After two years of planning and developing, the Station 51 construction project is officially underway with ground-breaking taking place earlier today.  The nearly $3M project is slated to be completed on or around April 30th, 2007.  The new station will replace an existing station that is on Runyon Road in the center of the fire district.  The new location is in line with the department's long-term strategic plan and will allow for much improved service to a large portion of the district.

         The building was designed with the future in mind.  Because the building is being constructed of certain quality materials, the structure is expected to be in service for a minimum of seventy-five years.  Therefore, the building will need to meet both the demands of today as well as those long into the future.  Additionally, the property that the new station is located on is part of the Herron Ridge subdivision and therefore must comply with certain covenants and restrictions within the community, such as exterior colors and roof styles.  "The new station will be a nice blend architecturally from the residential subdivision to the west to the commercial subdivision to the east", said Scott Senefeld, the project's chief architect.

         On-site progress meetings will take place every two weeks and a Construction Update Report with progress photos will be issued via the department's web site about once per month.  Copies of construction drawings are located below and are in Adobe Acrobat format.  Simply click on the desired link to open the file.
 
   

           
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