Products & Services

Safety & ADA

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
We don’t just follow the rules; we help create them. Several key people at GameTime, including their Manager of Compliance and Standards, serve on the ASTM committee that sets the standards for the entire playground industry. GameTime products conform to that standard, ASTM F1487-01, the Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use. www.astm.org

IPEMA Surfacing
GameTime’s GT Impax product provides you with the assurance that our surfacing has been certified as compliant to the appropriate ASTM standard. In the interest of public playground safety, IPEMA provides a 3rd Party Certification to validate a manufacturer’s conformance to the ASTM F1292-99 Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surface Systems Under and Around Playground Equipment.

The use of the IPEMA Certification Seal displayed above signifies that the manufacturer has received written validation form the independent laboratory that the product associated with the use of the seal conforms with the requirements of ASTM F1292-99. A complete list of our validated products may be found on the IPEMA website at www.ipema.org.

IPEMA Equipment Certification
GameTime is one of the founding members of IPEMA, and several of their people serve as board members, committee members and chairpersons of the association. In the interest of public playground safety, IPEMA provides a 3rd Party certification, to validate conformance to established standards. Our use of the IPEMA seal is your assurance that GameTime has received written validation from an independent lab that the products associated with the seal conform with the ASTM standard, as well as the Canadian CSA standard CAN Z-614. A list of our validated products may be found on the IPEMA website, www.ipema.org

ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
GameTime is the only manufacturer to have a lab partnership with an Institute for children with special needs, so that we can develop and test our accessible products for superiority before bringing them to market. GameTime has worked with Boundless Playgrounds on several of their projects, and was recruited by the Children’s Discovery Museum in Chattanooga, TN to provide a play system for their "Kids like you, Kids like me" exhibit. GameTime is also the only manufacturer to meet accessibility guidelines on all of its pre-designed PowerScape Plus and PrimeTime playground plans. We also recommend accessible surfacing options. For complete information on accessibility, go to the Access Board website: www.access-board.gov

CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Like the ASTM, the CPSC has published voluntary guidelines for the development of public playground settings. Although it does not delve into some of the more technical issues of playground equipment design, the CPSC's "Handbook for Public Playground Safety" is a very user-friendly, easy-to-read document that also includes recommendations for "unofficial" playground surfaces such as sand, pea gravel, and wood chips, which are not addressed by ASTM. www.cpsc.gov

ISO 9001:2000
GameTime is the first (and at this issue, the only) playground manufacturer to obtain the ISO9001:2000 standard. In order to obtain this certification, the company’s manuals, policies, objectives and quality procedures are closely examined during a surveillance audit by ISO representatives. Strict attention is paid to policies and procedures in manufacturing, communication channels, system monitoring, customer relations and order processing, which are reviewed for consistency and standards. Companies who meet the standard are awarded the ISO designation.

TUV
An international organization that is a European Union Notified and Competent Body, providing testing and certification. Use of the TUV seal demonstrates that indicate that products have passed a comprehensive testing procedure based upon the European Harmonized Standard for Commercial Playground Equipment, and that the GameTIme plant is regularly monitored by TUV.