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Jordan Lamash

The School Playground Planning Guide for Principals and Parent Councils Benches and a walking path frame a colourful play area, where school playground planning grouped climbers and swings.Playground Planning

The School Playground Planning Guide for Principals and Parent Councils

The School Playground Planning Guide for Principals and Parent Councils Your school has decided it needs a new playground. The committee is forming, the parent council is energized, and the ideas are already flying. But school playground planning has a way of stalling between that first exciting meeting and the…
Jordan Lamash
October 9, 2026
Commercial Playground Design Ideas That Actually Get Used: 12 Layouts From Real Canadian Parks Aerial view of an oval playground with sand and rubber zones, a layout rich in commercial playground design ideas.Playground Design

Commercial Playground Design Ideas That Actually Get Used: 12 Layouts From Real Canadian Parks

Commercial Playground Design Ideas That Actually Get Used: 12 Layouts From Real Canadian Parks The best commercial playground design ideas are rarely the most elaborate ones. They are the ones that still draw a crowd on a cold Tuesday in October, because the layout suits the site, the community and…
Jordan Lamash
September 25, 2026
How to Design a Commercial Playground: A 9-Step Process for Municipalities and Schools Colorful playground with purple, teal and orange structures, ring climbers and swings on tan rubber surfacing.Playground Design

How to Design a Commercial Playground: A 9-Step Process for Municipalities and Schools

How to Design a Commercial Playground: A 9-Step Process for Municipalities and Schools Most playground projects do not fail at the design stage. They fail before it, when nobody has agreed who decides what, or in what order. Knowing how to design a commercial playground is largely a matter of…
Jordan Lamash
September 19, 2026
How to Get a Playground Grant in Canada: Eligibility, Matching Funds and Timing Green tower playground with a music panel and two slides, framed by autumn trees in a park.Playground Planning

How to Get a Playground Grant in Canada: Eligibility, Matching Funds and Timing

How to Get a Playground Grant in Canada: Eligibility, Matching Funds and Timing A school council applies in February and never hears back. A community league wins $125,000 in March and cannot spend a dollar of it. A non-profit submits a strong August application and gets set aside unread. All…
Jordan Lamash
September 10, 2026
The Playground Planning Checklist Municipalities Use Before Going to Tender Blue tube slides on a wood-roofed play tower, with kids and parents on the wood chip surface.Playground Planning

The Playground Planning Checklist Municipalities Use Before Going to Tender

The Playground Planning Checklist Municipalities Use Before Going to Tender Three bids come back on the same playground tender. One is $75,000, one is $100,000, and one is $150,000. Nobody can tell which is best value, because each supplier scoped the job differently. That is what happens without a playground…
Jordan Lamash
September 4, 2026
How Much Does a Commercial Playground Cost in Canada? A 2026 Budget Breakdown Blue play tower with cloud panels and a rock climbing wall, showing features that affect commercial playground cost.Playground Planning

How Much Does a Commercial Playground Cost in Canada? A 2026 Budget Breakdown

How Much Does a Commercial Playground Cost in Canada? A 2026 Budget Breakdown Most commercial playground projects in Canada land between $50,000 and $400,000. The honest answer, though, is that the equipment quote is rarely the number that matters, because surfacing, site work and installation routinely make up half the…
Jordan Lamash
August 31, 2026
Commercial Playground Design: The Complete Canadian Planning Guide Red and white Canada 150 commercial playground design with a spiral slide on a wood chip surface.Playground Design

Commercial Playground Design: The Complete Canadian Planning Guide

Commercial Playground Design: The Complete Canadian Planning Guide A playground project rarely goes sideways on installation day. It goes sideways months earlier, when commercial playground design gets reduced to picking equipment out of a catalogue before anyone has taken a hard look at the site, the budget, or who the…
Jordan Lamash
August 20, 2026