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22 Nov 2011

Tough challenge at Colchester for Speedcut

Supplier: Speedcut Contractors Ltd

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Speedcut Contractors has completed five football pitches at the Colchester United FC Training ground at Tiptree in Essex, reportedly one of the toughest jobs the company has handled.

"The ground conditions were incredibly difficult." said Speedcut contracts manager Barry Pace.

"Because of the thick clay overlaying gravel our machinery was constantly under strain, despite tungsten tips on the cutters."

Drainage began with the construction of an outfall into a massive soakaway, then the whole seven hectare site was laser graded and primary drainage installed at five metre centres.

The pitches themselves were each of a different construction to provide varied playing conditions.

The community pitch, which will be used by local clubs, was prepared and seeded using existing soil from the site, after stonepicking.

The four main training pitches each had different rootzone treatments – all had rubber crumb incorporated.

One pitch has rubber crumb incorporated into the existing soil before seeding. Another had rubber crumb ameliorated into the soil before 5cms of sand was applied and seeded.

The third had 5cms of fibre-reinforced rootzone applied over a rubber crumb-ameliorated base, while the fourth had 10cms of fibre reinforced rootzone placed over two and half centimetres of rubber crumb.

All the pitches were sown with a ryegrass/fescue mix and the entire site has a full pop-up irrigation system installed by Colchester-based Dax Environmental.

One problem that had not been envisaged was the discovery of a large filled-in pond which had about 11 old cars buried in it.

Pace added: "Speedcut had a team of six working on the site for about 12 weeks and we brought in 6,000 tonnes of materials for pitch construction, including gravel for drainage trenches fibre-reinforced rootzone material and rubber crumbWe are delighted with the final outcome and seed has germinated well."

The new Colchester training ground is having a fully-equipped clubhouse with all facilities built by APH.

Supplier: Speedcut Contractors Ltd
Oxford Oxfordshire UK
For drainage, landscaping and groundworks.
Web: www.speedcutcontractors.co.uk

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