Ferry Cove Oyster Hatchery

The Ferry Cove Oyster Hatchery is a 16,500 sf state-of-the-art oyster hatchery that will be a production center and commercial point of sale facility for oyster larvae and seed.  The hatchery will house algae production labs, exterior ocean water tanks, broodstock and spawning tank rooms, downweller tank room, attendant aquatic equipment, research labs, industry development & training facilities, offices, and locker area. 

The project is located on a waterfront parcel in Sherwood, Maryland.  Sherwood is a small rural, residential village located on the Bay Hundred Peninsula.  At the project site, the peninsula is less than .5 mile wide, putting the project parcel 99% inside the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area. 

Gipe Associates provided mechanical (including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), electrical (including power, interior lighting, site lighting, fire alarm, telecommunications, security), plumbing, and fire protection system design and Contract Administration.  Our scope also included the design of a wet pipe sprinkler system, fire pump, and above ground fire storage tank.  The facility HVAC was provided by air cooled chillers, fan coil units, and electric radiant heat panels.  Electrical design for powering the seawater pumps and M/E/P work required for the seawater pump house and land-based hatchery was also provided under our scope of work.   

Project Type: Commercial,