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Accessible Playground Surfacing

Providing an Accessible Playground Surfacing  for children of varying abilities is a laudable goal. At the present time the CSA Z614-98 standard for Children’s Playspaces and Equipment does not deal with this issue. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Protective Surfacing and the CSA Standard for Children's Playspaces & Equipment

Designers, owners, operators and maintainers will have a new CSA Standard Z614, Children’s Playspaces and Equipment delivered to them is the spring of 1998. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Certification of Playground Surfaces vs. Site Testing

Almost everything has to be certified these days, but what does it really mean to the purchaser, specifier, owner/operator and user of the playground. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Playground Surfacing, Maintenance and Liability

At the end of March 1998, the latest version of the CSA Z614 National Standard for Playspaces was unveiled and the full ramifications are still being assessed.  Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Poured-In-Place Protective Playground Surfacing

Poured-in-place protective surfacing is one of the most misunderstood types of surfaces with regard to compliance to ADA and various international Standards. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Stringing Together Two Standards

Since the publishing of the CSA/Z614-98 standard in spring of 1998 there has been some confusion as to the performance requirements for the protective surface as define in section 3.1 and subsequently in section 10. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Relative Merits of Surfacing for Playgrounds

The surface under and around a play structure is defined in the CSA Z614-M90 document as "Protective Surface" and must extend a minimum 6’ beyond all stationary structures. Download the PDF to read the full newsletter.  

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Accuracy Through Compliance to Standards & Testing

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