Performance Quality Standards provide a complete picture of a stated facility (such as a football pitch), with the surface, sub-surface and playing aspects being clearly defined.
A more precise definition of 'Performance Quality Standard' is:
'A complete representation of a product that has a range of clearly defined and measurable criteria that are associated with a specified level of quality'.
What are the Benefits of Performance Quality Standards?
There are a number of benefits, however, in summary they provide the basis for informed decisions to be made in the initial provision and then subsequent maintainance and managment of outdoor, especially turf, facilities.
Benefits can include:
- Allowing informed comparisons to be made with similar facilities. This could include 'Benchmarking'.
- Aid budget and staffing proposals.
- Providing the basis for a sound and cost-effective maintenance programme.
- Helping to encourage innovation and progression in the turf maintenance industry.
- Improve the technical knowledge of turf managers.
- Being used to confirm and substantiate that facilities are fit for purpose and that they contribute to compliance with relevant Health and Safety requirements.
- Maintenance decisions can be proactively reviewed as the season progresses, so that the desired quality is consistently achieved.
- Value for money is provided to both users and operators. This would also include helping to substantiate such claims to council tax payers.
- Ensuring a realistic initial cost of provision and subsequent maintenance cost is provided to developers.
- Having clearly defined objectives that can be achieved.
- etc etc.
For more information about Performance Quality Standards please contact The Institute of Groundsmanship. Thank you.