Friday, August 27, 2010

Compaction of mainline trench to prevent settling that could occur after completion of project.
Mainline fusion in progress on hole #7 of the Lakes course.
Lateral irrigation line installation on hole #7 of the Lakes course.

Friday, August 20, 2010


Irrigation As Stake provided by AquaTurf Int. to Mike Roach Inc. for installation purposes.

New system running on Hole #1 of the Lakes course.

Some removed components of existing irrigation system will be kept onsite for parts that may be needed to repair old system prior to implementation of phase 2 and phase 3. Components not needed will be sold to potential buyers.

Jeff and Tom remove old hydraulic irrigation controller that was utilized for prior irrigation system.

Temporary irrigation valve that needed to be installed to keep water flowing to the common grounds areas adjacent to the South Gate.

Friday, August 13, 2010


Please note yellow tags, these are utilized to identify wire paths for future reference.

Jeff Kempkens performs irrigation head adjustments to optimize water coverage.

Eric Czarnecki performs irrigation field check as irrigation heads are turned on via the irrigation central computer at main pump house.









Area where pipe was installed only 4 days earlier. Within 2 weeks area should be totally recovered with no evidence of disruption.

Mike Roach crew leader pulling pipe on hole #2 of Lakes course.

Timber Pines Irrigation Renovation Team during weekly construction meeting. Paul Roche (RainBird), Bill Seigel (FIS), Karl Interrante (Project Manager, Mike Roach Inc.), Mike Roach, Al Wehrheim (Timber Pines ITF Chairman), Jeff Kempkens (Senior Irrigation Tech), Eric Czarnecki (Golf Course Superintendent), Sean Hyduk (AquaTurf) Matt Corentin (RainBird) via teleconference. Picture taken by Pat Sless(FIS).

Friday, August 6, 2010


First irrigation heads come alive on #1 Tee of the Lakes course at 5:45pm on August 5, 2010.

First irrigation head installed in the ground.

HDPE Mainline installation on Hole #1 of the Lakes course.

Eric Czarnecki, Timber Pines GCS, Sean Hyduk, Aquaturf, Karl Interrante, Mike Roach Project Manager, and Jeff Kempkens, Timber Pines Senior Irrigation Technician, stake irrigation heads in the field.

Installation of Tee valves. Note the attention to detail in installation.

Temporary Remote unit installed on #2 Tee of Lakes course. This will give us the ability to test/control IC System immediately following the installation of irrigation components on individual holes.
All Underground utilities within Timber Pines were located prior to commencement of Irrigation Renovation Phase 1.

Karl Interrante, Mike Roach Project Manager, performs first irrigation head splice for RainBird IC System.

Jeff Kempkens, Timber Pines Senior Irrigation Technician, repairing existing irrigation system.

Doug Zak spent 1 week onsite training Mike Roach employees and Timber Pines staff.

Jeff Kempkens and Karl Interrante perform inventory tracking as materials are delivered for project.