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The construction of the Old Works Golf
Course focused on achieving four remedial
action objectives, waste materials management,
storm water management, site management,
and historic preservation. The waste materials
management guidelines were to provide safe
soil concentrations of undesirable wastes that
existed on the site, thereby minimizing any
potential recreational or occupational exposure.
Storm water management goals focused on
protecting Warm Springs Creek by way of
controlling runoff from the golf course and
surrounding areas. Site management objectives
accomplished through institutional controls for
the operation of the golf course, long term
monitoring guidelines and appropriate planning
and management of future development. The
final objective of the remedial action was to
preserve, to the extent practicable, historic
features in the Old Works Historic District.
With these objectives in mind, construction of
the golf course began in June of 1994. A total
of 600,000 cubic yards of material was moved
and regraded during this operation. Three
sedimentation ponds to control runoff from
Stuckey Ridge north of the golf course and
two golf course lakes were constructed. The
lakes collect and control storm water runoff
from the three sedimentation ponds. The
lake located on the back nine of the golf
course, also serves as a water storage reservoir
for the irrigation system.
A total of 11 independent drainage networks were installed totaling approximately
32,000 linear feet of piping. One hundred thirty three surface grates were installed to
catch and route flows into the networks. The irrigation mainline was also installed in
the subsoils concurrently with the installation of the subdrainage system. The
mainline piping was installed above the subdrain piping and consists of approximately
27,500 linear feet of both plastic and iron pipe.
During construction an engineered soil cover (or "cap") was installed. The capped
areas of the golf course include the fairways, roughs, and native areas. The cap
consists of two or three layers depending on the concentration of wastes in the
subsoils. This first layer consists of 47 thousand tons of limerock spread over the
site two inches thick, to counteract the potential acidifying effects of the waste soils.
The next layer consists of a 480,000 cubic yards of a clayey soil 12 to 15 inches
thick, to reduce the potential for water infiltration into the subsoils. The final layer
consists 117,000 cubic yards of a loamy sand soil, spread six inches thick, that serves
as the growth medium. The total cap thickness is 18 to 23 inches.
To manage water infiltration special liners were used under bunkers, tees, greens and
the two lakes. To reduce the potential for irrigation infiltration through the soil cap
a central computer, flow sensors, and on-site weather station were installed that assists
in managing the amount of water used each day.
The construction of the course also included erosion protection for Warm Springs
Creek. This involved lining the stream bank with 5000 linear feet of 18 to 24 inch
riprap. Additionally, any trees that were removed from the banks of the creek have
been replaced by over 600 trees planted on the golf course.
Seeding and grow-in of the golf course began in July 1995, and was completed during
1996. The course was groomed for play during the spring of 1997, and the first
rounds were played in late May.
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