The town of Richmond is not catching on fire, but you’ll certainly see red when you notice the new fire station which is East of Highway 59 Service Station. The 80ft. X 76ft. steel-sided building was designed by Ken Coleman and built by Quality Structures in what seemed like a short amount of time. “Quality Structures is proud to help serve the city of Richmond and local communities,” said Rick Gudenkauf, General Manager. This is only one of numerous projects QSI has helped with or been almost totally responsible for as in the case of the Show Barn for the Richmond Free Fair Assn. Gudenkauf said many employees assisted with the fire station project from Pat DuPont in the beginning to Ken Coleman in the design dept., to Matt Batchelor who is also on the Fire Dept. board. “There is also an attached office/training area on the south that is 40ft. X 24 ft.,” the QSI manager said. There are four bays for trucks which leaves room for an addition since the department now has three trucks. Background information was furnished by Lester Wuertz, Richmond Fire Dept. president, who said QSI is in the process of placing water and electricity lines before the concrete floor is poured. QSI will get bids for the sub-contractors. Then, add the big doors and finishing touches….and it will be an exciting moment when it’s ribbon-cutting time!
Source: The Ottawa Herald
