Earlier this month, Ross Recreation held a playground maintenance seminar at the City of San Jose’s Willow Glen Community Center for over one hundred and thirty maintenance professionals from cities and Bay Area school districts. Our featured speaker was Tim Barrett of Landscape Structures, who gave an in-depth discussion on playground regulations, inspection priorities and systems development, retrofitting older play structures to extend their product life and how best to identify playground hazards. The all morning seminar included a hands-on session at a nearby San Jose park to show best practices on keeping play equipment safe and functional for many years.