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Meridian involved in two of Utah Construction and Design’s 2017 Most Outstanding Projects

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UC&D 2017 Award - Religious ProjectThe Latter-day Saint Missionary Training Center Expansion – Civil Engineering.

This project included a phased approach as the laundry facility was relocated. Randall Vickers, PE was the Civil Principal in Charge for Missionary Training Center (MTC) expansion in Provo, Utah. Work included master planning of vehicle and pedestrian access and utility extensions to new and existing facilities while leaving the majority of campus operational during new construction.  Design included:

  • Extending new utility tunnels and relocating utilities for the tunnels
  • Revisions and extension of fire lanes
  • Mini gathering plazas in various locations
  • New main building plazas, drainage systems
  • Extending all existing utilities for new buildings and an underground parking system under the new expansion

Work included coordination efforts with Brigham Young University (BYU) and Provo City Officials. New access connections to the site (during and after construction), tunnel crossings of the public street, and a new bus drop off location on the public street.  The work also included removal of existing utility systems and phasing the removal to maintain service to surrounding buildings on both the Brigham Young University and Missionary Training Center campus. The project was completed in two years and will train up to 3,700 missionaries at a time. MTC

UC&D 2017 Award - Highway ProjectMountain View Corridor-5400 South to 4100 South – Right of Way and Survey

This project was another extension of an additional north/south freeway. Tyler Baron, PLS was responsible for the right of way design and preparation of acquisition documents. His team provided oversight for supplemental survey, development of the existing property matrix, new right of way design and document preparation for all right of way takes and easements, including insuring QC/QA review is conducted in accordance with Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Standards. MVC

Meridian is very proud of each of its employees and will continue to perform high quality work for the projects that impact the communities in which we live. We thank you for this recognition and look forward in making each project successful.

 

2017 Esri User Conference Report

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Jeff Searle and Adrian Welsh had the opportunity to attend the annual Esri User Conference (UC) held in San Diego, California in July. The conference is held to learn about best practices in the GIS industry and get a jump start on the latest geospatial technology.

This was Esri’s biggest conference ever with nearly 18,000 registered attendees. The main theme of “The Science of Where” resonated throughout the technical workshops and training sessions. The theme allowed attendees to  solve problems in real-time, using location and geography to integrate, analyze, and understand all types of data.

Due to Adrian’s presence in the GIS community and winning an MVP award for his diligence and assistance, he was asked to give a presentation at the Esri UC to discuss why the GIS community is important and what made him a success story. Adrian was honored to write a blog post for each day of the Esri conference. (a link to this blog post will be at the end of this write-up).

Instead of writing about the key take-away points from Jeff and Adrian of this conference, let’s take a look at a story map! Click on the link or image below to launch the story map presentation.

https://arcg.is/bWfH

Esri UC Convention Center

 

Thanks for reading! Please add a comment if you were able to attend the conference. Also, here is a link to Adrian’s blog written on Esri’s website: https://geonet.esri.com/blogs/AdrianWelsh/2017/07/17/2017-esri-user-conference-quick-thoughts

And the Winner Is…

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Thank you to everyone who helped us win the LiDAR as Art contest! Thanks especially to the team who captured the scan: Jeff Searle, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer! The news of our victory can be found here.

The team at LiDAR News asked us to write an article about the experience, and we gladly did. The article, “LiDAR to Perpetuate Beauty,” can be found here.

Thanks again! We are so excited that we won!

Meridian Needs Your Vote!

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When it comes to services rendered, Meridian is unmatched. When it comes to winning contests, Meridian is also unmatched. What can we say? We really enjoy winning.

Meridian entered LiDAR News’ annual “LiDAR as Art” contest. This year’s theme is Winter Solstice, and LiDAR manager Jeff Searle knew just what to scan: The Sun Tunnels.

Designed by artist Nancy Holt, the Sun Tunnels are a set of four massive concrete tubes. On the Summer and Winter Solstices, two tunnels line up to frame the sunrise and the other two tunnels line up to frame the sunset. We are a couple weeks early for the Winter Solstice, but we got some great images anyway.

Jeff, Tiana Moe, Marshall Burt, and Brian Boehmer spent hours scanning the Sun Tunnels from every angle to ensure we’d get the best image possible. After a bit of rendering and a touch of color, our entry was submitted.

Today we found out that we are finalists in the LiDAR as Art contest! Now we need your help to snag the win. Or completely dominate the contest—we aren’t picky.

Go to the link below and vote for Sun Tunnels. This is an international contest with some good contenders, and we need to show the world that our little corner of the world has unparalleled beauty.

 

http://lidarnews.com/articles/lidar-art-contest-finalists/

 

Below are some pictures of the Sun Tunnels, including our submitted image.

Stay tuned for a full account of our adventure that will be published on LiDAR News’ website!