NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Fire Chief Steven Beer said that the timeline for the fire station construction by the Kansas State Fairgrounds is still good at this point.
"Wiens Construction, who oversees that project, they are doing a stellar job with the companies they have hired up there," Beer said. "It's just amazing. We're on track yet for May. We've had good weather as far as the construction part of it. The apparatus bay where the fire trucks are in, actually, the heating system is actually in there. They are scheduled to paint that entire big apparatus bay, the inside of it, on Dec. 19."
The building will be closed in soon.
"You'll see on the north side and the south side, they are actually putting the trusses on," Beer said. "Once that's on, the sheeting will go on and the entire building will be enclosed. That's a good thing. They are into the final stages of the brickwork to make it all look real nice."
That will allow progress to continue, no matter what the weather.
"There's just a lot of interior work that will be going on throughout the winter," Beer said. "Once we get some good weather days after that, there's a lot of concrete that needs to be poured."
Beer said that once the station is complete there will be a reshuffling of apparatus to put the right engines in the right places to allow for responding to the increased demand in the north part of the city that has been there now for a few years.
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