Wates Construction has been awarded a £7m contract to build a new fire station in St Helens.The St Helens fire station is Wates’ third contract from Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service recently. It completed Saughall Massie Fire Station just last month, handing over ahead of schedule, and built the new Fire and Police Station in Prescot in 2018.Work on the St Helens fire station in is expected to start this summer and will see Wates build a three-appliance bay, two-storey operational fire station with welfare accommodation, meeting room, offices, training facilities and parking.