Stadiums

UltraDeck* and ArmorDeck portable stadium flooring are specifically designed to protect natural turf surfaces and each module incorporates multiple features that help preserve turf during special events.

The UltraDeck and ArmorDeck turf protection covers are designed to effectively distribute weight across a series of minimally impacting underside ribbing. Spacing between ribbed supports and the actual width of individual ribs are specially chosen to minimize turf contact and to distribute weight such that minimal or no soil compaction occurs. Older turf protection systems had thick circular support pads or wide concentrated ribbing that core the bulk of the weight traversing the top surface of the flooring. This focused and concentrated weight loading can cause grass bruising, grass burning due to heat transfer from the top surface, and soil compaction. Though many of these first generation systems have been in widespread use, Signature believes that its scientifically designed systems take turf protection to the next level.

UltraDeck and ArmorDeck’s effective distribution of ribs causes very little turf bruising, prevents concentrated pressure points and minimizes heat transfer to the underside of the flooring on hot sunny days.

our systems incorporate a moisture canopy which maintains appropriate levels of moisture and prevents turf burn and the dehydration of grass and soil. Specialized aeration holes and an inter-module channeling system allow air and rainwater to flow through and between modules. The underside channels prevent water buildup and prevent grass “drowning” by allowing water to flow and drain via the field’s standard drainage system. Aeration holes enable some light for low-level photosynthesis and allow air to circulate. This aeration is important for the prevention of fungus growth and when combined with a prophylactic application of fungicides will keep grass healthy and disease free.

Both UltraDeck and ArmorDeck have proven themselves through extensive use worldwide at natural turf stadiums and athletic fields of all types. From NFL and college fields to high school and municipal facilities,, UltraDeck and ArmorDeck are the right choice for your turf protection needs

Increase your venue’s revenue by hosting concerts, festivals and trade shows while protecting your pitch with the temporary flooring systems preferred by the world’s most prestigious stadiums. EventDeck Israel offers a full range of modular flooring engineered to keep your natural or synthetic turf game-ready while providing a safe and attractive surface for thousands of guests, staging and equipment. the stadium flooring systems are designed to accommodate the requirements of large events at any budget. we have  the perfect product for your specific needs. Ask about our turnkey hire services that include project management, logistics, installation and removal.

We understand the unique needs of grass, which is a living organism that can survive within a specific set of parameters. Heat, moisture, and sunlight all affect the grass in different ways. While sunlight is required for grass to grow and conduct photosynthesis, sunlight can also heat a protective cover and cause grass burn and drying out. Moisture and water are required for healthy grass and growth but are also responsible for fungal growth and other grass diseases. Grass can even “drown” if too much water is allowed to stay in place. All of these factors combine to determine how well grass will grow, whether it will survive being covered, and whether it will thrive after an event. At Signature, we have thought about these many issues in the design of our various products. Not every product is right for every application and our team will be the first to tell a customer if a product of Signature’s is not appropriate for a specific application.

We believe that the basis for a purchase of a modular stadium flooring system for grass protection is trust and we take our responsibility for maintaining this trust seriously.

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Natural Grass Needs Protection

Many stadium managers, concert promoters, and festival organizers believe that a modular protective cover for stadium turf protection is not truly required at events. Though this perception has changed dramatically over the past decade, there are still some that believe that a high level of turf protection is not required in most situations.

The reality of the situation is more complex and only recently has research begun into the best practices for field maintenance and treatment relating to on-field special events.

At Signature, we believe that a protective cover is essential for on-field events but know that any activity on sports playing fields will cause some level of damage. The objective is to minimize the impact of such activity for a number of reasons:

Wear

Any traffic over turf will cause a level of wear. Even simple pedestrian traffic can cause this type of damage. Wear symptoms include flattening of leaf tissue and the possible exposure of the thatch below. Continued traffic will cause leaf blades to bruise. Grass cells rupture and these cells will eventually turn dark and appear water-soaked. Wilt sets in as water is lost from the leaves, eventually causing a loss of chlorophyll and ultimately cell death. For these reasons, it is important to use a turf protection cover that will minimize pressure on leaf tissue and blades by effectively distributing weight while minimizing surface contact.

