{"id":34624,"date":"2015-08-17T09:56:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34624"},"modified":"2015-08-17T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T17:46:48","slug":"turf-field-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/08\/turf-field-taking-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Turf field taking shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_34625\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34625\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34625\" title=\"turffield\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/turffield-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"With the gravel foundation in place, workers have now started installing Brock's new artificial turf field.\" width=\"504\" height=\"252\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the gravel foundation in place, workers have now started installing Brock&#39;s new artificial turf field.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brock University\u2019s artificial turf field project is in the home stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After weeks of moving dirt and laying down a thick foundation of gravel and drainage piping, the green turf field is now being installed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Davan Group of Puslinch, ON won the contract to build the $1.5 million field, which is being funded through the Brock University Students\u2019 Union and a donation from an anonymous Brock alumnus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The field\u2019s 70-foot-tall light standards were installed last week, and the first roll of turf was laid down Friday morning. After a rain storm delayed the work Friday afternoon, work continued through the weekend and now about one-third of the green turf is in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It will still take about two weeks to finish installing the field as the turf sections have to be carefully glued together and then lines have to be cut into them. Another big step will be the installation of a massive Brock Badgers logo at centre field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The work will be completed in time for Brock\u2019s Homecoming celebrations Sept. 18-20. The first varsity games expected to be played on the new turf will be Saturday, Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=33900\">Click here to read more about the turf field project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvent.com\/events\/2015-homecoming-weekend\/event-summary-9e24da60cc994bcc9aa27d6f6e4bb1e1.aspx\">Click here to register for Homecoming Weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>QUICK FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Brock University Artificial Turf Field<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Size:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> 69 metres x 106 metres<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Painted lines:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Soccer, rugby, lacrosse<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Cost:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> $1.5 Million<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Student use:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> 7,000 playing intramural and varsity sports<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Builder:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> Davan Group, (Puslinch, ON)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Scheduled opening:<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"> September<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34628\" title=\"turfupdate2\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/turfupdate2-1024x489.jpg\" alt=\"turfupdate2\" width=\"504\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s artificial turf field project is in the home stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3134,256,1972,3077,2857],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34624"}],"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=34624"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34632,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34624\/revisions\/34632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}