WATER MATTERS  #13
by Brad Wilkins
Irrigation Task Force

This article will discuss the completion of Phase II of the Irrigation Project and will present the schedule for Phase III and the job completion.  The schedule presented below, is dependent on the delivery of pipe and materials.  Much of the Phase III Rainbird material is on hand allowing  us to avoid their announced price increase.

By the time that this article goes to press, all the testing and punch list work for Phase II will have been completed.  The crews for the most part went home for Christmas and left a small work force in place for anything that might come up.  They will be returning through the period of January 2nd and January 14th, 2012.

Site preparation and pipe deliveries is scheduled for this period.  On or about January 12th, they will be working around the Country Club tying into the large diameter pipe that was installed during Phase II.  They will be installing a 16" diameter line from the end of the large line installed in Phase II and it will terminate near the #1 tee of the Grand Pines.  From there, 10" lines will be installed.  In addition, some of the irrigation system around the clubhouse will be started.

Work will then be moved to Timber Point Blvd.  This is scheduled for early in February and is expected to take about a month.  With the main line installed on Timber Point Blvd, the crew will tie into that line and do the Highlands Golf Course.  This portion of the work will be pressure tested, inspected and all punch list work completed.

The crew will then return to the clubhouse grounds and complete that work.  This work is scheduled to completed by the first week in May.  Work will then begin on the back nine of the Grand Pines starting with hole #18.  This portion of the golf course will be closed until July.  When the punch list work is complete, the back nine will be opened and the front nine of the golf course and the driving range  will be closed. The crew will start on hole #1.

Work will then go on until the golf course and driving range is completed and the pressure test and punch list work is complete. 

Keep in mind, that the schedule discussed above, is dependent on the delivery of material and weather conditions.  The schedule calls for all work to be complete by the middle of October.