6 Steps to Fun Playground Planning
1Set your budget. Determine how you will fund your project.
Measure space. Choose your equipment. Design for different activities:
- Balancing
- Brachiating
- Climbing
- Sliding
- Spinning
- Swinging
Berliner O'Tannenbaum Spinning Tree
2Choose colors. Order equipment and safety surfacing.
Types of Safety Surfacing:
- Synthetic Grass
- Poured-in-place
- Rubber Mulch
- Wood Fiber Mulch
- Interlocking Rubber Tiles
3Equipment is made to order and shipped to your site.
4Equipment arrives! Unload, check for accuracy and verify no damage occurred during shipping.
Volunteers sort and unload pirate ship parts.
Volunteers sort and unload pirate ship parts.
5Installation of equipment and safety surfacing.
Playground Surfacing: Making it Safe for Kids
Missouri School Plant Manager, Spring 2017
By Tim McNamara, CPSI
6Playground is open for FUN!
Lake Zorinsky Playground, Omaha, NE
Lake Zorinsky Playground, Omaha, NE