Introducing the New Face of Playground Safety Picking a Contractor: Doing it right the first time. Certification of inspectors helps ensure safety. Articles in This Issue Playground Great Rewards In some ways, it almost seems to get monotonous. As the construction crew set up the new play equipment at a build I attended with our resident photographer, I… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine Education The Weakest Link As I sat watching the stern British Host of television's "The Weakest Link," I thought of what might happen if some of the people I had worked with recently… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Health Combating Childhood Obesity The greatest health risk facing children today is not a terrible disease like leukemia or an unthinkable trauma like abuse. It is obesity. Recent statistics… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Safety New Version of ASTM F1487 Contains Changes Inspectors Should Know 0S-9 was upgraded to OSX; Windows 98 was upgraded to Windows 2000. Operating Systems are subject to recurring change. ("New, Improved. Faster, More Efficient!… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Rubber Rubber Safety Tiles Since the inception of ASTM standards and CPSC guidelines relating to safety surfacing around play equipment, engineers, designers, manufacturers, and others… Updated Oct 14, 2023 Playground Magazine Maintenance How Important is Certification? All over this country, the concerns over playground safety have been growing. It has taken 20 years to fuel the movement, but there is no question that the… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Construction Hiring the Right Contractor The town of Centerville wished to build a park on the outskirts of town on property given to the town for a park by the Johnson family. This piece of land had… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Safety Introducing Slyde The Playground Hound We had already traveled over 400 miles. Crayons and coloring books, Barbie dolls and candy wrappers littered the floor of our minivan like debris in a… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Parenting The Time is Now The time is now. At least that is what Michael Orelove finally said about an idea that was generated 20 years ago during a visit to Seattle. While on a visit… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Construction Under Construction Today's modern playground must be far more than just a place for children to play," commented David Fleming, long-time director of parks and recreation for the… Updated Jan 27, 2025 Playground Magazine Construction Miracle Workers It all started in 1927. It was the same year that Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs to set the Major League record for a season. It was the same year that the first… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Playground Great Rewards In some ways, it almost seems to get monotonous. As the construction crew set up the new play equipment at a build I attended with our resident photographer, I… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine
Education The Weakest Link As I sat watching the stern British Host of television's "The Weakest Link," I thought of what might happen if some of the people I had worked with recently… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Health Combating Childhood Obesity The greatest health risk facing children today is not a terrible disease like leukemia or an unthinkable trauma like abuse. It is obesity. Recent statistics… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Safety New Version of ASTM F1487 Contains Changes Inspectors Should Know 0S-9 was upgraded to OSX; Windows 98 was upgraded to Windows 2000. Operating Systems are subject to recurring change. ("New, Improved. Faster, More Efficient!… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Rubber Rubber Safety Tiles Since the inception of ASTM standards and CPSC guidelines relating to safety surfacing around play equipment, engineers, designers, manufacturers, and others… Updated Oct 14, 2023 Playground Magazine
Maintenance How Important is Certification? All over this country, the concerns over playground safety have been growing. It has taken 20 years to fuel the movement, but there is no question that the… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Construction Hiring the Right Contractor The town of Centerville wished to build a park on the outskirts of town on property given to the town for a park by the Johnson family. This piece of land had… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Safety Introducing Slyde The Playground Hound We had already traveled over 400 miles. Crayons and coloring books, Barbie dolls and candy wrappers littered the floor of our minivan like debris in a… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Parenting The Time is Now The time is now. At least that is what Michael Orelove finally said about an idea that was generated 20 years ago during a visit to Seattle. While on a visit… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Construction Under Construction Today's modern playground must be far more than just a place for children to play," commented David Fleming, long-time director of parks and recreation for the… Updated Jan 27, 2025 Playground Magazine
Construction Miracle Workers It all started in 1927. It was the same year that Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs to set the Major League record for a season. It was the same year that the first… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
