Sport Facility Construction Specialists Over 45 Years of Sport Contracting Industry Experience Expertise for All Types of Sport Facilities

Sport Facility Construction specialists Over 45 Years of Sport Contracting industry experience expertise for all types of sport facilities

Centaur has grown to become the largest sports specialty contractor in Canada. We have extensive experience in the construction and renovation of many different types of sport facilities including both indoor and outdoor venues. Regardless of the size of the project or type of facility, our team is readily available to assist or lead your upcoming project from the early planning and design phases through to the final installation.

Colleges & Universities Recreational Facilities Stadiums

Sports Fields & Running Tracks High Schools & Elementary Fitness Facilities history sCHOOLS Centaur grew from humble beginnings in the summer of 1973 to now being the largest sports construction specialty contractor in Canada. Growing from the early days of supplying gymnasium equipment to local High Schools, to now outfitting Olympic Games Venues and major professional sports stadiums, Centaur is at the forefront of creating some of the most cutting-edge recreational facilities in the world.

It has always been our vision at Centaur to strive toward creating truly remarkable facilities. In an industry that has seen many come and go, Centaur has continued to thrive becoming a leader and pioneer in the sports construction world by maintaining a simple philosophy built on an unwavering commitment to quality, reliability and trust. Arenas Fieldhouses Theatre and Lecture Hall Seating

conception | design | Budgeting | Planning | Specifying

Tendering | Installation | servicE | We have an extensive global network complete of the World’s top sport facility sport FACILITY Suppliers product range & Expertise

We have developed long-standing relationships with the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of a wide range of sport facility products including: synthetic turf, running tracks, synthetic sports flooring, hardwood gymnasium flooring, rubber flooring, spectator seating, scoreboards, video display systems, sports equipment and many others.

No matter what the request, our integrated network of suppliers and product experts allows us to provide our clients with comprehensive, turn-key solutions as well as access to the newest innovations in sports technology developed throughout the world.

Synthetic Turf Hardwood Sports Flooring Synthetic Sports Flooring

Running Tracks Retractable Seating Video Displays

Grandstand Seating divider curtains Sports Equipment

Fortius Sport and Health Centre Portable Seating Scoreboards rubber flooring Burnaby, BC We have been involved in over sport 1,500 contracting Sports and recreational facility Construction Centaur’s sport contracting package is an all-in-one, turn-key solution for anyone interested in building or renovating a sport facility. It involves a comprehensive package of services to assist Projects. you in the planning, design and construction of a successful sport facility project.

Sport Contracting is effective because it combines the initial planning, design, construction and servicing phases of a project and unifies them all under a common goal of creating a long term successful facility by applying 4 guiding principles to all aspects of project design and construction.

These principles provide a backbone for all facility design and construction decisions and ensure that long term facility success is the highest priority in the project.

Key Principles 4 of Centaur’s Sport Contracting Program Why we Developed our Sport Contracting Program

The concept for Sport Contracting was developed because sport facility construction, whether indoor or Maximizing outdoor, presents many unique challenges when conventional construction procedures are applied. This is in large part because the finishing work in a sport facility is not merely aesthetic, as it tends to be in other types athletic performance, safety and comfort of construction, rather it is the single most important aspect of the facility itself and critical to the long term success of a facility.

Some examples of this finishing work include sport surfacing, seating, sports equipment and communications INCREASING equipment. These specialty elements of a sport facility are crucial to facility users and operators because of the facility revenue potential highly intensive manner in which they interact with these areas. So the concept for Sport Contracting arose from listening to building operators, athletes and program coordinators who all emphasized that the long term success of their facilities were dependent on this highly specialized finishing work in their facility. Yet, they often felt that project design and contracting practices did not adequately prioritize this fact and it was impacting the overall effectiveness of their facility once the project improving was complete.

facility operating efficiency Seeing this theme consistently emerge, it was clear there was a need for comprehensive project guidance. While traditional contracting companies are highly specialized in managing construction budgets & schedules and design firms provide expertise in the general aspects of facility design, there is a lack of specialized expertise as to what it actually takes to build a successful sports facility, in terms of functionality, efficiency and energizing profitability. Thus we developed our Sport Contracting Program. the spectator experience Shane’s Home YMCA at Rocky Ridge Calgary, AB

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design-Build Sport Facility Project iNSTALLATION & Performance & Servicing and Consulting Budgeting Construction Quality Testing Maintenance

We offer full design-build services We offer a range of sport facility We provide experienced estimating We can provide pricing or connect We offer several educational and Centaur employs a team of full- that include the integrated consulting services. From early and budgeting services during the you with a distributor for any teaching programs designed to time, local, installation technicians planning, design, and construction project planning to design options early project design and planning type of sport facility product that help our clients understand how to and product specialists. If you of a number of sport facility project and existing facility assessments phase to assist with capital budget you may need. We also install a evaluate sport product quality. In experience any problems, product types. We manage the entire we provide a number of consulting development. comprehensive range of products, addition we also can coordinate the defects, require additional training process from early planning and options available to assist in the surfaces and equipment. testing of materials, construction, or need updated maintenance design to project completion and construction and servicing of a engineering, safety and comfort of information, just contact your local even beyond with a number of number of sport facility specialties. different surfaces and products in Centaur representative and your service and maintenance plans the sport market. problem will be dealt with promptly available. and with the utmost in care. richmond Olympic Oval recreational facilities Located on the banks of the Fraser River in Richmond, BC, the Richmond Olympic Oval was first constructed in 2008 as the future home for speed skating events at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Games. A major component of the project was to maximize the use of the facility for the community before and after the games. To meet this demand Centaur was contracted to supply and install a hardwood sports flooring system for the inner part of the oval prior to the games. Following the 2010 Winter Olympics, Centaur played a major role in the legacy phase of the project by supplying and constructing sports surfaces as well as providing scoreboards and sports equipment for the facility. This massive undertaking included 73,000 square feet of spike-proof synthetic sports flooring, over 42,000 square feet hardwood sports flooring, rubber flooring and sports equipment.

