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Playgrounds Made of creative ideas and robinia wood

owners

Klaus-Peter Gust Marc Oelker * 1970 in L端beck Manager of Production Education: - A levels - Carpenter training - Studied the timber industry in Hamburg, Dipl.-Holzwirt - Seminars in taxes, finances, business studies - Qualified playground inspector

* 1959 in J端terbog Sales Manager Education: - A levels - Electrician training - Studied work and engineering psychology workplace, HU Berlin - Studied wood design/ plastic, BKK Potsdam - Masters in sculpting, HWK Saxony - Seminars in taxes, finances, business studies

Company management with the field service team; from behind left: Marc Oelker, Markus Drappatz, Michael Griebler, Jens Schmieding, Martin Heum端ller, Ulrich ProbstSchneidereit, Gregor Mews; from front left: Ulrike Gebauer, Barbara Paul-Hornfischer, Karin-Eva Tradt, Ernst St旦ckl, Claudia Gust, Klaus-Peter Gust

history and vision Play equipment has a long tradition. In the 17TH century the first swings and carousels appeared and served as the enjoyment of aristocratic society. In the 19 th century gym equipment appeared in public spaces. Caused by the industrial revolution at the end of the 19 th century, public health became increasingly important for urban design.

This included the creation of small playgrounds as meeting points for children, youth and also adults.

Due to increased population density in cities and growing mobility, playgrounds became an integral part of urban planning. The facilities in these spaces developed from simple steel equipment in the 1950s to play equipment made of wood and wood-composite panels in the 1970s. Since the 1970s the playground has been part of a polarising debate between ghetto and oasis, which was resolved early 1990s and created the demand for open play spaces.

movement pleasure

child's play

The play equipment from SIK-Holz速 perfectly suited the design of these open play areas, and has since then influenced and shaped the market for play equipment. With this brochure we would like to share the success story of SIK-Holz速, from the beginning until today. Since 1988 we are tireless producing and desiging playground equipment made of creative ideas and robinia wood. Responsible behaviour towards the environment and society is important to us. Our mission statement provides a solid foundation and is based on our success story. It helps us to create child-friendly play spaces and highly liveable environments in short, medium and long term.

communication social hygiene

education

factors on the playground

Mission Statement 1 We are interested in better and free play!

We know that children want to have fun. Different constitutional, social and psychological conditions are important in order to guarantee an optimal contribution to the health- and wellbeing as well as personality development of a child. Over the last decades we have been collecting know-how from theory and best practice, that we better understand child movement, the play instinct, the value of play and physical and intellectual development. These are constantly developed and optimised in our play space concepts.

2 We are the individual and creative original!

The individual design of play equipment requires a high degree of flexibility and creativity from our staff. We want to preserve the originality created in the design and colour by taking some of the traditional shapes, methods and knowledge into account.

3 We stand for safety and quality!

Quality matters to us. We unite visual quality, solid craftsmanship, durability, stability and safety in all of our products. The robinia wood is the perfect material for our approach. We demonstrate our competence, commitment and high level performance not just through appropriate certificates, but with every new exciting play ground project we can design and build for our clients.

4 We do business according to fair competition principles!

Our world offers something for everyone. We think this is a good thing, and are open-minded toward our competitors. It matters to us, that we operate honestly, competently and in a client oriented manner at all times. Evidence of this can be seen in our long-lasting relationships with clients and our reliability toward them.

5 We accept ethical responsibility, and advocate for the rights and values of children and young people.

We live, work and play in a new eco-social environment. In order to be able to shape it in a proactive manner, we are operating in a future-oriented, environmental-friendly and sustainable way. We are certified with the Brandenburg environmental label, follow the FSC rules for responsible forest management and support young talents. We have a strong social awareness and are committed to democracy, social values and global responsibility.

responsibility Network

Sponsorships 19 children of the 4th class from primary school Blönsdorf

Every year we support the hands-on science Exploratorium in Potsdam, with materials and financial donations.

www.bbk-brandenburg.de | www.hwk-potsdam.de | www.recht-auf-spiel.de www.dkhw.de | www.vdfu.org | www.ipaworld.org | www.bsfh.info

Rainbow project The rainbow project exists since 16 years and occurs in locations that need a symbol of hope.

