Rains a Challenge for New Fire Station Project

Construction of Roseville's new $9.2 million fire station is nearly 90 percent complete and the project is on track for an October grand opening celebration, city Fire Chief Tim O'Neill  said today (Wednesday).

"The construction phase should be done in about six weeks," O' Neill. 

The new fire station is being built just north of City Hall on the site of the old station, which dates to 1958 and was shuttered in October 2011 after it was claimed by mold.

The new fire station project has had one big challenge: Getting outdoor work underway. With so much rain in recent weeks, construction crews have struggled  to sandwich in their outdoor work and that has put this part of the project slightly behind schedule, O'Neill said, 

But workers from Curb Masters were busy pouring the cement for the new fire station's driveway this morning. If the rains hold off for another day, O'Neill expects crews to finish this concrete work by the end of this week.
O'Neill expects the Fire Department will be able to start moving into its new building in September and be fully operational there by Oct. 1. 

A grand opening celebration, with tours and demonstrations, is scheduled for Oct.  12.
Some features of the new station include geothermal ground-sourcing heating, natural lighting, LED lighting, high R-value walls and windows and a white membrane roof that reflects solar light and heat to minimize the heat island effect, 

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