pic: Design Challenge: Pits

[Siri]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

The students, and especially the older mentors, love not standing directly on the cement.

Oh, cement. I guess I'm used to that at work, but the floors at our events (lots of school gyms, I guess) seem...squishier. Even so, I'll poll my pit guys for any problems. It's usually the pit-to-field walk that gets me and the drivers; never really noticed the kneeling or standing.

We've never had even minor issues (at least in my pit management tenure) with traction or metal scraps, but--knock on wood--I'll definitely look at it now. Thanks everyone.


I traditionally advocate against full ceilings for the reasons otherwise stated. If you want a fan(s), feel free to mount it angled on the upper section of your wall/pole/shelves/whathaveyou. Plus, then you can make it rotate into the aisle!
Note that teams who do this automatically grow in popularity x7; where 7 is an arbitrarily invented value representing the fact that scouts really like cooling fans.