Sports Surfaces

The sports surface manufacturing and placing technology advances further and further every year, thus optimizing the conditions not only for top athletes and recreational sportsmen, but also for healthy movement of children and many other leisure-time activities. The positive effect of special surfaces on the health condition of the users is indisputable and their characteristics are often far more better than those of the conventional natural fields. The construction testing laboratory performs a full set of laboratory assessments, resulting in an evaluation of the safety and quality indicators according to a number of international standards.

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SPHERE OF ACTIVITY OF THE LABORATORY

• Indoor surfaces for sport halls and gyms
• Grid-design sports surfaces
• Rubber granulate sports surfaces
• Synthetic turf for field hockey, rugby, golf driving ranges, all-year skiing
• Synthetic turf for soccer fields
• Natural grass soccer fields
• Outdoor tennis carpets with filled or non-filled pile layer
• Wooden sports floorings
• Indoor surface coatings
• Indoor plain or PU-filled floor coverings

TESTING IN THE ACCREDITED LABORATORY

• Testing of functional, protective and material properties of sports surfaces in halls and gyms
• Testing of artificial turf fields with filled or non-filled pile layer
• Testing of tennis courts and athletics tracks and fields
• Testing of soccer fields according to the FIFA requirements
• Testing of sports facilities and equipment in free access public sports grounds

TESTING STANDARDS:

• EN 14877 Synthetic surfaces for outdoor sports areas
• EN 14904 Indoor surfaces for multi-sports use
• EN 15330-1 Synthetic turf and needle- punched surfaces primarily designed for outdoor use
• EN 15312 Free access multi-sports equipment
• DIN 18 032, Part 2: Sports halls and gyms, Sports surfaces: requirements and testing
• DIN 18 035, Part 6: Sports fields: Synthetic Surfaces
• DIN 18 035, Part 7: Sports fields, Artificial Turf Playing Surfaces

RELATED ITC SERVICES

• Conformity assessment  by Authorized  Body 224 and  Notified Body  1023
• Product certification by Accredited certification Body 3002
• Voluntary certification mark  “ITC CERTIFIED QUALITY”
• Standardization service, technical information
• Accredited certification Body 3020
• System certification  (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 13485)
• Technical inspection

CONTACTS

Post address:
Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc.
Testing division
Areál Svit, budova 113, Malotova 5264
760 01 Zlín,  Czech Republic

The person responsible for accuracy of data: Ing. Jiri Ruzicka