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Smith Construction (Heckington) Ltd Total Design, Construct, Maintain and Guarantee for All Sports Surfaces Winter Newsletter 2018 Shape P+, designed to replicate Michael Carrick Visits Wallsend Boys Club the performance characteristics of natural grass. It has a specialist to See Smith Construction’s New 3G Pitch shaped yarn providing strength and resilience. Pathways have Former Manchester United football the contract to design and build been created around the pitch player, Michael Carrick, visited the new 3G Football Turf Pitch with and a macadam spectator area his youth club ground to see the preferred Football Turf producers constructed. Limonta via the Football Foundation progress with the new 3G Smith The new 3G pitch will provide Framework. Founded in 2000, the pitch. Wallsend Boys Club with more Football Foundation is the largest playing hours and further sports charity in the UK funded by A young Michael Carrick played at opportunities to create more the Premier League, The FA and Wallsend Boys Club before pursuing professional footballers. his dream to become a professional Government, via Sport England. footballer, playing for West Ham Visit our website today to view United, Tottenham Hotspur, The new artificial pitch has been Michael Carrick’s interview with ITV Manchester United, Swindon Town, surfaced with Limonta Sport Duo Tyne Tees. Birmingham City and England. Well known for producing professional players, Wallsend Boys Club have trained more than 65 professionals at the start of their careers. Peter Beardsley, Fraser Forster, Shaun Lowther, Alan Shearer, Alan Thompson and Billy Wright, to name just a few. Smith Construction were awarded Event Sponsors for the ISBA Smith Maintenance Can Help Annual Conference 2019 Following the success of the last You Stay on the FA Register two years, Smith Construction To play FA approved matches, Smith Maintenance can ease the will be attending the ISBA Annual your 3G Football Turf Pitch (F.T.P) process and help ensure your Conference on the 21st and needs to be on The FA 3G Pitch pitch remains on the register. We 22nd May 2019 at Manchester Register. Once on the register your will co-ordinate everything, from Central Convention Complex, liaising with the independent Test as Event Sponsors. We look pitch will require re-testing every forward to seeing you there. three years to ensure it still meets House, providing specialist care, the criteria for the certification. to successfully seeing your 3G Football Turf Pitch remains on the The FA testing includes: register. • Ball Rebound Our specialist care includes: • Ball Roll • Shock Absorption • Clean • Vertical Deformation • Vac and Tines • Rotational Resistance • Deep Clean • Surface Regularity • Deep De-compaction • Patch Repairs and 3G pitches on the register are Stick Downs well maintained and meet the performance standards. Flat pile, If you have any further questions, lifting seams and compaction are or would like us to book your next indications your surface may fail FA testing, call Smith Maintenance the re-testing. today on 01529 462101. www.smithsportscivils.co.uk 01529 461500 Page 2 Winter Newsletter 2018 Two Projects Completed for The Level Issues Overcome at King’s School, Canterbury Over the summer, Smith Construction worked Hertfordshire FA Headquarters closely with The King’s School, Canterbury to Home of Hertfordshire FA with six new modern raise resurface their sand dressed hockey pitch and headquarters, the new 3G pitch and lower floodlight columns. macadam tennis courts. construction, in Letchworth, is nearing completion. The next month’s work includes The hockey pitch was surfaced with a sand the installation of Limonta Sport’s dressed hockey carpet, designed to meet Due to the ground sloping Duo Shape P+ 50mm carpet. The International Hockey Federation requirements from adjacent corners, Smith and installed to National Standard. pitch will be enclosed with new Construction was tasked with fencing and permanent lines Once the hockey pitch was complete, Smith levelling and stabilising the pitch, will be inlaid within the pitch. Construction began refurbishing the tennis whilst ensuring the existing courts at The King’s School Recreation Centre surrounds complied with DDA You can keep updated on site. The tarmac for the tennis courts was broken regulations. The surrounds have this project via our website up and recycled within the existing stone layer. been re-tarmacked, to create www.smithsportscivils.co.uk New drainage trenches were whizz wheeled an even surface between the into the base and the kerbs and edgings were pitch and spectator pathways. replaced. On the other side, extra steps have been installed where the Additional stone was added and compacted, the pitch levels have been altered entire court was then coated with porous open during the cut and fill process. graded macadam. The court was enclosed with new fencing and will be colour coated in a green, In addition to the cut and