Beit Olam Cemetery
Type: Commercial
General Contractor: RP Marzilli and Company
Landscape Architect: Sudbury Design Group
Owner: Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts
Services used:
- Design
- Installation
- Maintenance
Project Highlights
- 17 acres of irrigated turf, shrubs, and trees
- 60 zone irrigation installation
- 3” looped and branched Class 200 PVC mainline
- Baseline 3200 2-wire control system
- 2 wells producing approx. 80 gallons per minute
- NEMA 4 electrical enclosure set on a concrete pad for pump drives
- Hand wash stations
- 30000 feet drip irrigation
This was a fast-paced design and build irrigation installation for a new 17-acre cemetery located in Wayland, MA. Tri-Valley designed this in collaboration with Sudbury Design Group using CAD. All layout was done using Trimble GPS to avoid encroachment on any plots. The system was installed within one growing season and maintenance is ongoing.
I worked with Chris Boylan of Tri-Valley Irrigation for about ten years while managing a 17-acre cemetery just outside of Boston. Chris’s background is in engineering and he helped design the irrigation system for this cemetery, which has two wells and the irrigation system has approximately 60 zones. Designing an irrigation system for a cemetery this size is challenging as lines cannot be over graves, and must be designed to irrigate in a timely manner and not interfere with the daily functions of the cemetery. He and his group constructed the system in a very timely and professional manner for us, and we decided to retain Chris going forward for system maintenance. He inspected the cemetery on a regular basis to identify irrigation problems early and fix them on the spot. I would highly recommend Chris and Tri-Valley for any irrigation projects you may have.
- Barrow Ostrow, Director of Maintenance, JCAM
