Residential
The Florida Backyard Putting Green Guide
A good backyard green is a small civil-engineering project that happens to be fun. A bad one is a lumpy carpet that putts like a windmill hole by year two. T...
Field notes
Field Guides
Planning
From Budget Meeting to Kickoff: a School Field Timeline
The question behind every first phone call: "Can it be ready for the season?" Sometimes yes — but the honest answer depends on when you start counting. Here'...
Maintenance
Keeping Synthetic Turf Alive in Florida Heat
"Maintenance-free" is turf's most damaging myth. Synthetic fields need a fraction of grass's care — but in Florida sun and storm season, the fields that get ...
Engineering
Why Drainage Decides Every Florida Field
Every failed field we've ever been called to rescue failed the same way: water. Not fiber, not seams, not paint — water, sitting where it shouldn't, doing qu...
Tracks
Track Resurfacing in Florida: Surfaces, Lifespan and Timing
Tracks fail slowly, then suddenly. The surface that looked "a little tired" at the spring meet becomes a liability conversation by fall. Here's how track sur...
Cost guide
What a Pickleball Court Actually Costs in Florida
Pickleball is the fastest-growing build request we get, from backyard singles courts to municipal banks of eight. Costs start in the low five figures for a s...
Hiring
7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Sports Construction Contractor
Athletic facilities are a specialty trade wearing a general-construction costume. Plenty of contractors will bid your field; far fewer have ever built one th...
Planning
Synthetic Turf vs. Natural Grass: What Florida Programs Need to Know
This is the first question in almost every budget meeting, and the honest answer is: it depends on how many hours your field has to work. Florida changes the...
Funding
FRDAP Grants: How Florida Schools and Cities Fund Athletic Fields
The Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) is the workhorse funding source for public outdoor recreation in this state — and most athletic...
Cost guide
What a Synthetic Turf Field Costs in Florida (2026 Guide)
The honest answer up front: most full-size synthetic turf fields in Florida land in the high six figures to low seven figures once you include everything tha...