Atlantic Sport Floors is proud to announce our participation as an exhibitor at New York Build Expo, taking place March 18–19, 2026 at the Javits Center in New York City. With over 20+ years of experience as trusted gym floor contractors in New York and the Northeast, Atlantic Sport Floors specializes in high-performance athletic flooring solutions for schools, universities, recreation centers, and commercial athletic facilities. We look forward to connecting with construction…

With the onset of winter weather across much of the United States and Canada, MFMA advises owners, architects, school officials, and facility managers that it is normal to see some contraction of maple flooring strips, especially in newly installed floors. Cold temperatures and low humidity levels can have negative effects on your maple floor. Brutal winter weather can result in a reduction of indoor relative humidity levels which in turn can lower your maple floor’s moisture content below…

There’s no mistaking whose house you’re in upon entering the gym at Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio. “We put this 30-foot Firebird right at midcourt, and it’s the first thing you see,” says Scott Kaufman, athletic director and assistant principal at West, which recently refinished its gym floor. “There’s a lot of pride that goes into that.” Though the action taking place on it tends to rightfully garner much of the attention, a well-maintained gym floor can be a crown jewel of…

The environmental protection agency released a list of disinfectants that kill COVID-19. That list can be found at this link: https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/list-n-disinfectants-use-against-sars-cov-2 Are any of these cleaning products safe to use on finished gym floors? MFMA reached out to one of the brightest minds in the industry, Stuart Hughes of Hillyard Industries. Mr. Hughes provided the following insight: The majority of the disinfectants on the EPA list…

We are incredibly proud of our most recent installation project. At Fordham University, the Rose Hill Gymnasium, the home of the Rams, is the nation’s oldest on-campus collegiate basketball arena still in use. This was a massive undertaking, but our hard work was well worth the end result.