PLAYLINE DESIGN NEWS ARCHIVE
NEC EDUCATION SHOW - FEBRUARY 2008
Come & see us on our 42m² stand at the Education Show at the NEC in Birmingham in February. Playline decided to more than double the size of its stand after a successful exhibition last year.
This years stand is very much more interactive & displays of the type of work that is possible can be seen in the flesh!!
Meare Parish Council, Somerset - December 2007
Playline Design produced a superb play area in this beautiful setting of the Somerset levels just outside the world famous Glastonbury.
Within this rural setting Playline installed a Zip Wire, Toddlers Kingdom Play Unit, Swings & the Atlantic Challenge junior climbing centre.
All of this was built on cleared & leveled land.
Breage Playing Field, Cornwall - November 2007
After beating another two contractors for the work Playline successfully completed this village playing field development at the tip of Cornwall in some pretty wild weather!!
The brief was to provide a play area that was in keeping with the surroundings of the rural area but also be as attractive as possible for all age ranges of children.
The main junior play unit was the ever popular "St Ives", the younger children's unit was again the ever popular "Toddlers Kingdom" & all linked together with springies, a castle, slide, balancing equipment & saferfall safer surface.
Helitots Childcare (RNAS Culdrose), Cornwall - November 2007
This very appealing & bespoke designed play area was installed in November after years of hard work by the Nursery staff, MOD officials, Hanson Construction & of course US!
Playline were able of course to match the safety standards imposed by the MOD & were also able to manufacture & install something that was completely different to other play areas & was almost a tribute to the fathers & mothers of the children who use the Nursery who in their everyday job risk life & limb helping others.
The wet pour safer surfacing also uplifted the area providing a very vibrant area for the excited young children.
Doubletrees School, Cornwall - October 2007
This highly acclaimed Special Needs school in Cornwall requested Playline Design's expertise in designing 3 further playground areas following on from their initial stage completed by another contractor. The brief was to create activities on a sloped grass area, on a flat wet pour area & in another area of the school.
In the sloped grass area we provided a colourful Selworthy Shelter which is great for lessons & just casually sitting around in, a Crocodile Swing which is our very popular single or multi use rope swing which appeals greatly to special needs schools due to the various ways that it can be used, a set of flat & full support swings for use by all & a slide on an embankment surrounded by activity panels set to provide an area for calming & interactive play. These various items were linked by a very colourful wet pour pathway that flowed (with some head scratching!!) down the slope in an effort to make all areas useable but not creating steep sections.
The flat area which is used by the nursery consisted of another colourful Selworthy shelter, sub terra talking tube phone, musical chime panels, activity panels & a boat sand pit together with our once again very popular pencil fencing & gates. Several meetings & discussions were needed with all concerned to clarify exactly what was needed & where with this project & this culminated in a successful second stage to developments at the school.
John Radcliffe Hospital (ProDrive), Oxfordshire - October 2007
Playline Design were asked by the staff at Oxford Childrens Hospital to help design an area on a roof to provide patients with an alternative & colourful outside creative play area.
The project was sponsored by "ProDrive" the rally car professionals. The result was a 'rally inspired' very creative play area to a very high specification.
The comments of the hospital says it all "You are all doing a fantastic job & we would have no hesitation in recommending your company to friends & colleagues".
Curzon School, Derbyshire - Summer Holidays 2007
The school requested Playline's expertise in designing a complete playground area, suitable for the schools
various age ranges. Playline were very flexible in their approach in designing a trim trail over & around
a sloped area using their Tiger Play rubber safer surface, something for which Playline has become well
known. Over & above this the school required a 'Sunray Pergola' sheltered area with seating, thermoplastic
playground markings & an enclosed play area using pencil fencing for the younger ones. This work was completed
during the summer holidays & ran alongside another construction project so timescales & specification
were very important. The whole project ran very well with no fuss & the reports from the school have been very positive.
Kewstoke School, Weston Super Mare - Summer Holidays 2007
The school had requested that several playground companies visit the school
to look at costing a ‘play area’ on the side of a very steep
bank with very limited & awkward access, not to be phased by this Playline
undertook to design & quote a bespoke castle along the bank @ about
12m long. The situation of the proposed castle was fabulous with views overlooking
the Severn estuary. Rather than quoting for standard items such as play
towers, Playline’s design won due to the fact that it was designed
specifically for the area & fitted in with the schools criteria of providing
a role play piece of equipment, mixed with physical play & the ability
to use the area for outdoor teaching & events. The job entailed a 100m
walk up slopes & steps as well as securing fixings through rock &
the prevention of falls from the high front face & access to the rear
up the steep hillside.
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