THE JOHN WATSON FOUNDATION

UPDATE ON WORKS AT DOUGLAS PARK

As at 20^th NOVEMBER 2014

Contractors – FAIRWAYS LIMITED * – are well into their anticipated 5 week contract to create new pathways and access points for the use of our new buggies and club machinery and vehicles around the golf course.

Contractors – JH CIVIL ENGINEERS * – have completed the resurfacing works on the driveway.

* Red stone chips on hard shoulder of drive – to be purchased and laid by Course Staff.

Contractor – THOMAS WALKER *  – has completed the thinning of overhanging branches from the entrance pillars to the clubhouse. 

Contractors – HUGH STIRLING LIMITED * – have completed a two phase repair to the cracking on the front/side/rear of the clubhouse building in advance of  early Spring Works by McCOLL DECORATORS to repaint the entire building.

Contractors – PREMIER FACILITIES * –  have completed the first phase of a power washing of the front & side of the clubhouse building and the jet washing of our entrance wall & pillars.

Contractors – McCOLL DECORATORS * – have been appointed to undertake the complete re-painting of the exterior of the clubhouse.  However, due to temperature & moisture concerns, the works will not commence until the Spring 2015 in advance of the new season.

Contractor – FORREST CONTRACTS * – has been appointed to complete the fencing and new gate at rear of clubhouse to be carried out on completion of the re-painting.

PLEASE NOTE

The works highlighted thus * are being carried out under the terms of the John Watson Foundation gift to the club. 

Other, complementary, works are being funded by the club: such as providing wider car parking spaces (of 2.7 m) in same orientation plus new speed limit signs and SLOW warning strip at end of driveway.

Brian Thistle