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Spray-coat
- Thickness
- 14 mm
- Water
- Permeable
- Best for
- Schools, campuses, jogging loops
- Renewal
- Re-sprayable
Athletics
Athletic Tracks
Sandwich, spray-coat and full-PUR running tracks. School sprint straight through to a full 400m eight-lane oval, geometry set out to World Athletics dimensions.
Why tracks fail
The drainage is the whole job
A synthetic track is a waterproof membrane stretched over an oval. Water it sheds has to go somewhere. With nowhere to go it sits at the kerb line, works under the edge and lifts the surface from below. Tracks come apart at four years old for exactly this.
So on every track we quote, drainage is a line item with a design behind it: falls, slot drains, outfalls and the infield, sized against local rainfall data rather than copied from the last tender.
Choosing a system
Three ways to
build an oval
The right answer depends on the level of competition you are building for and how the site drains.
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Sandwich
- Thickness
- 13 mm
- Water
- Impermeable
- Best for
- Competition & district meets
- Renewal
- Recoat
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Full PUR
- Thickness
- 15 mm
- Water
- Impermeable
- Best for
- National & professional venues
- Renewal
- Recoat
Specifications
The builds in detail
Sandwich System Track, 13 mm
Competition tracks, school and campus athletics
An in-situ rubber base broadcast with coloured EPDM and sealed with PU. Impermeable, spike resistant, and the most common competition build in Indian conditions.
- Thickness
- 13 mm
- Build
- In-situ SBR base, EPDM wear layer, PU seal
- Permeability
- Water impermeable
- Character
- Point elastic, spike resistant
- Geometry
- Set out to World Athletics dimensions
Spray-Coat System Track, 14 mm
Multi-purpose tracks, jogging loops, defence grounds
A 12 mm SBR base with a 2 mm PU and EPDM structural spray on top. Water permeable, quick to resurface, the practical choice where drainage is tight.
- Thickness
- 14 mm
- Build
- 12 mm SBR base, 2 mm PU and EPDM spray
- Permeability
- Water permeable
- Resurfacing
- Re-sprayable without removing the base
Full PUR System Track, 15 mm
National and international competition venues
A multi-layer, cast-in-place full polyurethane track. Hard-wearing top coat and very high UV resistance. The spec for meets that are being timed seriously.
- Thickness
- 15 mm
- Build
- Multi-layer full PUR, cast in situ
- Permeability
- Water impermeable
- Character
- Jointless, spike resistant, very high UV resistance
- Geometry
- 400 m, 6 / 8 / 9 lane, or bespoke
On site
How a track goes in
Eight to twelve weeks for a full 400m facility, weather permitting.
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Setting out
Track geometry pegged from the centre, lane widths and staggers computed to World Athletics dimensions before any material lands.
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Base
Bituminous or concrete base laid to a tolerance of 3 mm under a 3 m straight edge. Anything looser shows up as a puddle later.
- 03
Drainage
Perimeter and infield drainage, slot drains and outfalls sized for local rainfall. The single most common gap in Indian track tenders.
- 04
Surfacing
In-situ pour or spray in controlled passes, cured, then structural top coat.
- 05
Marking
Lane lines, staggers, exchange zones, hurdle and take-off marks set out and applied in track-grade PU paint.
FAQ
Athletic tracks, answered
A track is priced by system and by area, and the civil work is usually the larger half of the bill. Spray-coat systems are the most economical, sandwich systems sit in the middle, full-PUR is the premium competition build. A realistic budget also carries drainage, kerbing and the infield.
A sandwich system is an in-situ rubber base broadcast with EPDM and sealed with PU, impermeable, 13 mm. A spray-coat system puts a 2 mm PU and EPDM spray over a 12 mm permeable SBR base, and is the easiest to resurface. Full-PUR is a multi-layer cast polyurethane build at 15 mm, and the most durable of the three.
Synthetic running tracks are typically 13 to 15 mm thick over an engineered base. Competition systems certified by World Athletics fall in that range. Recreational and school tracks are sometimes laid thinner. Thickness only means something alongside the base build, which does most of the work.
Ten to fifteen years is fair for a well-drained synthetic track, and spray-coat systems can be re-sprayed once or twice inside that life to reset the surface. Standing water and tree litter shorten it most, so drainage maintenance matters more than usage.