Phase I Field Complex - Sportexe® Momentum® Turf

The Phase I Project Fields have been finished!

Pictures:

	April Aerial Photo		April Aerial Photo
	April Aerial Photo		4/24/06 Tons of Sand and Rubber were applied to complete the field surface
	4/12/06 A closeup of the 70% Rubber and 30% Sand infill		3/28/06 Seams being sewn.
	3/22/06 Laying the turf!		3/22/06 Laying the turf!
	3/22/06 Laying the turf!		3/22/06 Seams being sewn together
	3/15/06 Laying the turf!		3/15/06 Laying the turf!
	3/13/06 Drainage and liner being installed - Aerial Picture		3/13/06 Drainage and liner being installed - Aerial Picture
	3/13/06 Drainage and liner being installed		3/13/06 Drainage and liner being installed
	3/13/06 Drainage and liner being installed		3/1/06 Graded and leveled fields
	2/6/06		2/6/06 Let there be Light!
	2/1/06		2/1/06
	1/26/06 Softball Field Fences are being replaced		1/26/06 Fields are being re-graded
	6/20/05		6/20/05
	5/19/05		Aerial Picture
	Aerial Picture

General Information:

The Recreation and Wellness Center is currently in the second construction phase of the new Recreation Field Project. This project is being funded by student CITF funds and will take place in multiple phases. The first phase of the master plan is currently under construction.

 The first phase cost approximately 3.2 million dollars, with another 2.8 million dollars committed by the Student Government Association to the second phase when the next CITF allocation becomes available.


Wharton-Smith is a design-build firm that has been selected to complete the project. The first phase will include 3 lighted fields south of the current intramural playing fields. The fields will have an artificial grass surface called Momentum 51, made by Sportexe.

Sportexe - Momentum 51:

Sportexe is a leading manufacturer of artificial turf products. Momentum 51 turf is the same product that is current in two NFL stadiums (Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans Saints, M&T Bank Stadium - Baltimore Ravens). It is also at the University of California and Southern Mississippi football stadiums.

This turf product plays similar to grass, as the poly-fibers are infilled with a rubber and sand mixture that provides a consistent and safe playing surface, unlike previous generations of artificial turfs.