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^ Hudsonville High DISTINGUISHED FACILITY-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS School COURT CONSTRUCTION Hudsonville, Mich.

Nominated by: GMB Architecture + Engineering Architect/Engineer: GMB Architecture + Engineering Surface: California Sports Surfaces Posts, Nets, Windscreens: Douglas Honor Roll Industries Drainage: ACO Sport Ten hard-court projects at centers of Hitting Walls: Bakko Bak Bords Courts: 12 education that easily made the grade. Completed: May 2016 By Peter Francesconi > Seven old asphalt courts were removed from the Hudsonville High School campus ll 10 outdoor hard-court winners of the Industry/ as part of a parking lot expansion, and a American Sports Builders Association’s Distinguished Facility- new post-tensioned concrete tennis facility of-the-Year Awards are at schools or colleges—a positive sign as was constructed at a new location. The end administrators and school boards see the value of investing in result is the Silver Award Winner for outdoor tennis, and all its associated health benefits, for students. hard courts. The original plans called for 10 AEight of these impressive projects used post-tensioned concrete, resulting courts, but an additional two courts were in a longer-lasting base that requires less maintenance than asphalt. This trend added as funding became available. The continues to gain momentum throughout the sports construction industry. And, owner and contractor worked closely with in a sign that court owners and managers are realizing the value of using knowl- neighbors to be able to pour concrete start- edgeable builders, six of the 10 projects tapped the expertise of ASBA Certified ing at 4 a.m., to avoid the heat of the day

Tennis Court Builders. Their insights are clearly shown in the final products. and allow for proper curing. BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SPORTS AMERICAN PHOTOS COURTESY

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^ ^ Coopersville High School Southern Wesleyan University Coopersville, Mich. Central, S.C.

Nominated by: GMB Architecture + Engineering Nominated by: Baseline Sports Construction LLC Architect/Engineer: GMB Architecture + Engineering General Contractor: Baseline Sports Construction LLC Surface: California Sports Surfaces Surface: Competition Athletic Surfaces/ Posts, Nets, Accessories: Edwards Sports Fencing: Baseline Sports Construction LLC Drain: Zurn Industries Lighting: Techlight Courts: 8 Nets, Posts, Windscreens: Putterman Athletics Completed: August 2016 Bleachers: Athletic Connection Courts: 6 Certified Builder: David Clapp > The Coopersville High School renovation project involved Completed: May 2016 replacing old asphalt courts with eight post-tensioned concrete courts. The contractor was able to reuse most of the existing base > The new facility at Southern Wesleyan University is located on material, although it required extensive testing to ensure proper a hillside, and large amounts of rain during construction resulted densities. In addition, a new entry plaza was constructed to in erosion issues. The contractor solved the problem by building a both tennis and baseball. second silt fence for added protection.

^ ^ Loomis Chaffee School Simmons College–Daly Field Windsor, Conn. Brighton, Mass.

Nominated by: Milone & MacBroom Inc. Nominated by: Activitas Inc. Architect/Engineer: Milone & MacBroom Inc. Architect/Engineer: Activitas Inc. General Contractor: Cape and Island Tennis & Track Specialty Contractor: Cape and Island Tennis & Track Specialty Contractor: R.A.D. Sports Surface: California Sports Surfaces Surface: California Sports Surfaces Windscreen: Sportsfield Specialties Nets, Windscreens: Har-Tru Sports Nets, Anchors: Har-Tru Sports Posts: Douglas Industries Courts: 6 Courts: 12 Certified Tennis Court Builder: David Moore Certified Tennis Court Builder: David Moore Completed: August 2016 Completed: December 2016 > At Simmons College, six new courts were installed between > The Loomis Chaffee School was looking to upgrade its tennis new synthetic turf fields at Daly Field. Underlying fill and organic program and revitalize its courts, using post-tensioned concrete soils beneath the court location made it unsuitable for an asphalt to reduce long-term maintenance costs. With land at a premium, base, so the courts were built with post-tensioned concrete, with

PHOTOS COURTESY AMERICAN SPORTS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SPORTS AMERICAN PHOTOS COURTESY the school put courts at three separate sites on campus. various ground improvements.

