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Drainage

The Gateway Community College, Tilbury, Essex

A Feasibility Study was completed on this 12ha floodplain site. A total of nine football, rugby and cricket grassed pitches and two all-weather facilities were constructed. Pitches were cambered to a gradient of 1:70 and swaled storage trenches and an enclosing ditch reticulation was incorporated. The heavy clay loam topsoil was ameliorated with sand and both primary and secondary drainage was undertaken before seeding.

Vibrating tines treatment between slit drains and
ameliorating sand into the surface clay loam soil.

Deangate Ridge Golf Course

A detailed feasibility study on drainage requirements was prepared and an installation contract of £250,000 was controlled, directed and monitored through to completion.

The Wisley Golf Club

A detailed assessment of the earthworks, shaping and drainage installation was made of the completed golf course with a view to establishing the limiting aspects in the drainage provisions and necessary recommendations for improvement.

Heathfield and Waldron Rugby Club. Heathfield

In low lying ground the previous waterlogged pitch was replaced with new construction incorporating the application of Gypsum, the introduction of protective swales and the installation of an intensive lateral and slit drainage system followed by regular sand dressings.

Papers & Articles

An economic appraisal of methods to overcome surface drainage problems on the golf course. - Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. Jnl 9 - (Available on request.)

Keeping Sports Pitches Firm and Free of Surface Water - (The Groundsman, April 2000)

Restricting drainage outfall from reconstructed football pitches - (International Turfgrass Research Conference, July 2005)

Flooding may not mean more drainage - (Golf Course News International, Feb/Mar 2005)

 

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