Even Managing Directors Have to Roll Up Their Sleeves Sometimes...

Though the initial earthworks phase of the project is complete, the initial delays to the project’s getting started, combined with the fact that there is no irrigation facility on-site, has meant that the drainage, cultivation and seeding works have been delayed to ensure the establishing grass sward is not compromised by any hot and dry spells that might be brought by the summer weather. As a result the site has been fenced off to preserve the work completed thus far, and to secure the site more generally.

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Highlands Park Sports Pitch Plateau Takes Shape Near Henley-on-Thames

After a slow start to the project due to the relentlessly wet ground conditions through the spring, Turfdry’s sports pitch construction project at Crest Nicholson’s Highlands Park development in Henley-on-Thames has made fantastic progress in recent weeks. 

Following the screening of the material on site, and the removal of detritus from the pitch plateau area, the team was able to get to work spreading the mountain of imported topsoil over the finished sub-base. A good depth of high-quality topsoil is vital to the construction of a natural turf sports pitch, and with the paucity of available material on-site, the importing of additional material was crucial to the success of this project.

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Turfdry Work to Make Sure New Sports Pitch is Made of 'The Right Stuff'

Turfdry’s specialism in natural turf construction makes the firm an ideal partner for housebuilding companies looking to add sports facilities to their new developments. With the main construction phase of its Highlands Park development in Henley-on-Thames winding down, Crest Nicholson contacted Turfdry in 2023 to explore their options for a new natural turf sports pitch, with a package of works agreed to commence in early 2024.

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Highlands Park Sports Pitch Construction project Underway After Soggy Start to the Year

Turfdry’s specialism in natural turf construction makes the firm an ideal partner for housebuilding companies looking to add sports facilities to their new developments. With the main construction phase of its Highlands Park development in Henley-on-Thames winding down, Crest Nicholson contacted Turfdry in 2023 to explore their options for a new natural turf sports pitch, with a package of works agreed to commence in early 2024.

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