Ground was broken today on our new fire station! Thank you to the city council, Mayor Walker, Nate Rudy and especially our generous anonymous donor. Feel free to check this site as we will provide updates frequently. -Chief Jim Owens-
From September 18th to the 26th we've gone from the old Farwell Building standing to a good amount of clearing the build site for the foundation.
They poured the footings for the new fire station this afternoon. We are very excited to see the progress being made each day on this exciting project.
They have been working very hard pouring the foundation walls, as you can see by the pitcure!
This week the foundation walls were finished. We spent 4 days blasting some unexpected ledge last week for the new 8" water main for the hydrant and domestic water to the building. The water line should be in by the end of business today. We are on schedule now for an early April use!
The Walls are going up starting today for the new Hallowell Fire Station!
The boulder rock wall that we are building with rocks found on site under the existing Farwell building. In the near future you will see 3 specially placed boulders that show some very interesting markings that help explain our Granite City history!
The new Hallowell Fire Station Chief's office and operations/conference room, The New Hallowell Fire Station is starting to take form!
The walls are being framed up for the admin side. In this picture I am standing near the back northerly corner looking towards Winthrop Street. As always I will be happy to answer any questions or stop by and look for Rick for a quick tour! (Best to set that up through our Facebook PageThanks to all for your support.
A new power pole has been installed and the temporary service is up and running. The new underground drainage system has been installed and McGee construction is tying it into the Coos Lane reconstruction project. Next week will see the roof trusses delivered and lifted into place.
A beautiful boulder wall has been built using rock found onsite.
As another week comes to an end, and we're happy to report progress on the new station construction.
All the walls are framed up and sheathing is being installed.
We are very excited to see roof trusses going up. The weather cleared up today just enough for us to safely use a crane to lift up trusses on the Admin end of the building. Sheathing goes up now and then the trusses on the truck bay end next week! Progress is a great thing!!
We’re well on the way. Roof is almost complete, closer to being weathertight. Starting to look like the beautiful building in the drawings.
So it has been a busy couple of weeks at the new fire station. All the roof structure is complete and closed in for the winter.
The administrative side is really coming along the cement floor has been poured and has safely been kept above 50 degrees for the 7 day curing period and The wall framing has started!
Things are progressing as expected, The cement floor has been poured and has safely been kept above 50 degrees for the 7 day curing period. We're well on our way to be able to back trucks into the bays before the "down with the crown" project starts!