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High Impact, High Traffic, High Pressure? Been there. Done that. Finding the right flooring material for commercial gyms isn’t easy, but Abacus Sports has the time-tested solution: recycled rubber. Indoor athletic facilities are simply more demanding than other spaces when it comes to flooring. Most of those demands relate to sports performance. Properties like ball […]

What Makes a Good Multi-Use Sports Floor? Can your gym floor multitask? Here we will discuss the ways a school gym can become a hub for all activity on campus, not just the basketball games. All sports teams have specialists. These are players who have one job and one job only—place kickers, goal keepers, and

Sports Flooring Standards Deconstructed What are the pieces that make up a good sports surface? Read on for a deep dive that will turn you into the resident sports flooring expert. How do you learn to build something? Take it apart first. If you read a biography of Albert Einstein, you will learn that as

Sport Floor Horror Stories The scariest thing about flooring installation is the unknown. Are you ready to face your sport floor fears? This is your last chance. Stop reading now and stay blissfully unaware of what might be hiding beneath your feet, but be warned. If horror movies have taught us anything, it’s this: The

Running Laps in the Lunch Room? Discover the best flooring options for schools with limited space—durable, safe, and easy-to-clean sports floors for cafeteria-gym combos. “Do more with less.” We’ve all heard that challenge before. It shows up a lot in the construction industry because resources are always limited. Do more with less space, less money,

When it comes to solving the climate crisis and preserving our fragile ecosystems, there are two misconceptions we cannot afford. The first is the assumption that one solution will appear out of the blue and solve everything for us—a new renewable energy or perhaps a new biodegradable plastic. Frankly, we can’t afford to wait on

By the time a child reaches elementary school, they will be acutely aware of grades: the A’s, B’s, C’s, D’s, and F’s of academics. As soon as the concept of grades is formed, that student will immediately begin to see grades as a value system. For instance, an A is better than a B, a

Setting Up Your Gym Floor for Bleachers It’s time for a confession. In athletic facility design, spectators can sometimes be treated as an afterthought. It’s not that we don’t realize the importance of spectators in designing a gym space. It’s just easy to become preoccupied with the players on court. Let’s be clear. It isn’t

What are the first things a driver’s education instructor teaches a student? Adjusting mirrors and fastening seatbelts would be high on the list. Those are important, but occur before turning the ignition. What about once the car is moving? There is one practice that every new driver learns—keep your eyes higher on the horizon. Drivers

Construction is like one of those complex math problems that students dread on a final exam. The stakes are high. Even a minor error will result in the wrong answer—no partial credit, just wrong. What if you had chance to correct your work? Would a mistake in the beginning be more difficult to resolve than