Bobs Shop: The Links at Brunello My New Shop

Recently answered an advertisement to a New golf course I've been keeping an eye on . Having spent nearing 20 years here at Ashburn it wasn't an easy decision but I'm excited for the opportunity and challenges ahead of me . Many great people and memories at the New and Old courses . I'll miss it ! I have accepted the Head mechanic position offered by The Links at Brunello starting March 16th 2015 .I'll be involved in setting up the new shop and look forward to teaching /training and being involved in day to day operations . There a good mix of new Toro and John Deere equipment coming in for this season .

Here is the site of the complex . Check out the hole by hole view from last seasons grow in .Looken Good !!!

http://www.brunelloestates.com/golf-course/

Stopped by today for a look .Roofs on so things should be picking up .

Nice size doorways

Roof tight

A few more weeks to go at the Old Course .

The count down is on .

http://www.thelinksatbrunello.com/

Dropped by to check out the New Shop.

Lots of progress .Only have a few days left at The old course .I'll be busy soon setting up accounts and getting/setting up shop equipment and supplies . Should be interesting setting up a first time shop .

View of entrance to offices below, lunch room / lockers above . Next steel entry way will be for parts room and my office .

Contractors busy building grinding room . We think the lift will go between doorways on the left ,that will make it handy for reels to be ground .The upper section of picture will have a walkway to route staff around maintenance area

A few pictures of cold storage area .

Some of the onsite gear is being brought inside from the cold and snow .

View of one of the massive doors . This ones between the shop and cold storage and will most likely be used in the off season to bring in gear without having to leave the building . The shops very tall and more second level storage areas will be built as needed .

With the winter storms not letting up here in the Maritimes it's been pretty busy for the guys removing snow ,We also take care of a few Brunello Estates subdivision homes. I helped out a bit here and there. Busy getting quotes ready and in for approval for tools and shop set up .

The drywalls up in a lot of areas . My shop has the first coat of mud on . You can see the walkway up top for the staff to be redirected away from maintenance area .

Door frames and studded walls completed . Grinding room not drywalled in yet .

Upstairs lunch room and locker area . Bathrooms and shower area will also be up here . You can see some of the metal studding crimped a bit . That's how much snow we have had this week . A little flex on this span . If it had been drywalled it may not have even showed , the drywalled area on the right was fine .

View from the crews cat walk . We spent most of Friday getting gear free from Ice and empting a storage container. Plumbers are doing the rough in .Next week we should have power/heat /water hooked up . Soon grinders and lift will arrive . Once accounts are set up and purchases approved will be setting up the shop . I'll be able to go over the gear that is here and start feeling normal again . Not sure what to do with my massive office and parts room but I'm sure I'll figure it out . Lots to do soon .

Most of the gear found their way to the new building .Still have a few pieces of equipment to arrive later .

Air conditioners almost ready for install .

Waiting for the ice to thaw out on the fertilizer spreader .

A few pictures of lunch room

Kitchen area

Tappers are going the finish off the rest of drywalled areas.

Wash rooms and shower area

walkway across grinder room .

Soon the lift will be going in here.Pretty much where the bench is .

A couple of our crew ( great guys ) helping finish drywall on grinding room .

Bay door installed ( on left )going to cold storage . This will make winter servicing great .

Getting closer everyday .

New gear rolling in .

Diesel electric . No Hydraulics on greens here. Good idea . Electric motors have come a long ways in the past few years .

Kitchen area .

Lunch room

Rubberised type flooring through out .

New Lift .

Great job installed in a few hours .

Modern equipped shops and turf management practices = better course conditions that Golfers are looking for nowadays .

My office .

I could play hoops in here . Wow

Office set up . Still a bit of organizing to do.

Big screen TV

Cabinets almost complete.

Guys doing a great job .

sorting out gear and equipment

Salamander still going . soon the propane shop heaters will be up and running .

Supplies trickling in .

Parts room being temporally used for storing items with out a home yet .

sod cutter in

Scissor lift in .

More new gear showing up .

setting up where gear is going to go for the up coming season

Getting closer to the final look .

Chemical room near completion .Racking all set up

Construction companies smaller gear found a home inside .

Tools and supplies rolling in .

In door fuel storage for gas cans . Just need to plumb an air line outside to vent cabinet.

Internet is up and running and desktop computers arrived and hooked up . Good to have all the resources to keep things running as smooth as possible . Just a laptop for mobile trouble shooting and having the ability to catch up at home will be great .

Wi Fi printer all ready to go . Most of my files and technical manuals are on disc or PDF files .Makes reading a little easier when you can print off the pages your using .