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STANTEC ARCHITECTURE, CALGARY (CANADA) SONOBEACON, WISMAR (GERMANY)

Stantec strives to be more than just a group of engineers, architects, and landscape architects. We’re athletes, competitors, fans and leisure recreators who bring together our diverse backgrounds in sports and recreation to successfully take on challenges of any size and scope. We work in interdisciplinary teams with our clients to deliver worldclass sports and recreation facilities for communities and organizations of all sizes and demographics. From America’s football fields to cricket pitches in India, from swimming pools to ice rinks, from the municipal level, collegiate level to the professional leagues, from human-powered competitions to motor-powered races - Stantec plans and designs all facets of facilities of all scales. Our team has worked with the NFL, MLB, NHL, CFL, MLS, CIS, and NCAA as well as governments from the municipal to federal level.

www.stantec.com

SonoBeacon offers intelligent solutions for the current challenges in stadiums & event venues and the areas of smart mobility & smart city; to provide the best possible experience at all touchpoints of the customer/fan journey on event days.

For this purpose, technologies for location-based analytics and services, supported by a patented acoustic communication standard and using existing infrastructures, were developed together with the Fraunhofer Institute.

With data that serve as the basis for valid management decisions to improve the economy, security, the customer experience & satisfaction, SonoBeacon drives the digital transformation of its partners cost-effectively and quickly.

www.sonobeacon.com

HEMSÖ, FAGERSTA (SWEDEN) MUNICIPALITY OF ZURZACH, (SWITZERLAND)

Hemsö is Sweden‘s leading owner of social infrastructure that manages and develops properties for elderly care, education, sports, healthcare and the justice system. With properties located in Sweden, Finland and Germany, Hemsö’s objective is to be a long-term property partner to the public sector. The tenants consist mainly of the state, municipalities and regions, but also of private operators with tax-financed activities. Hemsö owns 25 sports facilities and has a development pipeline of EUR 700 million for new premises. Hemsö has created an internal committee to gather experience from senior colleagues in the sports segment with Emil Marefat as project lead. As the largest municipality in the canton of Aargau in terms of area, Zurzach is located on the northern edge of Switzerland. With slightly less than 8,000 inhabitants, Zurzach is a medium-sized municipality, but it has a large number of facilities for sports and exercise and offers a wide range of activities. More than 70 sports clubs maintain an attractive and diverse club life. In the development of new offers and infrastructures, Zurzach takes a future-oriented approach and - wherever possible - involves the population. The department for exercise, sports and leisure is the direct point of contact for everything concerning these issues.

CITY VENUE MANAGEMENT, MIAMI (AUSTRALIA) SPAREBANKSTIFTELSEN, OSLO (NORWAY)

The City Venue Management operates and manages high-quality, vibrant and well-maintained aquatic, leisure and sporting facilities across South-East Queensland, with each one being a vital community-focused centre that inspires healthy and active lifestyles. The company’s mantra is “we create experiences that delight and engage”. CVM is currently operating 32 venues in Australia‘s „swimming capital“ Queensland, with brands such as Rackley Swimming. Fish N Flips Swim School, City Aquatics and City Health Clubs. Sparebankstiftelsen DNB is a foundation that manages assets accumulated in former savings banks across Norway. The foundation’s objective is to redistribute dividends from the banking sector into areas of public interest, such as arts, cultural heritage, outdoors recreation and sports. Within the sports and outdoors sector, a special focus is on financing projects of use to the voluntary sector. The main target group is youth between 0-25 years, but the foundation also engages in facilities and activities which are available to a larger portion of the public.

www.cityvenuemanagement.com.au www.sparebankstiftelsen.no

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS AND SPORTS PROMOTION, MUNICIPALITY OF KREFELD (GERMANY)

For its roughly 234,000 inhabitants, the municipality of Krefeld provides versatile and varied spaces for exercise for young and old. The Department of Sports and Sports Promotion currently has about 80 employees. Its duties include the operation of 5 swimming pools, 2 ice rinks, 17 district sports facilities and 75 sports halls. Another key task is the modernisation and maintenance of existing sports facility infrastructure, along with the creation of new exercise opportunities.

POIRIER FONTAINE ARCHITECTES, MONTREAL (CANADA)

Since its inception in 1985, Poirier Fontaine Architectes is an architecture studio based in Montreal specialising in the design of sports installations, particularly public aquatic facilities. They believe in the benefits of sports activities and their ability to bring together members of the community. They aim to create sports installations that transcend the basic conformity to building codes and sports standards; aspiring rather to an architecture that elevates the place of sport by way of an ambitious and responsible architecture.

