" This is Brett Hattaway, who's with the company that manufactures these systems and you know, it doesn't look like you're way out of the ground yet Brett, but you've got most of the really important work completed."

" I think we're making good progress, Bob."

" Yeah. Yeah."

" I mean, we had to slowdown yesterday with the rain."

" Yeah."

" But today, we're doing pretty well."

" The effects of the downpour are that there has been a little bit of settling of these major posts that are holds this thing up and we're a little bit out of level right now. This one has probably gone down about half an inch and if you look down where the temporary support was, you can see how that cutoff got buried in the mud by the downpour yesterday."

" One of the last things we'll do, Bob, is we'll come around and we'll shim this up so that we'll get everything formed and level before the concrete. "

" Before we pour the concrete. "

" Right."

" And the concrete truck is on site working at the other end, so time is of the essence. Now, this is the stair approach to what will be kind of like one of the turrets on the port."

" Right. This will be like a balcony platform so the children can oversee the stage area."

" Yes."

" And the turret roof goes on top right."

" Right, and then the stairs leads into a ramp so that up to here, at least, it's wheelchair-accessible."

" That's correct."

" Yeah."

" And then on through here, onto the stage, go right through here onto an entire stage."

" Okay, right, so a wheelchair could be brought right to the main stage this way."

" That's right."

" What's curious to me is that the ramp itself is what you referred to it as undulating."

" Yeah, we call it a wavy ramp."

" Uh huh."

" Where it has high spots and then low spots, then high spots and we accomplished that by putting wedges under the deck boards."

" Yeah. I can the wedges, right here."

" And that provides a nice little variety in the ramp for the wheelchair."

" Right. It also, I would think make it a little bit safer."

" I think so."

" When you're coming back down."

" It slows them down a little bit."

" Exactly, yeah."

" So, this then of course connects to the existing sidewalk area here, but the foundation for the octagon deck is all around here, right?"

" That's right. What we have is we're doing the framing for the platform and setting all the post right now. Let's talk about this octagonal roof system that we've got behind you. This is just made out of plywood and I assumed to 2 x 6 joist work underneath it."

" 4 x 6 joist."

" 4 x 6. And how is it gonna be finished off."

" Right now, we're gonna use tar paper and cedar shakes."

" Uh huh."

" I have a crew working over here right now, putting it on."

" Let's go take a look. Yeah."

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" Alright, so then, the octagonal stage comes around this way and then on this area"

" you got these prefab benches?"

" Yup, this is so you can see the stage or any other acting performances going on."

" So kiddies can be spectators."

" That's right, or their parents."

" We'll continue fencing back here. Let's talk about the roof for these turrets or these octagonal turrets."

" Bob this is John McConney."

" Yeah, Hi John."

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" How are you?"

" Bob, good to meet you here."

" Well, tell us how you're roofing this, it looks like red cedar. "

" Yes Bob. They're a half-inch red cedar shakes and because of the octagonal shape, you'll notice that we have a different application of the felt paper and that it's layered under each row of shingles, so that it gives it a double protection in the event that the cedar shakes or happen to split."

" I understand. We're not, we're budding the shingles together. We're not weaving them or lacing them as they something go out and so by having the felt almost step flushing."

" Exactly."

" Comes to mind, right?"

" How many holes have been dug here on the side."

" About 53 Bob."

" 53, so how many yards of concrete do you figure?"

" I'd estimate it about 9 total, 3 on this side, the rest on the other side."

" Yeah."

" What we're doing here is we fill the concrete up around the post for about 6 inches from rough grade."

" Why not bring it all the way up?"

" If the resilient surfacing gets rubbed away from underneath the structures around the post and you don't have big concrete things."

" You don't have any exposed concrete, which can be injurious."

" It's a safety issue."

" Sure, exactly. Now, you don't have to worry about the pressure-treated lumber being encased in concrete and having it rot out?"

" No. I don't have problems with that."

" No problems with that? And it won't heave."

" No, we'll wave little across like that."

" Great. Okay, now what's this piece going up over here?"

" We call this a slanted climbing wall."

" A slanted climbing wall. That sounds like a lot of fun."

" It is. It's good for the older children."

" Now, it looks like a piece of stockade fencing on its side, but they're hunky, chunky, big timbers there."

" Well, that gives it a nice rough surface to use your feet on."

" So that the kids could actually."

" We have this cable attached over the top."

" Yeah."

" And then you can come up like Batman went up the side of a building."

" Right. There's a lot of imagination involved in all of these different things. Now, how do you attach it to the back of the frame there?"

" We use 6 inch zinc-plated leg screws."

" Yeah. And were [unk]"

" And we are using the impact wrench"

" Alright, boy, there's nothing like having 20 or 30 volunteers at your side."

" Uh huh. Oh, that's great, you get a lot of things done."

" Absolutely, yeah. Now, tell me something what are these green pieces over here? What?"

" These are the side panels of our bridge. This bridge links the two areas of the playground. It has a castle theme."

" And these 2 are kind of like the railing portions, but they have that crenellated castle theme."

" That's correct and these are deck boards here for the floor."