Hillis Hans Park

Hillis Hans Park, located in the 600 block of East 13^th Street is a public, neighborhood park in Mishawaka, Indiana. At just over five acres in size, the park currently offers tennis courts, playground equipment, basketball courts, picnic tables, grills and restrooms. Lehman & Lehman was commissioned by the City of Mishawaka to redesign the park with new site amenities and internal circulation. Upon completion of the design plans and a successful bidding process, LL Geans Construction Company of Mishawaka was selected to complete the transformation of the park. Once complete, the park will offer residents a new park shelter, a new basketball court, an expanded playground with new equipment, a new internal walkway, improved park lighting and new tree and landscape plantings. The park is expected to be completed and dedicated on June 18th. Below is a photographic gallery of the construction process.

SITE PLAN

GRAND OPENING

6.18.11 Mayor Wood addressing the crowd at the Grand Opening

6.18.11 New sign at entrance to Park

6.18.11 New picnic shelter

6.18.11 New concrete basketball courts

6.18.11 Play area with new equipment

6.18.11 Finished renovated restroom

CONSTRUCTION PHASE

6.2.11 Fine grading renovated lawn areas

6.2.11 New park bench

6.2.11 New trash receptacle

6.2.11 New hardieboard soffit on existing restroom

6.2.11 New hardieboard ceiling on existing restroom

6.2.11 New climbing play structure

6.2.11 Completed shelter and renovated restroom

6.2.11 New playground equipment and safety surfacing

6.2.11 Installation of the new standing seam roof on existing restroom

5.20.11 New brick park sign

5.20.11 New soffit (back) vs. old soffit (front)

5.20.11 Sistering of existing rafters

5.20.11 Exposed rafters of restroom after removal of the roof

5.20.11 Demolition of existing restroom roof

5.20.11 Paving existing streets around the park

5.20.211 Paving existing streets around the park

5.20.11 Milling of existing streets around the park

5.19.11 New street trees on the perimeter of the park

5.19.11 Early construction of the new masonry park sign

5.19.11 Wood ceiling of the new shelter

5.19.11 New framing for the brick columns on the shelter

5.19.11 Installation of standing seam roof on the new shelter

5.10.11 New ADA curb ramp

5.10.11 Spreading topsoil for finished grade and seeding

5.10.11 Construction of new shelter

5.10.11 Construction of new shelter

5.10.11 Damaged wood soffit prior to repair

5.10.11 Existing fascia and soffit damage prior to to replacement

5.10.11 Sagging roof between trusses due to deteriorating substrate

5.10.11 Holes in existing roof of restroom

5.10.11 Roof of existing restroom prior to removal

5.5.11 Setting of forms for new ADA ramp

5.5.11 New playground bench pad and access point - west end

5.5.11 New double rider play equipment

5.5.11 New concrete basketball court

5.5.11 New northeast entry sidewalk

5.5.11 New integral color concrete bench area at new basketball court

4.28.11 New internal walkway connecting to the perimeter sidewalk on the northeast corner of the park

4.28.11 New perimeter sidewalk

4.28.11 Forms set for the new basketball court

4.28.11 New shelter pad with shelter equipment ready for assembly


4.28.11 New accessible connection to the existing restroom with concrete bench pad

4.28.11 New internal walkway leading to the new shelter and existing restroom

4.28.11 New accessible connection to the expanded playground with concrete pads for new bench and trash receptacle.

4.13.11 Construction of new curb and gutter

4.13.11 Finished section of new curb and gutter

4.13.11 End section of the internal walkway to be connected to a new perimeter sidewalk

4.13.11 New concrete playground curb

4.13.11 Saw cutting of joints in the new shelter slab

4.13.11 Pouring and finishing of new concrete walkway

4.8.11 New concrete sidewalk and approach to existing restroom

4.8.11 Completed footing for new shelter

4.8.11 Forming of new concrete walkway

4.8.11 forms set for new concrete playground curb

4.8.11 Demolition of existing curb & sidewalk; excavation and preparation for new sidewalk & curb

4.1.11 Outdated play equipment edging removed

4.1.11 Construction of footing for new shelter

4.1.11 Contractor adjusts the forms of the new shelter footings

4.1.11 Excavation of poor soils for new walkway

3.24.11 Demolition of existing play court

3.24.11 Demolition of existing basketball court

3.24.11 New light poles and fixtures, installed by Mishawaka Utilities

3.24.11 Mishawaka Utilities installing 1 of 4 new light poles

3.24.11 Demolition of existing tennis courts

PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE

11.4.10 Existing plastic playground edging to be removed and replaced

8.5.10 Existing restroom with no accessible access

8.5.10 Existing playground with outdated play equipment

8.5.10 Existing perimeter sidewalk and curb to be replaced

8.5.10 Existing tennis courts to be removed

8.5.10 Existing park open space