20-25 youth from various countries come together in multi-week work camps – they build a play equipment in the design of a rainbow under expert guidance of Klaus-Peter Gust [www.rainbowproject.de].

D Lübeck

D Berlin ZA Soweto

1998

USA Albany

1999

2001

D Schwedt 2002

2004

ZA Soweto – Kapstadt

Plön 2005

SRB Bujanovac

PY Asunción D

2007

PL Krzyżowa 2008

2009

2010

IL Bustan Nof D Meshutaf D Herrnburg Premnitz

2011

2014

2015

company 1988 1995 2010

Founding of SIK-Holz® as an individual enterprise Splitting of the company and founding of SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH Merging of the companies, takeover of the individual enterprise in a GmbH and Co KG

Divisions Our general clients We develop our individual play ideas according to the needs of our client groups. In many cases this occurs in partnership cooperation with landscape architects. Our largest client group are the municipalities, which make up over 50 % of our sales.

gardening & landscaping companies schools

housing industry camping, landscape gastronomy, architects tourism creative, individual municiand high quality palities playground concepts

Turnover total

14.2

Data in million Euro

kindergartens leisure parks

Turnover Germany

* Founding of the GmbH

EU 2005 2006

8.2

2007

6.8

2008 2009 2010

1.8

2011 2012

1995*

2000

2005

2013

2010

Company land

60,550 m²

Data in m²

33,600 m²

1988

1990

1991

1995

37,650 m²

2003

38,850 m²

2007

since 2010

employees Staff

226

223 226

Employees

209 213

198

Apprentices 167 148 142

135

175

148 136

128

114

As of 2014 there are 56 female staff employed at SIK-Holz速.

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The compatibility of family and working life is of great importance to us at SIK-Holz速.

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Careers

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Skilled Workers

Distribution of 226 employees in 2014

Distribution of 121 skilled workers in 2014

Owners

Capenters Wood sculptors

Office workers

226

121

Managers

Foremen Masters Fitters Trainees Skilled workers

Timbermen

Woodworking technicians Other

Trainees Distribution of 20 trainees in 2014

Office administrators

20

2

1

3

National winner sculptors

75 successful apprenticeships since 1996. Over the last 18 years

Carpenters

2 Wood sculptors

1

we gave more

3

State winner sculptors

than 28 apprentice a future at SIK-Holz速.

Partners Sales Partners in Germany & Europe Freelance consultants inland

Permanent consultants inlnad

Consultants in Europe

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1. Finland

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2. Sweden 3. Norway

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4. Denmark 5. Ireland 6. Great Britain

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7. France 8. Netherlands

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9. Belgium 10. Luxembourg

13. Italy 14. Spain

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11. Poland 12. Austria

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Regional and German suppliers Location SIK-Holz 速

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SIK-Holz速 offices Location suppliers

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12 7 110

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3 6

5

1. Supplier for metal products

5. Supplier for swing axles and slides

9. Supplier for paints

2. Supplier for rope wares

6. Supplier for swing baskets

10. Supplier for work protection

3. Supplier for standard parts

7. Supplier for stainless steel parts

11. Supplier for water pumps

4. Supplier for swing seats and joints

8. Supplier for springs

12. Supplier for diesel

Wood

70%

Total purchasing Wood total (robinia, oak, sawn timber, natural fences) in m3 Robinia (raw wood) from Brandenburg in m3

of our play equipment 7.180 6.390

is made of robinia 6.570 6.330

5.760

6.250

procurement region is

4.920

4.550

wood. The main

6.420

eastern and southern Brandenburg. Sawn timber and natural

1.960

fences come mainly from Eastern Europe.

The wood purchasing relates to all types

2005

2006

2007

2008

110 km

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

of property.

2014

Distribution

Annually, around 45,000 pieces of

Sawn timber – robinia (from Eastern Europe)

round timber of various lengths and Natural fences – robinia (from Eastern Europe and France)

diameters are effectively installed into our play equipment. The oldest robinia tree that we have demonstrably

Oak (from Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and NRW)

installed was 110 years old and had a diameter of 55 cm. Our largest oak had

Robinia (from eastern and southern Brandenburg)

a diameter of more than 150 cm.

