Update #3
13 October 2018Hi Folks
Below is an update on where things are at with our new tennis courts.
We have four main providers;
· Fulton Hogan, who will be responsible for the tennis court base preparation, lighting foundations and cable trenching.
· TigerTurf Auckland, who are responsible for the manufacture of the courts (TigerTurf Tournament 1000 - https://tigerturf.com/nz/tournament-1000) and the installation of the courts.
· Rexel Lighting, who are responsible for the provision of the LED lights and 10m poles.
· Aotea Electrical, who are responsible for our electrical compliance, cabling work and installation of the LED lights onto the 8 poles.
Our current position is that we have secured sufficient funds to commit to the resurfacing and lighting of the courts although we continue to look for additional funding as there will be unforeseen costs. We have signed up with the providers and work is underway in the following:
· Making of the courts – this is being done by Tigerturf at their factory in Onehunga, Auckland
· The 24 LED lights (consisting of 576 individual LED lamps) have been ordered from Europe
· The eight 10m lighting poles have been ordered and are being constructed
· The foundation plans for the lighting poles are being finalised with the civil engineers for a building permit to be obtained
Due to commitments by Tigerturf both in manufacturing the courts and court installations that they are already undertaking and with the onset of the Christmas break our courts will not be able to be laid on site until mid-February. Once our courts are manufactured they still require to be transported from Auckland to Clyde and Tigerturf require their staff to come from Auckland to Clyde to do the installation. In addition Fulton Hogan lose a considerable number of people to holidays in the December/January period making the co-ordination of people, delivery of product and timings and our reliance on 3rd parties make it near on impossible to commit to a pre-Christmas date for completion. Run overs and the unavailability of product on site due to the Christmas/New Year period could expose the tennis club to significant financial risk in what is already a tightly budgeted project.
We are now anticipating this will mean that the existing courts will be lifted from around the end of the 1st week in February followed by:
· The manufactured courts arriving on site ready for installation.
· The light poles arriving on site (in the next few weeks)
· The required kiln dried sand arriving on site
· LED lamps arriving on site
· The final base surface clean up, the asphalting of the volleyboard area, trenching, cabling and foundation work for the light poles can occur.
· A new power feed to the tennis club will be established from Sunderland Street
· The light poles and lights will be erected and a preliminary lamp set done
· The Tigerturf installers will come from Auckland and do the installation and commissioning work.
We should by the end of February beginning of March have the work completed and signed off.
Thank you for your patience – it has been a long road but one that will be well worth the wait!