Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com
Update: The city council chose the $1.2 million plan.
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| Pool building. |
CORROSION ISSUES
What to do about corrosion inside the city's mostly-metal municipal pool building caused by ambient chlorine content is being debated by the city council; choices are to make repairs and install better ventilation -- or to address the root problem too, the lack of air conditioning/purification.
Just making repairs with ventilation upgrade will cost about $1.2 million but completely addressing the long term air quality problem will cost about $1 million more, according to the city engineer.
Additional maintenance costs over the long term associated with a new air conditioning system will have to be factored in as well.
A new mezzanine level for ventilation equipment is planned.
Bienville Construction Services is the potential contractor.
SIMILAR REPAIRS MADE SIX YEARS AGO
The city already spent $160K on maintenance/repairs in 2018; the building was constructed about ten years earlier. (Air conditioning was never installed then due to it high cost, as we recall it.)
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| Inside view. |
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| 2018 repairs. |
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