Holland Engineering, Inc. assisted Third Coast Development with site planning services for Spectrum Health’s new child development center on Michigan Street. The project combines Spectrum’s current child care centers located on Lake Drive E and the Blodgett campus in East Grand Rapids.
Engineering Services - included planning, utilities, stormwater management (with underground detention system) and landscaping design
Holland Engineering also assisted in obtaining the Grand Rapids LUDS (Land Use Development Services) permit.
Holland Engineering, Inc. assisted with engineering and site planning services for “The Settlement”, a 9-unit housing project for the elders of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Gun Lake Tribe. The project became a 9-unit site condo served by a Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Reservation Road. The building sites are supplied by well and septic systems.
Design Services - included master concept planning, design of the site condominium, and township and county approvals
Holland Engineering also provided the design for stormwater management and roadway to meet private road and Indian Reservation Road requirements.
Holland Engineering is providing master planning and civil engineering support to the Great Lakes Adventist Academy (GLAA) as they continue to develop a year-round nursery and farming program for the benefit of their students, faculty and neighbors. GLAA is a private, four-year coeducation secondary school situated on a 400-acre campus in rural Cedar Lake, Michigan, which currently services approximately 250 students.
Holland Engineering has provided a wide range of engineering and surveying support including master planning for the nursery and farm property, site layout services, construction drawings for watermain extension, stormwater management programming and permitting assistance for wastewater system operations.
Holland Engineering recently assisted the Zeeland Board of Public Works with surveying services for wind turbines located at Helder Park in Holland, MI. Holland Engineering provided legal descriptions for each of the two wind turbines located on the north side of the park. The twin turbines feature 25-foot blades and will generate an estimated 170,000 to 185,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, or enough energy to power approximately 22 homes.
Holland Engineering, Inc. provided assistance to EQ Industrial Services Inc. for the capping of the KL Avenue Landfill in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The project involves the capping of a 60-acre dormant landfill with a geosynthetic liner covering the entire waste area.
Solid Waste Services – provided initial topographic survey, assisted with the horizontal and vertical control, proposed grade staking, grade certifications, volumetric calculations and recordation drawings
Holland Engineering, Inc. assisted Third Coast Development with the redevelopment of a portion of the Federal Square Business Park, formally known as the Hart and Cooley property. The property is being repurposed for several new and prospective tenants who will utilize portions of the existing building including the Tulip City Beauty College. Holland Engineering assisted both Third Coast and Pioneer Construction with creating additional parking, providing updated stormwater management systems and updating the entrance to the school including the incorporation of a barrier free entrance.
The cottage owners of West Michigan Park Association approached HEI about designing a fire protection system that would reduce response time for fire fighters and improve reliability of pressurized water supply in the event of fire within the limited access development. HEI worked with representatives of Park Township, West Michigan Park Association, Ottawa County Parks and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment to design a "dry" fire protection system, which would be employed only during a fire event. The project includes construction a 6-inch fire line from the Association's parking lot into the cottage development with 4-inch service lines extended to stand pipes which are spaced at 200 feet or less. During a fire event, Park Township Fire Department will use truck-mounted pumping equipment to supply and pressurize the normally-dry fire system from the parking lot, while at the same time fire fighters on foot traverse the 1/4 mile of boardwalk to the nearest stand pipe and set up for fire suppression operations.
Holland Engineering provided the American Legion Post 49 with surveying, civil engineering and construction services for a proposed bank stabilization project. The Legion post in South Haven is located on top of a 30-foot high bluff overlooking the scenic harbor west of downtown. The bluff has begun to erode closer toward the post building and Holland Engineering was contacted to explore bank stabilization options.
Holland Engineering’s services include developing a stabilization plan, specifying materials for both building protection and aesthetic enhancement, exploring grant possibilities, permitting the stabilization work and providing construction phase services.
Holland Engineering is in the process of completing a drain extension and dune face restoration project along Lakeshore Drive south of the City of the Village of Douglas. The property owners in this area have been continually challenged with dune face erosion. In addition to the erosion being unsightly, it has also displaced the vegetation on the dune face and deposited it, along with soil and rocks, onto the beach. This displacement has created a safety hazard as it has undermined beach access walkways and stairs and threatened the roadway.
Holland Engineering worked with the property owners and the Allegan County Road Commission to design and permit a system of cut-off drains to intercept the runoff that was causing the erosion. These cut-off drains are an extension of an existing county drain system that was installed a few years ago after a major storm caused a portion of Lakeshore Drive to wash away near the project site. Once the drainage issues are addressed, the face of the dune will be restored with native vegetation and natural soil erosion control measures to complete the restoration and stabilization of this very unique and beautiful shoreline area.