Added: 7TH june 2024
The sports pitch construction project at Crest Nicholson’s Highlands Park development is progressing well, after initial efforts were thwarted by the wet weather. With the sun now on our side, we are delighted to have taken significant strides in the transformation of the area from construction dumping ground into the high quality natural turf sports facilities Turfdry is known for.
Despite the extensive screening operations that have been undertaken to reclaim as much viable material as possible for incorporation into the construction, there is still a significant deficit of the required topsoil needed to complete the pitch plateau. To remedy this, Turfdry has sourced some high quality local topsoil, which is being imported to site concurrent with the earthworks operations in order to ensure it is in place for when the pitch sub-base layer is complete. This has been proceeding smoothly, with several-thousand tonnes now already stockpiled; in order to maximise the efficiency of the trips being made by the tipper lorries to facilitate this, these same lorries will be removing the material rejected by the screening operations that took up the earlier phase of the project.
With the material stockpiles now sorted, the team has been able to turn its attention to the earthworks themselves, using an array of bulldozers and excavators equipped with machine-control units that link to the 3D design model for optimum accuracy. Although initial operations have progressed well, further areas of inappropriate material have been uncovered. Not only does this crush and boulder material make for an inadequate construction for a sports plateau, but would do major damage to the trenching equipment required for the installation of the drainage later in the year. As such, additional excavation work has been required to ensure the high standards and efficient delivery of the pitches; fortunately, the aforementioned screening operations did yield a good amount of material on the higher side of our initial estimates, so the additional material required to replace the excavated crush should already be on-site. Additionally, the pitch area will be ripped in two directions and additional stone picking operations will be undertaken to ensure the sub-base layer is free from problematic detritus and unsuitable material.
Be sure to check in soon for updates on the pitch’s progress, or take a look at the Orleton Road Case Study, where equally challenging ground conditions necessitated similar operations.
