The document proposes building a skatepark in Taylor's Lakeside Campus. It discusses why skateboarding is beneficial for physical and mental development. The proposed location is a drainage area behind the basketball court. The plans include constructing a walkway, installing railings and ramps for skateboarding, and providing shade structures. The goal is to provide a safe designated area for students to skateboard on campus.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY [QSB 3415]
FINAL PROJECT
PROPOSAL FOR
RECREATION AREA IN
TAYLOR'S LAKESIDE CAMPUS
Group Member : Lee Czen Shing (0317832)
Khor Yen Min (0318149)
Intake : FNBE 0214
Lecturer : Ann See Peng
Hasmanira Mokhtar

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CONTEXT
TITLE PAGE
 Why Skateboarding?
 Why Skatepark?
 Benefits
 Location Plan
 Zoning Plan
 Selected Site
 Ideas
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WHY SKATEBOARDING?
Why skateboarding not walking? For many people it is obvious that skateboarding
can be an exciting and fun activity for both children and adults. When examined closely, it
becomes apparent that there are more than a few reasons that can make skating a positive
and rewarding experience for just about anyone. When practiced safely and properly
skateboarding can be a vehicle for future success as it provides opportunities to learn the
kinds of lessons that may prove to be influential throughout a young person’s entire life.
A unique quality of the skateboarding experience is the practicality and convenience
of the activity. Skateboarding is an activity that can be practiced inside or out, in large
spaces or small confined areas. While public skateparks may offer the most ideal places to
skateboard, a skater can work to perfect moves in places like a driveway or basement, with
friends or by themselves. Another unique quality of skateboarding’s practicality is the
relatively low price of skateboarding equipment, and the practicality of the skateboarding
experience itself. There are no sign up fees, team registrations, lift tickets, or scheduled
practices required. A skateboard also provides a cheap and convenient source of
transportation that can easily be picked up and carried, or stowed away when need be.
The most obvious benefit of the skateboarding experience is physical fitness. The
physical act of skating incorporates the entire body as it builds cardio and strength,
improves flexibility, and works to improve balance and coordination. In addition to these
obvious health benefits, skateboarding is the ideal crossover sport for other board sports
such as surfing, snowboarding, or wakeboarding. If the waves are flat, the snow is
melting, or the water is too cold, a person can help keep their skills sharp and fitness
levels up by simply riding a skateboard.

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What about safety? Skateboarding continues to fight the long associated social stigma
of being an activity reserved solely for daredevils and risk-takers. While the inherent risks
of skateboarding may appear obvious on the surface, when practiced safely and properly
skateboarding proves to be as safe or safer than traditional sports such as basketball,
football, and bicycling. In actuality, skateboarding provides a perfect opportunity for a
young person to take calculated risks in a controlled environment, with very real and
immediate consequences if manoeuvres are not executed properly. Similar to martial arts,
skateboarding skills and fundamentals must be learned and mastered over time with
practice and patience, (unlike the instant gratification provided by television and video
games).
Besides the physical rewards gained from skateboarding, there are a number of mental
and emotional benefits as well. Skateboarding naturally teaches kids how to set goals and
overcome fears through the organic path of progression that is embedded in the act of
skating. Skaters are constantly striving to perfect a new trick or master new terrain.
Overcoming fears and reaching set goals helps to build confidence and self-esteem in kids
as they grow and develop. Factors that can be crucial to future success in school, careers,
and life in general. Skaters learn to take initiative and have ownership in the process of
attaining goals on their own as they skateboard. Skateboarding can help to develop these
skills and habits often found hard to teach in traditional settings.
As skaters learn the importance of setting and reaching their own goals, they may also
learn the essential habits needed in order to become lifelong learners. There is literally no
limit to what a person can learn on a skateboard as the amount of tricks and terrain a
skater may experience is virtually endless. Regardless of the age or skill level of the
skater, there is always something new or different for them to master and perfect. The
season never ends and you are never too old to learn something new. These life lessons

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teach skateboarders to never give up, and that they can always improve and do better, all
while they are just having fun and staying physically active.
Skateboarding is a creative experience that is truly an individual activity as each
skater develops their own style and unique variations of maneuvers. The act of skateboarding
is inherently non-competitive. Beyond fundamentals, there is no one right or wrong way to
skateboard. When practiced safely it is both a mentally and physically stimulating activity
for developing children. As we continue to see the popularity of more “traditional” sports
and activities decline among young people today, it is important for educators and
recreation professionals to embrace the kinds of activities that will keep kids interested and
active, as well as help fight the growing threat of obesity. If practiced
and promoted properly, skateboarding can be an effective tool for teaching self-discipline,
and preparing the youth of today for the variety of challenges and hurdles they will
undoubtedly face throughout their entire lives.

