Seminole County Sports Complex in Sanford (USA)
Ultrabond Turf Pu 2K: a valuable ally for an award-winning project.
Located on 102 acres in Sanford (Florida, USA), the new 27-million-US-dollar tournament sports complex features 15 baseball/softball multi-purpose fields (9 synthetic and 6 natural turf) that can also be used for soccer, football and lacrosse. The 15 fields are located in four different hubs. A centrally-located administration building includes offices and a meeting room with the capacity to hold 120 people.
Located on 102 acres in Sanford (Florida, USA), the new 27-million-US-dollar tournament sports complex features 15 baseball/softball multi-purpose fields (9 synthetic and 6 natural turf) that can also be used for soccer, football and lacrosse. The 15 fields are located in four different hubs. A centrally-located administration building includes offices and a meeting room with the capacity to hold 120 people.
The complex has already booked 38 tournaments throughout 2016 and into 2017 and is expected to attract over 100,000 athletes and spectators and generate more than 36,000 hotel room stays, resulting in a more than 50 million US dollar impact to the local economy within its first eight months of operation.
CUTTING-EDGE TURF INSTALLATION
Nine of the fifteen state-of-the-art lighted athletic fields are made of synthetic turf installed with ULTRABOND TURF PU 2K adhesive. This is a two-component, solvent and water-free polyurethane adhesive for bonding jointing strips between synthetic grass sheets, both indoors and outdoors. It is easy to apply and particularly recommended for those users who are allergic to epoxy or epoxy-polyurethane products. In the winter, it works better than epoxy-polyurethane products, which set slower at low temperatures. When ULTRABOND TURF PU 2K is used for bonding ULTRABOND TURF TAPE 100, it results in pitches which meet FIFA standards.
At Seminole County Sports Complex ULTRABOND TURF PU 2K adhesive was also used for field installations, batting cage areas, and surrounding areas that used synthetic turf. Four of the fields are “385’ to center field” synthetic grass fields (about 33.5x19 m, rectangular); five are “350’ to center field” synthetic grass fields (about 32x19 m, rectangular).
Due to the excellent results of the installation, two prestigious awards were bestowed on the installation company and the contractor: Medallion Athletic Products, Inc., received the 2016 Silver Award for Multi-field Construction from the American Sports Builders Association while the general contractor, Wharton-Smith, Inc., Construction Group, won the 2016 Award of Merit from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Awards of Excellence program for the sports complex.
