This pic shows the lazer level machine and set up. Once you set the percent slope to the desired direction, its off to the races. The computer will automatically raise and lower the box blade to either cut down the highs or fill the lows. After 20-30 minutes, a regular sized tee is perfectly flat. Lastly, to pefectly smooth out the surface, a sand bunker machine is used to smooth the surface (in the back ground).
Here's a tee just after finishing with the lazer level. The top is done, but still needs some hand work to make the tie-ins flow smooth.
Here is a pic of the hand work to finalize all the tie-ins right before sod. Its amazing how much hand work there is to be done, even with all the giant earth movers around.
To finalize the screening between holes 7 & 8, I have installed a lot of large new trees. Here is a pic of some of the new bald cypress.
Here's a pic from 8 green looking at 7 fairway. Remember how open it used to be? I can see 14 new trees in this pic.
Here are a couple new cypress in a drainage littoral. I will plant marsh grasses all around the base of the trees and it will look spectacular.
This pic shows a lot if you look close. Yep, that's new sand in the bunkers. Notice how the edges are not filled yet. That's in case we get rain and the sides wash a little, it won't contaminate the nice clean sand. The guys in the pic are taking off the fumigation tarp. We have to pull the tarp and float the greens out so everything can be tied in together. Lastly, if you look way into the background, you can see water running. This is so the final grading can be done. When the soil is completely dry, it won't hold any shape and just falls apart. The black pipes sticking up are drain clean outs. They will be cut off at ground level and capped just before sod is installed. There's always lots going on when preping for grass.
Still on the front side, stipping has begun on holes 5. Actually, by the time you read this holes 3,4,& 5 have been stripped. Here is pic of the dozer heading for #5
He makes short work of it....
Along side of the mighty dozer is a couple of small skid steer bucket loaders for the hard to reach areas, like around greens and bunkers.
In preperation for all of the work done on the front side I needed to make some infrastructure improvements for water control. Here the contractor is installing an 8" valve.
Seems easy enough, right? Look how many guys are in the hole.
On hole 3, lake enhancement work has begun. The stakes are going to be the new top of the lake bank.
On the back, drainage is completely finished on holes 10-13. When I left today, the main drain line between 14 & 18 was almost installed and about 1/3 of the drainage in 18 had been installed. Shaping was complete on holes 10, 11, most of 12, and most of 13. The entire back 9 has been stripped and buried. The lake work on 16 is done, the rock walls on 16 are done, and the fairway has been lowered on front of 16.
This pic is of the enhancements to the lake on 18. The same work done on 16 will be done here, some perimeter work and the front of the fairway will be lowered. All the palm trees laying on the ground across the lake were transplanted to holes 7, 8, & 9. We are trying to reuse as much as possible.
By Wednesday of next week the front 9 will probably be completely stripped. The bury pits have begun being excavated on hole 5. The contractor will dig a pit large enough for 3 & 4 on hole 4, while holes 1 & 2 will go on hole 1 or the range. The next major thing to happen on the front will be the work to the lake on 3 tee, 4 green, 5 tee.
Stay tuned, more to come.
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