Frontenac County campus redevelopment

Elected officials, Frontenac Paramedics, emergency system partners, Frontenac County staff, and friends gathered in Glenburnie this morning to officially open the new Glenburnie Frontenac Paramedics base.

“It takes years of planning, cooperation, and commitment among funding partners and organizers to bring a new paramedics base to fruition,” says Frances Smith, Warden of Frontenac County. “This new building is a significant step toward equipping Frontenac Paramedics to serve the residents of Frontenac County and Kingston into the future.”

A few update shots of construction progress on the new Battersea Rd. Frontenac Paramedics base from Tuesday this week. Still to come: Asphalt; and some technical, electrical, and communications elements. It's really looking good and coming along very nicely.

Here's a short update and a couple of shots from yesterday of work ongoing on the Battersea Rd. Frontenac Paramedics base: Metal roofing material installation began yesterday. Awaiting gas connection, paving, and landscaping as the weather warms up.

Work is progressing well on the new Frontenac Paramedics base and headquarters on Frontenac County campus in Glenburnie. Sheetrock is going up in the headquarters space today. Over at the base, all the interior wall studs are up now, insulation is being blown into the attic space, and the building is nice and warm inside. (Pictures from Tuesday).

The interior walls are up in the headquarters space in the joint admin facility. Drywall is going up today on the inside surfaces of the exterior walls.

Not too much new to see on the outside of the base this week except lots of contractors vehicles and materials to indicate all that's happening inside.

It's nice and warm inside the base with almost all the interior walls framed-up and almost ready for drywall. This area will become the paramedics' common area while on shift.

Insulation is being blown-into the attic spaces.

And here's a shot of the inside of the garage bays. The base is sited and built so that far wall can be kicked-out to make way for more garage bays when the time comes to expand.

Frontenac Paramedics DC Popov, DC Goudie, and Chief Chevalier toured the new Frontenac Paramedics headquarters space in the joint administrative facility, December 5.

HVAC and most of the interior wall studs are in place. Electricians were working on installing switches and outlets today. Wallboard, flooring, ceiling still to come. It won't be long now.

You can see now how the east addition will dovetail with the historical façade of the old house. Paramedics HQ will be on the lower lever, Council chamber and CRCA boardroom upstairs.

And at ground level, the east addition looking south, the other side from last shot, you can see exterior insulation in place and a taste of the yellow brickwork that will blend in well with the old house when it's done.

At the other end of campus construction is coming along nicely on the new Frontenac Paramedics base. Exterior insulation is almost up now. Roofline is complete with soffits and fascia are in place. The roof underlayment membrane is there too, though you can't see it for the snow.

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There is good progress on both of the major construction improvement projects ongoing now on Frontenac County campus since our last update on September 1.

In this shot from (all pictures from November 5) you can see the new Frontenac Paramedics base site at the top to the North end of campus by Battersea Rd. In the foreground-right you can see the east addition to the Joint administrative facility enclosed with exterior windows in place and the roof complete, sealed, and graveled.

Here's a ground-level picture of the east addition. This will be the new Frontenac County Council chamber/Cataraqui Conservation boardroom and space for Frontenac Paramedics.

And at the north end of campus, work raising walls for the new Frontenac Paramedics base is coming along very quickly. You can see almost all the walls are up now. Trusses for the roof structure are on-site to the left, and the dry detention pond for storm-water handling is coming along to the right.

Ground level framing is all in place. Wall sheathing is going up all around. Next step: lifting roof trusses.

For updates on this and all the construction and improvement projects happen on Frontenac County campus, visit the Frontenac County Campus Redevelopment page on EngageFrontenac.ca.

Here's a very-tall-person shot from earlier this morning of construction progress now underway on the new Frontenac Paramedics base on Frontenac County campus in Glenburnie: Road access to the site is roughed-out, footings are partially laid with some forms in place for foundation.

Great to see the base coming together. Paramedics stationed at the new $3-million base will serve the eastern part of South Frontenac, Highway 401, and the Montreal Street corridor.

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Work has begun on the new Frontenac Paramedics base at the north end of Frontenac County campus, 2069 Battersea Rd. Glenburine.

The new $3-million, two-bay station is part of the County's plan to prepare Frontenac Paramedics for the future as the population of Kingston and Frontenac County grows larger and skews older. The location of the new station will add to Frontenac Paramedics’ overall capacity. It will especially help to address paramedic response times where demand is high in the Rideau Heights and Montreal St. areas of Kingston, the Highway 401 corridor, and rapidly developing areas of The Township of South Frontenac.

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Click here to find answers to frequently asked questions about the new station.

Click here for the new station site concept plan.

Click here for more information about Frontenac Paramedics' plan for the future.

These shots of the site, 23 June 2023.