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COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF
<br /> TURF VS. SYNTHETIC TURF SOCCER FIELDS
<br /> Consideration: an adult sized field (210' x 360') wherein two youth fields (160' x 240') can be
<br /> perpendicularly aligned at each end. Overall playing surface constructed is 260' x 380',
<br /> providing playing surface extending 10' out of bounds. In acreage, 98,900 SF = 2.27 acres.
<br /> ESTIMATE COMPARISON
<br /> ITEM DRAINED TURF FIELD SYNTHETIC
<br /> 1. Mobilization $5,000 $5,000
<br /> 2. Layout engineering 1,000 1,000
<br /> 3. Grading (shaping a fairly level site for drainage) 4,500 4,500
<br /> 4. Drainage Cambridge system at $32,000/A 72,640 ( -)
<br /> Perf pipe on 20' centers, 5400 LF total ( -) @$4.00/LF 21,600
<br /> 5. Irrigation for turf @ $15,000 /A 34,050 ( -)
<br /> 6. Filter fabric on subgrade 98,800 SF @ $.15 ( -) 14,820
<br /> 7. 3/4" open crushed rock, .4' deep, 1785 T. @ $12.00 21,420
<br /> 8. Turf mat @ $2.50 /SF 247,400
<br /> 9. Columbia River Sand (2" depth) in place 585• CY @ $40.00 /CY 23,400
<br /> 10. Soil Preparation and finished grading @$5,000 /A 11,350
<br /> 11. Turf seeding and fertilizing @ $3500/A 7,945
<br /> 12. Lining field (Paint) L.S 3,000
<br /> Subtotals $136,485 $341,740
<br /> With Engineering & contract administration @ 19% $162,317 $406,670
<br /> Add lights to synthetic field, w 19% incl. @ $178,500 $585,170
<br /> Per statistics furnished by Renee Grube, a well drained turf soccer field could accommodate
<br /> annually 346 games in ideal weather, but perhaps 260 games in average season; unlighted
<br /> synthetic field 758 games; a lighted synthetic field 1248 games. The capital costs per game are
<br /> as follows, based on scheduling fields to their realistic potential:
<br /> Turf field, drained $152,317 for 260 games = $585.83 per game
<br /> Turf field, undrained $87,876 for 175 games = $502.15 per game
<br /> Synthetic unlighted $406,670 for 756 games = $537.92 per game
<br /> Synthetic lighted $585,170 for 1248 games = $468.89 per game
<br /> On the maintenance end, the drained turf fields need irrigation, mowing, fertilizing, overseeding,
<br /> sand top dressing and aeration. The synthetic fields need occasional regrooming. It is estimated
<br /> that the regrooming is the cost equivalent of aeration, fertilizing and overseeding, and that the net
<br /> savings amount to the costs for irrigation and mowing and sand top dressing.
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