Theale Community Fire Station

A milestone has been reached in the project to build a new community fire station in Theale.

At the beginning of February 2021, construction work on Theale Community Fire Station was completed at the highest point of the building, when the last beam was placed on the roof. This milestone that is usually marked with a “Topping Out” ceremony, which is a longstanding tradition that signifies the successful completion of the structural phase of a project.

Find out more in our press release. 

Contractors working on the build of Theale Community Fire Station have made good progress during recent months, with the new station starting to take shape.

The installation of the steel superstructure took place at the end of September, following extensive work to prepare the station’s foundations. The Timelapse video below shows progress made over the last month. 

While following the Government’s social distancing guidelines, contractors have made huge progress on the new Theale Community Fire Station over the past few months! Recent developments include: 

• An estimated 16,000 tonnes of excess earth has been removed from the site to create the platform that the station will be built on.
• A piling rig has drilled 20 meter deep holes into the ground which were filled with high strength concrete to form the station’s foundations.
• Draining works and a storage system for rainwater and surface water has been installed.

The next major works are underway, including the installation of superstructure steel structures, meaning the station will start taking shape!