Snider & Associates, Inc. participates in and offers commercial playground equipment for Community Built Playgrounds projects. A community built playground allows volunteers from the community to provide input on the design of the playground as well as help put the actual equipment and structures in place. It’s a bit like an old-fashioned barn-raising.
Some of the rewards community volunteers experience are a sense of pride, ownership and responsibility toward the finished project. In the process, volunteers learn new skills, meet new people, enhance their sense of belonging and make an important connection and contribution to the community. When people work together in the spirit of cooperation for the benefit of the community as a whole, the outcome can only be a positive one, and the project a successful one.
To make a Community Built Playground successful remember the 5 P’s: Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
The communication between the commercial playground equipment representative and client is very important. These projects are not a simple task. We are constructing playground equipment that will be used by the public and/or school students. The majority of these projects will cost major fundraising dollars or will be partially funded by a successful playground grant application. In addition, these community playground builds are typically done in one weekend to avoid disruptions in our busy work weeks.
Please consider the following when planning your community or school playground equipment project. For more detailed information please contact us to speak with your local playground equipment representative.
- All gas, water, electrical, cable and sprinkler lines are to be marked before any digging is started?
- Did you check all documents to be sure playground equipment, measurements, top of surfacing and all information coincides?
- How, where, and who will unload, store and secure the playground equipment and playground surfacing?
- Are there clear written directions, specifications, and drawings to place and build the playground?
- Can the construction site be accessed safely by the tractors, trucks, and other heavy equipment?
- Is the ground level? Playgrounds are generally designed to sit on a level surface.
- How and who will be responsible to secure the playground construction site from the public until after the concrete has cured and the protective surfacing is installed?
- Has the safety surfacing been scheduled to arrive as soon as the playground equipment concrete has been poured?
- How will the footing dirt and or excavation dirt be disposed of?
- How will packing and shipping waste materials be disposed of?
- Where are the water, electricity and restrooms for the Volunteers?
Snider & Associates provides free commercial playground equipment design and planning services in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania to help get your vision of a community built playground up and running. Please call (800-888-2889) or visit our website (www.cvsnider.com) for more information. We would be happy to chat, send a catalog, or have a lunch and learn.
