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Aug 14

New SLCC Juniper Student Center and Classroom Welcomes the community with its Open House.

By Completed Project, Project Progress

The Juniper Student Center and Classroom Building brings the University of Utah and Salt Lake Community College in “one place with many possibilities” offering Herriman and surrounding city students with a unique set of higher education options without the commute across the valley to the U of U campus. The event on August 4th included supportive faculty, school mascots, and the cheer team to engage attendees with a fun time including providing information and prizes.

 

Live music, and several food trucks were also enjoyed. The new building is located at 14551 S. Sentinel Ridge Blvd (approximately 3500 West) consisting of 91,000 square foot, 3-story building with a central plant comprised of boilers and chillers. Constructed by Big-D and with the plan for opening its full suite of resources on August 22, 2023.

Meridian Engineering, as part of the architectural engineering design team lead by ajc architects, worked together to integrate the design with the master plan of the overall site. Beginning with base mapping surveys, our civil scope included utility master plan for the new campus, grading drainage, coordination with utility tunnel work, master storm drain management plan for entire campus, and utilities to accommodate future growth on the 90-acre development.
SLCC Herriman Campus Central Plant

Design also included layout of new roadways throughout the campus, drop off areas, plazas, accessible 448 stall parking area, main entrance, roundabout connection, and external roadway access to the parking area for easy navigation. Utility extensions were tied into the design from City mains and metering, including utility stubs for future development, bioswales for water quality, and coordination for final subdivision platting including lots, dedicated roadways, and easements.

Aug 09

East Sandy’s new liquor store #52 is now open!

By Completed Project, Project Progress

This project is comprised of remodeling an existing 14,600 SF empty building in the Little Cottonwood Shopping Center next to the Home Depot. Located at 9400 South and Highland Drive (1880 East) this store provides an alternative location to purchase cold beer, wine, and spirits.

 

Inside its modern design includes a retail area feature with local products made in Utah, remodeled space for retail sales, storage, an office, conference room, restrooms, breakroom with lockers, a stock room, and an enclosed shipping/loading dock. A geometric design ensemble of elements and wall art characterize the interior and exterior architecture for improving a customer’s long lasting shopping experience.

While working with the Jacoby Architects design team, Meridian provided a utility survey and topographic survey for the new entrance’s site design. In addition, civil site design for the utility plan, trench drain, and the shipping/loading dock and truck access were provided. Construction period services were also included in the civil design scope.
Salt Lake County
Jun 27

Meridian and SLC Department of Airports Collaborate to Map Project Site

By Project Progress

As the surveying and base mapping sub-consultant working under prime consultant, HNTB, Meridian field crews and office staff have been working with Salt Lake City Department of Airports on one of the most complicated topographic surveys in Meridian’s 25-year history. Extensive coordination has been required between the airport’s project management and operations teams, HNTB staff, and the FAA to fly inside active airspace over the project site with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to gather Aerial LiDAR and Aerial Imagery without disrupting plane flights.

 
Salt Lake International Airport Surplus Canal

This project was a remarkable culmination of coordination, teamwork, and patience to facilitate the UAV flight missions, while avoiding peak aircraft flights and bad weather conditions such as wind and snow during a record-breaking Utah winter 2023. By using every tool in the toolbox, including digital levels, robotic total stations, GPS, sonar for bathymetric surveys, terrestrial LiDAR, airborne LiDAR, and some all-around technology savvy field crews coupled with knowledgeable office personnel, Meridian has completed a product to meet the design teams needs and ensure the project meets all regulatory requirements. Base mapping efforts of the project are complete.

Once the project team has progressed the design to a point of substantial completion, Meridian staff will create legal descriptions and vacation documentation for the next stages of development.
Salt Lake County
Jun 15

Have you been to the new Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center Activities Center and Outdoor Athletic Complex yet?

By Project Progress

This new Activities Center and Outdoor Athletic Complex addition for Salt Lake City’s Jewish Community consists of a two story 10,000 square foot facility providing both an outdoor and indoor place for kids to enjoy awesome activities from basketball and volleyball to fitness classes and even summer camps. It is nestled in at the north of the existing Jewish Community Center at 2 N. Medical Drive -north of the UU campus.

 
Conceptual design by ajc architects

The final product is designed to fit into a sloped site by ajc architects and serves as structurally sound and modern sleek environment with natural light and open spaces. Construction by United Contractors.

The civil engineering design provided by Meridian included demolition plans of existing Tennis Courts for the new facility, utility design for new water and sewer services, site grading and stormwater management plans to connect existing infrastructure and consolidation of property and preparation of utility and access easements.

Entrance of the new activity center addition
Feb 09

Meridian is loving its M300 drone’s ability for achieving high accuracies over large areas at a relatively low cost to clients.   

By Project Progress

Meridian Senior UAS Pilot Freeman Marble, sUAV FAA part 107 remote licensed uses new drone technology for mapping a local project west of Salt Lake City of the existing area for future design and construction. M300 technology coupled with a P1 camera and Rock Robotic LiDAR sensor can efficiently classify raw point cloud data using Photogrammetry and LiDAR into actionable data sets for engineers and architects to use as a base for design documents.

 
M300 Drone

 These processes even help with transportation-related projects as it assists with the pavement inspection process by identifying utility markings in the road without the danger of being in the travelled roadway. It can scan to identify panels of concrete, walls, and bridges that need to be replaced or repaired while maintaining pilot safety from roadway and traffic.

Check it out in use:

https://youtu.be/RpKSOZpsaeo

https://youtu.be/ZttTeimOpgk

 

Salt Lake County