New Turf on Cajun Field

[ulforlife]

i would be impressed to find out we are in fact using the Field Turf brand. GO UL

[Kal]

_ "widen the entrance to Tunnel"

Seems like a bigger project than the turf. _

seems to me it would be easier to make a temporary ramp down the hill. Let the dump trucks come in through the main gates...not the swamp gates but the other ones. I could be wrong but it seems to me its easier this way than to burrow out extra tunnel. Another option could be to dump the contents of the trucks outside and use a steady stream of payloaders to haul the dirt in through the tunnel as is. I know payloaders will fit through there.

[rhineaux]

I would be happy if the company really is Field Turf. I'v always liked the fields at Ohio State and Cinncy Bengals, just because they don't look anything like fake turf. Field Turf did both of those fields.

And, you can't have those trucks come down the inside because it would be too steep. plus,they probably just need to widen the entrance. There is a long wall that runs almost all the way to the athletic building. They would just need to take out part of that wall so the trucks could have enough turning room.

[Boomer]

Where is Doc Zap on this --I hope we don't open at home ---How many months late was the Indoor facility??? We are already very close to May!!! New tunnel or widder??? This seems huge to me--What about the pumps etc.?????

[DaddyCajun]

I was told also that the Camera system to update us with pics as the progress is taking place is already up. This will be fun to watch whether you are in Cajun Country or anywhere else.

DaddyCajun

[rhineaux]

_ That was Scot Farmer. Contractor will be starting Thursday and be finished July 1. We will see. _

When I watched an installation video from the Pro turf people last week, i think they started on Apr 27, and were done in about 2 months an 1-2 weeks. So, that July 1 date should be pretty accurate. Let's just hope we don't have a crazy rainy couple of months.

You know what they say, April Showers bring late completion dates on turf installations.

[anhil8tor]

Information from the site:

2005 Instillation
April Florida State University* FL Practice football 90,000 sf
April Univ. of Tenn. at Chattanooga* TN Finley Stadium 95,000 sf

2004
July Toronto Argonauts* ONT Football - Skydome 120,000 sf
September Univ. S. Carolina* SC Football (indoor) 46,000 sf
November Univ. S. Carolina* SC Baseball Apron 20,000 sf


Other than that it is all high schools. We are getting the #1 turf for high school football

[cajun4life]

_ Information from the site:

2005 Instillation
April Florida State University* FL Practice football 90,000 sf
April Univ. of Tenn. at Chattanooga* TN Finley Stadium 95,000 sf

2004
July Toronto Argonauts* ONT Football - Skydome 120,000 sf
September Univ. S. Carolina* SC Football (indoor) 46,000 sf
November Univ. S. Carolina* SC Baseball Apron 20,000 sf


Other than that it is all high schools. We are getting the #1 turf for high school football _

What do you expect the Admin has run this school like a HIGH SCHOOL for 35 years.

[anhil8tor]

What do you expect the Admin has run this school like a HIGH SCHOOL for 35 years.

Those high schools are probably more technically sound than we are at the football game.

[HelmutVII]

I would be happy if the company really is Field Turf. I'v always liked the fields at Ohio State and Cinncy Bengals, just because they don't look anything like fake turf. Field Turf did both of those fields.

And, you can't have those trucks come down the inside because it would be too steep. plus,they probably just need to widen the entrance. There is a long wall that runs almost all the way to the athletic building. They would just need to take out part of that wall so the trucks could have enough turning room.

Removing the end of the retaining wall to improve the turning radius is probably what they will do. If the tunnel is 12 feet wide and about 14 feet tall it should fit a small dump truck. I would think they got dump trucks in and out of the stadium when it was built. Poor planning on the part of somebody if they blocked the entrance with a building.

Depending on what they have to truck in (probably sand) they could dump it on the top of the embankment and either chute it down the hill or use a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt is a very efficient method of transferring large quantities of material.