BMCC’s Turf Care Maintenance Facility

Client

Belle Meade Country Club

Architect

Ireland Architectural Services, LLC

Location

Nashville, TN

Completion

2016

Size

18,000 Square Feet

Construction Cost

$0-5 million

“Making a potentially burdensome project a great experience, our time working with The Parent Co. was always met with an open door in communications with the desire to bring about our envisioned complex. This translated into quick resolution of pressing issues and a very timely completion of our project.”

– Doug Ward, Golf Course Superintendent at Belle Meade Country Club

Belle Meade Country Club decided to update its 55 year old Turf Care Maintenance Facility in 2015. Work was performed in the middle of Belle Meade Country Club’s golf course and included the construction of four separate buildings; an equipment storage building, fueling/wash down island, a maintenance and office building, and a chemical mixing and storage building. In order to accommodate the construction of the 18,000 sf facility, all new water, sewer, and power utilities were brought to the site.

Work Performed in the Center of a Golf Course
The project site was located in the center of the golf course, between the 18th and 2nd fairways. Access and construction activities had to be coordinated with not only the Club’s member golfers, but the numerous tournaments the Club hosted. The Club’s existing maintenance facilities resided on the site of the new campus requiring daily coordination with the golf course superintendent and TPC’s field supervision. The existing maintenance facility was located within the construction area requiring the early completion of one building so that the maintenance team could relocate. Once relocated, the existing facility was demolished and the remainder of the site work was completed.
Minimize Impact of New Utilities
Another challenge was getting new utilities to the site. This required crossing four fairways, two for the water and sewer and two for the electric. The water and sewer services were excavated and backfilled with precision using only small turf equipment to minimize the impact to the course. Because of the path and distance required, as well as the impact it would have on the grounds, the electrical utility was installed using a directional bore. The bore was over 900’ in length and required coring through several sections of solid rock to accomplish.
Unsuitable Soil
The site of the new campus was perhaps the greatest challenge. The soils were unsuitable to support any of the construction and had to be undercut and backfilled with shot rock. In order to minimize the cost impact to the project a berm was created to waste the excavated material onsite. Over 5,000 CY’s of material had to be cut out and replaced which significantly impacted the construction schedule, but TPC was able to overcome these early delays to complete the project on schedule.