Employee Break Room Renovated

A mentor of mine always said:

"How can one expect a staff to take pride in the front of the house if there is no pride in the back of the house?" 

In the Peninsula GCM department we believe in this motto. We take pride in our golf course and the conditions we provide on a daily basis. We also take much pride in our facilities that we work out of every day. We strive to maintain a clean, organized and efficient maintenance facility.

Two years ago the employee break room, the management offices and equipment storage area flooded when we received over one inch of rain. This made it difficult to maintain the type of facilitiy we know is needed to do the job up to member's expectations.

The Club graciously decided to allocate funds to repair and clean up the Golf Course Maintenance Compound permanently. We have been working on doing this for the past two years. We have cleaned, organized, instituted more efficient storage techniques and made a much more professional looking department.

The next step in this process was renovating the break room that had been damaged from years of flooding.    

During rainfall events water would build up behind the shop leaving it no place to go but into the maintenance facility.

The first place to flood were the management offices and employee break room.

It did not take much water to make the employee break room uninhabitable.

Flooding of the locker rooms

First we had to divert the water away from the building. Adding over 300 feet of drainage pipe did the trick.

Once we had controlled the water, the next step was to renovate the inside that had been destroyed from year's of flooding.

The HVAC system was serviced to stop leaks from the ceiling and new more energy efficient lights were installed.

The break room was gutted, all cabinets removed, and new hardware was installed.

Club Maintenance Director Brian Frank and Earl Gillon installing the new cabinets. This project could not have been completed without the help of these two individuals.

Staff installing new hardware on the cabinets.

New paint, light fixtures and plumbing were installed.

The final product. A clean environment that staff can feel good about and take pride in.

This project would not have happened without the graciousness of The Peninsula Club, Ray Armini, Brian Frank, Earl Gillon, Ryan Wells and my GCM Staff. They did an amazing job making the break room a place to be proud of! I am proud of what our team accomplished and look forward to moving onto the next step!

Shop Drainage Complete

During heavy rain events (>1 inch), the GCM Building used to flood. The equipment bay, shop area, employee lounge and offices would all flood. The maintenance building is located at the bottom of a ravine that receives high amounts of rain from the streets from above. When the water would funnel off the roof it became trapped behind the building in a ditch with nowhere for it to go except into the shop. 

The back of the building, where much of our storage space is located, was also sloped in a way that much of the water was coming back towards the shop instead of deflecting the water towards storm water basins. We created a ditch network with drainage to move all of the water away from the building. We also sloped the back of the shop, cleaned out all of the trash and sealed it with concrete screenings. We are now able to work more efficiently, maintain a dry work environment and be able to get to the golf course.

"If you can't maintain the back of the house, you can't maintain the front of the house!"

Jared's office after a rain storm event.

Over 1 inch of water in the employee break room

Water from the roof and streets above would get trapped in the ditch behind the shop with nowhere to go but inside it.

Drainage pipe and basins were installed every 20 feet.

Surge gravel was installed so we can keep the area free from debris.

Back of maintenance building before.

Back of maintenance building before.

Back of maintenance building before.

Back of maintenance building before.

Back of maintenance building after.

Back of maintenance building after.

Back of maintenance building after.

The landscape in front of the building also received a makeover.

The men showing me how they poured/mixed concrete in their native country.

  

The results of our staff's hard work.