Sports fields have come a long way since someone threw down a handful of seed, watered the ground and, in due course, welcomed teams onto the grass. Grass is still a respected surface, but today synthetic turf is providing the opportunity for more teams to play more games across the same field, often year-round. The…
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Playing the Field, Safely
…John Schedler, CFB, CTB, an athletic facility consultant with Bakara Sport, noted that the first consideration should be the surface of the field itself. For synthetic fields, regular maintenance protocols should be observed, such as field grooming and decompaction of the infill. … Read the full article
Baraka Sport and John Schedler publish article circulated in Sports Turf magazine
Synthetic turf changes: what’s normal and what’s not? Many synthetic turf fields are in use today and more are being built every week. Ultimately though, every field will wear out and need to be replaced or rebuilt. And most of those will be replaced with new synthetic surfaces. With all the fields in play today,…
Colorado State University stadium and new practice fields
Stadium – Sonny Lubick Field and new practice fields – Spring 2017. Baraka Sport was retained by RK International Sports Consulting to work together on the ownership/design team for the new stadium field and the new practice fields.
Baraka Sport in the news!
From the article: Schedler, who now runs his own consulting firm, Baraka Sport, said, “G-Max will increase every year. … From a liability standpoint, it just makes no sense for schools to not make sure that that athletic field system is safe. It’s a very expensive piece of athletic equipment that requires maintenance and tuning…
Field drainage from builders’ perspective
Drainage is one of the most important aspects of a successful athletic field installation, both turf and track. In this article by By Mary Helen Sprecher, John Schedler adds his expertise. Read Full Article
Africa Synthetic turf replacement project
Portion of NAVFAC memo on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa Synthetic turf replacement project – February – March 2015 A very special thanks to John Schedler without whom this project could not have been completed on time. His expertise and thirty plus years of experience has been critical in the success of this project in spite…
Synthetic fields: end-of-life issues: How do you evaluate an older field? What’s the next step?
John Schedler’s expertise is put to use with aging fields and end-of-life synthetic fields. EXCERPT The first generation of synthetic fields, installed approximately a decade ago (give or take a few years), is showing its age. Field builders, and those who work with sports facilities, say the symptoms are easily recognizable.“The fibers start to degrade,”…
Artificial Turf Installed at Tinker Air Force Base
John Schedler was recently featured in the Tinker Take Off for our work revamping their playing field. This article talks about it in depth. EXCERPT: Excellent quality and safer. Equal to top-notch, natural-grass playing fields. That’s how John Schedler, FieldTurf’s director of sales and construction for military and federal projects, describes the newly installed artificial-turf…
Baraka Sport official announcement
Baraka Sport will act as an independent athletic facility consultant that will offer the following services 1. Owner representation – Able to team with the ownership group to help guide them through the process of a project. New projects or replacement projects. Including team building for their project and helping to select the best designer…