Fire (Station) in the Hole

Posts Tagged ‘Whiting-Turner’

Missed a week. Blame it on the Nats. Blame it on the iPhone 4. If you have driven by the site you’ll notice the back retaining wall has been completed. According to the June 16 county update, W-T is waiting for a wall check survey. Once completed and accepted by the county a final building permit will be issued as well as a plumbing permit. There is also an “alignment issue” between the Koons Garage and FS3 site where the “openings on the parking garage were not coordinated with the planned slope of the fire station grade.”  Architects for both projects are working on a fix.

Rear Retaining Wall:

Looking Southwest:

Looking Northeast From 21st Rd (rear of site):

A Peek Over the Wall:

Last Monday, with all required permits in-hand, the W-T crew began construction of FS3. Let me repeat that for those of you in disbelief: W-T began constuction of FS3. Expected delivery is May 2011. First step was to lower parts of the site by two feet, which is what happened last week.

May 10: dump trucks line up to take excess dirt away:

Looking down at FS3 Site from 21st Rd – May 10 & May 16:

May 16: Sculpting FS3′s footprint:

Shelter From The Storm + I Love Trash Mashup:

According to Rick Pinskey, Arlington Co. Proj. Manager for FS3, the news we’ve waited for has come: today Whiting-Turner received “Notice to Proceed,” with construction. It has until April 14, 2011 to complete the fire station (& I assume pocket park on 21st Rd. and sidewalk on the north side of Lee from Quincy to the Koons Garage). Whiting-Turner and  county officials will meet on Wednesday to review procedures, schedules, and so forth and then the trucks to roll in. Also later this week the Koons Garage will be designated as “acceptable.”

Back to last week… the 21st Rd and Lee Hwy sidewalk construction was completed on Friday. I didn’t get a change to take pics of the garage over the weekend due to the rain but will as soon as the sun returns. The brick facade work is complete and some parts of the exterior walls were either primed or painted with white paint — not sure which right now.  Also concrete parking stops, a.k.a., front spoiler destroyers, were installed.

21st Rd Looking North:

21st Rd Looking South:

Lee Hwy Side of Garage With New Sidewalk:

Site for Bus Shelter for Relocated 21st Rd Bus Stop (I assume this will be installed soon).: