November 6, 2009

Work continues on the interiors of the new Tully Station. Drywall has been installed throughout, taping and sanding work in preparation for painting is underway. The exterior of the building, sporting a new sign over the apparatus bays, is nearly completed, a few bits of trim, a collection box and some fine tuning is all that remains to be done. It looks like the building is about a month away from completion, though some of the landscape work may have to wait until Spring to be finalized.

October 24, 2009

The Tully Station is nearing completion. Contractors continue to work on the interior of the building with drywall installation underway. The next few weeks should see interior finish work including flooring, ceilings, painting and final electrical installation. The project continues to move forward on budget with a few weeks delay in schedule due to the heavy rains last summer.

Progress

Work on the Tully Station should be complete in late October / early November. The exterior siding, windows and roofing are nearly finished. Paving is complete and mechanical, electrical rough in work is rapidly approaching completion. The last two weeks of September should see drywall installation, taping and spackling. Keep an eye out for progress photos now that the exteriors are nearly finished.

Progress

The Tully Fire Station has been under construction since late May and things continue to go smoothly. The contractor, Five Star Building Corporation, is presently installing windows and exterior siding. The exterior of the building, for the most part should be completed by end of September with hopes that the final grading and seeding of the lawn can occur first week of October.

Interior electrical and mechanical rough in work is ongoing, we're hopeful that the project will be completed and ready for punch list by end of October, possibly in time for the traditional Tully Halloween party.

We'll be posting progress photos relatively soon, once the siding is complete.

Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking for Tully will be held May 16 at 10:00 am at the project site. Five Star Building Corporation has completed stripping of loam and fencing. We anticipate footing layout, excavation, and footing rebar placement early next week.

Construction

Five Star Building Corporation of Easthampton, MA has been awarded a contract for construction of the new Tully Fire Station. Paperwork is underway and we anticipate groundbreaking on the site sometime during the month of April. The Five Star base bid was approximately $250,000.00 under the original project budget.

Bidding

General bids are due March 3, 2009 at 3:30 pm. Filed sub bids were received on the project on February 18, 2009 and were approximately $5,000.00 below the anticipated costs.