Design Firms

Your behind-the-scenes playground specialist.

For Midwest landscape architecture and architecture firms. Playground expertise that keeps you in creative control without the technical overhead.

A team of landscape architecture professionals review playground design drawings around a conference table, with material samples, plans, and a playground rendering visible in a warmly backlit design studio.

Why playground scope eats your hours.

Playgrounds are the most technical piece of most park and school plans. Here's what firms tell us before we start.

Hidden hours.

Surfacing, fall zones, equipment coordination, CPSI review — hours you can't bill. The scope quietly eats your margin.

Liability exposure.

Safety standards change. A missed detail becomes your firm's problem long after substantial completion.

Manufacturer bias.

Reps spec their own catalog. You need an unbiased view of what fits the site, budget, and play goals.

Post-bid surprises.

Without a specialist owning the scope, RFIs and change orders pile up after award — and your CA hours spike when you can't recover them.

How we work with your firm.

Schematic through CA. We support your design intent without competing for the contract.

01

Early collaboration.

Bring us in at concept or schematic. We back your intent with equipment, surfacing, drainage, and constructability expertise.

02

Multi-manufacturer specifications.

The right brand for the site, budget, and play goals — not whichever rep got there first.

03

Drawings and coordination.

Specs and drawings that integrate with your CDs and cut RFIs during CA.

04

Install support.

Our crews can self-perform or coordinate with the GC. Either way, we're a call away when the site needs interpretation.

Why landscape architects partner with us.

We protect your design intent.

You stay in creative control. The playground reflects what you drew, not what a rep substituted at bid.

Brand-independent specifications.

The right product for the project, not the closest rep. Berliner, Earthscape, ID Sculpture, Superior, and many more.

We're a resource, not a competitor.

We don't chase the design contract. Our job is making your project — and your firm — look good at ribbon-cutting.

Cleaner construction admin.

Better specs upstream mean fewer RFIs and change orders downstream. Your CA hours stay billable.