{"id":394,"date":"2010-05-25T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2010\/05\/25\/work-continues-on-hollett-little-giant-stadium\/"},"modified":"2010-05-25T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T14:18:52","slug":"work-continues-on-hollett-little-giant-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2010\/05\/25\/work-continues-on-hollett-little-giant-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Continues on Hollett Little Giant Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em>Kyle Bender &#8217;12 &#8211; <\/em>Work continues at Hollett Little Giant Stadium as dump trucks haul away loads of sod stripped from the playing surface.&nbsp;The field is expected to be completely dirt by the end of the week as a full crew works to remain on schedule for the completion of the field for the fall football season.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The next step will be to form the dirt to sub-grade level, where it will be sloped at 1% grade from the center of the field in all directions. On Monday, the crew will begin pouring concrete within the inside oval of the track to form a drain that small trenches throughout the field will lead rainwater to.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Project manager Mike Strolle said that the next two weeks will mostly consist of concrete work, as proper drainage is an important aspect of creating a successful FieldTurf playing surface.&nbsp;He did mention that dry weather is tremendously vital during this time when so much dirt is exposed, as rainstorms can create a huge mud hole and slow progress considerably.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Once the concrete drains are completed, a foot of gravel will be spread across the construction site that will also aid in the draining process.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>We were able to catch up with Athletic Director Tom Bambrey and Head Football Coach Erik Raeburn, who were able to give more insight on the project:<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Bender &#8217;12 &#8211; Work continues at Hollett Little Giant Stadium as dump trucks haul away loads of sod stripped from the playing surface.&nbsp;The field is expected to be completely dirt by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletic-fields-construction"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}