Project

Highbrook Park Playground Redevelopment

CLIENT: Muswellbrook Shire Council

Scape was engaged by Muswellbrook Shire Council to construct a bespoke, innovative, imaginative, experience for children of all ages. A custom made 10m tall and about 70m long Lizard features as the centrepiece for the play experience. Other experiences in the playground include a large low flying fox, merry go-round, large undercover picnic facilities and extensive landscaping creating nodes for small group picnics.

The civil & landscape works included the following main elements and scope:

• Demolition & relocation of existing play equipment, shelter, and concrete
• Excavation, earthworks and preparation of the site levels
• Supply and installation of sub surface drainage.
• Construction of plain concrete pathways
• Supply and installation of concrete blade walls and concrete ‘tail’ including footings
• Supply and installation of shelter, picnic tables, drinking fountain
• Supply and installation of sandstone blocks,decomposed granite and concrete edging
• Supply and installation of concrete footings for the Tower, ‘body’ rope play equipment and slide
• Planting, fertilising and mulching of mass planting areas
• Installation of play equipmentand of ‘body’ of lizard
• Supply and installation of rubberised soft fall
• Plant establishment and recurrent maintenance works