After Brisbane City Council had installed brand new play equipment at Short Street Park in Rocklea, they quickly realised that the play area was in desperate need of shade. After meeting with a local council representative onsite, it was agreed that the council wanted a modern and vibrant shade system that would complement the new play equipment. The final design and colours that were agreed upon between Advanced Shade Systems and Brisbane City Council enabled us to manufacture and install one of our most attractive shade systems to date. The colours chosen were 'Sherbet', 'Bubblegum' and 'Jazzberry', all from the Designer Colours of the Monotec 370 shade fabric range. For more information on this shade fabric please visit www.monotec.com.au.

The challenge was to design a shade system that covered the play equipment and the fall zones throughout the day, while also creating sufficient height and variations to minimise the potential of vandalism. For these reasons, the low posts and sail connections are at a minimum of four meters above ground height and the high posts and connections are six meters above ground height. This system provides significant protection from harmful ultraviolet rays for both children and their guardians. Bernie Davis from Opus Consulting Engineers was the engineer for this project and many of our other shade systems.