Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Winter is officially here!

Winter is officially here, in date anyway. Actually this morning it was 60 degrees and rainy, go figure right? At least its good for the grass...
Here are a few photos taken from the last couple weeks, its still mostly too wet to do a lot of field work but building work is moving along quite well. Enjoy the pics, and have a safe holiday!

Sunrise over the park


Miracle Field and concession building


Fuel tanks!

Ball Diamonds Pavilion last week

Ball Diamond Pavilion today




Some of the field work that's been accomplished lately...



Took a peak at the bermudagrass on the sports fields. From a distance it looks like its completely gone dormant for the winter but upon closer inspection, there is some green holding on. That is a very good sign heading into winter, and it makes this Sports Turf Manager smile!

Monday, December 12, 2011

December Aerials

Photos taken last Thursday, 12/08/2011. Enlarge and look closely, can you see any changes?


Friday, December 2, 2011

Wettest year on record???

Well December is upon us and earlier this week we had almost 4 inches of rainfall. I went back and looked at the precipitation for the year and we over 20 inches above normal for this area. As of December 2, we have had 66.25 inches of rain for 2011! Normal yearly total for this area is about 43-45 inches. Needless to say, its been a wet year for construction at the Sports Park. The last two days have been beautiful so I took some photos to share with all of you. Despite the weather, our construction crews have been doing what they can and we appreciate that! Enjoy the pics.

Miracle Field dugouts, backstop, and concession building

Island in baseball parking

Prepping for concrete in baseball quad A

Turf coming in on baseball field, luckily with the rain the temperatures has stayed warmer

Close up of dugout, backstop and stadium seating on baseball field

Stadium seating with frames for shade structures, concession building in background

Finishing cap block on masonry

First backstop netting up

Softball field view from hill (Mt. Etown)

Baseball field with sodded infield

Sports Fields Pavilion closeup from Mt. Etown

Sports Fields pavilion, notice stone wrap columns


Earlier in the week we shut down the irrigation system for the winter. Basically we forces air through the lines to blow out as much water as we can. The above photo shows us flushing out the field farthest from the pump. The irrigation system is flushed out to keep the water lines from freezing and damaging the pipe and heads, not to mention we haven't needed it lately:)





Thursday, November 17, 2011

Mid November Photo Update

Here are some photos taken in the last few weeks. Notice some of the "before" and "after" shots...

Park HQ and Maintenance complex

Trail from behind shop up to Wi-Fi tower (above Championship Fields)


Node at end of trail

Sports Fields parking & pavilion

Paver installation, this machine makes it look easy!



Nature/Wetland/Trailhead area (in 2 different stages & views)



Miracle Field concession building


Baseball Field with shade structure frames installed (and grass coming up!)

Softball Field infield grading

Friday, November 4, 2011

Its November!

And we've got aerial photos to prove it! Check out all the latest work....


Here are some more random photos from the last few weeks:

I see this Great Blue Heron every morning in our newly landscaped wetlands/nature area near the main entrance to park.



The sports fields pavilion is really taking shape...

One of the synthetic fields is almost ready for turf!

WI-FI tower

We got a mound!

Shade structure frame


Don't forget to "Fall Back" this weekend!