EVERPLAY
Compliance to Standards and Testing
PLAYGROUND Protective Surfacing must
meet the performance Standards
ASTM F1292 and
CSA Z614
for
Critical Height Testing and compliance in the field.
EVERPLAY has been actively involved in
the development of the ASTM 2479, Standard Guide for Specification,
Purchase, Installation and Maintenance of Poured-In-Place Playground
Surfaces. This standard provides owners and specifiers with
information when attempting to provide these types of surfaces for
their projects. It also outlines potential problems that can
occur with the technology, installation procedures and environmental
conditions at the time of the installation. One of the
breakthroughs of this document is the outlining of conditions that
should be in any warranty documents to protect the owner and the
children into the future.
In the coming few months a new
performance Standard for the Poured-In-Place surfacing should
achieve approval of the ASTM process. This Standard will
require compliance with ASTM F1292 as a fundamental performance, but
will also expand performance testing to consider durability, quality
of raw materials, and compliance with the accessibility requirements
where needed. There will be test methods and procedures with
measurable performance criteria. This should provide
exceptional assurance to owner/operators of surfaces that comply
with this standard.
EVERPLAY as a participant in the
drafting of the new Poured-In-Place performance standard is already
complying with its requirements, however when it is published,
EVERPLAY will make every effort to submit to the testing and become
one the first surfaces to achieve the New Standard's compliance
designation.
EVERPLAY is proud of its achievements
and the test result from Detroit Testing Laboratory, Inc. for
compliance to ASTM F1292 confirm the excellence of the system with
regard to impact attenuation.
Along with compliance to
ASTM F1292 at -60, 230
& 490C (240, 720, & 1200F),
EVERPLAY is providing the user of this website with
field test
result that demonstrate that EVERPLAY has the capability to carry
the laboratory performance through to the field with
ASTM F1292
field testing.