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The renovation of the Turfway Park horse racing track in Florence, Kentucky, began on April 23, 2020, when O’Rourke Wrecking Company Inc. teams. began demolition of the race track grandstand, a multi-million-dollar painting that ended last August.
Opened in 1959, Turfway Park replaces the grandstand with a new historic horse racing facility (HHR) that will have space for 1,500 terminals and provide a wonderful entertainment venue to watch live thoroughbred horse racing and large-scale purposes for the rest of the year.
Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI), which purchased Turfway Park in October 2019 for $46 million, is investing $100 million in the new facility, which includes a Tapeta surface to upgrade the existing Polytrack, an all-weather racing surface that had been installed in 2005.
“We are very excited about the long term of Turfway Park,” said Chip Bach, General Manager of Turfway Park Racing.
Due to a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling on September 24 related to historic horse racing games, the CDI suspended the comforts of HHR’s Turfway Park on October 29 and reiterated a break in April at a $300 million hotel planned for the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, state lawmakers discussed RHS , in the hope that they will take action for HHR and the jobs and income they generate in the state.
Bill Carstanjen, CDI’s chief executive, was under pressure at the time the company was looking for a clearer picture of HHR’s prestige before embarking on construction.
Since the 2020 decision, the Kentucky Legislature has clarified the game factor and Turfway Park is back on track. Although the structure has begun, plans are being made and the final touch date for the new facilities is June 2022.
The Turfway Park Grandstand was demolished through machinery that implosion, allowing educational activities to continue after the last live races in March 2020.
“This assignment was smaller in nature, but the technical difficulty of demolition was greater,” said Jeff Sizemore, assignment manager at O’Rourke, whose company has reveled in other horseback riding assignments. “We destroyed river downs facilities in Cincinnati, Ohio, their renovations seven or eight years ago, as well as other sites over the years. “
O’Rourke’s groups first demolished the grandstand, then demolished the workplace layout and administrative building.
“We had to remove a lot of asbestos for the grandstand design before demolishing it, which took about 3 months,” Sizemore said. The biggest challenge was that when the pandemic began, the horses could not move. They were nearing the end of the winter competition, when the horses were moved to other facilities. We had to space out the horses so the riders could exercise them each. and every day and every day and we couldn’t start until nine or ten in the morning each and every day – we had to paint short days and hours of exchange.
“It was very not to be able to start early,” he added. The horses were very nervous and susceptible to the loud noises of the machinery. The stables were located on the other side of the track, but we did our best. “productive living with them. “
When the external design of the stand was originally built, it was coated with a transit liner containing a large amount of asbestos and much still remained before demolition.
“We used several elevators because of the upper heights and the framing of the tread and counters, they created wonderful access barriers,” Sizemore said. “The design is designed to attract attention and it’s difficult to access many of those areas. It’s very complicated work. “
The grandstand demolished from one end to the other, followed by a classification.
“Once it had dropped to a low level, after being eliminated through UHD excavators, it was imaginable to succeed in the rest of the design with the other excavators,” Sizemore said.
For this operation, Genie lifts of 120 feet and feet / 70 feet were used.
O’Rourke got rid of the seats to minimize cross-contamination through the debris. The ancient sculptures of horse heads in sandstone from the outer poles of the fence were delicate and fragile antiquities that were recovered and packed for reuse in the long-term project.
The demolition of the grandstand lasted five months and was confused by the water and sewer lines of the blocks, which were beneath the grandstand.
“We had to thoroughly demolish it so it wasn’t interrupted,” said Sizemore, who noted that underground service maps were helping.
The other two buildings were attached to the paddock and the winners circle. The paddock was preserved, which also confuses demolition.
The additional apparatus used included two very long-range demolition excavators; a Komatsu PC1250 shovel with a 140-foot feather; and a Cat 385 excavator with a 75-foot feather. Five more blades were used: a Cat 390, two Cat 365s, a Cat 349 and a Cat 336. A Cat 973 track loader was also implemented; Bobcat S650 Compact Chargers; and a six-person equipment booth.
O’Rourke, who performed the entire operation, had another 30 people at the scene. Demolition activities necessarily demolished the structures, which were then taken care of by the fabrics through the teams.
“A lot of hydraulic shears have been used in this task that are not an easy detail to maintain,” Sizemore said. “The blades have to be turned, turned and replaced because it cuts metal to metal and it takes a lot of work. There is a lot of concrete that caused even more difficulty to the apparatus through hashing, braking and spraying. So you have more cracks in the arrows , arms and buckets and many more repairs. “
For O’Rourke, the sale of recovered fabrics is essential.
“When we consider a task and a price, we necessarily become the broker for the owner,” Sizemore said. “We calculate how much profits can be generated through the recovery phase and take this price and credit it with our offer. everything to give the owner a net number. Then we manage the complete removal of the fabrics; the owner has many dangers because they are constantly priced and we are motivated to get as much cash as possible to maximize profits. project. “
The company has an experienced workforce.
“We are very fortunate at O’Rourke to have a fair organization of long-term workers and all of our managers have over 20 years of experience,” he said. “Our staff and managers are very responsive and do great We don’t have much turnover because other people stay with us for a long time. Our workers are our greatest asset. “
Turfway Park is about 24 km away. From O’Rourke’s main backyard and this doesn’t seem to be a wonderful distance, getting the appliance to and from the site was a major challenge in terms of documents and permits required.
The aircraft moved through a 70-ton Super Load Trail King beam drag, with a tandem-axle jeep trailer and a tandem shaft stinger. O’Rourke has a fleet of heavy trucks to pull the trailers and mobilize its fleet of aircraft, adding several Talbert Trailers. Once they are in the direction to pull heavy loads, they can succeed at speeds of about 50 mph.
But securing shipping is the first step.
“It can take two weeks to get a permit,” Sizemore said. ” It’s a tedious procedure and requires a lot of planning. Usually, you cannot install a giant shovel in a singles trailer. For example, our Komatsu PC1250 is a load of seven trailers. “
The company buys and rents ohio CAT and Vandalia Tool Rental appliances.
“They supported our day-to-day operations,” Sizemore said. We have our team of mechanics and welders who take advantage of quick parts. “CEG
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