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IMAGINATION GUIDE

O'Fallon Family Sports
Park Scores Big

T

he O'Fallon Family Sports Park scored big over the
summer with seven new soccer fields in less than 90
days, while saving $1 million on the project. The fields
were installed and match-ready by August 31, just in time for
the fall season.
The seven new fields bring the park's total to eight, making it
an attractive tournament venue for soccer, lacrosse and more.
Turning O'Fallon into a competition destination means more
people coming to the area and increased spending at area hotels and restaurants.
City administrators could not be more pleased with how the
project came together.
" We wanted to ensure taxpayer money on the sports complex renovations was spent wisely, " says Mary Jeanne Hutchison, director of O'Fallon Parks and Recreation in an article for
Construction Forum STL.
To do so, the city worked with the National Joint Powers
Alliance (NJPA) to procure the products and services needed
for the project. NJPA is a cooperative purchasing entity that
partners with education, government and nonprofit entities to

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boost student and community success.
" NJPA gave us a complete package
that had been thoroughly researched and
priced, " says Hutchinson. " In the end, we
got the product we wanted for the right
price and were able to streamline the construction process to get all seven fields
built in 89 calendar days. "
Hutchison says the process entailed going to NJPA's awarded contract database
to find the right synthetic soccer turf and
installation package.
" The quality of the turf is only going to
be as good as the subsurface conditions, "
Hutchinson explains. " That requires a
certified builder proficient in site preparation, including amending soil conditions
and improving drainage. All of that was
built into our Shaw Sports Turf package. "
The new fields are part of renovations
to the O'Fallon Family Sports Park that
include new restrooms and parking lot
improvements to accommodate 700 vehicles. The new fields
were ready in August, and have already hosted team practices
and league play as well as five tournaments this fall.
" The cooperative purchasing process allowed us no loss of
field time, " Hutchinson says.
As budgets become tighter, public entities are turning to cooperative purchasing agreements to save costs and streamline
construction.
O'Fallon turned to NJPA, which had already conducted the
RFP and thoroughly vetted vendors, their products and services.
Find what you need at njpa.co/vendor-list.

888.894.1930
info@njpacoop.org
www.njpacoop.org



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