non slip paint in spring 2019. fill works, the foundation was stabilised and a sustainable To find out more information regarding the drainage system installed. hockey pitch and to see photos, visit our website The original floodlights have www.smithsportscivils.co.uk been removed and replaced Take a Look at a Couple os our thltics rck mt th of the Pitch Openings rckrk ccrittio This Year neven surface orn patches Faded lines Dirty Cracks oss Standing water Slipperysurface Smith aintenance can get you over the hurdles Millfield Prep’s sand dressed hockey pitch, O PHO CALL AD CA AAG IT opened by Ex-England and GB Hockey player, A Richard Mantell and brother Simon Mantell, Ex-international Hockey player. We liaise with the Independent Test Laboratory on your behalf, at no extra cost. We have specialist track cleaning machinery to leave your track “pristine clean”. Remedial works carried out by our skilled Technicians. Station oad We co-ordinate line marking on a date convenient for you. Heckington Sleaford Lincolnshire G3 F Call us today Old Cranleighan hockey pitch was officially 05 0 before you run out of time opened with a champagne reception, by infosmithmaintenance.co.uk 01529 462101 Dudley Couper, the president of the Old httpwww.smithmaintenance.co.uk/ Cranleighan Society. www.smithsportscivils.co.uk 01529 461500 Winter Newsletter 2018 Page 3 Making the Most of Small Smith Construction Engineered Spaces in Built Up Places Awarded via the FA Framework, Smith Base Stands the Test of Time! Construction refurbished a MUGA for Astley Cooper Estate in Southwark. 17 years after construction, installation, the lines are still the pitch at St Teresa’s School, perfectly straight and the carpet Smith Construction supplied the MUGA Effingham looks as good as new has no signs of undulation, tears with a new drainage system by trenching after their rejuvenation carried or movement. into the macadam surface. Once the new out by Smith Maintenance. drainage system had been installed, a To find out more about new layer of macadam was hand laid. Prior to construction, St Teresa’s rejuvenations, or any other Limonta’s Infinity P+ 55mm was installed School opted for an engineered services Smith Maintenance can to create a new 3G, all weather football base as opposed to its dynamic offer, call Tammy and Jo today on facility. Infinity P+ 55mm provides a base alternative. 01529 462101. maximum resistance to wear and tear, providing high durability and strength, An engineered base includes making it the ideal product for small-sized a layer of tarmac on top of the and intensively used pitches. stone, thus creating a stable, regular surface. Guaranteeing a high quality facility, which improves playing characteristics initially and over time. By deciding on an engineered base and a specialist maintenance routine, wear and tear can be reduced, which can be seen in the photo. 17 years after Not only has great progress been Monks Brook Playing made on the East side artificial pitches and pavilion, but on the Fields Transformation is West side tree removal has taken place and topsoil stripping is now Making Fantastic Progress underway. Once the stripping has been completed, drainage has Following the announcement of P+ artificial grass. A superb grass been installed and the grass has our largest project to date, Smith product manufactured by official been established, three full size Construction have made fantastic FIFA preferred producers of artificial pitches and two mini pitches will be progress on the Monks Brook site, football turf, Limonta Sport. The created. in Eastleigh. surface has been installed at many FIFA certified venues worldwide and Smith Construction’s Managing To the East side of the site, the will provide the local community Director, Ken Smith, commented artificial community pitches and with a high-quality pitch, strong “We are delighted to have secured artificial stadia pitch have been cut enough to withstand more than 50 this exciting development, it’s a and filled, the ground has been playing hours a week. fantastic project to be involved stabilised using a combination of with. We cannot wait to completely lime and cement. Drainage has Smith Construction undertook transform Monks Brook Playing been installed to all three pitches, and have finished the foundation Fields into the new football Sporting ready to receive the stone and preparation works for the new Hub for the Eastleigh community.” macadam layers. pavilion. This included ground stabilisation, kerbs and edgings, To keep updated on this project, Once all the foundation works drainage installation and concrete please keep an eye out on our have been completed the pitches structures to withhold the steel social media accounts. will be surfaced with Duo Shape beams for the pavilion. 01529 461500 www.smithsportscivils.co.uk Page 4 Winter Newsletter 2018 professional building trade and also Smith Plant Hire, machines and tools for the individual Call to Find Out More for All Your Plant working on a small project”.