Telure Standard 2026.1
The Telure Standard for a gymnasium
A versioned, Telure-curated program of checks for a gymnasium, written in Telure’s own words and organized by how the facility actually runs: the daily rhythm first, then the recurring program above it. It is a documented reference the facility measures its own work against and records reasons against, not a certification. The basis register below shows what informs it, and at what depth.
Alignment tracker
Inside Telure, this list is an alignment tracker a facility turns on with a checkbox. The recurring program below is its clause list, informed by the manufacturer's manual and general safety practice, because no consensus operational standard exists for this facility type. The facility matches its own tasks, checklist items and training items to the clauses they cover, marks the clauses that do not apply with a written reason, and its exports state what share of the rest has a check behind it.
This tracker is Telure's own clause list, informed by the organization's published document. It does not replace reading that document yourself and verifying your facility against it, and marking a clause here is a note on your own record, not a statement by that organization. Where equipment is involved, the manufacturer's documentation governs.
The daily rhythm
Opening walk
Walked before the doors open, item by item, each answer attributed to the person who gave it. The starting set for a gymnasium:
- Telescopic seating cycles fully open and fully closed with every row seated home
- Every row lock, floor lock and deck stabilizer engaged and bearing with the seating open
- Deck walked while deployed: no trip lip at a row nose, aisles clear, handrails tight
- Nothing stored, stacked or left under an open seating deck
- Fixed bleacher aisles, guards and end closures complete before spectators are admitted
- Wall pads in place behind both end lines and on every column inside the play area
- Wall and column pads seated flat with no tears or exposed foam
- Backstops raised and stored with the safety strap fitted and engaged
- Backboards, rings and nets sound: no cracked board, bent ring or missing net
- Ring edge padding present and attached on every goal in use
- Divider curtain clear of the play area with the bottom bar level and attached
- Playing surface clear and dry: no lifted board, wet spot or open floor insert
- Floor sleeves and covers seated flush wherever posts and standards come out
- Exit doors and corridors off the gym floor clear and unobstructed
During hours
Anything flagged during the day opens a corrective entry on the spot: the item, the finding, and who saw it. Taking equipment or an area out of service is a recorded event with a name attached, and so is returning it. Nothing waits for the end of the shift to become a record.
Closing check
The end-of-day counterpart every facility runs: securing the space and making sure nothing the day surfaced dies overnight.
- Activity areas clear: no members left inside
- Hazards cleared from floors and landing surfaces
- Equipment secured, stowed, or powered down per procedure
- Today's flagged items have maintenance entries opened
- First aid and rescue equipment restocked if used today
- Exits clear; doors, gates and access points secured
The recurring program
The work above the daily walk. Each task surfaces on the day it is due and escalates as it goes overdue. Where a check addresses a published designation, the citation chip names it; a chip is a reference, never a compliance claim.
Weekly
Wall pad coverage check: every pad back where it belongs
Walk the room and count pads against where they belong: the wall behind each end line, every column and every piece of protruding hardware inside the play area, and the same again on each auxiliary court. This is a coverage check and not a condition check. What you are looking for is the pad that came off for a banner, a rental, a graduation or a camp and has not come back. Record which pad is off, and what happened to it in the flag note, so a missing pad is an open item with a name on it rather than something somebody meant to mention. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Backboard, ring, net and edge pad check
Goal by goal, on every court in use: backboard free of cracks, chips and delamination at the corners and at the mount; ring level, not bent, not loose in its bolts, and the breakaway returning cleanly where it has one; net present and unshredded; edge padding intact, attached and not torn back at a corner. Where the goal has a height adjuster, set it and confirm it holds the height it was set to. These are the parts play actually contacts, so they wear on the practice calendar rather than on the year, and the finding goes against that registered goal and not against the court. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Monthly
Telescopic seating deck inspection: seatboards, footboards and fasteners
Bank by bank with the seating fully open, go along every row: seatboards and footboards for cracks, splits, warping, movement and loss; the brackets, fasteners and end caps holding them; and the nose of each row for a lifted, splintered or worn edge. Deterioration here is cumulative and slow, which is the whole reason for a monthly close look rather than an annual one, so record the boards you are watching by row and position instead of as a count and let the pattern build. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Seating guard, end closure and open space check
Two things on one pass, both of them about what stops a fall or a passage through the deck. First, guards, end closures and aisle rails: present, secure and complete at every raised end and along every elevated walking surface, with no infill panel missing and nothing left off after an event, because guards are what gets removed for a stage and not put back. Then the openings themselves: no gap at a raised seatboard or footboard that has opened up beyond what the unit was built with, and no space where boards have shifted or a filler has dropped out. A small child passes through a gap an adult steps over without noticing. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Seating understructure, bearing and under deck storage check
Get behind and under the open deck with a light, because none of this is visible from the walking surface. Braces, columns, channels and cross members straight and uncracked, connections and welds sound, wheels and stabilizers bearing on the floor rather than hanging, and no corrosion at the floor line. Then the housekeeping half, which degrades continuously because the space under an open deck is the most tempting empty space in the building: nothing stored, stacked or left underneath, and nothing that would foul the unit when it closes. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Backstop travel and limit check: unit by unit
