Crime & Safety
San Francisco Celebrates Milestone in Construction of New Medical Examiner's Office
The $65 million project began construction in November last year.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — City officials Wednesday celebrated a milestone in the construction of a new medical examiner's office in San Francisco's Bayview District.
Construction crews lifted the final steel beam into place on the new building at 1 Newhall St. while Mayor Ed Lee and other officials looked on.
The $65 million project, which began construction in November last year, will create a modern new facility for the Office of the Medical Examiner, which investigates and certifies all deaths in the city.
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The office, which handles more than 1,200 deaths a year, is currently located at the Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant St., in a building that is considered seismically unsafe.
The project, paid for by a $400 million Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response bond approved by voters in 2014, has made extensive use of local labor, according to city officials.
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Under an agreement with the CityBuild program, San Francisco residents make up 30 percent of the work crew and have contributed 6,100 working hours so far. The project has also made use of 34 local small
businesses, more than half from the immediate neighborhood.
"By hiring local residents to help build a state-of-the-art Medical Examiner's Office we are not only delivering vital public safety infrastructure to keep our City safe, but we are delivering on our promise to ensure all our residents share in the prosperity of our City," Lee said in a statement.
By Bay City News
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