Sports surfaces and facilities examination

When it is needed

For surface deterioration, unevenness, discrepancies in work quantities or disputes about the quality of sports facility construction.

What we examine

• Surfaces in halls, on tracks and at outdoor facilities.
• Accessible base elements, junctions and drainage.
• Design, as-built and acceptance documents.

Materials to prepare

• The contract, design or technical brief specifying surface requirements.
• As-built drawings, work records and material information.
• Defect photographs and their development history.
• Operating, repair and previous inspection documents.

Sample questions

• Which defects in the surface and accessible facility elements were identified during examination?
• Do the dimensions checked and accessible construction features comply with the task supplied?
• What technical circumstances may explain the identified defects?
• What base or material examinations are necessary to check the causes of deterioration?
• What work is needed to remedy the established defects within the agreed scope of analysis?

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How the work is carried out

1. We will compare asset requirements with its actual conditions of use.
2. We will carry out available inspection, measurements and analysis of as-built documents.
3. We will describe defects, testable causal explanations and the need for specialist tests.

Result

A technical report on the condition and quality of the elements examined, with a defect schedule and reasoned answers.

What affects the conclusions

Shock absorption, slip resistance and other specialist properties cannot be established from photographs alone. Sampling and instrumented tests require separate agreement.

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