Tennis Court Construction
Some of Our Tennis Court Construction Work
Considerations Before Building a New Athletic Court
We build all our Tennis courts according to the American Sport Builders Association (ASBA) and the USTA (United States Tennis Association). We first begin building a court by reviewing our customer’s plan about their vision of their future court.
Before building a new court, we ask our customers questions and help them answer critical tennis court construction pre-planning questions such as:
- What are the surroundings of the court?
- What features does the owner want in the court?
- What is the current subgrade of the court like?
- Is the onwer planning to pull a permit this project?
- How much space is available for the court?
- What time of day does the owner plan to play the most (if in the day, a North-to-South court orientation is key)?
- What is the drainage like in the area where the court will reside?
- What are the working hours and noise ordinance in municipality where court will be built?
Typical Athletic Court Construction Schedule
- The area where the court will be built is marked
- The first sub-grade is graded and leveled
- The court is formed to prepare for the concrete pour
- An ABC Foundation is poured over the first sub-grade, is then graded, leveled, and compacted
- Net post sleeves and center pins are installed on the center of the court
- Vapor barrier is applied over the graded and compacted ABC sub-grade
- Post-Tension/Rebar (Most cases Post-Tension and preferably Post-Tension) is put down in the concrete slab area according to dimensions of the slab construction
- Level stakes are set within court to control court's slope
- Court is poured, leveled, and finished
- Slab is covered wit vapor barrier over it's surface to allow for curing
- Court vapor barrier is removed
- Concrete forms are removed
- Court is left to continue to cure and strengthen until the minimum 28-day full concrete strengthening time period
- Court is flood checked to look for any possible low/high spots and repaired if there are any imperfections on the slab's surface
- Fence posts and light posts are installed
- Chainlink fabric is installed
- Lightheads are installed
- Court is prepped for surfacing, then surfaced (painted)
- The court is complete!