The Executive Office of the Mayor has just announced its choice for the contract to build the $133 million Consolidated Forensic Lab (CFL) on the site of the old police station at 4th and E Streets, SW: Whiting-Turner. The city awarded the construction management contract to Jacobs Engineering last year. The project design architect is HOK.
“This is our most important public safety, public health and homeland security project,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty. “It is critical that we keep this project moving on the fast track.”
“This is our most important public safety, public health and homeland security project,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty. “It is critical that we keep this project moving on the fast track.”
The mayor's office press release states that
[t]he CFL will be a state-of-the-art research facility for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Forensic Laboratory, the Department of Health (DOH) Public Health Laboratory and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). It will coordinate crime, public safety and health investigations to help law enforcement solve crimes quickly without having to rely on other laboratories with competing priorities.
The total project cost will be about $220 million, including specialized equipment.
The 287,000 square foot CFL will stand six stories and include two levels of underground parking. Designers anticipate the project will qualify for a LEED Gold green building certification.
If the project is on the fast track, then demolition at the site of the old police station should begin soon. The First District Police Department has completed its move to the old Bowen School on M Street and plan to have an open house for June 16th.
Whiting-Turner is a 100 -year-old Contracting Company with a huge portfolio of projects around the country. It is headquartered in Baltimore.
HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) is the world's fourth largest architectural firm. Recent projects range from The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, N.Y. to the Doha City Centre in Qatar. HOK considers itself a leader in sustainable design, or green architecture, a trait that will come in handy in the execution of a green laboratory.
Photo: CFL Site Scheme from CFL website.
Whiting-Turner is a 100 -year-old Contracting Company with a huge portfolio of projects around the country. It is headquartered in Baltimore.
HOK (formerly Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) is the world's fourth largest architectural firm. Recent projects range from The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, N.Y. to the Doha City Centre in Qatar. HOK considers itself a leader in sustainable design, or green architecture, a trait that will come in handy in the execution of a green laboratory.
Photo: CFL Site Scheme from CFL website.
UPDATE: The Examiner reports that President Obama's budget proposal includes $14 milllion for the District's CFL.
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