June 24, 2011

Lots of work happening this week, Awesome! Have a great weekend.

Curb machine, like Play-doh machine...

Finish work on curb @ Miracle Field/Nature Area parking

Scoreboard!

Rolling out the erosion blankets on slope...

Base-path...

Pouring footers for roof support columns in maintenance area

First Day of Summer!

Its the first official day of Summer for 2011, and its been a wild Spring. Let's hope summer is more on the mild side so we can get some work done. Cheers to everyone out there making it happen!

Backstop posts for a ball field

Removing topsoil for infield mix placement

Laying out irrigation pipe for soccer field

Field light pole foundation set in place on soccer field

Drilling for field light post foundation on soccer field

Maintenance area buildings

Materials storage building

Bulk material storage bins

Inside of the maintenance shop building, my toybox!

End of week update

Just wanted to get a quick update in before the weekend, greetings from ESP!

Even with the rain-out on Wednesday (1.5"), the masons still managed to get a lot of work accomplished on the materials storage building in the Maintenance area.

Backstop posts started in baseball this afternoon!

Also, the footer were poured for the soccer pavilion, sitework continued, and work began on the baseball fields surfaces. Look for irrigation installation in soccer, field light foundations, and bridge work to begin next week along with everything else! Have a great weekend.

Great Weather!

You could not ask for a more beautiful day here in Central Kentucky. Its about 79 degrees and hardly a cloud in the sky! Seeing the work that was being done today was also a beautiful sight. We started rough grading our natural turf soccer fields, foundations are continuing to be installed, masonry is stacking up, electrical and plumbing are going in, and topsoil is being spread around. Great way to start the week! Watching for fenceposts to arrive this week to start backstops in baseball...

Laser

Laser grading

Material storage area in maintenance complex

Park HQ and maintenance complex

Yes, those are baseball field dugout footers!

Its June already?

We were really blessed this week to have NO rain whatsoever! Contractors were chomping at the bit to get to work earlier this week to take advantage of the weather. It has been hot but its also been dry. Forecast is calling for good weather for the next few weeks, we will see!

Main entrance

Nature's landscaping around electrical switch box, some sort of thistle. Most likely Canadian Thistle. Whatever it is, it needs to go even though the purple flowers are kind of neat...

Foundations for baseball pavilion

Shots from on top of "Mt Etown"

Work in the park HQ/Maintenance compound
Can I move in yet?

Foundation for Championship Fields Pavilion

SmartTurf Blog

I would like to mention a blog by a good friend and mentor, Jamie Mehringer, President of J&D Turf in Indianapolis.

Smart Turf

Jamie visits sports fields all over the region and keeps up a blog about his visits and some of the work his company is involved in. He offers some great insight into the sports turf management and other turf related topics. Check it out for some photos of other venues, projects, and great information...

Moving forward - Foundations!

We work in between rains and sometimes in it!

Main Entrance wall

Miracle Field concessions ready to go!

Entrance

Championship Fields Pavilion

Baseball Fields Pavilion

Baseball Quad foundation rebar

Mt. Etown...