Fort Myers Beach interviews Tetra Tech to design and harden North Island water tower damaged by Hurricane Ian

Fort Myers Beach officials on Sept. 4 interviewed engineering firm Tetra Tech as the sole complete respondent to RFQ 2509AD for design, permitting and construction oversight of the North Island water tower complex, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Ian.

Deb Lavin, the town's contract procurement specialist, opened the interview and said, "The town needs a Florida licensed professional engineering firm to provide engineering design, permitting, and construction oversight, services for the rehabilitation of the water tower." The project is funded in part or in whole by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant — Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR), Lavin added.

The interview focused on how a replacement or rehabilitation would meet federal, state and local regulations and make the facility resilient to future storms. Danny Nelson, vice president and operations manager for Southwest Florida infrastructure at Tetra Tech, described the firm’s experience in disaster recovery and utilities design and said, "I'm a vice president with the company and operations manager for…