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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
SAA Board
accepts $1.98M grant for new ARFF station
Salina, Kan., (September 7, 2011)
-The Salina Airport Authority is one important step closer to breaking
ground for a new $2.5 million aircraft rescue and firefighting station
after a special board meeting held today at the M. J. Kennedy Air
Terminal building.
The board accepted a Federal
Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant of $1,982,364
which will enable the Airport Authority to proceed with the
construction of the new fire station. The Airport Authority's
share of the project is $500,032.
A bid opening was held August 25
with three qualifying general contractors submitting bids.
Bidders were as follows: Kansas City, Mo. firm McKinsie Construction
with a bid of $2,749,929; Wichita firm Snodgrass and Sons with a bid of
$2,523,107; and Kansas City, Kan. firm Miller-Stauch Construction with
a bid of $2,366,000. Other components of the project bring the
total development costs to $2.5 million include engineering,
construction observation and facility equipment.
The board of directors voted to
authorize Executive Director Tim Rogers, A.A.E. to sign a $2,366,000
construction contract with Miller-Stauch Construction's and all
project-related documents. Construction is expected to begin in
October.
This state of the art
10,000-square-foot airport fire station will increase safety and enable
Salina's aircraft rescue and firefighters to better serve the airport
users and Salina community for decades to come.
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