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At the early stages of planning a new playground--before actually starting a concept design or examining budget estimates--it is important to develop a checklist of the information needed to make the big decisions for construction. Although the size and capacity of the playground can be included in this checklist, each item should be based on attendance rather than the common design parameters of available land and the amount of money to be spent. The attraction of each piece of equipment and the playground competition that exists down the street also should be examined. What is needed is a focused feasibility study.
As the name implies, a feasibility study is an analysis of the viability of an idea:
- Is the project financially feasible?