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On March 10, San Francisco civil and harbor officials opened the long-awaiting floating Fireboat Station No. 35 at Pier 22½, north of the Bay Bridge. The new two-story, 14,900-square-foot station will house the city’s fireboat and marine rescue watercraft fleet and a rotating crew of 21 fire personnel members. The $50.5 million project was a design-build effort involving Power Engineering Construction Co., Swinerton, Shah Kawasaki Architects and Liftech Consultants. It sits on a 173-foot-long-by-96-foot-wide steel float that’s anchored by four guide piles. Power Engineering Construction’s design allows the station to roll with the natural tide and future sea level rise.…