SEMINARS
Seminars & Webinars
Fred Kolkmann Tennis & Sport Surfaces, LLC
will be conducting a series of sport surface design and maintenance seminars. These seminars are intended to educate attendees on the process of designing facilities with reduced maintenance for the owners, and evaluating/designing existing facilities for long term renovation incorporating membrane systems.
For Whom?
Kolkmann’s seminars are specifically tailored for Facility Managers for tennis court, pickleball, basketball, futsal, and other sport-surface design and upkeep, with a secondary emphasis on maintenance to increase longevity.
Recommended attendees include:
Facility Management Staff
Parks & Recreation Personnel
Municipal & County Administrator
Elected Officials
School District Administrators
Athletic Directors & Coaches
Architects & Engineers
Topics Include:
Overview of court-surface construction issues
including asphalt and court surface cracking
Changing technologies
in sport-surface color coatings and venue fencing
Court repair/reconstruction options
Designing with crack repair membranes & full-coverage repair/renovation systems
Long term warranties
Details on sport surface evaluation & life cycle costing analysis
Sport surface maintenance, requirements and timing. Designing to reduce future maintenance costs for owners
Pursuing Excellence in Tennis Court Design
Course Description
- What data to collect in court evaluations and how to use it.
- Designing facilities with less maintenance for clients.
- Court surface construction, including asphalt pavement issues (types and causes) including asphalt DO’s and DONT’s, the effect of DOT mix designs on sport surfaces.
- Changes and updates on color coating systems.
- An examination of crack repair membranes and their uses for old and new courts.
- An assessment of full coverage repair/replacement systems (tiles, membranes, artificial turf), when to use, when not to, effectiveness, life expectancy and design.
- Asphalt court design and construction challenges.
- Post – tension concrete court design and construction challenges.
- Fencing updates and design.
Webinars 2025
In-person Seminars will return in 2026.