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^ ^ Laguna Beach High School Kearney High School Laguna Beach, Calif. Kearney, Mo.

Nominated by: Zaino Tennis Courts Inc. Nominated by: McConnell & Associates Corp. General Contractor: Zaino Tennis Courts Inc. Surface: California Sports Surfaces Surface: California Sports Surfaces Nets, Posts: Douglas Industries Nets, Posts: Edwards Sports Windscreen: Aer-Flo Fencing: Zaino Tennis Courts Inc. PT Cables: Tech-Con Systems Courts: 6 Courts: 9 Certified Tennis Court Builder: Richard J. Zaino Certified Tennis Court Builders: Mike Mehaffey, JR Rockenfield Completed: November 2015 Completed: October 2016

> Access to the courts at Laguna Beach High School required > For the nine new post-tensioned concrete courts at Bronze construction of a temporary ramp from the street. The underlying Award Winner Kearney High School, the contractor had to deal slab was in poor condition and required extensive grinding—a with a 20-foot grade change from east to west. To balance the site, process that took three weeks. A neighboring family had a new- a 10-foot cut was made on the east side, and 10 feet of fill was born with a breathing condition, so the contractor rented a home added to the west side. An elaborate drainage system had to be for the family to stay in during the removal process. built to accommodate water runoff.

^ ^ Miami University Women’s Courts West Ottawa Middle School Oxford, Ohio Holland, Mich.

Nominated by: Sportworks Field Design Nominated by: GMB Architecture + Engineering Architect/Engineer: Sportworks Field Design Architect/Engineer: GMB Architecture + Engineering Specialty Contractor: Tennis Technology Surface: California Sports Surfaces Surface: California Sports Surfaces Nets, Posts: Edwards Sports Nets, Posts: Douglas Industries Drainage: ACO Sport Courts: 8 Courts: 12 Completed: September 2016 Completed: March 2016

> The highly accomplished Miami (Ohio) University women's > West Ottawa Middle School had three cracked asphalt court tennis team was playing in a substandard facility separate from sites throughout the property. Officials wanted to consolidate the the core athletic training and locker spaces on campus, so officials courts into one 12-court complex in a central location, and the decided it was time to give them the space and recognition they result is a top-notch, post-tensioned concrete facility with two deserved. The new facility included all earthwork, soil stabiliza- custom shade canopies and a storage facility. Coordinating the tion, drainage, stone base, asphalt base, cushioned surface, LED slab installation with the adjacent wall installation meant leaving

lighting, scoreboards, water service and seating for 300 fans. open pockets in the wall for tensioning of the concrete slab. BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SPORTS AMERICAN PHOTOS COURTESY

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DISTINGUISHED FACILITY-OF-THE-YEAR AWARDS COURT CONSTRUCTION

^ The Wheeler School Seekonk, Mass.

Nominated by: Cape and Island Tennis & Track > Reconstruction of the courts at the Wheeler School involved Architect/Engineer: Gale Associates Inc. extensive site preparation. The original asphalt courts were built General Contractor: Cape and Island Tennis & Track with an 18-inch elevation difference between batteries, but the six Surface: California Sports Surfaces new post-tensioned concrete courts are level, which required much Nets: Har-Tru Sports larger equipment than anticipated to excavate and move boulder Posts: Douglas Industries and ledge typical of the area. The design also included a French PT Cables: Tech-Con Systems drain between the two batteries of courts. Courts: 6 Certified Tennis Court Builder: David Moore Completed: August 2015

The deadline for the 2018 Outstanding Facility-of-the-Year Awards is June 1, and awards will be presented at the 2018 ASBA Technical Meeting, to be held in Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 30-Dec. 4. For details, contact the ASBA at 866-501-ASBA or

PHOTOS COURTESY AMERICAN SPORTS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SPORTS AMERICAN PHOTOS COURTESY [email protected], or visit www.sportsbuilders.org.

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