The football field renovation project is now in full swing. All of the sod has been removed. Surveyors are working to get everything the same height and trenches for drainage pipes are going in. Photos by Howard W. Hewitt
A worker catches us in the act - taking photos. He is cutting out parts of the pits and approach lanes for field events that will have to be re-constructed after the turf is down.
Those big chunks of the old pole vault runway are heavy.
Stacks of the runways for the long jump and pole vault wait to be hauled away from the east end of the field.
Looking across the 50-yard line Thursday morning.
A view toward the Allen Center from the stands.
And ... a look the other direction while standing in the seating area.
The construction crew is shaping the field for drainage the support layers that go in before the turf.
Surveyors were busy Thursday morning on site.
A surveyor's view from near mid-field.
What do you do with all that dirt? It gets hauled to the site of the new baseball diamond. Construction is expected to start there within a few weeks.
The football field renovation project is now in full swing. All of the sod has been removed. Surveyors are working to get everything the same height and trenches for drainage pipes are going in. Photos by Howard W. Hewitt
A worker catches us in the act - taking photos. He is cutting out parts of the pits and approach lanes for field events that will have to be re-constructed after the turf is down.