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Take The Time
Imagine you’ve made a commitment to complete a job by a certain date. You have great equipment and skilled, trained technicians. But, when the employee gets to the job site, the equipment fails. This is a frustrating, stressful, and expensive event that has likely occurred for countless maintenance managers.
Interior Inspection
The inspection procedures and recommended frequencies are usually based on national and state codes, regulations and standards, preventative maintenance, and best loss-prevention practices.
A Field Day In The Field House
It's no wonder people do only the minimum to maintain field-house floors. After all, when there's grass to mow, leaves to blow away and weeds to keep in check, why go inside to tend a surface that is
Everyone Does Custodial Cleanup
First impressions are valuable assets to recreation facilities. Appearance and upkeep of buildings--both inside and out--matter! From the landscaping around the front drive to the drinking fountains
Floors For Foodservice
Take this short quiz to discover how much you already know about slip-and-fall accidents: How many foodservice workers--people working in or using commercial kitchens--are injured in the United
Maintenance Tips
Are you looking for a way to reduce equipment problems and maintenance costs while increasing technician productivity? Who isn’t? When it comes to spray-equipment problems, repair shops see the
The Future Of Cleaning
If I had to select two words to describe the future of the professional cleaning industry and the ways parks and recreation facilities will be cleaned in coming years, those words would be ТgreenУ and
Surveying The Land
Maintenance standards play an important role in keeping parks safe, functional, and attractive. They extend the life of park facilities and structures, increase the safety of the public, and reduce the potential for lawsuits.
Sowing The Seeds Of Success
Turf grass-maintenance programs vary greatly from region to region, depending on soil types and turf grass species. The following maintenance program is based on native clay soil fairways/tee boxes
Resistant To Time
As wooden benches and picnic tables age, their splinters and cracks are usually fixed with paint and waterproofing. Also, most parks-and-recreation maintenance crews are familiar with the seasonal
Overuse And Neglect
Much press is given to golf courses--the turf, the landscaping, the architecture of the clubhouse, even the layout of the pro shop. And those are all essential parts of the experience for players.
Shop Smart
It's amazing how much money parks and recreation departments waste buying the wrong spray equipment. What actually causes this, and what can be done to minimize purchasing mistakes? Here are some idea
Opening Up Or Closing Down
Splash pads are not really new. My first encounter with one was in 1989 with an early Тin-house customУ model that had been installed at a park in the 1970s. It was essentially a set of holes in a gal
The Denning Period
Many park and recreation centers in North America have what may be called their “denning period.” The term actually refers to the five months of the year when bears slow down but still walk around from time to
Defining Clean
Examining ATP-monitoring devicesКBy Robert KravitzКIn a world where public-health scares are a frequent concern, it is time to consider whether the surfaces in facilities--and most specifically in res
When Maintenance Gets Rough
Randy's looking for YOUR ideas on how to handle maintenance issues in these tough economic times. “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” is an old axiom, but these days, public- and private-
Develop A Maintenance Plan
Maintenance issues generally draw fire from the community quicker than any other aspect of parks-and-rec operations. Regardless of how imaginative or solid a program or activity is, or how qualified an
Multi-Tasking In Maintenance
When the editor of Parks and Rec Business and I were discussing the topic for this issue—facility maintenance—I realized the definition of a facility is a matter of interpretation.
Sustainable Maintenance
As the world’s population grows, more emphasis is being placed on “sustainability” in every aspect of life, from the types of fuel we use to the food we eat; parks and recreation
Pedaling Park Maintenance
Staff members of the Mt. Pleasant Parks Department in Michigan knew they needed a more efficient and earth-friendly way to complete daily park-maintenance tasks. After exploring