October 27-28, 2010 — HERSHEY CENTRE, MISSISSAUGA, Ontario
A new 2-day professional development opportunity is being offered under the leadership and co-ordination of the member partners of the Parks and Open Space Alliance.  With leading industry speakers and a venue that offers both indoor and outdoor hands-on practical experience you do not want to miss this professional development opportunity!

INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHETIC TURF & TURF MAINTENANCE

TRAINING SESSIONS

AGENDA

Introduction to Synthetic Turf

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

 

8:15 to 8:45            Registration

 

8:45 to 9:00            Welcome and Opening Remarks / POSA

9:00 to 9:45            The Municipal Perspective

                                  Mario Pecchia, City of Toronto and
                                  Stefan Szczepanski, City of Mississauga

· Importance of educating yourselves

· Challenges and experiences

9:45 to 10:45         Determining the Right Sports Field for Your Athletes

                                  Mark Nicholls, Turf Industry/UBU Sports

· Natural and/or synthetic

· Considerations before you begin

¨ Utilizing synthetic to better manage your natural fields

¨ Indoor/outdoor, domed

 

Understanding the terminology

Mark Nicholls, Turf Industry/UBU Sports

· Fiber, fiber spacing, backing, infill, seaming

10:45 to 11:00       Break

11:00 to 12:00       Design

                                  Francois Hebert, Landscape Architect, DSSS Design Solutions for Sports Surfaces

· Concept of system

· Establishing budget, scope of work

· Soils, regulations, by-laws, warranties

· Cautions and pitfalls

 

12:00 to 2:00         Site Visit / Maintenance Overview (with Equipment Exhibitors)

                                  Cliff Towers and Carman Roberto, City of Mississauga

 

2:00 to 3:00            Construction

· Base - Gord Dol, Dol Turf Restoration Ltd.

· Turf Installation - Ivan Coutu, I C Improvements Inc.

Stitching vs gluing and methods

 

3:00 to 3:30            Panel Discussion / Questions & Answers

                                  What’s next?

Synthetic Turf Maintenance

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - Cliff Towers and Carman Roberto, City of Mississauga
Maintenance program, procedures, techniques

 

· Inspection and diagnosis

· Indoor  v’s outdoor

· Special events

· Vandalism

· Repairs

· Products and equipment (Including: Equipment orientation, ride and drive)

· Quality Control and Testing / Labosport Demonstration

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

· Register for either day or for the full 2 day session

· $175 plus HST each day

 

For more information or to reserve your space contact POSA c/o Ontario Parks Association

T. 905.864.6182 or opa@ontarioparksassociation.ca