When it comes to our Maintenance Solutions Team, Safety is Priority Number One for our school districts and facility owners and their patrons. We’ve developed our blog series, Bleacher Safety – What’s Your Risk along with numerous safety and code compliance blog posts, presentations, and white papers. Recently, we Read more…
Project Name: Pleasant Run, Taylor, and Struble Elementary Schools Owner: Northwest Local School District – Cincinnati, OH Architect: SHP Leading Design Construction Manager: Skanska – Megen Scope: Materials & Installation of Educational Casework and Custom Millwork Completion: August 2018 With groundbreaking in October 2016, three new elementary schools began construction and opened their doors Read more…
Not long ago, we were invited to a facility for a Gym Safety Session. There were approximately 12 people in attendance, many understood why they were invited to attend and some had obvious frustration that their attendance was required, they operate the equipment on a regular basis after all, so Read more…
Have you ever felt like you need a refresher course on the proper operation of your equipment? Or maybe you have new personnel that need to be trained on safety and operation. Whatever the reason, we want to help. What We’re Offering: To come to your facility for a 2-hour gym safety Read more…
5 Safety Products You Need In Your Gym Guest Post by Performance Sports Systems Equipment Locks & Safety Straps Locks and safety straps are designed to prevent ceiling-hung and wall-mounted gym equipment from falling in the event of a cable or winch failure. If the equipment were to malfunction and start Read more…
We talked previously about cleaning the bearing surface for your telescopic bleachers, but how often are you cleaning up under your outdoor bleachers? We’re taking the perspective of Safe and Sanitary with this one. You want to make sure your understructure is free of combustibles including unruly vegetation and stored Read more…
Quick, show of hands – how many of you were at the original telescopic bleacher demonstration for the bleachers in your gymnasium? In a group of 10, we’re lucky to have two hands raise up, sometimes one. This is by no fault of your own but it is our goal Read more…
Project Name: Chippewa School District Owner: Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School Architect: Hasenstab Architects Construction Manager: C.T. Taylor Construction Scope: Materials & Installation of Educational Casework, Lab Casework, Telescopic Bleachers, and Auditorium Seating Completion: August 2018 The February 2019 edition of Properties Magazine featured Chippewa School District’s new Jr./Sr. High School, describing the new build as a Read more…
We’ve discussed spring cleaning for indoor telescopic bleachers and outdoor grandstands, now let’s take a walk into the classrooms and talk Casework and Millwork, more specifically, plastic laminate. The high-rated durability of thermofused and high-pressure laminate make it much easier to care for than real wood, ensuring years of Read more…
In May 2018, Farnham Equipment Company’s Maintenance Solutions Team performed an indoor Telescopic Bleacher Inspection on Marlington High School’s 57-year-old wooden bleachers and found more than 30 violations, including several improper upgrades. The major issues were handrail weight limits and a lack of enclosure, which made it a safety Read more…