SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 21, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Cosumnes Community Services District has set a standard of excellence in its park design and construction, and now has announced its selection of FieldTurf for four sports fields at the new Bartholomew Sports Park. The CSD board unanimously approved the project.
Paul Mewton, the Cosumnes Community Services District's Chief of Planning, Design and Construction, told the CSD board that the company had a better product than the other companies being considered for the project, the largest sports park in southern Sacramento County and the largest park project now underway in the entire region. He said that while the FieldTurf product was somewhat more expensive than the other cheaper products, the CSD staff believed it was best value for the district in terms of durability and performance. FieldTurf is the leader in the synthetic turf industry.
"We did a large staff research report and after evaluating various turf companies and products and their different features and benefits, our comfort level with the FieldTurf product and company made our decision easy," said Mewton. "We chose quality, safety and performance and couldn't be happier.
"We also watched a FieldTurf installation at a field nearby and were very impressed by the professionalism of the installation crews and the number of support personnel with many years of experience.
"A very important fact in our decision was that FieldTurf has many full time and exclusive crews on the west coast and several local crews stationed in the Sacramento region that will be able to install our fields on time and provide the needed long-term customer service and maintenance that might be required over the life of the field."
FieldTurf is the world's largest artificial turf manufacturer and has emphasized quality control and environmental responsibility since day one. Coupled with its dedication to servicing its clients, the company that invented infilled artificial grass has been setting performance standards in the artificial turf industry since the very beginning.
FieldTurf has installed more than 2,700 fields worldwide and has many in the Sacramento area.
FieldTurf Tarkett, a Division of the Tarkett Group (EUR 2.1 billion revenue in 2007), is the largest entity in the sports surfacing industry and offers unparalleled leasing capabilities, engineering, manufacturing resources, and environmental standards. In addition to its world-renowned FieldTurf and Prestige brands of artificial turf, FieldTurf Tarkett provides an equally impressive range of sports flooring products that includes synthetic and hardwood basketball, volleyball and gymnasium flooring, squash and racquetball courts, floor protection and covering systems, and weight room flooring. Also in the range of FieldTurf Tarkett products are high performance indoor and outdoor running tracks including the Beynon track surfaces, playground surfacing, commercial and residential landscaping, and a complete range of tennis and golf surfaces. All of FieldTurf Tarkett's surfaces are developed, produced and installed with a concentration on sustainability and a commitment to protecting the environment. The company calls it 'Environmental Intelligence' and lives by this principle in every way. For more information, visit www.fieldturftarkett.com.