Design Brief

Design the layout of the fueling station for boaters to access at the Sandy Hook Green Marina year round, and provide the details for installation of the components for the system.

Bi-weekly Log Update

10/6/10 - This week, I have been trying to catch up and make small changes to little details in my background information, testing procedures, and alternative solutions. I have also been working on a design matrix for the dock layout solutions. That needs to be posted as soon as possible. Also, another set of solutions regarding the dock installtion must be developed and posted, along with a design matrix for that. I am waiting to hear from the team member who is designing the dock whether the fueling dock will be stationary or floating before I create the installation solutions. There is no need to create a set of solutions for the installation of pipes on a type of dock that will not even be used, so that is causing me to be a bit behind the ball.

Alternative Solutions: Dock Layouts

            I have created three solutions for the fueling station layout. The purposes of the different layouts are to minimize boat traffic and provide fuel in an efficient way to the various types of boats that come in and out of the marina. The solutions range in size, shape and number of vessels that have access to the fuel.

The fueling dock layout for Solution #1 will span over a 115 by 125 foot space. There will be special slips on each side of the dock that are angled at 45 degrees. The boats will be able to back into the slips and it will minimize boat traffic by allowing more boats to access the pumps at a time. For this design, there would be 6 pumps and 8 slips (4 slips per side). There will be a pump per every two slips with two hoses on each pump, meaning that two slips share one pump. The other 2 pumps are located at the end of the dock so boats can pull up and access the pumps quicker than they would be able to backing into a slip. The slips are at 45 degree angles and are 50 feet long and 20 feet wide. The piping would lie under the center of the dock and extend to each pump. The fuel house is 20 feet by 15 feet and lies in the center of the dock where it is 55 feet wide. It is 30 feet from the end of the dock.

            The fueling dock layout for Solution #2 takes up a 90 foot by 90 foot space. In this solution there are 4 slips that boats would be able to back into (2 slips on each side). The two slips on each side will each share a pump with two hoses. The slips are at 45 degree angles and are 20 feet wide and 40 feet long. In addition to the two pumps near the slips, there is one more at the end of the dock. The dock is 70 feet at the end allowing for larger boats to access fuel. As in the previous solution, there is a fuel house that lies in the center of the end diamond shaped portion of the dock. It is 15 feet from the end of the dock and its area is 20 feet by 15 feet. The piping for the dock lies underneath it in the center of the dock and extends to each of the pumps.

            The third and final solution for the layout of the docks takes up a space that is 100 feet long and 75 feet wide. It is the smallest of the three designs. There are 4 slips (2 on each side) and they are 18 feet wide and 25 feet long. They can potentially accommodate ships that are longer than 25 feet long. The pumps are located right off of the main dock in the middle of the sets of slips. The gas pumps that jut out from the dock are protected by the triangular barriers. There are two more pumps at the end of the dock on either side. They occupy the spaces that are the 135 degree parts of the trapezoid. The fuel house is in the center of the trapezoid end of the dock. It is 20 feet wide and 12 feet long. The piping runs under the center of the docks.

            These solutions can all efficiently provide fuel. They range in size, shape, number of slips and pumps. The layouts will minimize boat traffic and safely provide fuel.