 2023 operational • Central Utah Rail Third-Party EIS & Preliminary Engineering (UT) target date. • BNSF Hudson Crude Oil & Frac Sand Transload Center (CO) • Over 50 various BNSF mainline capacity projects (WY and CO) A Veteran Leadership Team • BNSF PTC Tower Permitting (WY & CO) Our leadership team – including Mark Hemphill, Don McCammon, • USACE/Hill AFB UTTR Rail Spur & Missile Storage Facility (UT) and Kevin Keller – have led HDR’s largest greenfield rail projects • UP Great Salt Lake Causeway Bridge and Culvert Crossing (UT for over 12 years. Most recently, they worked together on the • DM&E/CP Powder River Basin Coal Line Expansion (CO & WY) Newfield Uinta Basin Rail Feasibility Study, the 1,500-mile-long Alberta to Alaska Railway to haul Canadian oil to tidewater, the Implementing projects 500-mile Canadian Pacific Railway Powder River Basin Extension, that are safe with reliable and a 2,000-mile-long project to create a 12-train-per-day crude oil operations is how we corridor from secondary main lines and branch lines to a western define excellence. HDR Class I railroad. Mark, Don, and Kevin will be dedicated full time to offers a suite of services to streamline permitting, expedite the Coalition’s project, working in HDR’s Salt Lake City office to keep field investigations and fast track construction - to generate a the project on schedule. quicker return on your investment. Relationships with BNSF and Union Pacific companies located in the Basin. HDR is also respected by UDOT and HDR is the preferred and CDOT. We’ve also consulted with over 200 federally-recognized tribal largest provider of entities over the past 4 years as BNSF’s program manager for the PTC planning, engineering, Tower Permitting project. Pamela Juliano brings excellent Navajo and environmental analysis Ute Tribal Business Council relations on land and water, emergency and permitting, and real resource, and transportation issues. estate services for both BNSF and UP. We have more than 100 projects ongoing with these HDR is one of only three firms that STB relies on to successfully railroads including 20 which are major capacity or greenfield deliver NEPA documents for major rail actions in the past 5 years. projects. We are currently leading the engineering, permitting, real Our recent applicant project experience includes BNSF’s build- estate acquisition, bid and procurement package development, and in at Bayport, Texas, and the Alaska Railroad’s Port MacKenzie construction management of UP’s new $550 million Brazos Rail Yard Extension project where we completed baseline, engineering, and in Hearne, Texas – the largest capital investment on a single project operational studies. in UP’s 155-year history. Local Depth and Capacity of Staff Expertise HDR has consistently delivered on a myriad of project HDR has a large office in Salt Lake City with 80 technical deliverables‟ within a very challenging and dynamic project professionals supporting projects from planning through construction. environment. This level of performance has been instrumental We offer a full-service suite of real estate and utility relocation for on-time project delivery, high customer satisfaction, and services with extensive railroad and oil and gas experience. We also more accurate financial forecasting. I would recommend the have complementary offices in Colorado with access to more than HDR team to anyone looking for truly professional design and 200 technical professionals. In addition, with their extensive eastern Utah experience, Sunrise Engineering and J&T will complement HDR’s project management services. design team from investigation through design. Nicholas Konen, Manager of” Engineering, BNSF Railway ͠ Financing Expertise Federal, State, and Local Stakeholder Relationships HDR has secured nearly $1.5 billion in federal funds for 60 projects HDR is well-known to FRA through several large projects including for our clients, accounting for 19% of the total construction funds four intercity passenger rail projects and two major rail relocation awarded to date through USDOT grant proposals. This includes our projects. We have cultivated relationships with county governments, recent support of UDOT to win a TIGER grant for the Dog Canyon the local USDA and NRCS offices, state SHPOs and other Section Climbing Lanes and INFRA Large Project funding for the Northwest 106 consulting parties, and local midstream and oil production Quadrant Freight Mobility Project. 01 Seven County Infrastructure Coalition | Uinta Basin Railway Project Section 1 Project Team hdrinc.com SWCA Environmental