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Make yourself heard.(From The Editor)(Editorial)
By all indications, the aquatics industry looks to be back on track in 2005. After several years of lackluster growth, manufacturers report increased orders for everything from water slides to water toys. The leisure pool and mini-waterpark sectors are especially strong, mostly due to the continuing trend of communities transforming their traditional facilities into leisure playgrounds. In other words, there's a whole lot of new construction and renovation going on.
But that's only part of the story.
It's one thing to get a bond passed, but it's quite another to make sure that your new facility lives up to the high expectations everyone has for it. That's harder than ever today, when patrons and city officials expect your facility to be everything to everyone. Operators who have their hand in the design from the very beginning of the process have the best hope of meeting those high expectations.
Unfortunately, it seems that's the exception to the rule. Too often, municipalities hire so-called experts to design and construct new facilities or renovations without ever talking to the very person who will run it on a daily basis and make sure it ...
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