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.