FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Athletic & Recreation Field Management - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ATHLETIC FACILITIES & EVENTS AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Athletic & Recreation Field Management

Presenters  Frank Lucas, FM Manager of Landscaping  Irrigation  Pack, Athletic Field Supervisor  Others?  Kent Wise?  Ty Phillips, Asst. AD, Athletic Facilities & Events

Type of fields  Natural  Bermuda, bent, fescue bluegrass  Synthetic  Athletics vs. recreational

Synthetic Turf on campus Mauck Stadium (FieldTurf, 2002) - in-field of our club baseball field  UREC Upper Turf (FieldTurf, 2008) - used by intramurals, club sports  Veteran’s Memorial Park - Baseball Stadium (AstroTurf, 2009) – Varsity Baseball field  University Recreation Multi-Purpose Turf (AstroTurf, 2012) - 400’x620’ turf space  adjacent to the Soccer/Lax practice field in question – used by intramurals, club sports University Park Athletics Turf (AstroTurf, 2012) – Varsity & Club Lax, Varsity M&W  Soccer Bridgeforth Stadium (FieldTurf, 2013) – football, band  Veteran’s Memorial Park – Softball Stadium (Desso, 2014) - outfield and warning track,  batting cages, & bullpens; used by Varsity Softball Field Hockey Complex (Desso, 2014) – Varsity and Club Field Hockey  University Recreation East Campus Turf (Desso, 2014) - 400’x400’ – used by  intramurals, club sports

Insert photos of Football practice fields, grass field extension; sodding upper field at U Park

Maintenance and Operations  Winterizing  Irrigation  Maintenance Plan  Velcro strips @ Baseball and Lacrosse  Overseeding Bermuda with rye (pros, cons)  Synthetic field maintenance (grooming, rubber displacement, other)

Snow Removal

General Discussion and Questions