Sports Flooring Cost Analysis

Beynon Sports Surfaces offers over 11 different track and field surfaces to meet a full range of budgets and demand profiles. By contacting your local sales manager or our main office in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Beynon Sports can provide you with a budget quotation to install your new Beynon track and field system.

Beynon: The Smart Investment

One of the most important considerations when selecting a track and field system is the examination of lifecycle cost and when comparing rolled rubber sheet goods to polyurethane surfaces, the increased initial cost of the sheet good is clear. However, when the time comes for track refurbishment, the gap widens even more. Unlike a polyurethane system, a rubber sheet good cannot be resurfaced, but rather, requires total replacement after 12 to 15 years. With this comes the cost of milling and repaving the asphalt base as the existing subsurface is damaged during track removal.

	Year 0	Year 5	Years 12-15	Years 16-20	Total
	Cost to Install	Cost to Restripe	Cost to Resurface or Remove and Replace	Cost to Restripe
Rubber Sheet Good	$510,000	$7,500	$720,000	$7,500	$1,245,000
Full Pour Polyurethane @ 10mm	$318,000	$7,500	$252,000	$7,500	$585,000
Full Pour Polyurethane @ 13mm	$360,000	--	$252,000	--	$612,000

 

A 6,000 square-yard, full-pour, polyurethane track at 13 millimeters thickness comes with an initial investment of approximately $360,000. Compared to a rolled rubber sheet good at around $510,000, initial savings amount to $150,000. Additional savings are realized as the product matures. Around year 12 a full-pour track can be resurfaced to look and perform like new at a cost of approximately $252,000, guaranteeing performance for another 8 to 10 years. After 12 years of use, a rolled rubber sheet good cannot be resurfaced or touched up, instead requiring total replacement at a cost equal to the initial investment of $510,000, plus recommended asphalt base replacement (which gets damaged upon track removal) at an additional cost of $210,000.  After 20 years, the cost of a rolled rubber sheet good is $1,245,000, a whopping $633,000 more than a full-pour surface! From a cost standpoint, the answer seems to be evident.