August 12, 2011 |
Up until this past spring, Phase 2 of the Fairway project was on schedule and on target to open by the end of July. But, despite past assurances to the contrary, Maricopa County Planning and Development Office requested that we obtain an additional permit for construction of the pools and spa at Fairway. When we initially filed our construction plans for Fairway Phase 2, the planning and development office directed our architect to leave out all engineering information pertaining to the pools and spa since that information would be needed for a separate permit issued by Maricopa County Environmental Services.
After the Fairway Phase 2 project was well under way, Maricopa County Planning and Development required RCSC to submit for another structural and electrical permit for the pools and spa. This process required hours of additional work for our engineer and architect and several rounds of responding to comments with county planning and development officials.
All in all, this process took from April 13 to July 8 before the additional permit was completed and ready for pick up by RCSC personnel. During this time, the pools and spa sat idle, ready to be shotcreted.
Since the issuance of the permit, RCSC’s general contractor has been working diligently to get sub-contractors back to work on the pools, decking and sails structures. To date, the pools are now shotcreted and footings for the spa/walking pool sail structures are being installed.
While RCSC is pleased that the pools and spa construction is again under way, there is still more pool and spa work to complete before RCSC receives its Certificate of Occupancy and can open the Fairway Phase 2 facility.
As soon as we have new work schedules from the pool and sail structure sub-contractors, RCSC will provide a new estimated opening date. RCSC extends a special thank you to all RCSC cardholders for their continued patience and understanding during this highly anticipated and large-scale project.