Synthetic Turf Athletic Fields Cut Costs

Did you know that alternative construction products if correctly designed and specified, could result in cost savings of more than $80,000 for a typical synthetic turf field construction project? This can be 10% or more of the typical construction cost. While engineering represents a small percentage of the overall project from a cost perspective; it is the most critical investment made on a project.

By installing a synthetic turf field, the cost per game played over a 10-year period, when considering all capital and maintenance costs, is actually only about a third of the cost of a natural turf field.

The ACEC of New York awarded Woodard & Curran with an Engineering Excellence Award for developing a design solution for four state-of-the-art synthetic turf ballfields that met the Rye Country Day School’s fast-track schedule and reduced long-term field maintenance and labor costs while meeting the needs of the community, as well as state and federal regulatory stormwater management requirements.

Contributed by Anthony Catalano, PE, DEE 

Posted by Blog Contributor at 11/18/2007 03:32:27 PM