Friday, January 10, 2014

Ever get that sinking feeling?

I am sure some of you have noticed the unsightly, uneven ground next to the bulkhead on 12 Palmetto.  With all the rain we have recieved this past year, this area has grown more problematic.  Over time the runoff has caused excessive erosion and created open voids under the turf.  Some of these voids have reached the surface and created open holes next to the bulkhead.  As these areas became evident we would fill them in and level the surface as best we could.  This resulted in a bumpy, uneven, and unsafe area adjacent to the bulkhead.  The area became an eyesore and was very unsafe for golfers as well as workers.  This week we began work to repair the area.  We began by stripping the turf along the bulkhead to expose the dirt.  With the area exposed, we used soil probes to find the cavities below the surface.  Once the cavities were identified, the crew then collapsed them to create a solid base.  Some of these areas were rather large and 2 to 3 feet below the turf.  After all the cavities were collapsed, we then back filled the area with soil and used tamps to pack it down.  With the area filled in and leveled off we regrassed the area with sod.  The area will remain marked "Ground Under Repair" until the turf has time to establish itself; with the weather we have had this could take a while.  The finished product is definitely a huge improvment. 


Here you can see one of the voids being exposed, the shovel is resting on the bottom.  The first foot or two of soil was solid, but once we were past it there was just an open cavity. 

This is a good example of how deep the voids are once you get beyond the top layer.

This is how the bulkhead looked once we collapsed all the open cavities.  As you can see they were quite extensive.

We used our Tycrop materical handler to add fill dirt along the bulkhead.


Here a worker used a hand tamp along the edge of the bulkhead to pack the soil.


The mechanical tamp was used to ensure the area was packed down to recieve the sod.
There was quite an improvement in looks, playability, and most importantly safety once the project was completed.

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