THE OPPORTUNITY

The Township of West Orange sought to improve their existing baseball grass field located at Degnan Park, 650 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, New Jersey. The project consisted of replacing the existing grass baseball field with a state-of-the-art artificial synthetic Turf Field baseball facility, with new dugouts, bullpen areas, backstop, scoreboard, outfield, and surrounding fencing, bleachers, and asphalt sidewalks. The proposed baseball field was designed using the National Federation of State High School Association (NFHS) Standards.

THE CHALLENGE

The client had an aggressive timeline from design to permitting and construction which became the one main challenges for this project.

THE PS&S SOLUTION

To achieve the client’s aggressive timeline, PS&S worked closely with the Borough of West Orange officials from the conceptual design, design development, and construction phase. Also, PS&S staff was in constant communication with the artificial synthetic field manufacturer discussing the field layout, field markings, and the drainage system. As a result, PS&S prepared construction documents, including specifications, in less than three months, and the project was issued for bid in mid-October 2020.

PS&S also helped the Township of West Orange with the front-end documents such as bidders notice, checklist, forms, the scope of the contract, bidder information forms, contract, and supplemental conditions. During the bid process, PS&S secured the required permits for the project’s construction. During construction, PS&S assisted the Township and contractor by reviewing shop drawings, responding to RFI’s, and participating in construction meetings. PS&S also provided electrical engineering services to the team to help the projects with electrical conduit layout for wiring the receptacles for the pitching machine, future dugout lights, future security cameras and a new scoreboard.