Argentine Bahia Installation at St. Petersburg Police Academy

The St. Petersburg College Police Academy at the Allstate Center needed a durable grass solution for a dry retention pond and the exercise areas surrounding its office and administration buildings. The grounds had already been graded and prepared, making them ready for sod delivery and installation.

Prepared dry retention pond area at the St. Petersburg College Police Academy — The dry retention pond area had already been graded and prepared before sod delivery.

Prepared exercise area beside a St. Petersburg College Police Academy building — One of the narrow exercise areas beside an academy building before sod installation.

Police Academy Bahia sod project statistics

Location: St. Petersburg College Allstate Center in St. Petersburg, Florida
Project type: Commercial and institutional sod installation
Grass installed: Argentine Bahia sod
Quantity: 63 pallets
Approximate coverage: 25,200 square feet
Services: Sod delivery and installation
Installation areas: Dry retention pond, exercise areas, and grounds around office and administration buildings
Primary challenge: Site-access constraints across multiple areas of the property

Prepared ground between office and administration buildings at the Allstate Center — Prepared ground between academy buildings shows one of the access-constrained installation areas.

Prepared retention area and marked utilities before Argentine Bahia installation — The larger prepared area included marked utilities and multiple work zones around the property.

Already-graded areas ready for Bahia sod

The academy’s dry retention pond, exercise areas, and building perimeters were already graded and prepared before Sunshine Sod arrived. That established the installation surface while leaving a large, distributed footprint that still required careful delivery planning.

Flatbed delivery of Argentine Bahia sod at the St. Petersburg College Allstate Center — A flatbed carrying Argentine Bahia pallets arrives at the Allstate Center project entrance.

Coordinating a 63-pallet Argentine Bahia delivery

Sunshine Sod supplied and installed 63 pallets of Argentine Bahia sod. At 400 square feet per pallet, the order represented approximately 25,200 square feet of turf for the St. Petersburg institutional project.

The primary challenge was navigating the property’s site-access constraints while moving dozens of pallets to the pond, exercise areas, offices, and administration buildings. Sunshine Sod coordinated delivery and installation across those separate work zones.

Pallet of Argentine Bahia positioned on the prepared Police Academy grounds — A pallet of flat-cut Argentine Bahia sod positioned inside the prepared installation area.

Argentine Bahia pallets staged beside an exercise area for installation — Fresh Bahia pallets staged close to the work area before the crew continued installation.

Installing Bahia around exercise and administration areas

Argentine Bahia was installed across the targeted open areas and along the prepared building perimeters. The project required the crew to work through both broad sections and narrower spaces while maintaining coverage across the academy grounds.

Argentine Bahia installation in progress near a Police Academy exercise area — Installation progress near an exercise area shows new sod meeting the prepared ground.

New Argentine Bahia installed around a St. Petersburg College academy building — New Bahia sod covers the perimeter of an academy building while an adjacent section remains visible.

Completed Bahia coverage at the Allstate Center

The finished installation established new grass coverage throughout the targeted areas and completed the academy’s grounds-improvement project. The photos below show the finished Bahia beside the buildings, walkways, parking areas, and exercise spaces.

Completed Argentine Bahia lawn beside a Police Academy building in St. Petersburg — Completed Bahia coverage beside one of the office and administration buildings.

Completed Argentine Bahia sod strip along an Allstate Center parking area — A long finished strip of Bahia sod borders the parking and access area.

Completed Bahia sod beside a walkway at the St. Petersburg College Allstate Center — Finished Bahia coverage along a walkway and the edge of the academy grounds.

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Argentine Bahia Sod Installation at the St. Petersburg College Police Academy