Merry Christmas!

The golf course construction project officially ended for the season on Wednesday, December 19. All exposed soil areas were straw mulched per MPCA requirements for erosion/sediment control. Duininck has moved most of their heavy equipment off-site for the winter. Construction on both buildings continues to move forward with concrete pours occurring on a regular basis. I will post some building photos over the winter as progress warrants.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Winter Storm

Heavy snow over the weekend (12+ inches). Work on the golf course may be ending shortly...we shall see. Drainage install was moving ahead full speed this past week. The wet well install was also completed last week.

Here is an article just released a few days back on the Keller project:
Minnesota's History Keller GC Getting Major Facelift

Adding another section to the wet well.

Finished wet well. New pumphouse will sit on top of this structure.



Intake pipe in position.




Drainage crew working their way up 8 fairway headed towards 6 pond




Drainage install in 7 fairway.



A drainage run in front of 7 tee that connects to 6 pond.




Drainage being installed in 14 fairway.



Drainage run cut through the ridge on 14 fairway - 14 feet deep.

Drainage run from 14 fwy up to 16 tee complex.

Duininck Project Manager, Ahren Habicht, checking location of the pad for 16 "B" tee.



A look from above at 14 fairway drainage install.




Pizza party for the Duininck staff.





Bill Bartodziej, Natural Resource Specialist with the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District, stopped by to check on the project. RWMWD will be involved in prairie and woodland restorations on the golf course in 2013.



A view from the maintenance facility as fill is added to the 12 tee complex.



Walls start to go up on the clubhouse.



12/4 Drainage and Wet Well Work

Lots of drainage work in progress. Duininck will be adding a second drainage install crew by mid-week. They hope to have all fairway drainage complete by mid-December.



Drainage install across 16 fairway.



Moving across 17 fairway.



Latest look from 16 back tee. On walk through with the architect last week it was decided to raise the new white tee 1.5 feet and cut an additional 1.5 feet from the ridge to better improve sight lines.




15 green complex being lowered in the back.




Bottom of 14 fairway was raised one foot to improve drainage.




15 green - original cart path ran on top of the ridge in back.




A below ground view of a drainage catch basin installation.



Xcel Energy finally finished moving the power poles that ran along the west side of the 12th hole and over the 13th tee. This is a rare picture (barring a natural disaster) to see four Xcel trucks on the same project site!

Drainage installation across 16 fairway.



Six inch drainage pipe buried in the trench. Note the red wire in the trench next to the pipe. This is included on all drainage runs so the pipe can be traced and located in the future.



16 green complex.



The cut on 9 fairway to improve sight lines from the tee.




This gives you an idea of the depth of the cut.






Richard Mandell, our golf course architect, contemplating changes.





From left to right, Paul Deiss, Duininck superintendent, Richard Mandell, and Ahren Habicht, Duininck project manager.



Drainage install on 2 fairway.



Drainage trench line compacted with this vibrating attachment on a skid steer.



Current pro shop construction site.

Current clubhouse construction site.



Dirt work on 12 green complex and approach.





Digging the hole for the pumphouse wet well.



Adding Class 5 aggregate for a solid base.







A view from the north end of the irrigation pond. 13 tee is the green spot in the distance. The workers in the foreground are prepping a pad upon which the pumphouse wet well will be placed.



Checking base elevations with GPS.

 



Bottom base of wet well is set.





First section lowered into place.



Intake pipe installed.



Duininck's site superintendent, Paul Deiss, checks intake pipe elevation.