Sports Design Group provides their customers with the highest level of expertise relating to the design, construction installation management and attention to detail that is required to ensure a successful outdoor athletic sports field or facilities installation that will last for numerous years.

This experience includes:

  • synthetic turf fields including several types of the player friendly resilient in-filled systems
  • natural turf sports fields of all varieties
  • Running tracks including all types of rubberized surfacing
Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field
Alamo Stadium
Alamo Stadium

Richard McDonald

Richard McDonald, Principal Landscape Architect, in his 15 year career has developed extensive design and project management in the field experience while working on hundreds of outdoor athletic facilities.

A graduate of North Dakota State University with a degree in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design, Mr. McDonald has experience in professional, collegiate, K – 12 and municipal sport facilities. This experience ranges from football, soccer, baseball, track, tennis, rugby and lacrosse.

Some of Mr. McDonald’s projects include:

  • Cedar Hill High School, TX
  • College Station ISD, TX
  • Dallas Cowboys Training Facility
  • Denver Broncos (Invesco Field), CO
  • Elgin High School, TX
  • Georgetown ISD Sports Complex, TX
  • Giddings High School, TX
  • Green Bay Packers Stadium (Lambeau Field), WS
  • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX
  • Houston Astros (Minute Maid Stadium), TX
  • Miller Park – Milwaukee Brewers
  • Minnesota Twins New Stadium Field
  • New Liberty Hill High School, TX
  • Notre Dame Stadium – University of Notre Dame
  • Oakland Raiders & Athletics (Oakland/Alameda Coliseum), CA
  • San Antonio ISD, Alamo Stadium
  • Texas A&M (Kyle Field), TX
  • West Point Academy, Rugby Facility, West Point, NY
  • West Virginia University (Mountaineer Stadium), WV

Mr. McDonald’s natural and synthetic turf design experience emphasizes working with stadium officials and groundskeepers to build a working field that both functions exceptionally and is easily maintained. Whether building an integrated gravity drained field 30’ below sea level for the Oakland/Alameda County Coliseum or an underground heating system at Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers, problems that seem astronomical can be solved with minimal risk to the client

Mountaineer Stadium
Mountaineer Stadium

John Schedler

 

John Schedler, technical consultant has had more than 40 years of experience in the construction, installation and diagnosis of issues with athletic facilities around the world.

Mr. Schedler currently holds a Certified Field Builder and Certified Track Builder designation by the American Sports Builders Association. He has worked on hundreds of facilities ranging from FIFA to NFL, NCAA, MLS, IAAF, WA to hundreds of high school, middle school and parks and recreation facilities. He has also worked extensively with the US Government on military bases and facilities around the world. He has extensive knowledge on many turf and track systems, as well as the civil construction and design required to make them a success. His turf and track knowledge spans generations of evolvement and has been retained as an expert witness in disputes many times.

Some of Mr. Schedler’s projects include

  • Louisiana State University
  • Colorado University
  • Colorado State University
  • The University or Oregon
  • Oregon State University
  • The University of California at Berkley
  • California State University at Long Beach
  • The University of Nebraska
  • The Univeristy of Missouri
  • Clemson Univeristy
  • The University of Puerto Rico (several campuses)
  • The Chicago Bears
  • The Kansas City Chiefs
  • The Dallas Cowboys
  • The Baltimore Orioles
  • The US Military (dozens of domestic and international bases)

Mr. Schedler has specialized in making sure that the projects are built properly by utilizing his experience to train and manage contractors with little or no experience in remote areas globally as well as inspecting and ensuring experienced domestic contractors are following the proper procedures.