Articles in issue 2013 - 3

Planning, Designing, Building

Cross-generational fitness facilities in public space

Planning, Designing, Building

Youngformatter

Planning, Designing, Building

Jumping, playing on the swing or seesaw – no problem with Huck Seiltechnik

Playground Report

Funded fitness training outdoors

This is one of the reasons that the town of Herbrechtingen decided to install a VitaGym course. The DRK, TSV and Municipal Office are working together to implement this Vita Park.

Playground Report

25 years of SIK-Holz®

This concept can be described as follows: "Customised play equipment made from creative ideas and Robinia wood".

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Quality EPDM granules

Experts agree: The kind and composition of raw materials used are decisive criteria for the quality of granules.

Planning, Designing, Building

smb extend their popular “Ropeway” product series with the introduction of a new and innovatie concept.

Planning, Designing, Building

Euroflex® spheres and hemispheres made from recycled rubber granules

Planning, Designing, Building

Unlimited learning and play space

Planning, Designing, Building

New: High-quality safety surfacing at an even more reasonable price

Planning, Designing, Building

Hockey pitch/ artificial turf cleaning: lush green at all times of the year

Planning, Designing, Building

Stories of the Creation

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Trofil and SMG Synthetic turf seminar organised by the Siegburger Turnverein 1862/92 e.V.

The main topic was how much care a synthetic turf pitch requires (by the owners and external companies) in order to achieve optimal durability.

Coverstory

Debt-free municipality – Bigger budget for playgrounds and sports grounds

The federal capital had celebrated its newly gained freedom from debt five years earlier in September 2007 with free beer and sausages for its citizens. Back then, the “debt clock” in the historic city hall stood at zero for the first time. Following Dresden, Düsseldorf was thus the second German city to be in the black.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

From the arena to sport and leisure facilities for everyone

Sports fields in Germany are usually characterised by the requirements of school and club teams and, as a rule, are usually focussed towards competitive sport.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

The rush of visitors to the FIBO exceeded all expectations

A flying start for the FIBO, the world's leading trade fair for fitness, wellness and health, which was held again in Cologne, Germany, for the first time in 22 years. More than 45,000 visitors came on Saturday, nearly 50 per cent more than in a direct comparison to the same day of the previous year.

Playground Report

No Playground? Lease!

Of course a product of such quality has its price, too.

Playground Report

Financing a stop-gap playground

Playground instead of building plot.

Playground Report

Angry Birds making playground

It has an Amusement park, dolphinarium, Aquarium, Planetarium, Observation tower, Kiddie zoo and Sara Hilden art museum. And Angry Birds.

Playground Report

23-metre high slide tower made possible by various sponsors

And what an attraction it is! Park Director Peter Milsch and Mayor André Kuper were delighted with the Dalben tower combination by playground equipment manufacturer Kaiser & Kühne, which was opened at the beginning of the 2012 summer holidays:

Playground Report

PSD Bank donates 25,000 Euros

At a total cost of 50,000 Euros the playground has been renovated and equipped with new play equipment.

Events

FSB 2013 in splendid form

Trade journal Playground@Landscape interviews Katharina C. Hamma, CEO of Koelnmesse GmbH.

Playground Report

Friends' association builds children's playgrounds

The playgrounds were to be converted to sensational, unique adventure play areas to reflect the region. A friends' association has been formed to finance the project.

Playground Report

Kinderhilfestiftung e.V. and the Corporation of Frankfurt am Main finance the Tabaluga playground.

On to the seesaw, ready, steady, go! After comprehensive structural renovation work the children's charity, the Kinderhilfestiftung e.V. handed over the newly designed Tabaluga playground in the Heinrich-Kraft-Park in Fechenheim to the Frankfurt Municipal Corporation on 21st September 2012.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

BASF to sell CONICA Sports Surfaces to Serafin Group

Ludwigshafen, Germany – January 8, 2013 – BASF signed a contract with the Munich-based Serafin Group for the sale of its CONICA Sports Surfaces business together with its site in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Both parties agreed not to disclose financial details. Closing of the transaction is expected by the end of the second quarter of 2013.