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ADT INFORMATIONSSYSTEME, SEEFELD (GERMANY) LB LEERANER BADBETRIEBS GMBH, LEER (GERMANY)

ADT Informationssysteme GmbH has been focusing on LED lighting systems in all areas since 2010.

High-quality light that not only saves energy but also improves visibility should be financially feasible for all new or refurbished indoor or outdoor sports facilities. ADT thus assists clubs and municipalities with a wide range of products, e.g. floodlight systems and ISP-tested LED panels, and is happy to work with property developers, architects and electricians.

In addition, ADT is an agent for BERTELÉ electronics with LED strips, video walls and LED video cubes. The Plytje indoor swimming pool in Leer opened in 2019 and currently employs 22 staff and several trainees. The pool has a competition pool with six 25-metre lanes and with half of the floor height-adjustable, an instruction pool with an entirely height-adjustable floor, an unclothed sauna and a toddlers‘ area with a slide and various play features. The spacious outdoor area also has a beach volleyball court, a boules court, a playground and a barefoot path. Its extensive activities range from beginners‘ swimming courses, baby swimming courses, aqua fitness courses and personal training to special courses such as advanced self-rescue for children. A large number of games and sports events for young and old round off what‘s available.

www.adt-infosystems.de www.plytje.com

LIQUID BLU, BOWEN HILLS (AUSTRALIA) MUNICIPALITY OF ILLNAU-EFFRETIKON, SWITZERLAND

Liquid Blu is the specialist architect for aquatic environments in Australia. Complementary to this, we deliver urban design and architecture for leisure and sporting hubs that become central to community life. Whether as lead consultant or a team member, we work with councils, government agencies and other design practices nationally.

Pools, surf parks, public lagoons and water-based playscapes - we are leaders in current and emerging aquatic facility trends through our unrivalled experience, enabling design to take precedence over engineering with our technical knowledge and deep understanding of specialist sporting codes. The municipality of Illnau-Effretikon is located in the Zurich Oberland between the agglomeration centres of Zurich and Winterthur. It pursues a targeted sports policy that is tailored to the needs of the population, sports clubs and sports organizations and creates the best possible conditions for practising various sports activities. It provides good and modern sports facilities within the limits of its financial possibilities. Geographically, the city of Illnau-Effretikon consists of the urban Effretikon, the villages Illnau, Ottikon, Bisikon and Kyburg and furthermore the agricultural hamlets Agasul, Bietenholz, Billikon, Brünggen, First, Horben, Luckhausen, Mesikon and Oberkempttal.

EMMANUEL MORALES, SALTA (ARGENTINA) BRUNO PLASENCIA, DOHA (QATAR)

Emmanuel Morales is a registered architect, with years of experience in projects in the field of commercial, hospitality, residential, and sports. He completed a diploma in executive architecture and is specializing in project management, along with PMI standard.

Lean construction and last planner system philosophy is at the core of Emmanuel’s interest. He seeks to apply these methods to his projects from the initial stage. In his design practice, he carries out tasks such as design, executive project and execution, with great attention to detail and respect to the site and the environment. Bruno Plasencia is a PMP certified project manager and lawyer. He acts as advisor in legacy topics for the Panamerican Games and worked as procurement lead for the Lima 2019 Panamerican Games. His professional steps include the Major Events Management Programme with Josoor Institute in Qatar, the IOSH Managing Safely course, and Sports Facilities Management programme at Barça Innovation Hub. Bruno holds a master in public management and is an experienced advisor with 10+ years of experience.

GRANT GREENWAY, CHELTENHAM (AUSTRALIA) WADE MACKRELL, VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA)

As the Director of Endeavour Turf Professionals (ETP TURF), Grant Greenway is one of Australia’s leading sports turf and field of play consultants. Managing an elite team of sports field designers, agronomists, scientists and field assistants, Grant oversees company operations, creates technical recommendations and offers high level consultancy across natural turf fields of play and project management, be it sports field designs, turf and construction supervision. With over 30 years’ experience within the Australian commercial turf and seed industries, Grant supports the sports and leisure industry with independent, agronomic expertise helping keep Australian sports fields in optimal condition. Wade Mackrell is a sports and leisure consultant based in Victoria, Australia. With over 25 years’ experience in the sports and recreation industry, he has worked in various management roles in the public, private and not for profit sectors, before starting his career in consulting. Passionate around improving community health, he strives to push the boundaries to make a difference within the industry. Having completed a multitude of projects, Wade has worked with state and local governments, commercial operators, as well as community-based organisations.