Greenwood police station damaged

GREENWOOD -- Strong winds damaged Greenwood's new police station under construction, but the chief said Tuesday that the damage won't add to the project cost or cause a delay in its completion.

The winds ahead of a storm that struck the area Sunday night collapsed existing roof trusses on the building and damaged the framework of two existing walls, all of which will have to be replaced, said Police Chief Will Dawson.

Robert Darby with the National Weather Service in Tulsa said squall lines like the one that moved through the area Sunday night often contain isolated pockets of winds that can reach 60 to 70 mph.

The only other damage reported in Greenwood from the storm was to the roof of a downtown business, Dawson said.

The trusses and wall frames were left over from the old post office building at 250 Old Hackett Road that is the site of the new 10,000-square-foot police station. Dawson said the city was trying to be ecologically friendly by using the existing walls and trusses in the new structure.

But when the wind blew into Greenwood between 8 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, he said, it collapsed the trusses, and they damaged the two wall frames.

Dawson said representatives with project contractor Turn Key Construction Management of Fort Smith told him the company's insurance will cover the cost of replacing the damage and will not add to the cost of the project. He also said the company did not expect the damage to delay the station's anticipated July opening because the work had been about two weeks ahead of schedule.

The total $2.8 million project includes construction, equipping and furnishing the new station, property acquisition, and design and planning.

Metro on 12/17/2014

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