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4i <br />/ <br />t <br />I. <br />-----" **-i!lTFfiI <br />Spokane County Medical Examiner's Cffice <br />iil$,r <br />KEV FEATURES <br />> New construction of Medical Examiner's Office <br />> Designed to serve present and future needs <br />> The building features a Lodox machine, which can rapidly <br />complete f ull-body X-ray scans. <br />PROJECT INFORMATION <br />Project Team: McClaren, Wilson & Lawrie (MWL) <br />Project Type: Medical Examiner's O{fice <br />Size: 24,000 SF <br />Client: Spokane County <br />E <br />C-, <br />SPOKANE, WASHINGTON <br />The new medical examiner's (ME) off rce provides state-of-the <br />art forensic essential services to many communities in the <br />Eastern Washington, Northern ldaho, Montana and Oregon <br />regions. Situated near the south edge of the University District, <br />the project calied for renovation and expansion of an existing <br />building The design process included projecting the needs of <br />the medical examiner's office for 50 years and ensured the final <br />design would support the region's growth in that time. <br />There was not sulficient room in the exisling buiiding footprint <br />to accommodate the 5O-year program that the facility required. <br />Therefore, a second floor was added to the rear third of the <br />building. This affords year-round protection for lhe dual l-lVAC <br />systems and a generator capable of supplying all buiiding elec- <br />trical requirements in an emergency. <br />The facility has three rooms with multiple tables for conducting <br />autopsies, quiet spaces to record observations, cffice spaces, <br />storage rooms and a room where families of the deceased can <br />have a private discussion. <br />The slabs in the ME exhibited sub-surface settling and needed <br />to be replaced with a new 4-inch slab for under-floor ducts, <br />new plumbing piping and autopsy floors sloped to dra n. <br />There is an enclosed sallyport to afford a safe, secure and <br />weatherproof area for staff to transport f rom vehicles io the <br />building. There are specially designed spaces for collection and <br />refuse pickup of hazardous materials, chemical waste, and <br />soiled laundry. <br />The faciiity has the capability of storing up to 100 bodies and a <br />provision to move two 40-foot self-contained cooler modules <br />on site for disaster preparedness. <br />\: il <br />i.-- i'r.".: -:ia-. I::-S