Comments on: City Issues Skatepark Request for Proposals http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/04/19/city-issues-skatepark-request-for-proposals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-issues-skatepark-request-for-proposals it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: poohbah http://annarborchronicle.com/2012/04/19/city-issues-skatepark-request-for-proposals/comment-page-1/#comment-95898 poohbah Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:45:50 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=86144#comment-95898 From [link] on 04/19/2012:

“The winning bidder also must have …. a track record of having designed and built or overseen the construction of at least 10 skateparks of a similar scope that have been in place for at least 10 years.”

These criteria are going to be very difficult to meet. According to the Concrete Disciples database [link], there are only 13 concrete-surfaced skateparks worldwide of 30,000 square feet or larger. Seven of these are in the US; currently only 3 are in operation. Pictures of the seven sites show what appears to be recent construction. One in operation was built in 2008, another in 2011, with no date given for the third.

As a result of this study, I doubt that there were at least 10 such skateparks in existence in 2002, have been in use since then, and, if so, doubt even more that a single designer/builder was responsible for them all!

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