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
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).
Trail Bridge Rail Systems
US Forest Service, 2007
Choosing a rail system for trail bridges andboardwalks can be difficult. This tech tip explainsthe differences between three basic rail systems,discusses Forest Service requirements, and provides a simple process for determining the basic rail system that best fits your structure.
Recreational Trail Standards for HRTA-HRM Trails
HRTA, Recreational Trails Committee, 2019
Sample standards for non-motorized trail builders
Trails Handbook
California State Parks, 2019
This handbook describes the processes for planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and managing trails that will minimize impacts to park resources and maximize public recreation opportunities.
Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access
US Department of Transportation, 1999
This report presents a number of factors that affect the accessibility of sidewalks andtrails in the United States are presented.
How to install a sprinkler pipe / conduit under a sidewalk
iScraper1
Step by step instructions for installing a PVC pipe under a sidewalk using water pressure.
Commercial Piping Prefab Comparison: PEX, Copper and Steel
Uponor North America
Watch this video to see the differences and similarities of prefabbing commercial plumbing and hydronic piping systems with PEX, copper and steel.
OSHA Confined Spaces - Your Toolbox
PHCC Educational Foundation
Although practicing safe habits and protocols on the job comes with our territory, a recent OSHA ruling includes attics and crawlspaces as confined spaces in many cases. This will require new processes and on the job techniques to address the confined space hazards. This means more training and new routines, and may require some new tools. We will focus this session on thermal and atmospheric hazards.
Mountain Bike Trail Maintenance
MTB MAG
Mountain bike trail maintenance techniques. Some simple improvements we chose to do can be seen in the video!
How To Build a Concrete Pad
Lowe's Home Improvement
Watch to learn how to pour a concrete pad from prepping the site to building a form, pouring the concrete and finishing.
How to Patch Concrete
The Home Depot
This video demonstrates how to repair chipped concrete using Top n' Bond.
Quikrete Concrete Information
The Home Depot
This video will demonstrate the different types of Quikrete Concrete mix, including ready-to-use, high early strength, crack resistant and fast setting concrete types, along with their PSIs.
Laying a Concrete Slab
BuildersSA
This video will demonstrate the process for framing and pouring a concrete slab.
