LARSON ELEMENTARY, NORTH VANCOUVER
BRITISH COLUMBIA SCHOOLS
DEREK LAFOREST Derek is a Business Development Manager
to understand the need for timely responses,
with Habitat Systems, serving the comm-
clear communication, and on-time delivery.
unities of the North Shore, Sunshine Coast,
Derek focuses on building impactful
and Sea to Sky region. He comes to Habitat
relationships with clients and helping
with an extensive background in trans-
them achieve their desired vision through
portation and supply chain management
play. Contact Derek at (604) 346-6770 or
and uses his experience and knowledge
dlaforest@habitat-systems.com.
PROJECT PLANNING At Habitat Systems, our friendly and knowledgeable staff are with you from start to finish on your project. We would be happy to visit your site, create a design based on your wish list, and provide you with a proposal, site drawings, and 3D full colour drawings of how your project will look. With all of our planning services provided complimentary, we will continue to work with you through revisions to achieve your project goals. With a dedicated rep in your area and an in-house designer at Habitat, you can expect robust communication and responsive design processing even in peak periods.
LOGISTICS & INSTALLATION SERVICES At Habitat we operate an in-house logistics and construction department and offer an extensive base of installation resources. Our logistics team helps provide a seamless end to end experience with proactive, ongoing communication and robust delivery tools. Our warehousing capabilities allow projects to be stored on-site until you are ready for installation. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, our various freight resources and lean manufacturing lead times allow us to meet short project timelines better than anyone else in the industry. Furthermore — with multiple in-house installation crews and an experienced network of seasoned Certified CPSI installers across the province — Habitat has significant capacity to take care of your project no matter where you are.
FUNDRAISING SUPPORT Habitat Systems offers a variety of ways to help you raise funds to augment your PEP award if your goal project exceeds the Ministry funding. We are here to assist you to make sure that your playground dreams become reality. We also have a 100% Profit Scratch Card Program that can help you raise funds for your playground. Examples of schools who have used our program include Ecole Mt. Prevost, Lakewood Elementary, and many more.
POST-PROJECT SUPPORT Long after your project is completed and installed, you can continue to count on us for maintenance, support, and upgrades. We have full time staff dedicated to product support. Whether you are in need of parts, a surfacing top-up, or have a new project in mind, we would be pleased to serve you. At Habitat we want to build relationships as much as playgrounds.
WE-GO-SWING
INCLUSIVE PL AY People with disabilities are the nation’s largest minority group and the only group which anyone can join at any time. Inclusive Play design not only includes accessibility standards for children with physical disabilities - but also includes design considerations for children with learning disabilities, sensory processing disorders, Autism, Down Syndrome, and children without disabilities. Inclusive is not just about meeting ‘special needs’, it’s about meeting all children’s needs in the same place and in a variety of ways. Your seasoned Habitat team is here anytime to help create a purposeful inclusive playspace for any location.
SYMBOL COMMUNICATION SIGN
WE-GO-ROUND
CHARTWELL ELEMENTARY WEST VANCOUVER
HALFMOON BAY ELEMENTARY HALFMOON BAY
BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOWEN ISLAND
K E L LY C R E E K C O M M U N I T Y S C H O O L POWELL RIVER
HENDERSON ELEMENTARY POWELL RIVER
SOME OF OUR OTHER PEP FUNDED PROJECTS: A.D. Rundle Middle School A.J. Elliott Elementary Airport Elementary Alexis Park Elementary Arrow Heights Elementary Bella Coola Elementary Blundell Elementary Castlegar Primary School Cawston Primary School Cedar Drive Elementary Cedar Elementary Children’s Development Center Conrad Elementary Courtenay Elementary Devereaux Elementary Dormick Park Elementary Dragon Lake Elementary Duncan Cran Elementary E.J. Dunn Elementary Eagle View Elementary École des Grands-cedres École des Navigateurs École Herbert Spencer Elementary École La Verendrye École Poirier Elementary École Porter Street Elementary École Qayqayt Elementary École Quadra Elementary École Rose des Vents
Edgehill Elementary Edmonds Community School Fernwood Elementary Fort Rupert Elementary Georgia Avenue Elementary Giant’s Head Elementary Gleneagles Elementary Glenview Elementary Glenwood Elementary Goldstone Park Elementary Grassy Plains Elementary Grauer Elementary Harrison Hot Springs Elementary Huband Park Elementary Hutton Elementary J.S. Clark Elementary James Gilmore Elementary Kinnaird Elementary Kumsheen Secondary Lax Kxeen Elementary School Lord Tennyson Elementary Lucerne Elementary Maquinna Elementary Maywood Community School Muheim Elementary Nicomekl Elementary Nisga’a Elementary Norgate Community Elementary Northridge Elementary
Nusatsum Elementary Old Yale Road Elementary Osoyoos Elementary Peachland Elementary Penfield Elementary Queen Elizabeth Elementary Queen Victoria Annex R.L. Clemitson Elementary Red Bluff Lhtako Elementary Roberts Creek Elementary Robertson Elementary Robson Community School Rutland Elementary Shannon Lake Elementary Sidney Elementary Sir Richard McBride Elementary Strawberry Hill Elementary T.E. Scott Elementary Thomas Kidd Elementary Topham Elementary Unsworth Elementary Van Bien Elementary Vavenby Elementary Voyageur Elementary West Boundary Elementary Westerman Elementary Westmount Elementary William Bridge Elementary William Konkin Elementary
BEYOND ACCESSIBILITY We choose to represent Landscape Structures playground equipment because of their ongoing commitment to making inclusive playgrounds that go far beyond accessibility. LSI’s Inclusive Play Advisory Board provides valued guidance for the development of inclusive playgrounds that address accessibility, age, and developmentally appropriate play activities. Contact us to receive an Inclusive Play brochure.
SWAY FUN
WE-SAW
CHOOSING THE RIGHT SAFETY SURFACING Some safety surfacing can be a barrier to children on the playground. Habitat has the knowledge and experience to help you pick a surface that fits your community’s needs. Our playground safety surfaces include playground wood chips, pour-in-place rubber, rubber tiles, and artificial playground grass.
ROLLERSLIDE
Contact us to receive a Surfacing brochure.
We are proud to be a Canadian owned and operated company.
WHY CHOOSE HABITAT ? Our goal is to always offer our clients products which are
ment, and how long your investment will last. Our team
kind to the environment, backed by solid warranties, are
has been assembled to ensure that your experience with
of high quality, and most of all… that all kids love to play
Habitat is an enjoyable one. With in-house client services,
on! A play structure is a long-term community asset, and
project management, logistics, and installation services,
we feel passionately that these four key areas must be
our goal is to make purchasing your playground as fun
met with all our product offerings. We have specifically
as playing on it… well, almost. Our team of 45 is ready to
selected manufacturers in North America that are as
help you create a new place to play!
passionate as we are on quality, inclusivity, the environ-
ENVIRONMENTAL CARE
OUR CLIENTS
Habitat Systems feels it is important to reduce our
In our 25 years in business, organizations like Canadian
carbon footprint and we adhere to this when con-
Tire Jumpstart, Children’s Hearing and Speech Centre,
ducting business. We choose to work with companies
Variety Children’s Park, Starbright Children’s Centre,
who also share our commitment to the environ-
Kiwanis, Science World, the Vancouver Canucks and
ment. In conjunction with the Global Releaf Program,
hundreds of schools and municipalities have chosen
we donate a specific number of trees to an area in
Habitat. Countless clients have offered to serve as
need to offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in
references, so if you would like to speak with some-
the manufacturing of each play system.
one we have worked with in the past, just ask.
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