Cite the most critical specification considerations when designing athletic facility floors Selection considerations for your project When considering which flooring system is best suited for your installation, it is important to consider different attributes of each system. If compared solely by installed cost, wood athletic flooring can be more expensive than synthetic materials. Wood athletic flooring systems are less expensive to maintain and last considerably longer than their synthetic competitors. The installed cost of maple floors varies from manufacturer to manufacturer depending on the subfloor system selected for the project, and the quality and type of surface maple specified for the installation. Most subfloor designs can be matched with a variety of maple surface materials to meet your project's budget.
Appearance is a subjective specifying consideration.
Your client may desire a basketball court that looks like the Boston Celtics' patterned floor, or may want the look of a strip floor. When specifying maple sports flooring, be sure to ask the client what he expects the flooring to look like when installed. This will help you to recommend the appropriate maple surfacing materials as well as properly choose paints and finishes to give your project the desired finished appearance. This is an extremely important specifying consideration on a retrofit project. Manufacturers can provide you with slab depression requirements for all of their subfloor systems.