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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Gibbs, R. J.;
Adams, W. A.;
Baker, S. W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Soil Science Unit, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; The Sports Turf Research Institute, West Yorkshire |
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| Title: | Case studies of the performance of different designs of winter games pitches. II. Cost-effectiveness |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 68, June 1992, p. 33-49. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 17 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Athletic fields; Construction; Maintenance; Labor; Equipment; Costs; Winter; Drainage; Drainage systems; Drainage system design
Dutch Turfgrass Research Foundation Keywords: 208-C; Golf courses; Drainage; Playability; Cost benefit analysis; Article
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| Abstract/Contents: | "A detailed study of the costs involved in managing five types of natural turf winter games pitches was carried out over two seasons in order to make comparisons of the cost-effectiveness of different forms of pitch provision. Records were kept of the initial costs of construction, the hours of team use, maintenance hours, costs of consumables, labour and machinery as well as the administration costs needed to organise the teams using the pitches. The types of pitch studied were undrained, pipe drained, slit drained, sand carpet and suspended water table constructions. Good natural drainage was inevitably cost-effective, but site dependent. The installation of pipe drains into a soil of poor indigenous drainage was completely non cost-effective because play could not be guaranteed during the winter months. The suspended water table design produced a high quality pitch. However, its grass cover could not be maintained at an intensity of use which would have made it cost-effective and increasing its intensity of use created major maintenance difficulties. The slit drained pitches were the most cost-effective form of pitch provision studied although it was concluded that in the long-term (20 years), slit drained pitches were likely to become less cost-effective than sand carpet pitches if the slit drainage system needed to be renewed more than twice during this period. The most cost-effective pitches only remained value for money if they were used at their maximum sustainable carrying capacities and properly maintained. Implications for pitch provision are discussed." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 12 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gibbs, R. J., W. A. Adams, and S. W. Baker. 1992. Case studies of the performance of different designs of winter games pitches. II. Cost-effectiveness. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 68:p. 33-49. |
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