F19-25 Camp Eden

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank everyone that helped us in completing this project. A big thanks to everyone at the Camp Eden site that has helped all year long. A big thank you to Carter Herling for laying out the project and helping us with any information and documentation that we needed. Thank you to our technical consultant, Prof. Jeff Holley, for all the help with the survey and the surveying equipment. Thank you to Shannon Hixon from Hixon Manufacturing for assisting us in the survey and creating a 4d drone created model for the camp.

Project Advisor: Marcus Florida

Technical Advisor: Prof. Jeff Holley

Donations Made by: Hixon Manufacturing

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Elevator Pitch

The Camp Eden project focuses on surveying the property and outlining steps for expansion of the camp. This was to be completed going through the county for permitting, updating the site survey which was last done in the 1970s, and gathering all documentation that pertains to the property. Our ‘design’ focused first on the survey, which took multiple visits to complete via GPS and drone. Following that, the team worked to scope out all the utilities and property features, and develop a detailed and comprehensive documentation package to hand over to the client upon completion of the semester. Using this documentation, we applied for the special use permit through Jefferson County that is needed for the camp to expand as desired. The team is currently working on organizing the documentation in the best way for the camp to use it in the future. We are also working with the county to ensure that the permit application has all documentation needed and the permit will transition into the approval stage, which will allow for the camp expansion. This project was a great, unique project which introduced us to multiple engineering methods, and allowed us to also see the complicated process of permit submittal through our local government, a useful skill that will be needed throughout our careers and lives.

Design Approach

Design Solution

Along with the ALTA survey, a compressive 4D model of the property will be used to show the elevation changes within the property boundaries. The 4D model had to be used due to the terrain of the property being unconducive for typical surveying that provides elevation change. This model was completed using a drone to take pictures of the property. The drone imaging was then matched to GPS coordinates of the property to get exact locations of landmarks at the camp. The building corners will allow easier planning of expansion for phase two of the camp after the application process has been completed. This is what led the team to create a full Alta survey site plan, written restrictions, and a cover letter as a part of the solution to this project. This solution was decided upon by looking at the project boundaries displayed below in Table 1.

 All plans for expansion of utilities were all decided upon using the requirements of the county. The locations were determined via the requests of the client. Calculations were performed to meet the set specifications. shown below in Table 2.  

 The final survey and supporting documentation was submitted for pre-approval as a “Special Use Permit” to Jefferson County. The submittal can be viewed here under the case number: 20-104069PA. The design solution includes the permit application, survey of the camp, expansion plan, 4D model, and future steps to start Camp Eden expansion. Documentation is shown below and the 4D model can be viewed here.

Next Steps

The next steps in this permit process are going to be working with the county to incorporate their feedback and create additional documents they requested. There are four main initial comments that need to be addressed: 1) A Wastewater Assessment and additional permit, 2) Wildfire Mitigation Plan, 3) Notarized Environmental Questionnaire, and 4) Permit Reasoning and Write-Up. The Wastewater Assessment requires an additional permit, as expansions to the site wastewater plan are being made. This permit will include an updated plan and calculations. Wildfire mitigation is currently being conducted at the Camp Eden site, by Carter Herling. This action needs to be documented and summarized in writing. Carter will also finish off the Environmental Questionnaire and the reasoning writeup. Once these actions are completed, along with any added requests by the county, the next submission to Jefferson County can be completed to receive the special use permit.

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