Ocmis have recently invested into expanding their growing fleet of machinery by purchasing new Fendt tractors along with advanced trenching equipment to bolster its capacity to meet growing project demands. The new investment shows Ocmis’ commitment to growing for the future.
Should you have any trenching or drainage enquiries, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our main office.
Last week, some of our design team visited the Grundfos offices in Leighton Buzzard for their Groundwater and Irrigation Day. During the event, we had the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in pump technology, gaining valuable insights and solutions available to help our clients. Many thanks to Grundfos for hosting us.
In response to the rising demand for its services across the UK and Ireland, Ocmis have recently invested in expanding its machinery fleet. Earlier in the winter, Ocmis procured two new Takeuchi Diggers and a cutting-edge Ditch Witch Mole Plough.
The decision to acquire these new machines comes amidst an increasing workload for Ocmis, driven by growing projects and contracts throughout the UK and Ireland. With a commitment to maintaining efficiency and meeting client needs promptly, Ocmis recognises the necessity of its fleet of machinery.
Ocmis intend on increasing their fleet of machinery throughout the year and into the near future. This commitment ensures that, with a steadfast focus on efficiency, quality, and innovation, we can consistently deliver excellence across all aspects of our work.
In February, the design team at Ocmis visited the OASE HQ facility in Germany to receive training on the latest developments in Water Feature programming and animation. This visit highlights the importance Ocmis has in staying up to date with the latest technology in the market to offer the best innovative solutions to our clients. We would like to thank OASE for their hospitality throughout our visit.
Ocmis are thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new CPD programme ‘Bringing Water to Life’. This presentation will introduce you to the world of Water Features and will give a better understanding of the typical details involved in our working process, how we achieve great results in our features and feature a frequently asked questions segment. The CPD sessions are designed for landscape architects, main contractors, landscape contractors and clients. If this sounds of interest and you would like to arrange a visit, please fill out the form below. https://t.co/l546Ol8tVr
Ocmis are currently installing a 144 jet water feature for Waltham Forest Council at the Town Hall. Working for the Main Contractor ISG, Ocmis have been on site installing the system for just over a month and have received the Contractor of the Month award for December. Congratulations to everyone involved!
We are very pleased our new Kubota RTV X1110 utility vehicles are performing so well on Ocmis’ sites across the country; these are replacing the Kubota RTV900 that have given such good service. The new Kubota RTV X1110 are particularly useful on golf and landscape construction sites for moving people and installation equipment. They are able to carry up to 450kg so are great for transporting materials too.
With The Open Championship returning to Royal St George’s Golf Club in 2020, the south coast club has chosen Toro irrigation to ensure the famous old course is looking its best when the world’s top golfers arrive in under two years’ time.
Royal St George’s chairman of greens Chris Healey (left) shakes hands with Reesink’s Robert Jackson. They are accompanied by, from left, head greenkeeper Graham Royden, Ocmis’ Peter Dawson, club secretary Tim Checketts, Robin Hulme Associates’ Adrian Mortram and course manager Paul Larsen
The simple rationale which pushed course manager, Paul Larson, into lobbying for a Toro irrigation system, when the club made the decision to replace the existing 20-year-old one, was accuracy he says: “I want to irrigate in millimetres and not in minutes.”
Now in place and guaranteeing the kind of accuracy Paul was after is Toro’s Lynx GDC system from Reesink Turfcare, an official Toro UK distributor. He says: “In fairness, the alternative system we looked at did offer the type of accuracy I was looking for, but while I could achieve three millimetres of water on a specific part of the course with one click of a button on the Toro system, the other system required some calculations and seemingly two or three clicks.”
Complete with pump and weather station integration and installed with a course map and Toro’s round-the-clock support in their handheld and NSN apps, the club’s adoption of the Toro system might not have been the case had Paul not given Rob Jackson, irrigation field sales manager at Reesink, the chance of a trial on a small patch of the golf course.
“I told Rob that I’d more than likely stay with the original system provider but that I was happy to learn of anything new as I like to be open-minded. And I’m glad I did. What I found was that Toro was easier, better and more suited to our course. I’ve had full confidence in the company and the system ever since. Everything has been first class,” revealed Paul.
“We have Infinity sprinklers on the greens, surrounds, approaches and fairways, which give us 360 degree spread, and we can control every head on every sprinkler individually. This morning I have had someone out taking moisture levels everywhere on the course and, for example, if we find a reading of 24 percent at the back of a green and a reading of 18 percent at the front we can set the sprinklers to level it out. My goal is round 20 percent,” said Paul who added that the tees have the FLEX B series, with main nozzle multi-trajectory adaptors. “Everything is just so easy to adjust; we are currently tweaking everything so that it will do exactly what we want.”
Paul continues: “The user friendliness means that I am able to sit with my tablet and control the system remotely, safe in the knowledge that we are irrigating the areas that require it and not wasting water by irrigating the rough or tee banks which was happening with the previous system.”
One area of the course which is benefiting greatly from the new system is the pathways, which now have over 1000 Toro 590G sprinklers with Precision Rotating Nozzles (PRN’s).
“Our paths were in poor shape,” says Paul. “We kept turfing them but it just didn’t last, so now we seed with a fairway fescue, something we can do because with the dedicated sprinklers we can keep them irrigated. It’s too dry down here for the paths to survive without it.”
Installation expert, Ocmis, was able to use most of the original pipework, just replacing all the joints and heads, with only a small amount of new pipework so disruption was minimised.
“The work was carried out over the winter and finished by early spring and by closing a hole at a time there wasn’t much disruption to the golf,” said Paul, who is looking forward to preparing the course for what is always a spectacular Open at Royal St George’s.
Club secretary, Tim Checketts, was part of the panel which had put in place a rigorous tendering process designed to ensure the club would identify the best new irrigation system for them.
“At the end of the process Royal St George’s Golf Club was quite clear that Toro’s irrigation system offered us the significant uplift in capability we had been looking for. We felt that Toro gave us the ability to use less water and target it precisely where we wanted it to go and in doing so the new system would support our strategy to encourage the growth of the finer fescue grasses while reducing the percentage of broadleaf grasses on the course.
“Ocmis was chosen as our preferred contractor recognising its track record in delivering major projects to cost and on time and its reputation for tidy and professional work. The company deserves great credit for completing this project despite the considerable challenges posed by the 2017/18 winter,” said Tim.
“As a result of this successful project the Club now enjoys the use of a highly capable irrigation system and we are well placed to ensure the delivery of the course in Championship condition for 2020.”