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High school gymnasiums are high traffic areas and facility managers are always looking for ways to make them more efficient and prevent damage to non-athletic appliances and equipment while the area is in use. As multi-sport environments, gymnasiums in high schools serve numerous purposes, host a variety of athletic events and are used by a variety of age groups. For this reason, a large portion of our business serving educational institutions involves highly customized solutions to either fit certain areas or to protect equipment and participants.

As we’ve mentioned many times before, our custom padding department is our most versatile and customized product line, as almost daily we receive requests for unique padding configurations covering everything from customized gym wall padding to fully padded rooms.

One of our most recent design, fabrication and installation of custom padding projects was requested by the Arnprior District High School, not too far from our home base here in Eastern Ontario.

As with most businesses operating today, we live in an ever-changing space that moves quickly. Our product line which, originally was created to service athletic and sports-themed facilities and operations, has now evolved into so much more.

While athletics is still a very large part of our business, we are always seeking to enter additional markets and we continue to test our products across various applications to better serve our growing clientele.

With innovative designers  and the technology already in place within our organization, we can easily pivot and take on non-traditional padding projects and make our customers’ visions a reality. We have recently expanded our custom padding services to design, manufacture and install customized padding for veterinary facilities and other animal shelter-type facilities.

A priority of businesses, organizations and sport facilities is and always will be safety. Commercial buildings such as warehouses have stringent safety standards and are often rewarded for outstanding performance in maintaining and exceeding these standards.

Sporting facilities and institutions are no different. Appealing to a wide range of participants of different ages and skill levels, these organizations must always work toward providing their participants with the very best in safety and security.

Safety starts long before a product hits the shelves or the loading docks of any institution; it starts during the manufacturing process. As manufacturers ourselves, we constantly strive for more durable, long-lasting and safety-conscious products.

Pole fitness and pole dancing has evolved into a mainstream fitness program in local gyms and fitness facilities around the world. Today, facilities dedicated to pole dancing fitness are popping up in many areas and pole fitness is quickly becoming a popular exercise for those looking for a unique and fun way to build strength and get in shape.

Because of the complexity of some of the moves, a pole fitness program requires the participant to be in great shape, although beginner programs do exist. With specialized exercise programs taking off in local gyms and training facilities, it is no wonder pole fitness facilities and programs are following the same trend.

As a leading padding manufacturer and supplier, we initially began designing custom padding solutions for pole dancing and fitness programs on a case-by-case basis. As pole fitness has risen in popularity, so too has the demand for a padding solution to keep participants safe while exercising using poles.

Built to international standards for competition aquatics, the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC) is a world-class facility serving those living healthy and active lives in Toronto, Ontario.

This 312,000 square foot facility is home to a four-court gymnasium, indoor running track, conditioning rooms, a high-performance testing centre, studio spaces and an exclusive fitness centre for their members. The TPASC is also home to the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario which provides cutting edge sport science and sport performance services.

The TPASC also hosts an impressive aquatic centre comprising of two internationally sanctioned 10-lane, 50-metre pools and a dive tank measuring at five metres in depth, featuring eight lanes for practice swimming.

For this recent project, we were approached to provide customized wall and column padding for the TPASC’s state-of-the-art Diving Dryland Training Centre. This portion of the facility is where athletes go to hone their diving skills and difficult manoeuvres using trampolines, a dive pit, harness rigs and cushioned flooring.

Located in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Tunnel Mountain Resort is situated in the picturesque Canadian Rocky Mountains. The 96 unit resort offers guests a selection of award-winning condos, chalets, cabins and suites for their Rocky Mountain getaway.

We were recently approached by the resort to design a custom padding solution for one of their suites that featured a unique loft design. Our team quickly got to work gathering the necessary measurements needed to design the padding to cover a few exposed beams in the loft area of the suite.

Our padding department is by far one of the most versatile and ever-changing areas of our business. In addition to sports-themed facilities, our padding is manufactured for a wide variety of uses outside of the sporting world.

We manufacture wall padding for padded rooms of all shapes and sizes and for many different uses such as therapy rooms, remand rooms, quiet rooms and for other facilities like commercial warehouses. The majority of our padding projects, outside of traditionally sized gym mats, are completely custom designed for the end user.

A large part of our custom padding line is our column padding, which given the structural differences of every facility, can vary from project to project.   As with the majority of our padding products, safety is the main concern and all facilities with exposed columns, beams or poles turn to us to safely pad them for the protection of participants or employees.

Visualizing a finished project can prove to be difficult , especially when it comes to complex customizations of padded room configurations. With varying wall heights and shapes, doors, windows, electrical outlets and radiators or heating vents, padding a room can prove to be a challenge.

With some basic measurements and perhaps a quick site visit, our design team can quickly get your concept on paper, with every little detail taken into account. Our powerful 3D CAD Design software allows our designers to create, validate, communicate and manage the entire development process for each and every client.

Wall padding for padded rooms such as quiet rooms, seclusion rooms, time out rooms and remand rooms require not only that every piece of padding fit correctly, but that the walls have the right amount of padding with little to no exposure to the unpadded surface. Detailed measurements and images aid our design team in creating a mock design that helps our manufacturing department create the right padding, specifically cut for your unique design.

One of the fastest growing portions of our business is that of custom wall padding for a variety of different uses. From schools and educational facilities to healthcare and correctional facilities, more and more organizations around the world are turning to our padding department for custom-designed padded room solutions.

We were recently contacted by the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (OCTC) to design, manufacture and install some custom wall padding for their Therapy Room at their Thurston Drive location in Ottawa.

Since 1951, the OCTC has become a leader in providing specialized care for those with multiple physical, developmental and associated behavioural needs in the greater Ottawa area. Today the OCTC offers a wide variety of programs and services aimed at benefiting children, youth and adults in communities across Eastern Ontario.

Our design and manufacturing capabilities are expansive when it comes to custom padding, gym mats and wall padding.  We specialize in padding for a variety of different applications handling traditional tumbling mats, column and post padding and designing entirely padded rooms such as gymnasiums and quiet rooms in educational facilities.

Watch our video above for an in-depth look at our selection of padding applications and feel free to reach out to us with the details of your future project.