Customer Services

Design

We can give you help and advice about every aspect of designing and building a playground. This includes the production of plan and 3D drawings of our proposals or your designs plus advice about meeting relevant playground safety standards.
Our design department use the very latest software for 3D CAD drawings, including AutoCAD and 3D Studio Max.

Please visit our product pages for the details regarding all of our products or request advice from your Regional Manager or Agent.

EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT EN1176 AND IMPACT ABSORBING SURFACING EN1177

The following European standards were introduced from 1st January 1999 replacing European National Standards (in the UK being BS5696 Parts 1 to 3 (withdrawn) and part of BS7188 (revised)).

• BS EN 1176 - 1: Playground Equipment - Part 1: General safety requirements and test methods.
• BS EN 1176 - 2: Playground Equipment - Part 2: Additional safety requirements and test methods for swings.
• BS EN 1176 - 3: Playground Equipment - Part 3: Additional safety requirements and test methods for slides.
• BS EN 1176 - 4: Playground Equipment - Part 4: Additional safety requirements and test methods for runways,
• BS EN 1176 - 5: Playground Equipment - Part 5: Additional safety requirements and test methods for carousels.
• BS EN 1176 - 6: Playground Equipment - Part 6 : Additional safety requirements and test methods for rocking equipment.
• BS EN 1176 - 7: Playground Equipment - Part 7: Guidance on installation, inspection, maintenance and operation.
• BS EN 1177: Impact Absorbing Playground Surfacing - Safety requirements and test methods

All SMP Playground equipment is compliant with EN 1176

Click here for key points of EN1176 in PDF Format

Obtaining Copies of EN1176 and EN1177:

Copies may be purchased from:

British Standards Institution
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
Customer Services Tel : 0181 996 9001
(Members ONLY email : info@bsi.org.uk)

THE SMP GUIDE to Children’s Playing Spaces on Housing Developments

Including the three categories of play areas: LAP, LEAP and NEAP

Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 sets out a framework in which an agreement may be made between a local planning authority and a person interested in developing land. The agreement acts to regulate or restrict the use and development of land and is especially common in developments for housing. Agreements often stipulate the provision of children’s playing space.

The Six Acre Standard is a document published by the National Playing Fields Association intended for use by developers and local authorities. It sets out “Minimum Standards for Outdoor Playing Space”. Three categories of play areas are detailed in the Standard and are explained in this document, they are:

• Local Area for Play (LAP)
• Local Equipped Area for Play (LEAP)
• Neighbourhood Equipped Area for Play (NEAP)

Each category of play area has a set of guidelines relating to size, content and layout amongst others.

At SMP we understand that every playing space or designated site is unique and that each community has its own requirements. We would like to discuss your particular project with you as it is impossible to present every option available in this folder. Please contact SMP if you would like us to provide a bespoke design and full quotation, this service is free of charge.

By working with SMP you can be assured of:

• Our 40 years of experience – designing, manufacturing and building quality playgrounds
• Our unrivalled team knowledge within the industry
• Cutting edge design and up to the minute advice
• All play equipment certified to EN1176
• All outdoor sports equipment certified to PAS30
• All safety surfacing certified to EN1177
• All installations carried out by qualified teams and monitored by our Contracts Managers
• Our after-sales service and extensive guarantees