technical guidelines

Suggested Guidelines for the Essential Elements of Synthetic Turf Systems

This document intends to provide reliable guidelines that address the need for essential elements to be included in an objective non-proprietary specification for synthetic turf systems.

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Guidelines for Synthetic Turf Landscape Installation

A comprehensive guide designed to focus on non-regional synthetic turf installation methods to achieve optimal appearance and performance. This new guideline provides valuable insights for members and end-users.

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Guidelines for The Performance and Quality of Synthetic turf fields

This document provides performance guidelines for synthetic turf systems based on their intended use and expected quality. It aims to guide testing protocols to ensure performance standards are met, which vary by sport and level of play.

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STC performance and Durability Guidelines for Shock Pads

These guidelines provide synthetic turf sports field specifiers and facility owners with objective measures when specifying a shock pad and comparing the minimum performance and durability of different types of shock pads.

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Guidelines for Synthetic Turf Base Systems

The purpose of these voluntary guidelines is to enable owners, buyers, designers, and contractors of synthetic turf to better understand the range of decisions and variables that comprise the “base” of a synthetic turf installation.

Suggested Environmental Guidelines for Infill

The purpose of these suggested voluntary guidelines is to provide owners, buyers and interested stakeholders an additional resource to better understand the environmental and toxicological considerations when evaluating the use of infill materials.

Guidelines for Maintenance of Infilled Synthetic Turf Sports Fields

Also available in Spanish, these voluntary guidelines provide owners with objective maintenance guidance to augment, and not replace, the maintenance requirements and procedures of the company or companies providing the warranty for the field and the installation.

Guidelines for Minimizing the Risk of Heat-Related Illness

On a hot, sunny day, in addition to taking proper precautions to minimize their risk of heat exhaustion, heat stroke or other heat-related health complications regardless of the playing surface, those who play on synthetic turf should consider the practical risk avoidance strategies recommended in this STC guidance document.

13 Steps to Synthetic Turf Infill Control

The Synthetic Turf Council (STC) created this guide to help minimize the spreading of infill into the environment.