Drive along Massey Drive in about 1 1/2 years time and you see a long, dark building with a graceful swoop to its roof line – that would be the new Fire Hall No. 1.

An artists rendition of the new building was unveiled Wednesday at the site will construction will begin on the $15-million project “as soon as the snow melts.”

Highlighted by a gradual curve over the length of the roof line along its northern face, the building will be clad in black metal siding with a glazed glass frontage along the truck bays to make them “very open and visible to the public,” said architect Stuart Rothnie of HCMA Architects and Planning.

“The idea being that we’re trying to represent the capability of the fire department and not shut them behind closed doors,” he said.

Inside, a fair amount of exposed wood in the form of fir and larch will be incorporated into bays’ ceiling, although most of the structure will consist of steel and concrete in the name of longevity.

Over the course of about 200 feet, the building’s height will rise from 1 /12 stories at its western end to a “crescendo” of three stories on its eastern side, where the administrative offices, an emergency operations centre and a dispatch centre will be housed. A hose tower and radio tower will occupy the back side.

The unveiling was held at the site where it will be located, off Massey Drive, just north of the Family Y.

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