Pick Everard has completed a £4.5 million project to redevelop two fire stations in Leicestershire.

The £2.5m work at Coalville involved the demolition and rebuilding of the existing fire and rescue station to make the new building more modern and energy efficient.

The £2m Hinckley scheme involved refurbishing and modernising the existing building.

Both projects have been delivered for Pick Everard's client, the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service.

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Pick Everard was responsible for the design and project management of both schemes.

The new station in Broad Street, Coalville incorporates accommodation for a day crew and shift working pattern, with the installation of sleeping quarters which has been designed to provide the most up-to-date facilities and enable fire fighters to do their jobs in more comfortable working conditions.

Coalville's fire crew operated from temporary accommodation in Atlas Road, less than a mile from the site, while the new development was being built.

The £2m redevelopment of Hinckley Fire Station was also completed as part of the same redevelopment programme.

The refurbished station in Leicester Road has been remodelled so that it includes a new residential accommodation block for day crew and shift staff and a new purpose-designed training house building.