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Pacific Irrigation Consultants

Name: Pacific Irrigation Consultants
Address: Suite 1163, 7620 Elbow Drive S. W, Calgary, AB, T2V1K2, CA
Telephone: +14036183665

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Pacific Irrigation Consultants

Serving Western Canada & the US Pacific Northwest with over 35 years of golf irrigation experience.

05/01/2026

The warmer spring weather has finally arrived (a few weeks late) in the Calgary area. That means the golf construction crews are also back on site at the Bearspaw Country Club to complete the improvements to the 5th green & pond, and new tees on the 3rd hole.

Pacific Irrigation is assisting the golf club with the upgraded irrigation design and layout.

04/03/2026

You know spring is here in Southern Alberta when it’s time to get back on site at the Picture Butte Golf Club to continue more irrigation system layout prior to construction.

The course will quickly green up with some daytime heat and water - although they received 2” of snow today.

We are looking forward to completing this wall-to-wall 1,000 plus sprinkler head project by early June (weather permitting) for another great client.

10/25/2025

The new 18 hole irrigation system installation at the Picture Butte Golf Club in Southern Alberta is moving along nicely. Grassroots Landscaping & Irrigation is now focusing on installing the small diameter 2" HDPE pipe and decoder cables for the sprinkler heads utilizing a vibratory plow machine. The advantage of using a vibratory plow is it minimizes the damage to the existing turfgrass and course restoration work.

Just before the golf club winterizes the irrigation pumping system, Grassroots was able to flush and test the new Toro Infinity sprinkler heads and related irrigation system components - which look great.

For those of you that don't live in Southern Alberta, those intimidating looking clouds in the sky are known as a "Chinook Arch" - which forms when warm, dry westerly winds flow over the Rocky Mountains to create a wave-like cloud formation. On Friday it was 19C / 66 degrees in Picture Butte which is warm for the end of October.

10/18/2025

The initial irrigation system installation work at the Picture Butte Golf Club in Southern Alberta is progressing nicely thanks to the nice fall weather. Grassroots Landscaping & Irrigation has now completed the first major section of HDPE main line pipe, isolation valves, communication cables & associated grounding components.

The photo below shows them installing one of the many 8' long copper ground rods using a motorized device to vibrate the rods into the ground. Then they are tested for resistance to ground to insure they meet spec in the clay soil - which they did.

Next week they are starting to install the sprinkler heads, small diameter HDPE pipe and control wire. In preparation for that work, the sprinkler head locations are carefully staked for the green complex, tees, fairways & roughs by Pacific Irrigation Consultants & the assistant golf course superintendent following the irrigation plans.

At the Picture Butte GC we are replacing the old irrigation system that was installed when the original 18 hole golf course was built in the mid 1980s. Irrigation technology has come along way in the last 40 years. Back then pop-up sprinkler heads utilized brass agricultural impact sprinklers installed in heavy bronze or cast iron bodies for turf applications, which were operated in groups of 2, 3 or 4 sprinklers by a 1-1/2" or 2" 24V control valve in the ground.

As shown below, these first generation sprinkler heads (manufactured by Royal Coach / Buckner) were heavy, awkward to repair & inefficient - but they lasted for almost 40 years in the field which is impressive. List price for this sprinkler head in 1985 was around 60.00.

The new sprinkler heads are manufactured with an injection-molded ABS (plastic) body, with plastic & stainless steel drive assemblies. The Toro Infinity bodies have room within the body for the smart module and wire connections to protect them from the elements in the ground. List price in 2025 is around 600.00.

Each sprinkler head is operated individually via a computer program with a Smart Module in the sprinkler head. A Toro Smart Module is a component in a two-wire irrigation system that uses two wires to communicate commands and feedback between a central hub (computer) and individual sprinkler modules. The Smart Module, located inside the sprinkler, receives commands for watering schedules, and sends back diagnostic information like its operational status. This two-way communication allows for precision watering, remote diagnostics, and easy system management. The irrigation system can also be operated with a iPhone or iPad in the field via an app.

Here's a link to a video from the Antique Sprinklers YouTube page that describes the same exact Royal Coach / Buckner sprinkler heads we are replacing at Picture Butte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDcTDSvP_4M&t=402s

09/26/2025

Work has now started at the Picture Butte Golf Club just north of Lethbridge, Alberta. The first section of new HDPE main line pipe, wire & isolation valves are being installed using a trencher (rather than a backhoe) due to the great soil conditions.

It’s not often we see a trencher being used for the smaller diameter pipe (3” to 8”), it certainly makes for a tidy installation. The 2” pipe for tees, greens & fairways will be installed with a vibratory plow which should also work well in these soil conditions.

09/22/2025

Last week we wrapped up the new 18 hole irrigation and pumping system installation at the City of Red Deer owned River Bend Golf Course in Red Deer, Alberta. In an earlier post we highlighted the installation of the prefabricated pumping system and enclosure from MCI Flowtronex in Dallas, Texas. Here are a few shots of the finished product.

Special thanks to Alpine Irrigation and CTC Golf who did a great job at River Bend, which was completed on time and on budget. Wade Horrocks from Ground3 Architects also did a great job as Project Manager.

08/20/2025

Yesterday we completed the final task for the 2 year long irrigation system upgrade project at the beautiful Shannon Lake Golf Club in West Kelowna, BC.

Each of the 1,200 sprinkler heads (and related irrigation system components) were located by a professional survey company using GPS. The GPS data gathered on site is then merged with the digital site plan to create the all important irrigation as-built plan for the client.

We completed the site work during a scheduled maintenance day at the golf club (closed for play) for safety purposes. The photo of the first tee shows the freshly aerated / top dressed tee surface. The golf course is recovering nicely from the recent construction work.

08/15/2025

The 18 hole irrigation system upgrade project at the River Bend GC in Red Deer, Alberta is moving along nicely. Alpine Irrigation (irrigation contractor) started work in late April and is on track to be completed thier work by early September.

CTC Golf (general contractor) working along side Alpine Irrigation is completing the golf course renovation work.

By systematically moving around the site, they were able to always keep nine holes in play during construction.

07/11/2025

A monumental day at the Picture Butte Golf Club in Southern Alberta. After years of detailed design work & planning, we are now moving forward with construction of a new irrigation system for the original 18 hole course in September.

Today the HDPE pipe for the project arrived on site, coordinated by Grassroots Landscaping & Irrigation - the irrigation contractor for the project. The new irrigation system will utilize over 22 miles of HDPE pipe and 24 miles of communication cable for 1040 Toro sprinkler heads.

07/09/2025

This week we returned back to the magnificent Christina Lake Golf Club in Boundary Country, BC just minutes from the Canada USA border. Pacific Irrigation Consultants completed the irrigation system design work for the front 9 holes back in 2018. We are now beginning the irrigation system design process for the back 9 holes - a wonderful Les Furber design featuring mature tree lined fairways.

Visiting the Christina Lake GC is like stepping back in time. We are excited to be back.

06/25/2025

Today the new MCI Flowtronex irrigation pumping system was delivered to the site and installed at the City of Red Deer owned River Bend Golf Course in Alberta. Unlike a traditional pumping system which is housed inside a pump house structure / building, this unit was manufactured at MCI in Dallas, TX with an aluminum enclosure attached to the pump skid. The enclosure also comes pre-wired as a plug & play pumping system, utilizing access doors on each side of the enclosure. Perfect for the budget minded golf projects.

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Suite 1163, 7620 Elbow Drive S. W
Calgary, AB
T2V1K2

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