03-26-2019, 09:22 PM
Quote:Just two years after installing a $420,000 Revolution 360 artificial turf system inside Kinnick Stadium, the University of Iowa Athletics Department on Tuesday announced it’s replacing the turf and reviewing its field drainage system due to “flooding in and around the stadium last summer.”
The replacement project will nix the football program’s annual open spring practice this year, as athletics expects to start construction as soon as weather allows and it chooses a contractor for the review, according to a UI news release. The project is expected to extend through the summer.
UI is using FieldTurf USA, Inc. — which installed the turf in 2017 and holds a current contract — for the turf replacement work, officials said. They didn’t immediately provide The Gazette with a copy of the FieldTurf USA contract, details of whether they needed to bid that work, or a specific projected cost for the replacement and review project. But the university is submitting an insurance claim, and UI athletics spokesman Steve Roe said the design and construction department has a repairs and replacement budget associated with this loss of $716,000.
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sport...d-20190326