Advancing Resilience Recommendations in the West Beach/Coral Sands/Pilots Point Neighborhood

The University of Connecticut seeks a qualified architecture/engineering firm to provide comprehensive planning services that advance resilience recommendations for the West Beach, Coral Sands, and Pilots Point neighborhoods in Westbrook, CT. The work includes forming and coordinating a Project Advisory Committee, developing an EPA‑approved Quality Assurance Project Plan, and delivering technical studies, feasibility analyses, conceptual designs, permitting pathways, and funding guidance for dune management, road elevation, and storm‑water improvements. Deliverables consist of reports, maps, design concepts, cost estimates, and a final feasibility package, all coordinated with the Long Island Sound Resilience Planning Support Program and local stakeholders. • Form and manage a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) and conduct regular stakeholder meetings. • Draft, submit, and obtain EPA approval for a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP). • Perform technical services: data review, community engagement, feasibility studies, 30 % design concepts, permitting analysis, and funding strategy for three priority resilience projects. • Provide final deliverables (reports, maps, design concepts, cost estimates) to the awardee, PAC, regional SRC Extension Professionals, and UConn.