TO: Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr. County Administrator
Kylie Yanchula, Natural Resources Director
FROM: Quintin Bergman, Coastal Resource Manager
DATE: October 7, 2025
SUBJECT: Work Order No. 2018029-14 - APTIM Sector 5 Hurricanes Ian and Nicole
Beach and Dune Restoration Project Construction Administration
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BACKGROUND
On April 3, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved a contract (RFQ#2018029) with APTIM Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC. (APTIM) for professional coastal engineering and biological support services related to the management and restoration of the Sector 5 project area. The Sector 5 project area is a 3.1 mile critically eroded section of engineered shoreline that extends just north of Tracking Station Beach Park and ends just south of the Riomar Beach Access. The Sector 5 project area suffered significant storm related losses to the beach and dune system from the impacts of Hurricanes Ian and Nicole during the 2022 hurricane season. These storm-related impacts, combined with prescribed maintenance activities to address background erosion, has created the need for a Sector 5 Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Beach and Dune Restoration Project (Sector 5 Project) to maintain protection to upland properties and infrastructure, while restoring habitat for wildlife.
The Sector 5 Project will place approximately 153,300 cubic yards of beach compatible sand fill and install approximately 117,500 native dune plants along 3.1 miles of shoreline in Indian River County from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) range monuments R70 to R86.
Staff has recommended on today's BCC meeting (October 21, 2025) that the BCC award Bid No. 2025060 to Guettler Brothers Construction LLC, for the Sector 5 Project. Should that recommendation be approved by the BCC, construction activities would be performed in accordance ...
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