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BBS Designs School Athletic Complex
The North Shore School District in Glen Head, N.Y., recently celebrated the official opening of its new athletic field, running track, and supporting facilities. BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers, served the district as architect and engineer for the project. … Continue reading
Brock Pads Help Prevent Concussions
From the University of Oregon to Boston College, a growing number of NCAA schools have installed Brock PowerBase underneath their synthetic turf fields to help prevent brain injuries and keep student-athletes safe. Brock PowerBase has been proven to reduce G-max, … Continue reading
New Guidelines For Turf Performance
The Synthetic Turf Council recently released “Guidelines for Synthetic Turf Performance.” These guidelines can help owners, buyers and designers to better understand the quality and performance of multi-purpose synthetic sports systems during design, selection, after installation and throughout its useful … Continue reading
Light Up The Night
The strange thing about sports facilities–tennis and basketball courts, ball fields, soccer pitches, and others–is that we don’t often think of them as energy-hogging areas. And generally, they’re not, unless we’re talking about a professional-level stadium for baseball, football, etc., … Continue reading
Natural Grass Or Synthetic Turf?
The good news is that you’re acquiring a new multi-sports field. The bad news is that your desk suddenly resembles a city skyline, with different stacks of brochures and catalogues advertising everything from seed to sod to synthetic turf to … Continue reading