New FIre & Rescue Station, Carlisle West
Client:
Mansell Construction Services Ltd
Contract Period:
38 Weeks
Contract Value:
£1.75m Designers:
Architect: Blue Sky Architects
Structural Engineers: Arup
The project comprises the construction of a new Community Fire Station with an overall floor area of around 575m2.
The new fire station will provide a range of operational, administrative and training accommodation including a single bay appliance unit.
The new building is designed to achieve an Very Good Rating from BREEAM and incorporates a range of sustainable features including: Aerothermal Heat Pumps; Rainwater Harvesting System; Drainage attenuation and soakaway with underground storage tank; Intelligent internal lighting systems; Materials sourced from sustainable and fair trade sources.
The design, specification and buildability were exhaustively interrogated as part of detailed value engineering process and whole life analysis.
The construction comprises steel frame on concrete pad foundations, insitu ground floor with suspended first floor on metal decking. Mixture of facing brick and cladding to external walls and single ply roof system on metal decking.
The project forms part of wider North West Fire and Rescue PPP with Border Construction Ltd contracted to deliver five new fire and rescue projects across Cumbria.