Den Duyf Park Recreation Site Development
Growing recreation hub with sports fields, bike park, pathways, infrastructure and future recreational complex.
Client: Village of Pemberton
Location: Pemberton, BC
Project Type: Landscape Architecture, Municipal
About This Project
Den Dufy Park has evolved from a greenfield site on Pemberton Farm Road East into a recreation destination with soccer fields, bike skills park, stormwater planning, an amenity building, multi-use pathway connectivity and essential utility infrastructure. Future growth plans for this site include a recreational complex and ball field.
ISL has helped the Village of Pemberton deliver playing space and plan the infrastructure needed to support future growth of this park.
The first phase established one natural-grass sports field. ISL joined the design-build project after tender closed as the Village’s owner representative, providing project management and contract administration. Completed in eight weeks in 2018, on schedule and within budget, the field includes underground drainage, a sand-based drainage layer, irrigation and perimeter fencing.
As the recreation site developed, ISL assessed how additional fields, parking and planned amenities would affect runoff. The team modelled interim and future conditions and developed a staged stormwater management facility designed to protect the downstream drainage system. The stormwater design included future potential for irrigation to be provided thru stormwater reuse.
A second, FIFA-sized natural-grass field expanded local playing capacity. Its design coordinated drainage, irrigation supplied from the first field, service connections and sports lighting, with testing and acceptance requirements to support a high-quality playing surface. Further phases of this site included ISL designed underground services, sanitary pump station and site development for a beautiful new amenity building with rooftop viewing.
Together, the assignments show how field design, landscape architecture, drainage and utility servicing can work as connected parts of a recreation site that continues to grow and accommodate future improvements.
Challenges and Solutions
Challenge: Building the first field on a preloaded site that was still settling, within the Village’s budget and schedule.
Solution: A sand-based natural-grass field was provided a practical, repairable playing surface. As owner representative, ISL reviewed design submissions and administered its construction contract through closeout.
Challenge: Managing runoff as new fields, parking and future amenities change the site, without increasing impacts on downstream drainage.
Solution: ISL modelled pre-development, interim and ultimate stormwater conditions and developed a staged facility designed to limit discharge below pre-development flow.
Challenge: Coordinating drainage, irrigation, lighting and service connections for a FIFA-sized natural-grass field on a partially developed site.
Solution: The second field incorporated an engineered sand profile, perforated drainage, connected irrigation and lighting. Sand testing, survey controls and staged acceptance set clear performance standards.
Challenge: Extending water and sanitary services around existing infrastructure and site constraints while allowing for future amenities.
Solution: ISL designed the watermain connection, validated utility locations in the field, and provided tendering and construction oversight. Later work included testing and commissioning the sanitary lift station.
Key Features
- Two natural-grass sports fields
- First field completed in eight weeks in 2018, on schedule and within budget
- Sand-based field profiles, underground drainage and irrigation systems
- Lighting for both soccer fields
- Staged stormwater facility to limit discharge to preconstruction conditions
- Potential for reuse of stormwater for irrigation purposes of grass fields and landscape areas