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About Sports Interiors
In 1992, the owners of an athletic club in the north suburbs of Chicago decided that their indoor tennis courts were not bright enough and that the issue was with the open-web truss ceiling that was sucking up all the light. The owners recognized the need to devise a reflective and durable white liner material that could be applied to a ceiling above their indoor tennis courts. The liner material would have to reflect indirect light back onto the playing area, cover unwanted pipes/beams, and deliver an aesthetically appealing environment for indoor tennis. After testing countless types of material, there was one that delivered everything the athletic club owners were looking for. After applying the Liner material to their own facility, the athletic club owners began receiving a lot of inquiries about the new white liner material from tennis clubs around the Midwest. From there, Sports Interiors began selling and installing its Liner System on the ceilings and walls of indoor tennis facilities across the country. This led to the company developing a highly successful indirect metal halide lighting system that has been installed in many notable indoor tennis facilities. With the ability to use its own indoor tennis courts to test different lighting systems in conjunction with our Liner System, Sports Interiors leveraged its relationship with one of the top LED manufacturers to develop an indirect lighting system that would dramatically increase light levels and quality of light while reducing energy and maintenance costs.
Today, through implementations of our LED Lighting and Liner Systems, we deliver the best indoor tennis playing experience. Our team will directly manage every aspect of the project, from preliminary planning and scheduling to securing any possible rebate money through your utility company. As club owners, managers, and tennis enthusiasts, we understand the challenges faced when working with an active tennis facility. We’ll work with you and your team to complete the installation in the most efficient and least-disruptive way possible. Once the project is complete, we can provide analysis to show the enhancements made with our systems, and we are available throughout the life of the project and beyond to answer any questions you or your membership might have.
Why Choose Us?
We have over 30 years of experience working with a vast array of indoor tennis facilities from new construction to renovation.
We have owned and managed sports facilities, so we understand the business and intricacies of running successful athletic clubs.
We deliver a seamless implementation where we handle the entire process from securing rebate money to disposing of old light fixtures, we ensure a quick installation.
The Implementation Process
Sports Interiors has a designated operations team that handles all of the planning, preparation, and communication leading up to a project. Each and every project has a team of Sports Interiors personnel carefully planning the installation process to ensure that we minimize disruption to club operations. Since we handle the installation, we are able to quickly get in and out of a club and also be flexible in working around scheduled court times. This has allowed us to do installations through the peak of the indoor tennis season as we’ve worked with some of the busiest clubs in the country.
Once you’ve agreed to your customized solution with Sports Interiors what should you be expecting next?
A Sports Interiors project manager will be assigned to your installation and will begin working with key facility stakeholders to coordinate a project start date and schedule
As preliminary planning progresses you will receive regular updates and reporting on all action items
Once the project begins you will receive regular updates and reports on progress made
When the project finishes our team will conduct a site walk-through with your team to address punch list items and ensure everyone is satisfied with the finished product
A post-project analysis will be conducted noting light level increases and facility enhancements
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Project Timeline
Project Close Out
Once your project is completed there are a series of steps that will be taken to ensure that your staff and members are happy and fully aware of any items that may have occurred during the project.
1. A post-work walk through with the facility stakeholders/point of contact
Prior to our team leaving the job site, our project supervisor will connect with the key point of contact at your facility and conduct a walk-through of the work to ensure that there are no questions or concerns about anything that was done during our installation. If there are any final punch list items highlighted during the walk-through, our team will address them immediately and conduct a repeat walk-through with the point of contact to ensure all items are taken care of.
2. Post-work light level analysis (if your project included light fixture installation)
Just as the team did before the work began, once the Sports Interiors LED Lighting system is installed and operational, we will capture light level readings so to be able to analyze the improvements made by our system.
3. Removal of all debris, excess material, and equipment
After a successful walk-through is completed our team will remove any and all excess material and equipment from the job site. Scissor lifts will be driven outside of the facility and called off rent and they are typically picked up within 24 to 48 hours. If we have rented a dumpster, we will call this off rent and have it picked up as soon as possible. Any cardboard, debris, or excess material that is left over from our work will be picked up and removed from the job site. If you have any desire to extend lift or dumpster rental for other purposes this can be discussed in real time with our office team and arranged accordingly. It is important to note that any extension of rented equipment beyond the completion of our work will be at the cost to the club. If you would like to keep any of the excess material, we can do so but this will need to be requested through our project supervisor during the final walk-through.
As each project is different and unique, our team will also be certain to respond to any additional needs or issues above and beyond the items noted above to ensure that the club is left in the same condition that it was when the project began.
Things to remember
Sports Interiors has over 30 years of experience as the leader of designing and implementing indoor tennis lighting and liner solutions for ceiling and walls. Our organization has established itself as the go-to source for questions and best practices to ensure your indoor playing experience is of the the highest quality.
Sports Interiors has a designated operations team that handles all the planning, preparation, and communication for your installation. We handle everything from start to finish with a project as we’ve conducted more than 200 installations.
Whether you’re considering renovations to your indoor facility now or in the future, Sports Interiors can provide you with the guidance and expert advice needed to ensure to help you select the systems that are right to improve the playing experience at your facility.
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