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| GaLaBau is back again  The "Galabau" is taking place from 15. - 18. September 2010 in Nürnberg in Germany. It is the 18. International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces, which takes place every two years. Landscape gardeners, landscape architects and decision-makers from local authority parks departments source information on new products and trends at the four-day fair. The PLAYGROUND segment and the 2nd Deutsche Golfplatztage provide important areas of landscaping like the construction and maintenance of playgrounds and golf courses with their own event. Some 1,000 exhibitors are expected from Germany and abroad.A new feature this year is a special show on "Tree Care and Tree Climbing" organized by freeworker and the tree climbing school Münchner Baumkletterschule. After a successful premiere in 2008, the Deutsche Golfplatztage (German Golf Course Days) enter their second round as a segment of the GaLaBau exhibition. Golf course managers, operators and greenkeepers find everything at the exhibition for the construction, maintenance and management of golf courses. The Deutsche Golfplatztage are accompanied by a golf tournament on the first day of the exhibition and a two-day Golf Congress in CCN Ost on 16–17 September. A special event for greenkeepers on 16 September covers "Cylinder Mower Adjustments" and includes live demonstrations. The PLAYGROUND segment is meanwhile an established feature at the GaLaBau exhibition, where the manufacturers of playground equipment and leisure facilities show their new products. The fact that playground construction and GaLaBau go hand in hand is shown by the example of the "Green Playgrounds" competition, which is organized for the first time by "The Green City" initiative. The aim of the competition is to pay tribute to exemplary playgrounds, in which varied, high-quality green facilities tailored to their location play a key role. The winners of the competition are presented at GaLaBau. There will also be a special show, which is organized by the Federal Association of Playground Equipment and Leisure Facility Manufacturers – Bundesverband der Spielplatzgeräte- und Freizeitanlagen-Hersteller (BSFH). This year's event under the title of "Playpoints for modern playing in the city" shows what's important to make sure urban spaces offer a variety of play areas and remain worth living in for residents of all generations. GaLaBau is not just a product show, but offers an extremely comprehensive and technically interesting supporting programme that almost no other exhibition can match. The responsibility for this programme rests with the German landscaping federation – Bundesverband Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau (BGL), the honorary sponsor of GaLaBau. Here is an extract from the programme to whet the appetite: TheELCA International Award for Ecological Construction & Landscaping will be presented again at GaLaBau 2010. The European Landscape Association (ELCA) and BGL jointly present this international award to promote interdisciplinary cooperation between developers, landscape architects and landscape gardeners. Many other events on green construction are also offered parallel to the exhibition. The spectrum of seminars covers topics from "German regulations for contracts with consumers" to "Bioengineering construction". This year's event also focuses on "Grass" and "Light in the garden". In the Landscape Gardener Cup, the Germany-wide skills competition organized again this year, the best landscape gardeners from the individual states compete against each other to prove their professional skills. The aim is to determine the German champion team, which will also compete in the World Championship. TheGaLaBau Innovation Medal is awarded for new and progressive products and processes for the construction and maintenance of landscaped facilities and is meanwhile regarded in the industry as a seal of quality. All GaLaBau exhibitors offering a new product or major improvement are invited to enter. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |