Seminars & Webinars

Fred Kolkmann Tennis & Sport Surfaces, LLC will be conducting a series of sport surface design and maintenance seminars. These seminars are intended to educate attendees on the process of designing facilities with reduced maintenance for the owners, and evaluating/designing existing facilities for long term renovation incorporating membrane systems.  

For Whom?

Kolkmann’s seminars are specifically tailored for Facility Managers for tennis court, pickleball, basketball, futsal, and other sport-surface design and upkeep, with a secondary emphasis on maintenance to increase longevity.

Recommended attendees include:

Facility Management Staff 
Parks & Recreation Personnel 
Municipal & County Administrator
Elected Officials 
School District Administrators 
Athletic Directors & Coaches
Architects & Engineers 

Topics Include:

Overview of court-surface construction issues including asphalt and court surface cracking

Changing technologies in sport-surface color coatings and venue fencing

Court repair/reconstruction options

Designing with crack repair membranes & full-coverage repair/renovation systems
Long term warranties

Details on sport surface evaluation & life cycle costing analysis

Sport surface maintenance, requirements and timing. Designing to reduce future maintenance costs for owners

Pursuing Excellence in Tennis Court Design

Course Description

To educate specifiers responsible for existing sport courts in evaluating and designing repair or replacement options for their clients.
  • What data to collect in court evaluations and how to use it.
  • Designing facilities with less maintenance for clients.
  • Court surface construction, including asphalt pavement issues (types and causes) including asphalt DO’s and DONT’s, the effect of DOT mix designs on sport surfaces. 
  • Changes and updates on color coating systems.
  • An examination of crack repair membranes and their uses for old and new courts.
  • An assessment of full coverage repair/replacement systems (tiles, membranes, artificial turf), when to use, when not to, effectiveness, life expectancy and design.
  • Asphalt court design and construction challenges.
  • Post – tension concrete court design and construction challenges.
  • Fencing updates and design. 

Webinars 2025

In-person Seminars will return in 2026.