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by Shelby Becker
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) is the primary airport serving the New York City area, and one of the most popular airports in the world. As the single most-frequented gateway into North America for international travelers, the airport currently serves close to 60 million passengers a year.
As one of the busiest airports, JFK hosts takeoffs and landings for some of the largest passenger airplanes- a duty that can be degrading to the infrastructure of the airport. This was especially apparent along infield islands and along runway 13R/31L. This specific runway is the third longest commercial runway in North America and hosts about half of the airport’s inbound and outbound traffic- including A-380 aircraft traffic.
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In 2007, AvTurf was contracted by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to install a surface that would control erosion and FOD. With the approaching arrival of a new line of jumbo jets, AvTurf served as an alternative to constant runway closures that were previously necessary to clean up debris blown onto intersecting runways from the airport’s natural groundcover. In addition, the synthetic turf surface aids in, combating drainage problems, mitigating wildlife management, and minimizing maintenance for the selected plot of AvTurf.
Years later, AvTurf continues to be an extremely viable solution for JFK to solve the host of problems the airport faced.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
This week kicks off week two of the preseason for the NFL, and finally, all 32 teams will be hitting the field for game day. We are excited to watch our favorite players take to the fields of our favorite stadiums across the country starting Thursday.
Act Global is honored to have several teams select our brand of synthetic turf for their playing surface. The Speed S5 is renowned in the world of football for its proven performance within game field, practice field, and training facility capacities. The S5 has also been the artificial grass surface of the past 2 Superbowls.
Act Global’s Speed brand of turf is a leading synthetic turf system for top-notch facilities in a variety of sports. As the surface of choice for professional and elite teams, the Speed series integrates science and technology into design to craft the ultimate Ground Gear for Athletes.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Work is almost complete at the Holmdel, New Jersey high school, Saint John Vianney. Later this month the school will be opening its doors back up after the long summer months and will host practices and gamedays to its 30 different varsity teams and more secondary teams. The reopening of the renovated stadium is also scheduled for this month to show off the school’s new multi-sport synthetic turf field which will be utilized for the football, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey teams.
Stay tuned for final field photos!
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Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Professional football has officially returned to us with the first preseason game scheduled for tomorrow. We’re excited to get back to cheering on our favorite teams after the long hiatus following the draft back in April and can’t wait for all 32 teams to hit the field next week. The teams are about to be thrown back into competition to test their rookies, dwindle down their player count, and benchmark how well the first few weeks of training camps have gone. Starting August 7th stadiums across the country will begin filling up with fans eager to watch their teams at these August exhibition games before the regular season commences September 6th.
Get updated on some of our favorite teams so that you’re ready to watch every game:
For the second week of preseason games, both the New York Jets and the New York Giants will be coming home to their New Jersey stadium and S5 synthetic turf field. The Act Global brand of artificial grass has been trusted for years at the professional level for its quality and durability and has been the surface of choice for over 350 NFL games since 2012. Be sure to read a full field feature of the Metlife Stadium here: http://www.actglobal.com/blog/field-feature-friday-metlife-stadium/.
Learn how our synthetic turf is beneficial to athletes.
Be sure to keep up to date on all of our turf projects and more by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
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by Shelby Becker
Famous football stadium replaces its existing,ten-year-old Act Global artificial turf field with the world-renowned Xtreme Turf DX60 football turf system.
The original turf was installed by Act Global in 2008 as part of the FIFA GOAL Programme and has been used for national and international competition matches, including World Cup qualifiers. The stadium is currently home to the Nyasa Big Bullets, a top Malawian football club. When the decision was made to replace and upgrade the existing football turf surface, the durability and performance of the original turf, the proven track record of Xtreme Turf DX60 and the fact that Act Global has succeeded in delivering FIFA Certified fields in Malawi (FIFA Technical Centre Blantyre, FIFA Certified 2015), and in neighboring Tanzania at the Karume Memorial Stadium in Mwanza (FIFA Certified March 2017) were all key factors in the selection process
Our longstanding partnership with Afriturf should not go without serious mention, a company that has worked with Act Global to deliver 12 FIFA Certified football turf fields in Africa, sometimes in remote and challenging locations, and shares our vision to bring the absolute best materials to the African continent, creating football fields that meet the highest international standards. This type of long-term partnership adds great value to the client, having regionally stationed experts in all aspects of football turf field construction as well as having locally appointed project managers to attend to every detail of project implementation. Having a trusted longstanding local partner means our turf is handled and treated in the correct way ensuring the finished field is in top condition
Act Global, Managing Director – Chris Clapham, writes that “Our company installed the first Xtreme Turf pitch at this famous stadium 10 years ago. We are very proud to be chosen to replace the pitch with our latest turf technology, and continuing our support for football at all levels in Malawi.”
The field was completed on 28th June 2018 and will be field tested to FIFA Quality Pro standard in September 2018.
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About Act Global
Act Global is a world leader in synthetic turf technology with an ISO 9001 Quality Certified manufacturing facility in Calhoun, Georgia, and field installations in over 90 countries. Act Global has supplied its Xtreme Turf synthetic turf to over 600 football fields. Act Global is a FIFA Quality Licensee and preferred supplier for World Rugby, the International Hockey Federation, and the United Soccer League. The Act Global UBU Speed Series is the leading brand for NFL & NCAA Division I Football Fields has been featured in the New Orleans Superdome 2013, New York Met Life Stadium 2014, Houston NRG Stadium 2017 and Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium 2018. Earlier this year, Act Global also produced and installed the playing surface at the New Orleans Superdome in 2017.
Shelby Becker is a creative content creator and marketing specialist at Act Global. She’s an animal rights activist, avid concert-goer, and scary movie enthusiast. Follow her on LinkedIn .
For more information, contact marketing at sbecker@actglobal.com