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Shane’s Home YMCA at Rocky Ridge - Calgary, AB

Martensville Athletic Pavillion - Martensville, SK

Legends Centre - Warman, SK

Dakota Community Centre, Jonathan Toews Sportsplex - Winnipeg, MB

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre - Toronto, ON BC Place Stadiums Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, BC, BC Place is the premier stadium sporting venue on the west coast. Centaur played an important role in the design, supply and installation of the new synthetic turf surface. The surface would need to be suitable for both professional football, professional soccer and International rugby competition. Centaur installed a new synthetic turf surface that has passed FIFA Quality Pro and World Rugby testing. The highest standards for synthetic turf. In addition, Centaur supplied a new state-of-the-art turf cover for the facility. The new cover is the strongest on the market and dramatically reduces conversion between sporting and non-sporting events.

Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, BC

BMO Field - Toronto, ON

Tim Hortons Field - Hamilton, ON UNIVERSITIES Bears andPandasvolleyballbasketballteams. the in system seating Competition Gym.ThisCentre is nowhomeoftheUniversityAlbertaGolden telescopic seat 2,500 a and tables scorer’s clocks, day of hardwoodsurfacing, tothe curtains and providedafullscoreboard package complete with shot clocks, time addition divider 9 In backstops, basketball ceiling-folding 36 North America. installed and supplied of Centaur all in facilities floor is nowoneofthelargesthardwood multiple meetingandpartyrooms. Thefacility 9NBA-sized consisting flooring sports basketball courts, 9 full-size hardwood volleyball courts, a 22,000 sq. ft. gymnastics centre and of sq.ft. 130,000 over installing Centaur and played amajorroleintheconstruction by supplying of thisfacility sports centre Saville community

St. Francis XavierUniversity -Antigonish, NS University ofCalgary-Calgary,AB Simon FraserUniversity-Burnaby,BC University ofRegina-Regina,SK University ofGuelph-Guelph,ON UNIVERSITIES ST. FX UNIVERSITY grandstands

Centaur has a long history with Saint Francis Xavier and when the institution was awarded to host the 2018 Special Olympics, Centaur worked with the University to expand the stadium seating capacity at Oland Stadium with the installation of a new grandstand bleacher. The seating capacity was expanded to over 4,000 for the stadium, including over 500 chairs to go along with the aluminum bench seating.

Shouldice Park - Calgary, AB

Leibel Field - Saskatoon, SK

Mount Allison University - Sackville, NB GRANDSTANDS St. Andrew’s College sports fields

Located in Aurora, ON, St. Andrew’s College is one of Canada’s premier academic and athletic institutions. Centaur worked with the school to provide a synthetic turf system complete with environmentally-friendly infill and a Poly-Shock Pad. The project also involved the installation of a PUR running track surrounding the field as well as scoreboards, some seating and sports equipment. This is now one of the premier High School athletic facilities in Canada.

Gryphon Soccer Complex, University of Guelph - Guelph, ON

North Maple Regional Park - Vaughan, ON

Calgary Soccer Centre - Calgary, AB

Terry Fox Track and Field Stadium - Brampton, ON

National Soccer Development Centre, UBC - Vancouver, BC BRENTWOOD COLLEGE cOLLEGES & SCHOOLS

Brentwood College is situated in Mill Bay, BC, on Vancouver Island. Centaur worked with the team at Brentwood to assist with the design and planning of the new sports facility. The main gymnasium consists of 21,500 sf of hardwood flooring, scoreboards, telescopic bleachers, divider curtains, basketball equipment as well as volleyball and badminton equipment. In addition to the main gym, Centaur also installed 10,000 sf of synthetic sports flooring in a custom black colour for weight lifting and fitness rooms. Centaur also supplied artificial turf for the fitness room and constructed squash courts for the building. The facility is now one of the best of any high school in Canada.

Keyano College - Fort McMurray, AB

Carlton Comprehensive High School - Prince Albert, SK

Oak Bay High School - Victoria, BC

Confederation College - Thunder Bay, ON

COLLEGES & SCHOOLS Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute - Gilbert Plains, MB Nathan Phillips Square introducing Toronto ON GreenCourt

A new cONVERT concept to parking lots, parks, plazas or any other flat surface transform INTO any space a fully enclosed, free-standing into a temporary sport facility MINI SOCCER PITCH

GreenCourt Board system allows for GreenCourt is a fully enclosed, free-standing, mini soccer pitch featuring dasher boards, built-in goals, protective netting and the option for Advertisements can be added along the sides of the dasher boards or on the turf surface to promote sponsors. The advertising spaces can an artificial turf surface. It can be set up on any flat surface, including, parking lots, parks, plazas and even unused tennis courts. The entire then be easily changed for different events so there are many corporate partnership, revenue generating and cost sharing options available set up or take down takes less than 1 day so it can be used for a weekend pop-up 5v5 or 3v3 tournament or it can be permanently placed for the local communities. at a location long-term.

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Canada’s Leader in Sports Construction since 1973