Apply CPSC Public Playground Safety Handbook shade guidance to a playground shade-structure project

Steps

1. Reference the current CPSC Public Playground Safety Handbook (Publication 325) for shade guidance rather than treating it as a binding code; it's a voluntary industry-benchmark document, not a mandatory federal regulation
2. Apply its general shading approaches where feasible: use existing natural shade (trees), design elevated play structures that self-shade the area below, and/or add manufactured shade structures
3. Prioritize shading over metal slides and other surfaces/equipment that heat in direct sun, since the handbook specifically flags thermal burn risk on sun-heated equipment and surfacing
4. Check whether the local playground inspection program or ASTM-referencing local code has adopted the handbook by reference, since some jurisdictions do treat it as enforceable even though CPSC itself does not
5. Confirm which handbook edition is current before citing it in a proposal, since CPSC issued an updated edition of Publication 325 recently