The goal for week three was to complete the section from hole #10 through hole #13. I believe that that goal was reached. #13 is about 85% complete but the crew was able to get all of the main lines trenched and laid on n#14 which was not in the projection. That trade off leads me to believe that the target was met .
We were getting ready to start on the wet well structure last week but a chance of rain came in and delayed the start of that project. Thanksgiving didn't help the timeline either. And now we have serious chances for rain this week, which we need desperately. We may not get to dig for the wet well until late this week.
The crew really hit a stumbling block on #10 with all of the rock. Without that issue I think that they would have blown their timeline out of the water. They should be in good soil for the remainder of the back nine so it should move pretty rapidly.
This morning our consultant,Trevor Holman, is laying out the head spacing on hole #14. He will probably finish marking the back nine holes this week
Monday, November 28, 2016
Monday, November 21, 2016
Irrigation renovation progress report Week 2
Finally we have moved on to hole 11. I'm not sure who was happier the construction crew or me to move out of the rockiest soil on the course. Sure enough as soon as we passed the teeing area on 11 the large trencher started eating soil like nobody's business. I watched it trench about 70 yards of 3 foot deep trench in about 10 minutes. It had previously taken us a day to get that far. So conditions have gotten much better. We are still running into a boulder here and there but they are to be expected by looking at the surface indicators, lack of grass or droughty looking area.
The current location of the crew with mainline is #12. The lateral crews are wrapping up the fairway on the 11th hole.
The machine appears to be gaining some steam. I hope that we start to see about a hole and a half completed per week. When I use the term completed I am referring to pipe in the ground with heads in place. There is still work to be done on the completed holes. Debris piles must be removed, boulders removed, cart path cuts have to be re-poured, plow lines have to be rolled out, and many other cleanup projects must be completed.
Projections for next week. I hope to see #12 Tee, Fairway and Natural Area completed. Also I am hopeful to see some work done on #13 Fairway and Green also. This is a large completion list for our progress so far but the closer we move toward #14 the higher quality the soil will be.
Also I am sure if you have visited the course in the last few days you have noticed the pond on #18 getting very low. We are pumping it down in order to install the new wet well and intake line that are the base for our awesome new pump station.
The machine appears to be gaining some steam. I hope that we start to see about a hole and a half completed per week. When I use the term completed I am referring to pipe in the ground with heads in place. There is still work to be done on the completed holes. Debris piles must be removed, boulders removed, cart path cuts have to be re-poured, plow lines have to be rolled out, and many other cleanup projects must be completed.
Projections for next week. I hope to see #12 Tee, Fairway and Natural Area completed. Also I am hopeful to see some work done on #13 Fairway and Green also. This is a large completion list for our progress so far but the closer we move toward #14 the higher quality the soil will be.
Also I am sure if you have visited the course in the last few days you have noticed the pond on #18 getting very low. We are pumping it down in order to install the new wet well and intake line that are the base for our awesome new pump station.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Week One of the Irrigation Renovation
Week one is in the books on the irrigation renovation project. We decided to start on hole #10 and work toward the pump station. The plan is to have 4 holes completed by the time that the pumps are ready to go.
#10 has a lot of rock in the ground close to the surface. Our construction company, Nutt Irrigation, has been having some trouble with the rock and the first week timelines are a little behind. Hopefully we will make up the ground as soon as we get out of the rock.
They are about 3/4 of the way through with #10. I have hopes that in the next 2 days we will be out of the rocks and plowing along smoothly. #10 has generated some nice large boulders that we may be able use around the course. The 2nd rock wall on #10 could be extended on both sides to really finish that wall Some of the smaller ones have been taken to the drainage ditch on #8 for use as water breaks. during heavy rainfall events, which we need, water rushes so fast down that spillway that it can take out the rip rap base. These small boulders will help slow the water momentarily and help prevent washouts.
#10 has a lot of rock in the ground close to the surface. Our construction company, Nutt Irrigation, has been having some trouble with the rock and the first week timelines are a little behind. Hopefully we will make up the ground as soon as we get out of the rock.
They are about 3/4 of the way through with #10. I have hopes that in the next 2 days we will be out of the rocks and plowing along smoothly. #10 has generated some nice large boulders that we may be able use around the course. The 2nd rock wall on #10 could be extended on both sides to really finish that wall Some of the smaller ones have been taken to the drainage ditch on #8 for use as water breaks. during heavy rainfall events, which we need, water rushes so fast down that spillway that it can take out the rip rap base. These small boulders will help slow the water momentarily and help prevent washouts.
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