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Village at Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club
and Residential Community
Sussex County, Delaware
This project included providing engineering design services for a 27-hole public golf course and 700-unit, 455+ acre residential development in Ocean View, Delaware, including topographic and wetlands surveying, site grading, hydrologic and hydraulic computer analysis, drainage, stormwater management, sediment and erosion control and State highway entrance design, as well as design of a pressure dosing mound type on-site sewage disposal system for clubhouse and maintenance facilities.
The project included site design for the recreation facilities, including indoor/outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, fitness center, and biking/walking trails. Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc. also assisted with the owner's construction permitting and performing construction phase stakeout work and sediment and erosion control inspection services.
The on-site sewage disposal system, accompanied by a grinder pump, is capable of handling 2,300 GPD. Flows from the clubhouse are first sent through a one HP grinder pump, capable of moving flow at 9 GPM at 60 psig. The flow is then channeled into the 2,800-gallon septic tank, also containing a 165-gallon grease trap. Using a 3 HP pump the flow then moves from the septic tank into one of two drainage fields. Each field is composed of eight lines of 1-inch SCH 40 PVC pipe on top of 12 inches of aggregate, 12 inches of sandy fill and spaced 5 feet on center. Total drainage provided is 560 linear feet at a width of 36 inches per field. Prior to the construction phase of the sewer system portion of the project, permits were acquired following tests to ensure suitability of the site. Tests conducted for this project included soil characterization.
Overall project responsibilities included: master planning, survey, site, roadway and drainage design, comprehensive stormwater management design (20 ponds), walkways, parking, site lighting, sediment and erosion control. |
