Bob Bekoff, LLC New Projects

• Oklahoma City, USA
  Design contract with a sister company to build electric tour boats at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

• Florida, USA
  Designing a luxury tour boat for a South Florida operator.

• Miami, Florida USA
  Involved in a study of water borne transit and advising a business/government ad hoc committee on the implementation of water taxi service on the Miami River.

• California, USA
  Working with a major national attraction and six hoteliers in California that are interested in waterborne transportation.

• Bermuda
  Advising to and consulting a low wake fast ferry for an upscale Bermuda hotel and resort.

• Glass Bottom Excursion Boat
  Design and build a 42' glass bottom excursion boat for a world-wide cruise line for shore excursions.

• Lagos, Nigeria
  Designed a water taxi for urban service and have advised the potential operator about day to day functions.

• Winthrop, MA
  Designed a 99 passenger low wake ferry for possible employment for commuter service to Boston.

• Various
  Designed a tour boat for a major US zoo based on the look of the "African Queen".

Bob Bekoff, LLC Completed Projects

• Chicago Illinois, USA
  A "windy city" operator was provided with a unique Water Taxi / excursion boat designed and built to our recommended specifications by our boat building affiliate.

• Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
  From concept through seven day a week operation, Bob Bekoff, LLC provided an on-demand, shared water taxi operation consisting of 16 vessels over 168 miles of waterways.  Also supplied were operational and maintenance facilities, as well as business and marketing plans.

• Hollywood, Florida USA
  Provided a turnkey educational, environmental boat tour operation in a critical wildlife habitat under contract to county government.  The super quiet, low wash vessels interpretive narration and crew are provided by our affiliated companies.

• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
  Municipal government created a canal to aid redevelopment of a downtown area.  WET Consulting was successful in producing a turnkey fleet of water taxi / excursion / dinner vessels in record time.  Developed a unique public-private partnership to operate the system on a long term basis.

• Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
  The worlds largest in-the-water boat show relies on our special events transportation service to deliver attendees by water.  Averages over 10,000 passengers per day.

• Regal Princess Cruise Ship
  Passenger shore vessels were designed to our recommended specifications and constructed for this unique Caribbean service by our boat building affiliate.

• New York, New York USA
  Established a cross-Hudson commuter ferry system connecting to existing bus service, parking, and light rail.

• Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
  Participated with traffic consultants to provide high speed - low wash ferry service to relieve beach traffic congestion by utilizing parking structures on the mainland.

• Broward County, Florida USA
  Utilizing a multi-million dollar federal grant, created a private/public partnership with mass transit division to provide the water transportation portion of a new multi-modal passenger service in a heavily congested area.

• World Wide
  Participated in the charter, purchase, modification, sale and construction of small to medium-sized passenger ferry vessels.

• Punta La Paz, Baja, California
  Designed a ferry and water taxi service to transport electric cars, carts and passengers between the mainland and new resort community.

• Ticketing
  Developed and implemented a fully integrated wireless ticketing system for water taxi and ferry systems utilizing desktop and hand-held devices as well as ticket vending machines.

• The Woodlands, Texas USA
  Contracted to design, build and operate a fleet of electric powered, 50-passenger water taxis for the Brazos Transit District.  The Woodlands Waterway is a unique transit corridor in a new urban center.

• Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
  Launch "Ride The Ducks" attraction with amphibious vessels as the newest family oriented attraction in the destination.

• Washington, DC
  Constructed a 149 passenger catamaran for a Virginia operator for service in the Washington, DC market.

• Fort Lauderdale, FL USA
  Implemented a multi-modal weekly service from Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach, which incorporates the Miami Beach Transportation Management Association's electric trolley circulator.

• Touch Screen Ticketing
  Ticketing system major update in Oklahoma City from tablet to touch screen PC.

• Ticket Vending Machines
  Integrating free-standing ticket vending machines with the wireless ticketing system including resident web sites for advertising and access points for data transmission.

• Miami, Florida USA
  Created a charter boat operation to serve the varied shoreline destinations surrounding Biscayne Bay.

• Newport, Rhode Island USA
  Part of the Parsons Brinkerhoff team developing a waterborne transit service study for the Rhode Island Department of Transportation and the City of Newport, Rhode Island.

• Monterrey, Mexico
  Reviewed the specifications for 16 new boats to be constructed, laid out the marina with utilities, made suggestions for a maintenance facility, and trained 6 operators at the Bricktown Water Taxi facility.  Supplied a format for an employee manual and maintenance procedures.

• Wilmington, North Carolina USA
  Built a 46' low wake catamaran for Wilmington Water Tours in Wilmington, NC.

• Winthrop, MA USA
  Co-authored a report to the Town of Winthrop, MA detailing the economic feasibility and vessel specifications for a commuter ferry service to Boston.

• Winthrop, MA USA
  Assisted the Town of Winthrop in securing an operator and vessel for a ferry demonstration project.

Contact Bob Bekoff
1-954-471-7538

BobBekoff@gmail.com

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