New Blackburn fire station plan revealed (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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New Blackburn fire station plan revealed
10:09am Monday 2nd August 2010 in News
TOP IDEA: An artist’s impression of how the new Blackburn fire station will look with its eco-friendly roof garden
THIS is the first picture of Blackburn’s new fire station – complete with its own eco-friendly roof garden.
The new station, which has been given planning permission, will be built on vacant land opposite the current Byrom Street building under a multi-million pound Public Finance Initiative contract.
Artists’ impressions of the building show a ‘living roof’ covered in low-growing plants which the architects said would improve insulation.
A report by the contractor, Balfour Beatty, said the current station, which was built in 1915, was ‘poorly planned and unsuitable for use as a community fire station’.
The report added that it was coming to the end of its useful life, had poor conditions for staff and did not meet hygiene conditions.
Blackburn with Darwen Council wants it to be preserved under its masterplan for the Freckleton Street area, and it is expected to become a ‘business and enterprise facility’. Meanwhile the new centre, which will house two fire engines and an incident support unit, would also have a meeting room and be used to promote fire safety.
It will include a stained-glass window and hanging sign from the old station.
Lancashire Fire Service has joined forces with Merseyside and Cumbria to sign a £47million PFI contract to build 17 new fire stations, including ones in Burnley and Chorley.
Comments(14)
happycyclist
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11:31am Mon 2 Aug 10
brossen99 wrote:That's one way of putting it!
PFI is nothing but a " welfare state " for the stock market parasites.
ponto52
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11:40am Mon 2 Aug 10
ponto52
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11:40am Mon 2 Aug 10
HU
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11:53am Mon 2 Aug 10
pip-pip
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12:20pm Mon 2 Aug 10
I wonder if Mr Balfour Beatty's building will still be in use in 2100?
Gaius Grossus
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12:53pm Mon 2 Aug 10
pip-pip wrote:Itinerant workmen? Would not a couple of sheep or goats be more appropriate.
So,£2.75 million per fire station. To house 3 hgv's, and catering facilities for a dozen firemen? Repaid to Balfour Beatty over 30 years + top dollar for all maintainence and repairs during that time.(probably done by itinerent workmen from out of the district) I wonder if Mr Balfour Beatty's building will still be in use in 2100?
A Darener
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1:54pm Mon 2 Aug 10
defective typewriter
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6:37pm Mon 2 Aug 10
cuthbert,dibble,grub
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thats from trumpton that is
blkbrn lad
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7:31pm Mon 2 Aug 10
defective typewriter wrote:your defective typewriter put hugh instead of pugh , they were twins, and barney magrew and grubb also splet worng.
hugh,pugh,barney magroo, cuthbert,dibble,grub . thats from trumpton that is
icannotrace
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8:59pm Mon 2 Aug 10
well wisher
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10:54pm Mon 2 Aug 10
your granny
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8:47am Tue 3 Aug 10
Well they would say that wouldn't they!
If they said "oh the building is still fit for purpose and really good" they would not get the money. (slaps handon forehead). As for PFI, a waste of money and only a fool would keep on doing this type of business.
defective typewriter
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4:19pm Wed 4 Aug 10
blkbrn lad wrote:fanx 4 the spellin leson, im much the wizer 4 it now...fanx
defective typewriter wrote: hugh,pugh,barney magroo, cuthbert,dibble,grub . thats from trumpton that isyour defective typewriter put hugh instead of pugh , they were twins, and barney magrew and grubb also splet worng.
brossen99 says...
10:50am Mon 2 Aug 10