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WHY SKATEPARK AT TAYLOR'S UNIVERSITY LAKESIDE
CAMPUS?
Many students have been seen skateboarding around the campus such as corridors,
commercial area and sports & recreation area which is inconvenient as well as dangerous.
This is because they do not have a proper area to skateboard.
Therefore, we are here to propose a skateboarding area for the students.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
Safety equipment

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BENEFITS OF BUILDING SKATEPARK IN TAYLOR'S
LAKESIDE CAMPUS
 The skatepark will provide a safe place to recreate.
A majority of the deadly accidents that happen to people while they’re skateboarding
involve a motor vehicle. In towns and cities across the nation the most interesting
terrain for skateboarding is found in the streets and sidewalks. The skatepark will be
the safe place to skate but for it to be effective it must be more interesting than what’s
out “in the wild.”
 Skateparks, if designed and constructed correctly, are fiscally conservative and
require very little maintenance.
When a skatepark is built correctly it will require virtually no structural maintenance
for years. The nation’s oldest skateparks have been servicing skateboarders for 30
years and most have required little more than cosmetic maintenance. For a skatepark
to meet this high expectation it should feature no fixtures; all of the materials used
that are intended to be skated on should be fixed into the forms with grout and
concrete. (In other words, skateparks that require no maintenance have no kick-plates,
screws, bolts, or other components that will loosen through vibration and weather
over the years.)

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF SKATEBOARDING
 Healthy Metabolism
As we all know , any kind of exercise is great for your metabolism, and
rigorous exercises such as skateboarding are even more beneficial.
Skateboarding is not always such a rigorous sport though . Beginners will not
be nearly as active as the more experienced skateboarders obviously due to
their lack of skills and comfort riding for long periods of time (not to mention
how demotivating it is when you fall down a lot ).
Skateboarding provides a unique type of exercise that the body is not
normally used to. One reason for this is because a skateboarder's legs and feet
are constantly performing different tasks in a wide range of varying positions
for every individual trick executed, thus working out a large amount of
muscles. This is contrary to running or cycling where the body is using the same
muscles every time, for the most part.
Skateboards do not move by themselves, short of rolling down a hill anyway.
What I am getting at is that skateboarders are responsible for providing their own
forward motion. Those who ride skateboards purely for transportation purposes will
see the most out of this health benefit, as their cardio will gradually become better and
better.

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 Pain Tolerance
Pain tolerance is a great benefit that skateboarding provides that not too many other
sports can. In some ways you could look at this aspect as a double-edged sword.
Most parents would not be too enthused about their child getting hurt routinely.
However, as long as the practical and necessary safety precautions are taken, such as
protective gear or just simply not skateboarding beyond your personal skill level, a
young skateboarder will quickly learn that pain is just part of the game and become
accustomed to the feeling.
When someone first starts skateboarding, they are likely going to have a lot of
fear of getting hurt, but this almost always goes away within time. The main parts of
the body that take the biggest beatings are the shins, knees, wrists, palms and elbows.
Ankles, heads, and groins are in another category because those kinds of injuries
result in a lot more pain, which is nearly impossible to become tolerant to. It's the
constant scratches, bruises and cuts that are going to essentially "help" the
skateboarder build pain tolerance. As the skateboarder becomes more advanced, he or
she eventually realizes that they simply have to ignore the pain, and continue
skateboarding like it never happened...which also ties into the next benefit on the list -
perseverance.

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 Perseverance
I'm fairly certain that nearly every sport out there provides this benefit, but in my
opinion, skateboarding is pretty high on the list of sports that instills the most
perseverance in the athlete. Skateboarding is a very frustrating sport, and unlike many
other activities that incorporate a team mentality where you can often rely on other
players to help you succeed, it is a sport that requires only the athlete to succeed
alone.
There are a massive amount of tricks and stunts to learn with a skateboard, and
each one is very different. Although some of them are similar, they all require the
skateboarder to execute a wide range of motions, kicks, scoops, and shoves with their
legs and feet. And this is just for flat ground tricks; you also have to add in grinds,
stair gaps, and ramp/half pipe tricks. Compare this to a sport like basketball, which
has only a handful of things to learn: dribbling, passing, defense, and shooting. If the
skateboarder truly enjoys the sport, they will never give up on the trick they want to
land until they land it, and then they will just move on to another one of the countless
tricks and step it up a notch, and the cycle of perseverance starts all over again.

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LOCATION PLAN
SELECTED SITE,
DRAINAGE AREA BEHIND
BASKETBALL COURT

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ZONING PLAN
SELECTED SITE,
DRAINAGE AREA BEHIND BASKETBALL COURT

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SELECTED SITE PICTURES

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IDEAS
Shade for users in skatepark.
Main skateboarding area.
Railings and ramps for skateboarding
purposes.
Pavement as walkway to access.

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ACCESSIBILTY
A proper walkway will be built starting from the basketball court
towards the proposed skatepark to enable users to access easily.
SHADE
Shades will be provided at the skatepark to prevent users
from scorching heat from the sun especially in the
afternoon. This is to prevent users from getting skin
cancer.
RAILINGS & RAMPS
Railings and ramps will be installed for users to do
skateboarding stunts and tricks.