Construction underway for the new home of the Lake Erie Crushers

In late July of 2008, Independence Excavating, under the direction of Infinity Construction, began construction for The Ballpark at Avon, future home to the Lake Erie Crushers, a professional baseball franchise in the Frontier League. The 3,500 seat stadium will include luxury boxes, merchandise shops, and a clubhouse for the teams. The City of Avon also hopes it will host concerts and other city events as well.

A rapid project pace was set in order to get the new stadium completed before opening day in May of 2009. Independence Excavating's Concrete Division is working hard and fast to get as much work completed before another fierce Cleveland winter arrives. Throughout the expedited work schedule, Independence's team has maintained its exemplary safety standards and quality craftsmanship.

To date, our crews are mostly finished with the seating bowl and slab on grade portions of the project. We will return to the project once steel erection is finished to complete the slabs on metal deck, and again in the spring to complete the sidewalks and driveways.

The scope of work for the park includes 4,200 cubic yards of concrete foundations and slabs, a concrete seating bowl and main concourse slabs, structural retaining walls and main entrance stairs, as well as driveways and sidewalks.

Thank you to the entire Independence Excavating project team for your hard work and dedication to the project. We would also like to thank Infinity Construction for their efforts and the opportunity to work on another unique project.