Tool Shed: Park Structures

Park Structures

Special event management and seasonal rentals have become a vital revenue stream for many park and recreation programs. Park structures provide various opportunities for hosting public events and attracting more visitors with extended seasonal programming. This area contains resources applicable to construction, maintenance, and preservation of environmental centers, pavilions, picnic grounds, and historical buildings within our parks.

Pumpkin-Cut Drywall Repair

Journal of Light Construction, 2023

Save time patching with this drywall cut-out technique

Example Rain Garden Management Plan

City of Pawtucket, 2018

A maintenance plan developed, for a series of rain gardens that will receive runoff from a new spray park in the City. 1. Developed with input from park maintenance staff, considering their available resources and equipment. 2. Provides an example management plan for other public and private rain gardens not otherwise available.

Commercial Sports and Entertainment Facilities Safety and Security

National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Secutiry, 2019

The purpose of the Guide is to recommend polices, practices, and technologies aimed at vulnerability identification, risk mitigation, corrective action, and critical asset protection. The Guide may be used as a reference for those responsible for the design, development, and implementation of safety and security plans and procedures.

Active and Passive Vehicle Barriers Guide

US Homeland Security, 2010

The purpose of this guide is to assist dam owners and operators in understanding the need for vehicle barriers as part of an overall security plan and familiarize security personnel with the various types of active and passive vehicle barriers

ADA Implications in Facility Layout

Presenter: Kimberly Paarlberg, RA, 2018

This is a slide deck from a presentation focusing on 2017 updates to ICC A117.1 - Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities

Dog Parks 101

Trust for Public Lands, 2019

People have many questions about “the right way” to build a dog park and want to bring together the right combination of people and resources to make it possible. Based on those discussions, as well as some interviews and even some personal experience, we have put together thisguide.

Facilities Operations & Maintenance - An Overview

Don Sapp, 2017

Facilities operations and maintenance encompasses a broad spectrum of services, competencies, processes, and tools required to assure the built environment will perform the functions for which a facility was designed and constructed.

SAMPLE - RFP for Town-wide Parks and Property Maintenance Services

Town of Southwest Ranches, 2020

The Department is soliciting proposals from qualified and experienced firms for the Town Wide Parks and Property Maintenance Services including the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools, equipment, machinery and services for proper maintenance which for the purposes of this RFP, shall include, but is not limited to litter, trash, debris removal and proper disposal, mowing, edging, hedge trimming, selective trimming, tree maintenance, and various other maintenance tasks.

SAMPLE - Parks Quality Standards Manual

Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation, 2019

It is the intent of this manual to clearly identify expectations relative to desired maintenance and to provide employees with the basic information and direction needed to effectively perform their work.

SAMPLE - RFP for Parks, Facilities, and Playgrounds Master Plan

City of Goleta, 2017

The City seeks to retain the services of a consultant firm, or firms working in partnership, to carry out a comprehensive Parks, Facilities and Playgrounds Master Plan. This effort will require close coordination with the City and other community special interest groups. The main objectives of the process are to create a planning document for parks that will address capital improvements and ADA accessibility projects, priorities, funding strategies, maintenance standards and costs.

SAMPLE - Maintenance Management Plan Presentation Slides

City of El Paso, 2019

Justification and outline for a public meeting, focusing on the city Parks and Recreation Maintenance Management Plan.

SAMPLE - RFP - Golf Course Management and Operation Services

Morris County Park Commission, 2013

The intent of this Request For Proposal is to select a Golf Management firm tooperate, maintain and market the public golf courses owned by the park commission.

SAMPLE - RFP for Campground Improvement Project

Helix Water District, 2020

RFP is requesting proposals to provide evaluation, predesign, and design engineering/architectural services for a campground improvement project.This request for proposals describes the project, the required scope of services, the proposal submittal requirements, and the Consultant selection process.

Smart Parks

Cartegraph Systems, Inc, 2019

A 7-Step guide to park asset management

2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design

US Department of Justice, 2010

This guidance provides detailed information about theDepartment’s adoption of the 2010 Standards including changes to the Standards, the reasoning behind those changes, and responses to publiccomments received on these topics.