Fremantle Dockers Football Club
Designing an elite training natural turf oval
Western Australia

The oval playing surface profile was constructed using site won sand that was harvested and screened to ensure compliance with the project's technical specification. The existing sand however was unstable due to the ‘rounded’ sand which meant it was more likely to divot easily.

To stabilise the sand SPORTENG proposed the inclusion of a proprietary profile reinforcement system. 

The inclusion of this product helped increase the stability of the playing surface profile.

Due to the high infiltration rate of the underlying substrate, the oval was designed without any subsurface drainage. The flat playing surface consists of a perched water table profile. SPORTENG oversaw the Construction Phase Consulting Services activities including the harvesting and screening process along with the installation of the proprietary profile reinforcement system.

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