Lawrence, Indiana

[Carter Dennis]

Ok. What I am gathering is this precast park was installed and their are some problems with it.

Here is the article:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 9911020363

Here are the complaints...

"There are a lot of design flaws," said Vince Morrentino, 28, Indianapolis. "There's no fluid movement through the park, and some of these metal edges need to be ground down. {$326} My skates already have some weird grooves in them from skating here."

Morrentino, who said he's been skating more than 13 years and has visited more than 100 skate parks, said local kids likely would continue to use the park, but unless improvements are made, it's unlikely to draw skaters from outside Lawrence.

The facility has been under construction for several months, with ramps built at another location, brought to the park and welded into place. In the past month, concrete has been poured and a 40-vehicle parking lot has been built.

Does anyone live in the area???

[Grinch]

I hear that it was a design done by a local RLA with involvement by Spohn and ARC won the bid. Complaints were immediate not only from the skaters but the client as well.

http://cmsimg.indystar.com/apps/pbcsi.d ... 0&MaxH=600

In the photo there are obviously huge design flaws such as kinked flat banks (no tranny at the bottom), the hubbas are RIDICULOUS and that handrail is just a joke. There is no normal handrail or ledge near the stairs and no step up or manny pad anywhere in sight. For the budget (according to the newspaper) of $320,000 this is just another take-the-money-and-run-but-blame-the-kids-for-a-poor-design ARC job...

[Carter Dennis]

OK. I see what happened. They used the molds for ramps designed with kickplates, so at the bottom of the banks you have a severe kink.

That's almost as bad as laying precast ramps on to sinking asphalt like we have seen other cities do.

[CTHRU]

Im love'n the comments on this page

-----> http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a ... 9911020363


they actually think its a good park.

sad.

[Carter Dennis]

Well to most of those skaters it is probably all they have, so it probably is a good park. The concrete mini ramp section doesnt look too bad, but what does look bad are all the kinks at the bottom of the bank ramps.

You can see more in the pictures recently posted on Concrete Disciples...

http://www.concretedisciples.com/skatep ... hp?id=5383

Anyways there definitely needs to be a certain standard set for precast construction and this is not it.

[Carter Dennis]

It looks like a fun layout.



But judging from the pictures something went seriously wrong with the installation. Notice the huge kinks at the bottom of each bank ramp...







Coping Installation



Cracks



I guess this is standard???

[CTHRU]

Good God... I might treck out to this park just to see all the face plants when the kids hit the kink and it stops them in there tracks.

there has to be 10 fase plant's minimum, every day that park is open.

im determind to see if my thoughts are true.

... and giggles...