Projects

Courts we have engineered

Padel court wind and structural engineering for European manufacturers entering the US market and for private clubs, in Florida and South Carolina. Photos from our Instagram post on these courts.

Member sizes, connection details, and manufacturer design directives are not published here.

Aerial view of a panoramic glass padel court at The Breakers, Palm Beach

The Breakers Palm Beach

2 S County Rd, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Client / manufacturer
Confidential
Court type
Panoramic court, 20 m × 10 m, 12 mm tempered glass, welded mesh
Courts
2
Design wind speed
160 mph
Exposure
C
Code
FBC 2023 (8th Ed.), ASCE 7-22, ACI 318, AISC 360
Delivered
Wind pressure calculations, 3D frame analysis, glass and mesh wall pressures, anchor and footing design, site-specific installation drawings, signed and sealed

Part of The Breakers' 16-court racquet complex, which reopened in late 2024 after a full renovation. Engineered design in lieu of Florida Product Approval under F.S. 553.842(5).

Padel courts at The Club at Boca Pointe, Boca Raton

The Club at Boca Pointe

7144 Boca Pointe Dr, Boca Raton, FL 33433

Client / manufacturer
Confidential
Court type
Panoramic glass court, 20 m × 10 m
Courts
2
Design wind speed
170 mph
Exposure
C
Delivered
Wind + structural calculations, anchor and foundation design, signed and sealed drawings for a permanent permit

Palm Beach County, outside the HVHZ but at HVHZ-level design speeds. The club now runs four LED-lit courts.

Padel court at Sarasota Sports Club

Sarasota Sports Club

Sarasota, FL

Client / manufacturer
Confidential
Court type
Panoramic glass court, 20 m × 10 m
Courts
1
Design wind speed
160 mph
Exposure
C
Delivered
Wind + structural calculations, anchor and foundation design, signed and sealed drawings

Gulf coast site, Sarasota County plan review.

Padel court at Quail Valley, Vero Beach

Quail Valley Club

Vero Beach, FL

Client / manufacturer
Confidential
Court type
Panoramic glass court, 20 m × 10 m
Courts
1
Design wind speed
160 mph
Exposure
C
Delivered
Wind + structural calculations, anchor and foundation design, signed and sealed drawings

Indian River County, Atlantic coast. The club is expanding to a new racquet facility with additional outdoor courts.

Padel court at Daniel Island, South Carolina

Daniel Island Club

Daniel Island, Charleston, SC

Client / manufacturer
Confidential
Court type
Panoramic court, 20 m × 10 m
Courts
1
Design wind speed
150 mph
Exposure
C
Delivered
Wind + structural calculations for a South Carolina permit under the SC Building Code (IBC) with ASCE 7

South Carolina is going from a handful of courts to more than two dozen in a year; coastal Charleston sites carry hurricane-level design winds.

Constructability & RFIs

From the calc to the concrete

The engineering does not end at the seal. On The Breakers, the court footings had to share the edge with a trench drain, paver bands, and irrigation, and the contractor's questions came to us. We answer RFIs during construction: footing depth and reinforcement at drain crossings, anchor embedment and edge distance, post base plate leveling, glass clamp tolerance, and what to do when the field does not match the drawing.

A court that is engineered on paper and then improvised in the ground is not the court that was permitted. We stay on the project until the footings are poured.

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Perimeter footing formwork with rebar cage next to a trench drain at a padel court
Perimeter footing reinforcement beside a trench drain.
Continuous reinforced footing for a padel court wall before the concrete pour
Continuous footing under the glass wall line, before the pour.

Related HVHZ work

The same wind engineering, different structures

Through WindCalculations.com we have delivered HVHZ and coastal wind engineering for rooftop HVAC in Coral Gables (Miami-Dade HVHZ), standing-seam metal roofing at Tyndall Air Force Base, PV solar arrays in Broward County (170 mph), and rooftop mechanical installations at South Florida Baptist Hospital and Boca Raton Hospital. See the full project list →

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