Bam Construction has been selected to build two fire stations in Sheffield.

The contractor, which has offices in Leeds, was awarded the £5 million contract by South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue (SYFR) through the Yorbuild framework.

Bam will build new stations at Parkway and Birley Moor that will serve the South Yorkshire area.

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Parkway Fire Station will be a two-storey facility staffed by firefighters 24 hours a day. The steel-framed building will include a range of sustainability features such as air source heat pumps, solar-heated water and photovoltaic cells.

Single-storey Birley Moor Fire Station will be staffed part-time and include appropriate sustainability measures.

Both buildings will provide more modern facilities for firefighters to train and prepare for work.

The planning application for both sites was submitted in August, and the contractor aims to start on site in January 2014.

Both stations will be completed for operational use from April 2015.

(CD/MH)