Active vibration control for sports facilities, gyms and health clubs

Vibration problem in your gym or sports centre?

If you’re the owner, manager or agent of a sports facility, gym or health club, deploying active vibration control could be the most exhilarating move you make for your guests. This also applies to architects, contractors and engineers tasked with the design and construction of new sporting facilities.

The primary concern of your guests is their safety, comfort and wellbeing, but the fact is that vibration caused by sports equipment, machinery, pedestrian footfall and repeated jumping activity can seriously impact the enjoyment and use of your wider sports facility.

In a gym or fitness centre, excessive vibration can be caused by anything from treadmill running to rowing machine reps. Sports centres with indoor tracks and ball sports courts that host competitive games and matches will generate significant floor vibration that can impair the enjoyment of seated spectators and impact the safe use of neighbouring sports facilities.

Corporate gym facilities have even been forced to close adjacent spaces and surrounding floors because their safe, productive operation has become untenable due to the levels of floor vibration that’s transmitted.

Resolve excessive floor vibration in sports facilities fast

CALMFLOOR is the world’s only active mass damper (AMD) that controls floor vibration instantly – without the need for any structural intervention. CALMFLOOR AMDs are compact, weighing just 67kg per unit, they’re also low-carbon and low-cost.

In existing buildings with excessive vibration, CALMFLOOR completely eliminates the downtime and disruption associated with traditional anti-vibration methods – straight out of the box. For repurposed buildings or spaces with new gym facilities, utilising CALMFLOOR AMDs can literally save the floor.

These remedies include adding more steel and concrete and deploying heavyweight tuned mass dampers (TMD) to the floors of existing buildings and are, quite literally, costing the earth.

CALMFLOOR AMDs are highly sustainable, bringing Net Zero targets and routes to carbon neutrality more achievable than ever before.

For architects, building contractors and designers looking to build increasingly lighter sports buildings with longer-span and more open-plan floors in new-build projects, CALMFLOOR active vibration control delivers on all your design ambitions. This world-first, patented technology is already changing the way the construction industry is thinking about building design.

CALMFLOOR AMDs are already hard at work in these demanding fitness environments – read our article about how to resolve unwanted floor vibration in corporate gyms.

Resolve floor vibration problems in all sports facilities

CALMFLOOR active vibration control has been designed to address and resolve the excessive floor vibrations within a wide range of sports facilities including:

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CALMFLOOR related sectors

Entertainment and leisure

CALMFLOOR active mass damper (AMD) technology reduces excessive floor vibration in entertainment venues and leisure facilities, including theatres, arenas and stadia, caused by crowds, equipment and audio. The result is an enriched visitor experience and enhanced building value for owners and agents.

Museums and libraries

CALMFLOOR active vibration control is the ultimate solution for museums and libraries where calm, focussed experiences are vital. Delivering floor vibration control directly to areas affected by vibration caused by footfall, equipment and external traffic, CALMFLOOR vibration control protects exhibits and concentration.

Commercial and retail

CALMFLOOR active floor vibration control can transform performance in working environments and retail shopping experiences. This fast, seamless technology delivers floor vibration control directly to vibration hotspots in workspaces and retail outlets caused by footfall, equipment and road/rail traffic.

Hospitality

CALMFLOOR active vibration control directs powerful forces to areas within hotels, restaurants and other hospitality buildings, cancelling out excessive vibration caused by footfall, equipment and traffic. The result is a comfortable, vibration-free guest experience in environments designed for relaxation and pleasure.

The world’s only try-before-you-buy floor vibration control resource

If you’d like to know how CALMFLOOR can eradicate unwanted floor vibration in your existing sports building or you want to see an accurate prediction of floor vibration levels in a forthcoming building project, the CALMFLOOR simulation service will give you the data you need.

We use your own modal properties (the natural frequencies, mode shapes, modal masses and modal damping ratios) to model and predict the floor vibration you can expect to experience on your floor in a range of scenarios.

This service is unique and will give you unparalleled data to mitigate any excessive floor vibration risk, to remain compliant and to avoid potential performance or structural defects on your build.