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Price Surfaces E veryday Surfaces H gher-end Surfaces P remium Surfaces <br /> Playground-specific <br /> synthetic turf and <br /> Safety Foam <br /> Synthetic turf <br /> Poured-in-place <br /> Rubber tiles <br /> T ` <br /> Rubber mulch <br /> Engineered <br /> wood fiber <br /> (EWF)chips <br /> Pea gravel <br /> Dirt and other <br /> hard surfaces <br /> r <br /> Basic safety surfaces for Iowa-budget Higher-end, larger-budget projects or premium surfaces <br /> or tapped-out projects designed for specific applications. <br /> H O INPLAY G IOU N DD EC 610 N MAKERS VIEW TH E <br /> VA RIO U SPLAYG RO U N DSA FETY SU RFA CES <br /> Decision Maker's Perceptions of Safety Surfaces <br /> In a recent qualitative study "Investigating the State of Play" among Park O ficials and Education Administrators <br /> conducted by ForeverLaw nSynthetic Turf, respondents categorized the various safety surface options along a <br /> continuum of quality as show n in the chart above. Respondents appear to be quite in tune w th the category, view hg <br /> the quality of materials very similarly to the evolutionary path shown previously. <br /> From left to right, respondents view ed pea gravel as strictly a price play, m ainly considered only w hen dealing w th strict <br /> budget constraints. They indicated that w cod-based materials and rubber m ulch w Ere one step up from pea gravel in <br /> quality for a safety surface but still less than ideal because of the tendency for it to be displaced, the "dirty" factor and <br /> choke hazards. Next came rubber tiles, synthetic turf and poured-in-place. The ultimate in quality and performance in <br /> respondents minds is synthetic turf specifically designed for playgrounds with a safety foam or pad underneath the turf <br /> to cushion falls. <br /> Q����RovNv G,p�s <br /> �0 o Y <br /> o� <br /> 1/111111/�111\//11/111/1111/111/TM <br /> "Fo4lerLawn <br />