Update XX

It's Monday and were back from the break of Thanksgiving. This week we go back to work on our project once again. Over the weekend I took time out to visit with my partner John Degirolamo. We had a long hard talk about our final design. We decided that we will create one model that breakes apart into two pieces. We reviewed the possible materials that we might want to use, but we do not believe that there will be any need to buy materials through the school.

Update XIX

There are only 3 days of school this week before the Thanksgiving Break. Today, our instructors gave us forms to be used to order all the necessary supplies for our finalized senior projects; mine being the Green Marina Scale Model. Therefore, my partner and I must begin picking out our supplies for the final model. We will do much internet research. I would like to see examples of other scale models in order to see how people have gone about creating their models. I will also visit several hobby shops and crafts stores in the area in order to acurately predict the necessary tools and supplies for our final model. I plan to do a large amount of this field research over the long weekend.

Update XVIII

On thursday of this week, Mike Danko will be visiting our school to give a short lecture and answer questions for the "Green Marina Project" students. I am looking forward to his visit. I will be composing a few good questions for him in order to better my project.

Alternate Solution 1

For solution #1 I decided that it would be most efficient to leave all the buildings where they were and build around them. I believe that minimizing building would minimize the amount of pollution added to the environment. Over on the right side of the drawing you can see I added in a lift, storage areas, and electrical service utilities. Some of the parking lot was removed in the middle to make room for a rain garden and catch basin. The rain garden will collect all the runoff and rain water and funnel it to the surrounding plants and flowers. These small changes were not enough to re-design the marina; therefore this will not be the chosen solution.

Alternate Solution 2

Solution #2 was next. I moved all the main buildings at the marina, such as the restaurant, bait and tackle store and senior citizens center, and moved them next to the shore casino. This idea was made to mimic a sort of mini mall type area, in which all of these necessities would be easily accessible in one area. This solution however, does not include the majority of the criteria listed in the grid, and that makes this solution is by far the worst of all 3.

Alternate Solution 3

My chosen solution is solution #3. It meets all of the necessary criteria and more. For this solution, I based my design around a park theme. In the center of the parking lot there exists a nature area with trees and flowers, gazebos, and a fountain. Rainwater runoff will all be converged to this area, where it will filter in to catch basins that run into the fountain, so that the fountain will always be running off of recycled rainwater. This “wishing fountain” will also make money off of people who throw their coins into the fountain, and the money shall be used to benefit the environment. Besides that, this solution also has extra storage spaces, and an area for people to winterize their boats. Also, the parking spaces have been arranged on angles to allow for more room for parking. Best of all it matches up perfectly with my partner’s structural solution. Overall you can clearly see why solution #3 was my chosen solution.

Specifications Matrix

Update XVII

Today we are 2 days away from the end of the marking period. Tomorrow I will be staying after school to re-do my formal presentation on the report of progress. Right now I am working on perfecting my blog before the end of the marking period. Also due tomorrow is my mentor contacts. All of my contacts with my mentor exist in the form of phone calls. I hope that is not a bad thing.

Update XVI

On monday of this week i performed my formal update of progress for the first marking period. It did not go very well. I forgot to mention several parts of my project which resulted in failing grades from both of my instructors. I will be making up the presentation next tuesday after school in order to recieve a passing grade for the marking period.