STAKING CONTINUES...

Another full day of staking locates the sprinklers on the last two greens, the booster station and 3 fairways. The booster station will provide a needed pressure increase to push water up the steep hill to the putting green, driving range tee and clubhouse.

Sprinkler head locations are staked on 18 green.

Meeting of the minds. The golf course staff (Doug, Mark and Brent) review the location of the
booster pump station with Paul McMahon, Paul Hill and Geoff Mack.



The power source for the booster pump station is verified.



INTEGRATED CONTROL SPRINKLER HEADS NOW BEING INSTALLED

The installation is rolling now with mainline done and 13 greens sprinklers and lateral pipe installed. ISI uses a machine called a vibratory plow to install the 2" HDPE pipe and Integrated Control System wire without the need for an open trench. This method is the least disruptive to the turf. The majority of the lateral piping in the fairways, tees and around the greens will be installed using this method.



After the sprinkler and pipe locations and are marked holes are dug. Notice the soil is placed on tarps. 




The IC wire is fed through a trough in the blade. As the pipe is      
pulled through the ground the wire is laid on top of it.
No stress is placed on the wire.




The vibratory plow travels on plywood to prevent turf damage around the
greens.




Pipe and wire being plowed. Corbin feeds the wire in the through the trough.




Turf disturbance is minimal.





The installed sprinklers have a temporary bar code on the surface. The bar code is then scanned and the
individual sprinkler head information can be uploaded at the central computer. 



TIME TO STAKE THE GREENS

Part of the installation process performed by Hydro Designs and ISI is staking the location of the new sprinkler heads. Using the scale drawing prepared by Hydro Designs as a reference, the position of each sprinkler head is measured and marked with a stake on the golf course. With 95% of the main line installed it is time to begin installing laterals and sprinkler heads.

Sprinkler head positions are marked around each green.

Sprinkler head positions on the tees were marked as well.

THE NEW MAIN PUMP STATION GETS INSTALLED

Despite an early morning shower, ISI was able to get the large crane out onto the golf course to remove the old pump station and install the new station. To conserve resources and time the existing building was reused to house the new pump station. All of this work was done in a few hours. The 11' vertical pumps and motors had to be placed through an existing hatch in the roof.  However, the two ton steel skid and components were slid through the double wide doors. The custom built pump station fit perfectly into its new home.






The crane crosses the golf course on mats to prevent damage to the turf.

 



The old station is removed one piece at a time.




ISI is able to lift and roll the new station through the front doors.

 



Pushing the skid through the front door eliminates the need to
remove the roof.

 


The motor is lowered on to the pump.

   



The pumps are lowered through the hatch in the roof.

 



Once inside, the skid was pushed into place using steel rollers.

 


The station is positioned over the existing 6' wet well.

 

PUMP STATIONS ARE DELIVERED

Both pump stations arrived on March 8th after traveling from Rain Bird in Tucson, AZ. Each pump station goes through an intensive quality control sequence as it is being built. Both stations were fully assembled and tested in Tucson before they shipped to Towson. This ensures that when the pump stations reach their final destination they are ready to go when they come off the truck.

Both pump stations arrive on a flat bed truck from Tucson, AZ.

The pump stations are off loaded before they
can travel out onto the golf course.