Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park

Mount Pleasant, SC 2009

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection

The project work included full mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering services for the design of the 22-acre Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park next to the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge on the Cooper River. This project features, a visitors center, playground, bronze war memorial, sweetgrass pavilion and the area’s longest pier 1,250 feet. At the end of the $3 million pier, in 12 feet of water, is an artificial reef to attract fish and a tackle shop where a police substation also is housed.

Specific design included: electrical design for lighting and general-purpose receptacles to serve the pier; plumbing design to provide water to the fish cleaning sink(s) and/or Bait Stations; and fire protection design to provide a backflow preventer at the head of the pier and fire-fighting hose stations at intervals.