2/28/2014 2:02 PM
Our 18-hole course building measures just under 9,000 ft2 with another 2,400 ft2 building for our wash rack and fuel tanks. What we have is too small. I need about another 4,500-6,000 ft2 of covered storage to fit everything out of the weather.
Moving forward, we will be constructing another shop for our 36-hole operation comprised of three buildings. The main building will house all small equipment, offices and R&M and be comprised of about 11,500 ft2. The "equipment" building will be another 6,750 ft2 and the wash bay another 2,400 ft2. Just under 21,000 ft2 and I still don't think it will be big enough. Our company tends to hang on to stuff for a long time, and I have a feeling that even though the building will be plenty large for our needs now, as other people decide to use our storage, I feel we will need even more space.
I was at a 27 hole course yesterday that has a shop I designed and built about nine years ago. The shop is roughly 9,600 ft2 in one building. First thing I noticed when I walked in was that half of the overhead mezzanine area I designed for storage was being used to store files for the accounting office. Another roughly 600 ft2 of equipment storage space was being used to house the old clubhouse dining room chairs. So in other words....go as big as you can!