The Township of Cranford is requesting proposals for consulting engineering services. The engineering firm may have a close working relationship with any of the following offices: The Office of the Township Administrator, the Department of Engineering and Public Works, the Department of Recreation and Parks and the Office of the Township Attorney. The Township of Cranford utilizes a number of services to be provided by outside consulting engineering firms. Contracts are generally awarded on a project-by-project basis. The Township is seeking proposals from firms to be prequalified on a fair and open basis to perform such outside consulting engineering services. Firms may submit proposals or qualifications to perform some or all of the following types of work: A. Surveying services; B. Site, land use and environmental engineering; C. Facility, infrastructure and project design, construction, and operation, including roadway improvements, culverts, traffic studies, signalized and un-signalized intersection improvements, parks, drainage improvements, flood control improvements, sanitary sewer improvements, landscape architecture and planning, surveying/GIS/mapping, and environmental/cultural investigation, evaluation and remediation projects; D. Building systems evaluations, including but not limited to: 1) conducting on site investigations of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and control systems and making recommendations for any necessary modifications; 2) conducting onsite Structural Systems Inspections of double tee floor members, floor and roof deck member’s beams, columns and spandrels, stair and elevator tower, exposed steel, bearing parts, sealers and deck coatings, joint sealants, drainage and tripping hazards for parking garages; 3) assessing building systems for functionality, energy efficiency, environmental compliance, comfort and air quality; 4) performing safety and code audits; E. Mechanical design services including but not limited to: Preparation of plans, specifications, conceptual design, cost estimates and project manuals for various types of building mechanical systems; E. Prepare and submit permit applications, Green Acres Grant Applications, General Grant Applications, correspondence, and the like to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and any other applicable state or federal regulatory agency as well as any other private entity, as required; F. Provide Construction Administration/Inspection Services for all types of Civil Engineering Infrastructure projects including roadway improvements, flood control and drainage projects, sanitary sewer projects, culverts, signalized intersection improvements, parks, and environmental remediation projects; G. Provide Material Testing and Geotechnical Services including the field collection, field compaction testing and laboratory reporting for concrete, bituminous concrete, steel as well as soil and other types of construction materials as may be required.