Unit by unit, with somebody watching the whole travel rather than somebody pressing the button on their way past. Run each backstop through its full range under power, confirm it stops at both limits on its own instead of being caught by an operator, and watch it hang at height for square, drift, hesitation and noise. A deliberate full-travel observation is a different act from raising a goal before practice, so record which units were run, who watched, and what each one sounded like: a drive or a limit going out of adjustment announces itself long before it fails. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Hoist cable and safety strap inspection
The cable and the strap are one system and get answered together. Sight each hoist cable end to end for kinks, broken wires, flattening, corrosion and birdcaging, watch it spool onto the drum for even wraps with no slack and no crossed turns, and check terminations, thimbles and clamps for tightness. Then every backstop stored in the raised position: safety strap fitted, sound, and actually engaged, not hanging loose, twisted or looped back on itself. A cable fails progressively, one broken wire and then several, which is why monthly gives you several looks at it; a strap that was never refitted after a service visit is invisible until the day it matters, which is why it is recorded per unit. Replacement intervals for both come from the manufacturer's documentation, not from this cadence. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Wall and column pad condition inspection
Pad by pad, with a hand on each one: no tears, punctures or exposed foam; no delamination, separated seams or split welds; no hardened or compressed area where the foam has taken repeated contact; and no gap where a pad has pulled away from the wall, from its cleat, or from the pad beside it. A pad off the wall at one corner is both a reduced surface and a snag point. Record every pad in the room on this one dated pass rather than only the ones somebody happened to notice, and note the ones nearing replacement so their age is readable later. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Divider curtain travel and hardware inspection
Run each curtain through its full height and watch it the whole way: fabric and mesh untorn, webbing, grommets and attachment points fastened, the cable or strap sitting on its pulleys and not fouling, the bottom bar level and securely attached along its length, and the drive stopping at both limits on its own. Both of the failures that matter here, a line off its pulley and a bottom bar working loose, develop over cycles rather than instantly. The manufacturer's documentation governs this one outright: so the manufacturer's documentation governs this one outright: keep it filed against the curtain and follow the intervals in it. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Quarterly
Overhead attachment and connection check from the floor
From the floor, with binoculars or a zoom lens if the roof is high, look at every ceiling and wall connection carrying a backstop, a curtain, a scoreboard or anything else suspended over the play area. Answer only what is honestly visible from down there and say so: fresh cracking or rust streaking at a connection, hardware visibly loose or missing, a dropped washer or nut on the floor beneath it, a member sitting out of line with its neighbours. Structural attachments move slowly or not at all, so the value of this is keeping the habit of looking up alive; anything doubtful goes to the yearly inspection and somebody in a lift with a wrench, not to a ladder tonight. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Yearly
Annual tiered seating inspection (qualified person)
Book a qualified person for every seating bank and fixed bleacher section once a year, and have the evaluation include the unit being opened and closed through its whole travel, checked against the manufacturer's installation and operating instructions for that model rather than against a generic form. File the report against this task, record who performed it and the qualification they hold, and open a corrective-action item for every cited deficiency naming who owns it and when it is due in the item note, so the closure of each one is on the record. Where your own jurisdiction or your insurer sets the frequency or the inspector's qualification, that governs. Telure records the inspection; it does not issue, verify or endorse anybody's qualification. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
Seating tag and plaque check
In the days after the yearly inspection, look at the tag or plaque on each seating unit: present, fixed in a visible place, legible, and carrying the inspection date and the inspector's name this year's report actually shows. It is only ever correct immediately after the inspection, which is why it sits here and not on a monthly walk, and it is a physical fixture you look at and answer pass or flag, not a piece of paperwork. Copy what the tag says onto the registered unit as well, so the unit's history survives a plaque that fades, gets painted over, or goes missing. Part of the Telure Standard: the manufacturer's manual governs all equipment intervals.
The basis register
What informs this pack, at what reference depth, and when each entry was last checked against its source. An entry here means the pack is informed by the document named; it never means the pack, or any facility using it, is certified to or compliant with it.
| Source | Tier | Jurisdiction | Access | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSH Act General Duty Clause, section 5(a)(1) (29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1))US Congress / US Department of LaborEmployers must keep the workplace free of recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees. Public domain. | Tier 1Public law | US | Free to read | Checked 2026-08-31 |
| Manufacturer documentation for installed equipmentOperator-supplied manuals, bulletins and service documents. Where any pack cadence differs from a manufacturer's documented interval, the manufacturer's interval governs. | Tier 5Manufacturer documentation | n/a | Operator-supplied | Not independently verified |
The entries above ground specific slices of this program (workplace safety for staff, published guidance, the manufacturer's own documentation). The rest of the pack is Telure's own curated practice, and is stated as such.
The manufacturer’s documentation governs
Where a manufacturer's documentation sets an inspection type or an interval for a piece of equipment, that documentation governs. The pack's cadences are a program to build on, not a replacement: when the two differ, Telure shows the difference so it can be seen and documented, and the recorded schedule follows the manufacturer.
Where Telure stands
The Telure Standard is Telure's own curated program. Telure is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by any standards body or association named here, and adopting the Telure Standard does not make a facility compliant with, approved under, or certified to any standard. Where equipment is involved, the manufacturer's documentation governs inspection types and intervals.