The Structure
1. Usage
SportSunShelters™ can be used for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, football, and other sports where players and staff are either on the sidelines or are waiting their turn to participate.
Front view of the SportSunShelter™ |
Rear view of the shelter. |
2. Design
The Melanoma Foundation of New England developed SportSunShelters™—sun shelters or dugouts with a different twist—to keep players out of the sun AND to make a nice addition to the fields where they are installed. Most fields today either have no sun shelters or rudimentary shelters that do not add much to their surroundings.
The design of SportSunShelters™ also allows for excellent air circulation as it is important to keep the players cool during hot summer days.
The award-winning design of our SportSunShelters™ was created by Richard Seltenrich, then an architect with CBT Architects, a highly regarded Boston architectural firm.
3. Prefabricated Assembly
The SportSunShelters™ come in kits with all of the structural panels pre-assembled and the posts and beams cut to size, however the sheet metal for the roof and side panels needs to be cut to size and then bolted in place.
A team of five or six volunteers with construction experience should be able to assemble and complete one sun shelter in a day.
Prefabricated panels simplify the job. |
Cross beams fit into designated positions. |
4. The Construction Components
Each prefabricated SportSunShelters™ kit comes with:
- Assembly instructions
- Prefabricated wall trusses built out of pressure treated lumber and stainless steel plates
- Pre-cut posts and rafters
- Post bases
- Sheet metal for wall and roofing panels
- Attachment hardware, hangers, nails, bolts, and screws
All of the materials for the sun shelters are of high quality and include:
- Lumber: #1 and #2 Southern yellow pine treated with ACQ Preservative
- Specialty connection hardware: made by the Simpson Strong Tie Company
- Galvanized nuts and bolts
The following components of the project are not included with the SportSunShelters™ kit and must be arranged for separately:
- Concrete pads: 10' x 30' x 1-2' deep
- Chain link fencing
5. Signage
Each sun shelter comes with five signs at the roofline and two signs that are to be fastened to the chain link fencing near the sun shelter. Inclusion of these signs is part of the agreement with the Melanoma Foundation of New England.
The five roofline signs include a sign in the center for the name of the field that is 12" high by approximately 110" wide, and smaller signs to either side that are 8" high by 45" wide.
The roofline signs should include the name of your organization, the association your organization belongs to, the name of the field, your parks department or field owner, and the Melanoma Foundation of New England.
There are two versions of the SunSafe Sports signs: one for Little League sun shelters and one for all others.
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This sign is intended for SportSunShelters™ installed on Little League fields. |
This sign is intended for SportSunShelters™ used on all other fields. |
6. Pricing
- The cost for two SportSunShelters™ is $15,000 including delivery within 50 miles of 129 Welby Road, New Bedford, MA. The additional cost for deliveries that are more than 50 miles from this address will be calculated before the contract is approved.
- "Profits" from the sales of the sun shelters go directly to melanoma school programs, sun awareness fairs, melanoma support groups, and patient advocacy programs.
- Options include:
- Shelf along inside back wall of each shelter: 30' wide and supported by brackets: $1,361 for two shelves
- Ground-level panels (2' 6" x 8' 3") affixed to chain link fence in front of each shelter at ground level: $250 for six panels
- Benches that are 20' long by 11" deep and are anchored to the concrete slabs: $1,050 for two benches