Utilization 80 % Installed into play equipment 20 % Sold as firewood

Oak

65 % Installed into play equipment 75 % Installed into play equipment

Sawn timber

31,8 % Sold as firewood

25 % Sold as firewood

3,2 % Own usage firewood

Robinia & natural fences

Heating with a fast growing raw material such as wood is low-emission and CO2 neutral and therefore climate friendly.

We are certified according to the guidelines of the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council). With this certificate it is possible for us to verify the entire material flow of the wood we use, and to support sustainable forestry. On request we can, for a surcharge, offer all our products with a FSC® certificate.

Sustainability Safety

Environmental Seal The ›Brandenburg Environmental Seal in Handicraft‹ represents an evaluation of the operational environment situation. Our goal is to introduce a environmental management system, that saves us time and costs. We found the best way to acheive this is through an adaptive practice structure with simple goal oriented procedures. A successful evaluation of our operational environment in 2010 granted us the certificate by th Potsdam Chamber of Crafts and the Brandenburg Ministery of Environment. Recently SIK-Holz® received successfully an extension unitl the year 2017.

Professional development Continous education and training of our staff takes place on many levels. Firstly we support ongoing professional development through cost sharing and leaves of absence, as well as offering general training through external and internal seminars.

Qualifications gained up to now:

Business administrators

Supervised bachelor thesis

Master craftsmen

- Doctor bag (Repair kit) - Playground doctor (2 day seminar) - Care & Maintenance contracts

According to DIN 79161 we have currently 10 internal qualified playground inspectors.

Fully integrated into our organisational structure is the quality management system EN ISO 9001:2008.

It creates the basis for good working conditions and guarantees the adherence of our high quality requirements.

Student internships per year

Maintenance & care The regular care and maintenance of our play equipment can strengthen the period of investment. This can have positive add on effects for the immediate neighbourhood. We offer our clients support through the following:

Equipment safety and quality are an inseparable unit.

For us good design without safety is unthinkable. This is why even at the planning stage we comply with the standards of the European norm EN 1176 - 2008 (in it's current version).

The quality management system is fully integrated into our organisational structure and he compliance with safety standards is regularly checked by our employees.

almost

2,2 t 99,6 %

or over 400,000 pages, was our average paper consumption in 2011. Our high paper consumption was reason enough to change to recycled paper. It was not just cheaper, but helped us to save 4,100 kg of wood, 14,300 kWh of energy, 380 kg CO2 and 69,300 litres of water annually.

prevention of CO2 emissions with EWS electricity. Our annual energy demand is 280,000 kWh. Since 2012 we have been purchasing renewable electricity from the Schönau power plant.

In 2011, 288.65 tons of radioactive waste was purchased in Germany, this will also be 100 % avoided with EWS electricity.

Products Our extensive range of products support free and varied play.

Every piece is unique. Irregularities in the growth, grain, growth rings, branches and roots make them something very special. Our products generate both an exciting dynamic in an urban space and a harmonious interdependence in a rural space.

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1

Rocking equipment

2

Agility equipment

3

Playhouses

4

Swings & carousels

5

Multi units

6

Play mobiles

7

Play sculptures

8

Sand & water games

9

Park furniture

current references

Pirates playground

Old mine

Waldloop & Feldloop

Salzgitter, 2008

Hamm – Maximilianpark, 2009

Norderstedt, 2011

Phoenix from the ashes

Jungle trail

High above

Dortmund – Phoenixlake, 2012

Åalborg – Zoo, 2012

Dortmund, 2012

Palm trees playground

Dinosaur playground

Pier playground

Hamburg – HafenCity, 2013

Magdeburg, 2013

Niendorf – Timmendorf, 2014

PUblicAtions The following brochures can be found on www.issuu.com/sik-holz or requested from us:

Premium

Schoolyard

Kindergarten

Playground worlds

Toddlers

Generations

Topic: Bees

Topic: Research

SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH Langenlipsdorf 54a D-14913 Niedergörsdorf tel.: +49(0)33742.799 0 fax: +49(0)33742.799 20 mail: info@sik-holz.de web: www.sik-holz.de/en

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