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Tim Cheshire, Estates Manager for GMFRS will be speaking at Greenbuild Expo in May this year about the project.
Building work on a new £1.6million Bury Community Fire Station is underway and expected to be completed by summer while at the Rochdale site the land is being levelled with work due to start in April and be completed at the end of the year.
The projects are being driven by a need to meet response times and the changing demographics of the region. The current buildings are old and the towns have since developed around them.
Both projects were awarded to building contractor Manchester-based Kier Construction and architects Bradshaw Gass and Hope. They incorporate a number of energy saving measures:
o Energy efficient heating systems
o Rainwater recycling systems to flush toilets
o Photovoltaic panels to generate electricity
o Solar collectors to provide hot water
o High insulation
Project manager Tim Cheshire, GMFRS Estates Manager, said: “First and foremost we needed to ensure that the new locations enable crews to maintain operational response times in their boroughs. Alongside this we needed to modernise the existing premises and we no longer required the space the old buildings offered – which is expensive to maintain.
“We needed to make them sustainable, as it makes perfect sense. It is about being cost effective and energy efficient and setting an example to the community we serve. We hope that as the community use the buildings and see the energy measures we have in place they will adopt them into their environments.
“The new buildings are designed with the community in mind. We want to encourage schools, groups and local clubs to use the premises free of charge.”
The new stations are purpose built and will include a three vehicle appliance bay, accommodation for the service to sleep, eat and shower and a training area for the service to carry out vehicle cutting and motorway rescue practice. There will also be a drill tower to train at height.
Alongside this the buildings will offer a space for meetings or events and a small Internet café.
This is the second new fire station that Kier has built for GMFRS and the teams worked closely together to ensure it will meet the needs of the service and the community.
Kier Construction director Colin Quigley said: “Sustainability was key to the design and Kier has incorporated many environmentally friendly and energy saving features into the station, so that once complete it will be among the most energy-efficient in the country.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service was awarded Very Good by BREEAM for its new-build station in Ashton Under Lyne – the first fire station in the country to be awarded BREEAM.
Tim Cheshire, Estates Manager for GMFRS will be speaking at Greenbuild Expo in Manchester on Thursday May 10 from 2.30pm.
To find out more about Greenbuild Expo, which is sponsored by Panasonic, Wagner Solar, Plumb Center and Liniar, visit www.greenbuildexpo.co.uk
This article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Greenbuild. For a free subscription, click here.
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