I am going to make this News about the Fairmont Disc Golf Course Expansion Project Update as quick as possible.
Our baskets & ground sleeves are in route, being delivered by common carrier from Innova (in South Carolina). They should arrive late this week. However, BEFORE we can install the ground sleeves at the park, the following needs to occur.
Step 1. Riley County Parks staff will get the underground utilities marked on-site in the areas where we want baskets installed. This is done by contacting the utility locate service(s), a.k.a. Dig Safe, and potentially meeting with a utility company representative.
Step 2. Have member(s) of our course design team designate final/precise basket locations, in order to avoid the above described utilities. Don't worry, they should end up very close to where the wooden laths are currently located.
Step 3. Riley County Parks staff come "drill" the 2' deep holes for the basket locations. They plan to use a large auger bit mounted on a bobcat, which will save all of a lot of time.
Step 4. Riley County Parks staff purchase the necessary bags of concrete, plus the irrigation "valve boxes" w/ lids, used to securely mount the ground sleeves.
Three of the four items described above are in the hands of Riley County Parks. I have offered our assistance, but there's just some things they have to do themselves. Their manager has told me they plan to get them done by our planned workdays of July 27th & 28th... if not, surly everything will fall into place by August 3rd & 4th.
So, please keep those dates free if at all possible... and now you know why the exact dates of the workdays are not yet set.
I'll be sure to post firm dates as soon as they become reality.
Fairmont Course Expansion Update - July 15, 2013.
I am going to make this News about the Fairmont Disc Golf Course Expansion Project Update as quick as possible.
Our baskets & ground sleeves are in route, being delivered by common carrier from Innova (in South Carolina). They should arrive late this week. However, BEFORE we can install the ground sleeves at the park, the following needs to occur.
Step 1. Riley County Parks staff will get the underground utilities marked on-site in the areas where we want baskets installed. This is done by contacting the utility locate service(s), a.k.a. Dig Safe, and potentially meeting with a utility company representative.
Step 2. Have member(s) of our course design team designate final/precise basket locations, in order to avoid the above described utilities. Don't worry, they should end up very close to where the wooden laths are currently located.
Step 3. Riley County Parks staff come "drill" the 2' deep holes for the basket locations. They plan to use a large auger bit mounted on a bobcat, which will save all of a lot of time.
Step 4. Riley County Parks staff purchase the necessary bags of concrete, plus the irrigation "valve boxes" w/ lids, used to securely mount the ground sleeves.
Three of the four items described above are in the hands of Riley County Parks. I have offered our assistance, but there's just some things they have to do themselves. Their manager has told me they plan to get them done by our planned workdays of July 27th & 28th... if not, surly everything will fall into place by August 3rd & 4th.
So, please keep those dates free if at all possible... and now you know why the exact dates of the workdays are not yet set.
I'll be sure to post firm dates as soon as they become reality.
Thanks again,
Rick Petrie