Case study

An Artificial Grass Sports Field at Monte Vista Primary School

By Royal Paving · Monte Vista Primary School, Cape Town

A sports field at Monte Vista Primary School, laid in artificial grass and fitted in between the tennis courts, the netball courts and the classroom blocks.

From above: a fenced artificial grass sports field at Monte Vista Primary School, with tennis courts in front, netball courts to the left and classroom blocks behind — The finished field from the air, Monte Vista Primary School.

The job

What the finished field shows

The new field sits in the middle of the school grounds. Tennis courts run along one side, netball courts along another, and the classroom blocks stand behind it.

The grass covers the whole rectangle and carries on as a strip along the side of the tennis courts, right up to the classrooms. A black mesh fence with a gate closes it off from the courts, and a concrete edge finishes the open side next to the sand.

The photos were taken from a drone as the team finished up, with the last of the edging and offcuts still being cleared.

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Photos

The field from every side

The artificial grass field seen end on, fenced off from the tennis courts, with a gate in the fence and the classrooms behind — End on, with the gate and the tennis courts.

Close view of the new artificial grass field, with a concrete edge along the sand and the team finishing the last section — The concrete edge along the open side.

Looking down over the tennis courts to the artificial grass field and the strip of grass running beside the classroom blocks — The strip of grass that runs up to the classrooms.

Wide view of the school grounds with the green artificial grass field between the courts and the classroom blocks — The field in the school grounds.

Scope

The job at a glance

Where	Monte Vista Primary School, Cape Town
Surface	Artificial grass across a sports field, with a strip along the tennis courts to the classrooms
Edges	A concrete edge on the open side; a mesh fence and gate along the courts