Gwinnett Commissioners approved a construction contract Tuesday for a new morgue and medical examiner’s office. The 2014 SPLOST is funding the 15,000 square foot facility to be built on 5.6 acres the county owns at 320 Hurricane Shoals Road in Lawrenceville.
McKnight Construction Co. Inc. was the lowest of three pre-qualified bidders at $5.7 million. The building will be designed with energy and water efficient fixtures by Precision Planning Inc. to achieve LEED Certification through the U.S. Green Building Council.
The morgue space will have three state of the art autopsy stations plus a laboratory and space for evidence processing and storage. The facility will also have office space for the medical examiner, medical staff, investigators and administrative staff along with a family conference room and respite area.
The medical examiner conducts death investigations, including postmortem examinations of bodies, in order to determine cause and manner of death in cases that meet certain criteria as defined under state law, such as sudden or suspicious deaths.
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