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Football Field Construction, May 27

a football field and a building
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 few men working on a road

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.

a man driving a bulldozer

Those big chunks of the old pole vault runway are heavy.

a pile of debris on a construction site

Stacks of the runways for the long jump and pole vault wait to be hauled away from the east end of the field.

a construction site with a bulldozer

Looking across the 50-yard line Thursday morning.

a long shot of a track

A view toward the Allen Center from the stands.

a construction site with a track and trees

And ... a look the other direction while standing in the seating area.

a bulldozer digging a dirt field

The construction crew is shaping the field for drainage the support layers that go in before the turf.

a man standing in dirt with a pink ribbon

Surveyors were busy Thursday morning on site.

a close-up of a construction site

A surveyor's view from near mid-field.

a dirt hill with grass and power lines

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.

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