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.
SAMPLE - RFP for Sport Field Lighting Replacement
City of Canton, MI, 2018
This is an example RFP for a stadium lighting replacement project including poles and power infrastructure.
SAMPLE - RFP for Electrical Services
County of Greenville, SC, 2020
This is an example RFP to provide general electrical and field lighting services for county parks and facilities.
Six Qualities of Sustainable Infrastructure
World Economic Forum, 2020
The IDB Sustainability Framework is intended to support planning, designing, and financing of infrastructure that is economically, financially, socially, environmentally and institutionally sustainable.
Capital Replacement Planning Manual
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 2003
Capital replacement planning means taking a long-term view of thephysical and financial needs of your property. A Capital Replacement Plan allows you to plan, budget or pay for largereplacements without large fee increases or emergency financing. This manual will help you reduce and even get rid of some of these risks.
Rain Gardens - A Manual for Central Florida Residents
University of Florida - IFAS Extension, 2010
The purpose of this handbook is to provide homeowners with the tools needed to design, install and maintain a rain garden in a residential landscape. Many of the concepts can be transferred to commercial sites as well.
Rain Gardens - A How to Guide
Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Program, 2011
This guide will assist you in the process of planting a rain garden. There are many ways to plant a rain garden, but the steps in this guide are designed to ensure your garden functions properly as a buffer to water runoff.
Rain Gardens
Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2005
This article is an overview of rain garden design principles and basic functionality.
VOLUNTEER TASKS - Rain Garden Maintenance
University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, 2006
Sample training activity / education course outline intended for youth volunteer groups.
Rain Garden Inspection and Maintenance
Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 2010
Slide deck from an extension presentation focusing on post-construction rain garden inspection and maintenance tasks for the first 2 - 3 years of establishment.
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.
Natural Hazards Checklist - Flooding
APWA, 2022
Fillable PDF document to use for flooding mitigation planning and preparation.
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
Stormwater Management Manual
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, 2022
Website dedicated to stormwater management resources
Stormwater Design Manual
City of Charlotte, NC, 2014
Website dedicated to stormwater management resources.
Stormwater Management Design Manual
NY State Dept. of Conservation, 2015
Website dedicated to stormwater management resources.
