New Fire Station and Training Facility Construction in Christchurch

Description Fire and Emergency New Zealand wishes to engage with a construction company to construct a new fire station and fire engineering training facility at 79 Creyke Road, Ilam, Christchurch.

The new Ilam Fire Station will comprise of two appliance bays with rear entries and front exits, operational decontamination wash and storage areas, transitional showers and personal protective equipment (PPE) storage spaces, six single bedrooms, ablutions, gym, kitchen and lounge, operations room, quite room and meeting room.

The yard is to be fully landscaped and secure, providing off street staff car parking and appliance wash facilities with appropriate interceptor traps for the treatment of run off. The new Fire Engineering Training Facility will comprise of office space for six fire engineers and hot desks for visiting fire engineers.

Supporting the office is a meeting room, utility room, ablutions and locker amenities to accommodate their onsite equipment. The facility incorporates two training rooms that can cater for up to 100 people - either as one large space or two smaller areas.

Both the fire engineer�s office and training rooms are supported by a kitchen and cafeteria area that is linked to the exterior through multiple stacking doors - allowing the internal space to connect to the outdoors. Requirements Fire and Emergency is looking for credible providers who have the capability, experience and infrastructure to deliver this required service.

They need to have a good track record in construction, quality and programme management, and implemented sound health and safety related policies. A site visit as detailed in the RFP document is required by Respondents to inspect the site and accurately complete their RFP response. The anticipated start date for the project is 7 October 2019.