Soil Compactation

Another way that turf is damaged during on-field events is soil compaction. The soil compaction caused by heavy pedestrian traffic, chairs, and all types of equipment reduces the shoot growth rate and the recuperative capabilities of turf grass. All compaction reduces air and water porosity within the soil as well as the movement of water through the soil profile. Soil compaction will impact turf growth for several weeks or months, resulting in the total loss of turf cover, chronic poor drainage issues, and the possible invasion of weeds that prefer compacted soil conditions. For this reason, a system that distributes weight effectively and prevents soil compaction is critical. There should be no focused weight bearing points onto which pressure is concentrated to avoid soil compaction.

Moisture Levels

Soil type and moisture levels also affect turf’s ability to handle wear stress during on-field events. Turf-grass growing on sandy soils and some clay soils is more prone to wear injury. When traffic is imposed over very wet soils compaction is greatest. In addition to loosening the area around roots and thatch and weakening soil stabilization characteristics of a playing field surface, moisture can create a wet grass condition that becomes slip hazard for attendees, especially when damage occurs to the turf and compaction occurs. It is important that any protective system should incorporate aeration characteristics that prevents excessive moisture buildup and allows for ventilation.

why You Should Protect Synthetic Turf Fields & Floors Against Damage At Events

Our team is often asked why there is a need to protect synthetic turf against damage at events. This is a legitimate question and one that requires a detailed explanation of the manufacturing and installation process for synthetic turf.

Modern synthetic turf is essentially a carpet that is designed to look like grass. An even better analogy would be a grass-like carpet similar to a shag carpet, with long fibers tufted into a substrate material such as nylon webbing. This mesh base provides the material onto which plastic fiber is woven or tufted. The entire section can then be rolled up for transport to the job site.

A mono-filament material and/or a duo-filament material (designating the fiber variety) is utilized to create the appearance and feel of natural turf. Fiber height, color and thickness may be varied, depending on the particular job.

At the job site, this “carpeting” material is unrolled and positioned over a cushioned, shock-absorbing base (possibly rubber, foam or other material). The roll is glued down to the base or fastened using other methods. Additional rolls are unrolled next to adjacent rolls, aligned to hide the seam, and fastened to the base material.

Rubber infill (or in some cases, sand infill) is later dispersed evenly over the entire playing surface, providing cushioning, greater shock absorption, and a more robust feeling to the surface. While not its primary purpose, this material also holds the “carpeting” in position and serves as ballast for the turf field.

Without a protective floor covering during an on-field event much damage can occur to the field as follows:

1. – Turf Disengagement and Stretching: Large crowds, moving in the same direction can actually cause entire sections of turf to disengage from the base material, bunch up, and shift. This movement can also cause seams, which are the natural weak spot of the turf, to open up between rolls. Finally, this movement can actually stretch the substrate nylon mesh material and cause it to slacken, creating uneven patches of turf with greater spacing between blades.
2. – Infill Shifting and Displacement: Regular non-sports movement by large groups of people over a synthetic turf field can shift infill material and create areas with greater or lesser density and thickness of infill. This creates an uneven playing surface with variations in shock absorption and height that can be distracting and dangerous (i.e: a constant movement of people towards a front-of-stage area can cause such shifting of infill material).
3. – Infill Contamination: Cigarettes, tissues, flyers, food, and other debris will settle into the turf and infill where it can rot, decompose, and become generally unsanitary and unsightly. A large number of people, coming in street shoes onto the field inevitably introduce bacteria and other contaminants from the street, such as grease, oil, and cleaning solvents.
4. – Damage to Turf Filaments: Unlike real grass, the “blades” of grass in synthetic turf cannot regenerate or grow. Pedestrian traffic can cause tearing, abrasion, cutting, and general wear of the mono- or duo-filament material which forms the basis of your field’s “grass.”
5. – Damage to drainage systems: The additional weight and movement of pedestrians and equipment could damage under-field drainage systems, which is a very difficult thing to locate and fix.

For all of the above reasons, as well as likely exclusions in warranties by turf manufacturers, it is advisable to use a rigid turf protection system to protect your expensive synthetic turf during on-field events.Signature takes this responsibility very seriously and all of our synthetic turf protection products are designed to meet the specific needs of this application.

Synthetic Turf Requires Protection

A common misconception is that synthetic turf, due to its non-organic nature does not require the same level of protection as natural grass. In many ways, synthetic turf requires more protection than natural grass surfaces because they cannot regenerate and have no mechanism for the absorption and disposal of trash, waste, and liquids. Synthetic turf can be cut, dislodged, burned, and otherwise damaged in ways that natural turf cannot. It is more difficult to replace damaged sections of synthetic turf than sections of natural turf and unlike natural turf, proper post-event care will not repair a damaged synthetic turf surface.

