ltoscano   1 day later

wow, that's a lot of great questions. I'm not quite sure what a drywell is, but we typically prep the site ahead of time by leveling the surface (leaving a slight grade for drainage) and digging the holes that the playground posts will go down into. it's a good idea to get this stuff done before you have a bunch of volunteers on site, since hole digging often requires some heavy machinery. Then, on the build day, put one team in charge of spreading surfacing but have them lay down the mesh first, cutting a hole in the mesh whenever they go over a hole where a playground post will go. Then the team working on putting in posts and basic structural decks can get to work. Pretty much all the rest of the pieces will attach to those, and can be mostly put together outside the final playground area, and then brought over to be attached to the structure. That way, those teams can get started putting equipment together while the mesh and the decks & posts are happening. It's also a good idea to move in surfacing as soon as you can start, piling it up on the edges to leave paths for playground equipment to come through. If there's a pause in moving surfacing, it's hard to get it started again! does this start to answer your question? when's your build day?

klusk   1 day later

Those are great questions! It sounds like you are planning to use rubber mats or tiles as your safety surface, is that right? You'll probably need a level concrete or asphalt pad to lay the rubber on top of. What kind of a surface do you currently have?