{"id":34137,"date":"2015-06-23T08:35:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34137"},"modified":"2015-06-23T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T14:03:33","slug":"turf-field-construction-on-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/06\/turf-field-construction-on-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Turf field construction on schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_34140\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34140\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34140\" title=\"overhead169\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/overhead169-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Construction is on schedule for Brock University's new artificial turf field.\" width=\"504\" height=\"283\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction is on schedule for Brock University&#39;s new artificial turf field.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brock University\u2019s turf field is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y01C5If6hkY\" target=\"_blank\">beginning to take shape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Just over two weeks after the official groundbreaking, the initial stage of construction is nearly complete with a layer of grass and top soil being removed by a bulldozer and excavator. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Next, contractor The Davan Group will start grading the surface, and then a concrete curb will be installed to anchor the turf. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Once that\u2019s done, drainage pipes and a water storage system designed to handle a \u2018100-year-storm\u2019 will be installed below the surface. They\u2019ll be covered with crushed stone that will help with more drainage and serve as a base for the turf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/y01C5If6hkY\">VIDEO UPDATE SHOWS EARLY CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The final step in the construction will be the actual artificial turf being rolled out and laid down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The new $1.5 million turf field, which replaces the old lacrosse field just south of the tennis courts near Brock\u2019s Walker Complex, is being funded through the Brock University Students\u2019 Union and a donation from an anonymous Brock alumnus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The target opening date is September 19.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s turf field is beginning to take shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3134,350,256,133,3077],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34137"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34143,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34137\/revisions\/34143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}