b'PROJECT PROFILEPhoto courtesy of Stuart Olson Construction.STATION 71NEW LAKE COUNTRY FIRE HALL A BLEND OF FORM, FUNCTION AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN BY JAMES PETERSn 2017 and 2018, B.C.Department. Our firefighters 2020 and, at time of writing, is set to open I experienced some of the worstmust respond to fires, medicalahead of schedule before the end of 2021. forest fires in its recordedemergencies, motor vehicle accidents, iceThe total cost of the fire hall, including history, complete with widespread physicaland marine rescues, in addition to firedesign, construction and servicing, is damage and casualties, with much of thesafety public education in schools and atexpected to be approximately $9 million. destruction occurring in Kelowna andcommunity events.across the Okanagan Valley. In the monthsCalhoun and the rest of the Bird/Stuart that followed, it was clear that a renewedSpencer Calhoun, Senior Project ManagerOlson field operations project team commitment to upgrading some of thewith Bird/Stuart Olson Construction,worked hand-in-hand with Matt Vader, older facilities and training areas in thesays, The district had simply outgrownDirector of Parks, Recreation & Culture; region needed to be addressedenterits existing fire hall. But this new projectSteve Windsor, Director of Protective Station 71s new fire hall in the District ofprovided the opportunity for some deepServices/Fire Chief; Brent Penner, Deputy Lake Country.thinking about how best to design andFire Chief; and Kelowna-based architect build a new facility from the ground up.Sahuri + Partners.As Mayor James Baker has stated, The community has seen tremendous growthConstruction on the 17,850-sq.-ft. StationFrom the very beginning, the various in recent years, and public safety is a71 fire hall at Okanagan Centre Roadstakeholders in this project worked primary focus of the Lake Country FireEast and Jardines Road started in Augustcollaboratively, says Calhoun. We 54 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'