Released on: March 18, 2008, 8:26 am

Press Release Author: Grassform Ltd

Industry: Construction

Press Release Summary: Football Pitch Renovations for West Ham Football Club at
Little Heath Academy

Press Release Body: Extensive renovation
When West Ham United purchased its Little Heath Academy training ground in 2001 it
was obvious to Head Groundsman Doug Robertson that an extensive pitch renovation
programme was required. His wish has now come true thanks to Essex based sportsfield
contractors Grassform Ltd., who have completed a wide-ranging project consisting of
pitch surface levelling, land drainage, re-seeding and other tasks. The site, now
complete, hosts youth football for the West Ham United academy youngsters ranging in
age from seven to eighteen, over an average of four games per week.

Complete drainage system
Grassform's team consulted with Doug Robertson to design a football pitch renovation
scheme that would ensure Little Heath was playable during even the harshest of
weathers, and set to work on the project in May 2006 using a Koro Field Topmaker to
remove the original grass and upper topsoil structures. Over the four hectare (ten
acre) site, which consists of two full size pitches, one three quarter size pitch,
two sixty by forty metre pitches and various grid training areas, Grassform
installed a primary land drainage system across its entirety with a secondary system
on the two full size pitches. Within three months the players were back training for
pre-season in late July 2006. In May 2007 work began on secondary drainage on the
remaining areas to fulfil the project design requirements. The extent of works
included a very heavy dressing of sand across the site to ensure a flat and level
surface, plus Grassform also formed and shaped banks around the site using excavated
soil to boost security.

Client Testimonial
Doug Robertson, who has been with West Ham United for eleven years since joining
from the Scottish RFU at Murrayfield, has nothing but praise for the quality and
expertise shown by Grassform. "I am very happy with the professionalism shown by
Grassform. For a company that we had not used previously we have found them to be
very courteous to any extra tasks not in their original remit, such as forming and
shaping the banks at Little Heath. I found that the foreman was able to make on the
spot decisions and hence the project was completed ahead of schedule with pitches
ready for our pre-season training needs." Doug continues in saying, "the company is
communicative and flexible enough to encourage input from us as the client, meaning
that the finished result was exact to our requirements. "I would have no hesitation
in recommending Grassform to other clubs and facilities, and in fact I already have
done so" he concludes.


Web Site: http://www.grassform.co.uk/Football-Pitch-Renovations-West-Ham-FC

Contact Details: Grassform Ltd
Dunsteads Farm
Trueloves Lane
Ingatestone
Essex
CM4 0NJ
UK

Tel +44 ( 0 )1277 355500
Email: mark@grassform.co.uk
Web: www.grassform.co.uk