1. GENERAL
All areas of the
golf course were already seeded and
planted. The tasks accomplished during this month are lamination, shaping and refining
of hole 13th. The drainage of the nursery and hole 14th was
also completed. The irrigation of the nursery, the holes 13th, 14th
and the green of hole 12th was likewise carried out. Finally, we seeded
tees and the landing area of hole 15th, of all areas of holes 13th
and 14th and the nursery.
Therefore, all works included in the project are
finished on the reporting date with the exception of the last phases of the
bunkers, which are always carried out on the last weeks previous to the
opening. The grow-in works will take place during the coming months, which will
allow.
All holes are
immerse in the consolidation or grow-in phase. This process is required for the
ripening of the plant and in order to obtain a surface that directly withstands
the weight and impact of pedestrian and/or vehicle traffic.
The main tasks In August and September are construction
of bunkers, cleaning and restitution of streams, fixing of French drains and settling
up of chopped wood inside the out-rough areas. An intensive grow-in programme
is also taking place, consisting of lowering the height of the mowing grass,
fertilization, levelling, rolling, application of plant protection treatments,
gravelling of grass, outlining, etc.
2. RAIN
The works were not disrupted, as there was no rain from July until mid September.
3. EARTH MOVEMENTS
This chapter is completed.
3.1. DEMOLITION
The cart path connecting the green 12th and
the maintenance building area was completely demolished in July; therefore this
chapter is finished.
3.2.
AFFECTED SERVICES
A number of service intersection works were done at
the tee area of the hole 13th in July. They were needed for removing
the drainage water of most areas of the holes 13th and 14th
and dump it into the stream.
The bottoms and slopes of the streams started to be
cleaned and restored in this period. The process consists of cleaning the
bottom of the stream and restoring the revetment using stones from the bottoms,
slopes and protrusions. The stream must be kept clean and coated in order to
help keep it cleaner between cleanings in the future and also to protect it
from the erosions caused by the stream load over its slopes during the winter
months.
3.3. DRAINAGE
The execution of the drainage works finished in July after
completing the holes 13th, 14th and the nursery.
The works on the mouth of the drainage-outlet, at the
lower spot of the hole 13th started at the end of this month, this
being the second drainage place for the rest of the holes 13th and
14th that will prevent flooding from occurring every year in this
area.
The execution of French
drains in some of the fairways and rough areas where an excess of water
accumulation was detected commenced in September. Part of the French drains was
made while the work was carried out in the sections prone to waterlogging. It will take some grow-in months keeping up
with the watering regime to find out the areas where some more drainage is
required.
3.4. IRRIGATION
The remaining installation works of the irrigation on
the green of hole 12th, the tee of the hole 14th, the
total surface of the hole 13th and the nursery were completed this
month. Therefore, the irrigation system was finished in July.
The new network connection of the reservoir to the
proper tanks, with all the valves and necessary interconnections, i.e. the pipe
supplying water to the maintenance buildings for washing the machinery, also
concluded this month.
3.5. GREENS
The lamination of the green of the hole 12th
was finished this month and the holes 12th, 13th and 14th
were seeded. Therefore, all the greens included in the project are finished and
in a satisfactory settling process.
3.6. TEES
The lamination and sowing of the tees of the holes 13th,
14th and 15th was finished in July; therefore all the
tees included in the project are completed. The germination of all the tees is
satisfactory and they are now in a settling process.
3.7. BUGGY PATHS
The buggy paths of the holes 13th and 14th
and of the new access to the maintenance buildings continued to be carried out this
month.
3.8 FAIRWAY AND ROUGHS
The application of fertilizers and amendments, and the
further plantation of certified Bermuda grass “celebration” by means of rooted
cuttings took place in July. All the areas included in the project have been
planted this month.
It should be noted that some mulch was used during the
plantation in the entire surface of the roughs and fairways of the last holes,
taking advantage of its extra moisture retention. It will accelerate the settling
process on these holes, as they were planted later than scheduled.
3.9. LANDSCAPING
This chapter is already completed.
4. BUNKERS.
The lamination with topsoil of all the bunkers
included in the project is finished. The bunker of the 12th green
next to the pond received a special waterproofing, as the height requested by
the designer was very similar to that of the water layer inside the pond. A
physical barrier has been created under the bed of the bunker preventing water
from infiltrating by capillarity, and keeping the bunker and the sand as dry as
possible.
The construction process of bunkers that commenced in
August consists of 4 stages: excavation and moulding of the base, installation
of drainage, Sandmat liner, and
spreading of bunker sand.
Sixty per cent of the work was completed by September
15th 2015, with 24 bunkers finished and 17 outstanding, the back
nine having a total of 41 bunkers. This chapter is foreseen to be finished during
the first week of October.
5. GROW-IN
An intensive agronomic programme continues to be
carried out in August and September to obtain a playing surface that enables
the course opening with some guarantees. A great number of operations requiring
extra and manual work are needed to implement this programme. Given that the
sowed surfaces only consolidate after some weeks, a great many operations cannot
be carried out using the normal maintenance machinery, which is very productive;
therefore some must be done manually until the area withstands the traffic of
the machinery.
6. WORK PROGRESS ANALYSIS
The
chart in this chapter shows the evolution of the different construction works
included in this project. It shows the progress of the different works grouped
in chapters and compared with the schedule initially foreseen. It shows also
the percentage of work already performed at any given certification date and
the delay or advancement attached to them. Likewise, it is possible to identify
other works started ahead of schedule representing an advance on what was
planned.
The
chart below shows the amount of work executed by the 15th of
September.
