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Flower Mound council approves roughly $1.4 million renovation after engineers find failed trusses at Fire Station 5
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The Flower Mound Town Council unanimously approved an estimated $1.4 million renovation for Fire Station 5 after engineers found failed roof trusses and recommended full roof replacement and system upgrades to preserve emergency response capability.
The Flower Mound Town Council unanimously approved a roughly $1.4 million renovation for Fire Station 5 after engineers found failed roof trusses that made parts of the building unsafe for occupancy, Chief Henley said at a special meeting.
Engineers determined that wood trusses in the station’s apparatus bay had failed, Chief Henley told the council, and staff installed shoring and struts to keep one bay operable while the town pursued an emergency contract to address the problem. “The trusses had failed,” Henley said, describing emergency repairs and the decision…
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