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Outdoor sports flooring at square Georges-Vallerey, Taverny, France

La Ville de Taverny (95) a fait poser un sol sportif clipsable sur le square Georges-Vallerey, puis a commandé une extension l'année suivante. La seconde tranche a été commandée le 1er juillet 2026, expédiée le lendemain et livrée sur site le 7 juillet 2026. Le chantier illustre un cas fréquent en collectivité : une première tranche testée en usage réel, puis étendue.

The town of Taverny had interlocking sports tiles laid on square Georges-Vallerey, a public open-access sports area, then came back the following year to enlarge the installation: the second phase was ordered on 1 July 2026, dispatched the next day and delivered on site on 7 July 2026. The project illustrates a situation local authorities meet constantly: a first successful installation that calls for an extension, with the constraint of obtaining exactly the same product and the same colours two years later.

The project at a glance

Item	Detail
Client	Town of Taverny, sports and community life department
Site	Square Georges-Vallerey, Taverny (95150), Val-d’Oise, France
Type of scheme	Open-access outdoor sports area
Product	Interlocking polypropylene sports tiles, loose-laid over a hard base
Colours	Two-tone, blue and green
Nature of the order	Extension of a first installation delivered the previous year
Delivery on site	7 July 2026

Why an interlocking tile on a municipal square

A public square combines three constraints that few surfaces handle together: permanent exposure to the weather, free and unsupervised use, and the authority’s need to intervene without rebuilding the whole surface.

Loose laying avoids adhesives and allows a zone to be lifted and relaid when the base has to be worked on.
The clip system makes the installation reversible and unit replacement possible: a damaged tile is swapped without touching its neighbours.
Perforated polypropylene drains rainwater through the structure, which prevents surface ponding.

Those three points are what made the extension possible two years after the first phase, with no rework of the existing surface. The product is a catalogue item: see our interlocking polypropylene sports tiles and the wider outdoor sports flooring range.

How the project ran

Date	Stage
29 April 2026	Request from the town to complete the existing installation
29 June 2026	Colours and areas per zone settled, availability checked
1 July 2026	Order placed and paid
2 July 2026	Delivery note issued, goods dispatched
7 July 2026	Delivery on site, square Georges-Vallerey

Six working days between order and delivery on site. That lead time reflects the product being in stock when the order was placed; it cannot be transposed to a custom-manufactured structure.

What this project shows another public buyer

Continuity of reference matters as much as the product itself. An authority extending a sports area two years later needs the same reference, the same colour and the same clip system. That is checked before the first order, not after it.
The split between colours is decided upstream. How the surface is shared between shades drives the order, and a late adjustment delays the whole schedule.
An open-access facility commits its operator. From the day it opens, the authority must keep a cleaning plan, a maintenance plan and a dated inspection log, and display its identity at every entrance.

Frequently asked questions

Is an interlocking tile suitable for unsupervised outdoor use?

Yes, as a sports playing surface laid on a hard base. The perforated structure drains water and loose laying allows removal. It does not replace an impact-attenuating surface under equipment with a free height of fall: in that case it is the impact attenuation performance that governs the choice of surfacing, under EN 1177 for children’s playgrounds.

Can an existing installation be extended several years later?

Yes, provided the reference, the colour and the clip system are still available. That is exactly what allowed the town of Taverny to enlarge its area two years after the first phase.

What lead time should be allowed for a municipal sports surface?

On this project six working days separated the order from delivery, the product being in stock. For an item out of stock or made to order, the lead time runs into weeks and must be confirmed at quotation stage.

Does the surface suit adult outdoor fitness areas as well?

It is used as the playing surface of open-access sports areas. Where permanently installed outdoor fitness equipment is involved, the equipment itself falls under EN 16630 and the surfacing is chosen to match the free height of fall of that equipment.