https://www.worldathletics.org/about-iaaf/documents/technical-information Clicking on this link gives you access to a number of documents covering all the issues involved in official competitions, some of them in several languages, although most are available only in English. If you also enjoy reading, you will find enough material to keep you busy for several days and even weeks. The […]
Functional Flooring
World Athletics (WA) distinguishes between three types of certifications: Certified products Certified facilities, broken down into the following three categories Class 1 Class 2 Indoor Accredited laboratories The certified products are made up of many different elements, such as those that can be part of the athletes’ sports equipment, or starting blocks, hurdles, scoreboards etc, and of […]
Understanding ALL the aspects involved in designing a stadium and organising athletic events is a very complex, multi-faceted undertaking that definitely requires a lot of planning, detailed selection and perfect execution of a project. In the present and the following articles by CONICA, we will just see the aspects relating to the regulations that apply […]
Operating under high voltage? Dissipative flooring in the operating theatre Almost everyone has experienced it – an electric shock of several thousand volts. All you have to do is walk across a carpet or other plastic covering and then touch a door handle. Depending on the shoe sole material and the humidity in the surrounding […]
A volunteer fire brigade is an indispensable and sometimes vital part of a small town. Murg in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a municipality right on the Swiss border, is one such town. And here too, the fire brigade’s ability to answer a call depends more on its members’ commitment than on bountiful financial resources. The 100 or so […]
But why is flame-retardancy so important for indoor applications? In escaping from a burning building, every second counts. When a room starts to burn, there is a danger not just of burning in the flames, but also of suffocating from the smoke. This is where a flame-retardant floor covering comes to the rescue. During the […]