As a result, any damage to a synthetic turf surface is permanent and generally requires significant efforts to repair.

EventDeck, UltraDeck* and ArmorDeck’s effective distribution of ribs causes very little turf bruising, prevents concentrated pressure points and minimizes heat transfer to the underside of the flooring on hot sunny days.

We take our responsibility to assist you in protecting your turf seriously and work diligently to stay on top of current synthetic turf trends and to develop the most advanced modular ground protection products on the market.

Experts In Synthetic Turf Protection

Signature Systems Group, LLC is a worldwide expert in protecting synthetic turf and converting facilities into true multi-purpose venues. The company continuously develops new technologies based on the latest research on turf and monitors the market for synthetic turf in order to react quickly to new demands presented by emerging synthetic turf technologies.

Signature’s founder and President, Arnon Rosan, helped to develop the market for modular turf protection flooring in 1991. His designs are the basis for many of today’s turf protection systems and have helped to open up synthetic turf fields to all types of multipurpose events.

From a small on-field event to full scale concerts and ceremonies, Signature knows the best flooring option for your needs. We both sell and rent our systems, so whether you have a one-time event or have continuous requirements, we can meet your specific budgetary and product needs.

Types Of Synthetic Turf & Protection

At Signature, our team is knowledgeable about the types of synthetic turf and their unique characteristics and features. As such, Signature can offer educated advice on the type of modular protective flooring surface that is right for your field and your specific event. With so many different types of field and events, it is important to carefully consider which flooring is suited for each unique application.

There are several different types of synthetic turf fields as follows:

• Filled surface: a surface consisting of a synthetic yarn filled with sand (or comparable material) to the full height of the pile, helping to maintain its upright position or verticality. The pile height is highest for this type of synthetic turf surface and the sand or other infill is an important component which allows adequate drainage.

• Water-based filled surface: a surface consisting of a synthetic yarn filled with sand (or comparable material) to between 65% and 80% of the pile height helping to maintain its upright position or verticality. The pile is somewhat denser in this type of synthetic turf surface but the pile height is lower than a traditional “filled surface”. For optimum performance, this type of surface is often watered for field hockey and other such activities.

• Unfilled surface (un-watered): a surface made from synthetic yarn only. As such this type of synthetic turf surface is woven significantly denser so that the yarn material itself provides stability and verticality to the turf surface. The pile height is lower than for a water-based filled surface as it does not rely upon an infill material for support.

• Water-based unfilled surface: a surface consisting of a synthetic pile of short length that is very dense. This type of surface is often maintained wet during play for such sports as field hockey. Such “watering” also minimizes wear on the turf carpet and enhances the expected life span of the turf.

• Long-pile surface (also known as “third generation” or “rubber crumb” pitch): a surface comprised of a synthetic yarn, the pile of which is much longer and less dense than other types of field hockey surfaces. The turf pitch is partially filled with small rubber granules to about 50% of the pile height although an initial bottom layer of sand is sometimes used. The FIH is reviewing the possible use of this type of pitch for development field hockey but does not, to date, recommend its use for competitive field hockey.

In addition to the specific type of turf field, an important factor to consider when thinking about special events and surface protection is what type of backing and shock pad is used in the construction of your field as this will affect the ability of a protective modular floor to bear and distribute weight effectively.

We believe that the basis for a purchase of a modular stadium flooring system for grass protection is trust and we take our responsibility for maintaining this trust seriously.

Protect your pitch during on-field events with our full range of trackway and modular flooring systems. Our products are engineered to ensure the health of your turf and the safety of your guests

We understand the unique needs of grass, which is a living organism that can survive within a specific set of parameters. Heat, moisture, and sunlight all affect the grass in different ways. While sunlight is required for grass to grow and conduct photosynthesis, sunlight can also heat a protective cover and cause grass burn and drying out. Moisture and water are required for healthy grass and growth but are also responsible for fungal growth and other grass diseases. Grass can even “drown” if too much water is allowed to stay in place. All of these factors combine to determine how well grass will grow, whether it will survive being covered, and whether it will thrive after an event. At Signature, we have thought about these many issues in the design of our various products. Not every product is right for every application and our team will be the first to tell a customer if a product is not appropriate for a specific application