Infrastructure
Infrastructure enables access, powers facilities, connects people to recreational opportunities, creates opportunities for employment and protects our parks from an increasingly unpredictable natural environment. This area contains resources applicable to planning, installing, and upgrading various aspects of park infrastructure.
Construction Plan, Review, and Inspection Requirements
PA Department of Labor
Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code regulations for state-owned buildings and structures.
Plumbing Resource - How to Install Shutoff Valves
Home Depot
Shutoff valves, also called stop valves, are fitted in several different ways: by soldering, threading or compression. They also come in a variety of combinations that give you options for connecting supply lines and controlling the water supply near your fixtures.
2018 Uniform Plumbing Code
American National Standards Institute
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Uniform Plumbing Code e-book
Plumbing - Finding a Leak Under a Slab Foundation
Roger Wakefield
Find plumbing leak under slab foundations with ease and confidence.
Plumbing - Equipment Choices
Home Depot
How to choose Pipe Fittings
Plumbing 101 - Drain Lines
PlumbersLocal75
Learn about the basics of drain lines.
Sample Comprehensive Park Maintenance Plan
Cranberry Township Public Works Grounds Maintenance Division
The Public Works management team of Cranberry Township has devoted careful consideration to developing a plan for the ongoing care and protection of thesubstantial assets that are our parks and grounds.
Sample Comprehensive Outdoor Athletic Field Development & Operation Plan
The Park District of Oak Park, IL
The over-arching goal of the process is to produce a living document that will serve as a comprehensive plan for the Park District to use in outlining priorities and timelines for field improvements, improve field usability and, where possible, increase field asset capacity over a 10 year period.
Sports Turf Alternatives Assessment: Cost Analysis Preliminary Results
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
The section presented here covers information on costs (installation, maintenance, replacementand disposal) associated with synthetic and natural turf options.
Turf Management for Municipal Athletic Fields
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
A resource guide and planning tool for environmentally responsible turf management.
Sweet Smelling Toilet Installation
US Dept of Agriculture Forest Service
The SST (odor-free vaulttoilet) concept covers all facets of a toiletbuilding’s design, construction materials,maintenance, and location. This Tech Tip is intended to reacquaint architects, engineers, landscape architects, and others involved in the design, construction, or placement of toiletbuildings with the basic principles of SSTtechnology.
Explore Pennsylvania Trails
Pennsylvania DCNR
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Trail Finder
Trail Management Tools
US Forest Service
The Forest Service incorporates several standardized trail management concepts and tools in the administration and management of over 150,000 miles of National Forest System trails. These tools help ensure that each trail is designed, constructed, and maintained to provide the desired user experience and meet the management intent for the trail.
Federal Research Action Plan on Recycled Tire Crumb
US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA status report on the use of recycled tire crumbs for playing fields and play areas
Green It Lancaster
City of Lancaster
City of Lancaster Green Infrastructure Plan
