Contractor's Guide
This area contains resources applicable to construction, renovation, and preservation in our parks:
• Building codes
• Inspection checklists
• Plans and designs
• Sample blueprints
• Permit resources
Recognize Hazardous Defects in Trees
US Forest Service Northeastern Area Pub# NA-FR-01-96
This publication by the US forest Service can help you to identify trees in a hazardous state
Designing and Maintaining a Pool Maintenance Plan
Michelle Gable, AFO, CPO
An overview of the necessary elements for developing a pool maintenance plan.
Guidelines for Maintaining Streams in Your Community
PA DEP Pamphlet
Does DEP need to be called before you work in a stream? This pamphlet guides that decision.
Lawn Management Through the Seasons
Peter Landschoot, PhD Former Professor of Turfgrass Science PSU
A concise information article with annual turf management chart for athletic field and lawn management in Pennsylvania.
The Value and Benefits of Pesticide Compliance
Kathy Glassey
Pesticides are an essential tool for Land managers. For your safety and the public, it is critical to understand the importance of following regulations. Besides legal compliance, adherence to regulations is key to ensuring safety, environmental protection, and long-term success for your agency or business
SAMPLE - Park Master Plan
Township of Redford, MI, 2018
2018 - 2022 park master plan for a suburban community of 50K+
Pumpkin-Cut Drywall Repair
Journal of Light Construction, 2023
Save time patching with this drywall cut-out technique
SAMPLE - Tennis to Pickleball Court Retrofit
City of Madison, 2022
This includes sample blueprints and estimated costs for converting tennis courts into pickleball courts.
Athletic Fields - Specification outline, construction, and maintenance
PennState Extension, 2016
Drainage patterns for some of the more important types of fields, specification guidelines for their construction, and management practices as they apply to PA and areas with similar climates.
Stormwater Design Guidance
US Army, 2020
This stormwater management document provides a step-by-step process to assist designers inmeeting the requirements
Protecting Employees from Severe Weather
AEM, 2022
Environmental Health & Safety Professionalscannot afford to overlook the risks that severeweather imposes on finances, operations, andpeople as well. Employees and the public alikeneed to be protected from conditions like flashflooding, high heat, lightning strikes, and poor airquality. However, this task is easier said than done.
Stormwater BMPs - Calculating Runoff
CCLC Council, 2020
This video breaks explains to calculate stormwater runoff.
Hardscape Technical Resource Center
ICPI, 2022
Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute continues to serve as the growing segmental concrete pavement industry’s information, technical, education, and workforce development resource.
Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook
US Department of Agriculture, 2007
This notebook has pulled together basic trail construction and maintenance information, presented it in an easy-to-understand fashion, and oriented it to the needs of the trail worker.
Trail Design for Small Properties
University of Minnesota Extension, 2006
Trail Design for Small Properties provides simple, inexpensive solutionsfor designing, building, and maintaining sustainable trials—trails forhiking, horseback riding, bicycling, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling,off-highway motorcycles (OHMs), and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
