KINGSTON, N.Y >> City officials released a report last month that detailed about $3.8 million worth of improvement work needed at the Central Fire Station in on East O'Reilly Street. The report, by Latham-based consulting firm C.T. Male Associates, outlined significant repairs that are needed as well as work that should be done to bring the Midtown building up to code.
But more recently, a new document has been created by C.T. Male that breaks the initial report into high-, medium- and low-priority needs in the 110-year-old structure.
The high-priority work alone would cost less than everything suggested in the initial report, but still in the neighborhood of $2 million — more than half of C.T. Male’s total estimate of $3,796,868.
The C.T. Male reports came on the heels of one prepared by Peak Engineering that said reinforcements to the firehouse’s concrete floor, where fire trucks are parked, had deteriorated significantly.
Inside the building, cracks where moisture seeps can been seen throughout the floor, causing continued damaged to the steel reinforcements. From the basement, deterioration is visible on the floor’s underside.