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pr— <br />DEC 121979 <br />. E <br />aooK 42 pAcE 207 <br />SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITIES AT CAPE KENNEDY, AND NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION <br />IS THE NEW ORLANDO AIRPORT. HE THEN DISTRIBUTED A BROCHURE TO THE <br />BOARD WHICH LISTED OTHER PROJECTS. MR. HENDERSON FELT THEIR FIRM - <br />HAD A LOT TO OFFER AS THEY HAVE CONSIDERABLE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR <br />ORGANIZATION; AND THEY WERE INTERESTED, QUALIFIED AND PREPARED TO <br />MOVE AHEAD TO MEET THE COUNTY'S SCHEDULE. HIS STAFF WOULD CONSIST <br />OF: JIM BOCK, PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER; BILL MERCODONI, DRAINAGE <br />ENGINEER; BILL GALLOWAY, DRAINAGE ENGINEER; MANUEL HERNANDEZ, EXPERT <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY ENGINEER; AL PADRAHEDA, WHO LED THE DESIGN OF THE <br />VIADUCT STRUCTURE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA; AND JOHN "SCAT" DURKIN, WHO WOULD <br />LEAD THE SURVEY PARTIES. HE EXPLAINED THAT TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS <br />WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON DEMAND TO HELD REVIEW AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. <br />MR. HENDERSON THEN REVIEWED THE WORK HIS FIRM DID IN 1976 SUCH AS <br />COMPLETING THE PLANS, PREPARING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY MAP, SURVEYS, AND <br />SOIL INVESTIGATIONS, AS WELL AS STUDYING ALTERNATE STRUCTURES OF <br />THE MAIN CANAL. HE THEN FELT THAT FOR THIS PROJECT, A DUAL BOX <br />CULVERT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY INSTEAD OF A BRIDGE; AND IT WOULD BE <br />PRACTICAL TO TRY TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING PLANS. MR. HENDERSON <br />MENTIONED THAT THEY DID THE IMPROVEMENTS TO 17TH STREET AND DESIGNED <br />THE BRIDGE AND APPROACHES. HE ESTIMATED THAT THEY COULD DO THIS <br />PROJECT IN 90 DAYS IF THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED <br />GOING OVER VOSSINBURY', CREEK, WOULD RECEIVE THEIR APPROVALS EXPEDI- <br />TIOUSLY. MR. HENDERSON EXPLAINED THAT SINCE THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH <br />THE PLANS, MODIFICATION OF THEM WOULD SAVE TIME; AND THEIR FIRM <br />WOULD GIVE THE COUNTY A DETAILED PROJECT STUDY. HE STATED HIS <br />PROPLE WOULD NOT BE WORKING ON THE PROJECT FULL TIME BUT WOULD BE <br />CALLED IN WHEN NECESSARY. <br />MR. HENDERSON THEN EXPLAINED THAT THEIR FIRM WAS REORGANIZED <br />TWO YEARS AGO TO A MATRIX TYPE ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A MODERN <br />CONCEPT. HE REPORTED THAT PROJECT DIRECTORS ARE ASSIGNED AND UNDER <br />THESE MEN, TEAMS ARE CHOSEN, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE COUNSELED, <br />REVIEWED AND INSTRUCTED BY A GROUP OF TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS. MR. <br />HENDERSON STATED THAT WHEN A PROJECT IS,GIVEN TO OUR FIRM, THE <br />