Contractor Accountability

Over the past 2 weeks our irrigation contractor for the Bobcat Project, Mike Roach Irrigation (MRI), has begun installing main line piping.  All 4 directional bores are now complete and MRI has begun trenching in the utility easement behind #10 tee/#13 green (below).  When construction officially begins on April 6, 2015 we will have over 2500' of main line already installed.

A great feature of MRI's team is that each individual is factory trained and certified in High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) fusion welding.  For an additional level of accountability, company protocol is to record the time, date and the name of the fusion operator at each weld, recorded physically on the pipe (below).

Transplanting sabal palm trees

Adjacent to Bear #7 green we are in the process of planting 11 sabal palm trees to buffer the green from the passing traffic on Bobcat Dr.  Below are some videos detailing the process.

First, we used our Power Shovel to dig around the tree and cut the roots.  Next we used our Bobcat to remove the tree and place it on our dump truck for transport from #10 to #7.

Then the tree is lifted off the truck with the Bobcat and placed in the hole and watered in to ensure there is no air around the root ball.

Directional bores for Bobcat Project

You may have noticed some work being done on the Bobcat course in recent days along the periphery of the golf course.  Our irrigation contractor for the Bobcat Project is completing some early work ahead of the project to give us some buffer room in our schedule for the summer.  Of particular interest was the process of how the directional road crossing bores are done.  In case you missed it, I videoed the work between #17/#18 this week.