Laying perimeter drain
Creating a key between introducing next layer of GOSTD loam
Overseeding
Finished square
Emails sent out 28/08/09. Reminder emails sent out 11/09/09 with rotas.
Proposed Timeline:
Week before, inform all neighbours in Morris Way of lorry movements. Done by letter delivered Monday 14th.
Monday 14th September - Locate and mark out square, including perimeter drain.
Tuesday 15th September - Transport ground guards from Taunton School to the site at White Street, North Curry.
Wednesday 16th September - Locate water point. Excavate square and perimeter drain with outfall (to locate existing land drain). Remaining hired in ground guards delivered.
Thursday 17th September - Import and spread gravel, inserting perimeter drain.
Hired in wacker plate to be delivered.
Friday 18th September - Import and spread coarse sand layer. Start replacing native soil. Off hire wacker plate.
Saturday 19th September - Continue replacing native soil.
Sunday 20th September - Reserve day.
Monday 21st September - Import GOSTD loam (at two hour intervals).
Tuesday 22nd September - Import remaining loam (two hour intervals). Off hire ground guards. Seed and fertilise. Make good surrounds and lorry tracks, etc. Fence off and clear site.
Actual timeline of events
Tuesday 8th September - On-site meeting held with Philip Palfrey, the project JCB contractor, to discuss plans of work and to give paperwork.
Monday 14th September - Square location measured out and orientated. 8 pitch square 23.2m x 24.4m (566m2
) - for
the desired side on view from the pavilion, the orientation isn’t exactly N-S but 50 degrees towards NW, which is within the ECB recommended guidelines of 55 degrees variation either side of N-
Fertilising S. Letters to notify residents delivered.
Tuesday 15th September - Grounds guards transported from Taunton School to site early evening. Measured out and marked lorry track width (2.6m between outside edges of wheels) from edge of square to car park and laid down guards accordingly.
Wednesday 16th September - 8am: JCB contractor arrives on site. Strips off turf from square and forms heap adjacent to square away from delivery area. JCB then begins excavation to formation level - 325mm (13”). Topsoil is stockpiled adjacent to square at the back away from delivery area. Approximately two thirds of the square is excavated by the end of the day. Laser level is not used due to slope of square - unfortunately, this is dictated by the outfield fall levels. Drop is approximately 1:35 across square (about 700mm). Hired in ground guards arrive in the afternoon and are laid to form track way to square for deliveries. In all, 54 ground guards are being used to cover a track 65 metres in length. We are actually about five metres short, so the grass nearest the car park is left uncovered.
Thursday 17th September - Continued to excavate native top soil as first gravel deliveries arrive at 8.00am (two lorry loads). Excavation complete by around 10.00am. JCB used to spread gravel around excavated area. One more lorry load of gravel delivered at 1.00pm and the final two together at 3.00pm. Begin spreading gravel to 100mm (4”) depth across whole site using marks on ends of rakes to gauge depth accuracy. Delivery of two wacker plates meant we started compacting gravel. Breakdown of JCB lost 3.5 hours work. Phoned suppliers to put back sand delivery to Friday after 1.00pm.
Friday 18th September - Continued to level out and compact gravel. Approximately 12 tonnes of gravel stockpiled by square for use in perimeter
Fenced off
drain later on. Completed gravel consolidation by 2.00pm. Two lorry loads of AFS50 coarse sand delivered together at 2.30pm. Spread (with help from JCB), raked and compacted (wacker plate) sand to 50mm depth across whole area. Completed by 7.45pm. Delivery of loan machinery from Taunton School by 2.00pm.
Saturday 19th September - Commenced returning native soil into square using compact tractor with loader, and lots of manpower with rakes and wheelbarrows. Native soil very dry and lumpy with stones. Large lumps and stones removed by hand and stock piled separately. Layers tracked in using compact tractor. JCB contractor excavates three net bases alongside machinery shed and starts to shift soil/ripped turf to boundary edges. Contractor’s dumper truck hired in.
Sunday 20th September - Reserve day used to continue returning native top soil to square as above. Five layers were achieved in total. On final layer, string lines across square were used every two metres to check levels after tracking-in. Measurements taken all along each line and infill/removal of soil carried out until satisfactory levels attained across site. Remaining depth was between 60-90mm (2.5-3.5”). Scarifier used to form key to accept loam. No contractor in today.
Monday 21st September - Finished off attaining final levels of native top soil by 9am. First two lorry loads from Surrey Loams Ltd of their GOSTD 125 cricket loam arrive at 9.30am. JCB contractor begins excavation of perimeter drain @ 500mm using 300mm wide bucket. Later in the day, we would find water point with the JCB digging the perimeter drain - cue fountain! Water supply turned off until pipe is capped later on. Using compact tractor with loader, begin spreading loam across square in heaps and raking to approximately 20mm (3/4") depth. Once square area was covered, compact tractor was used to
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