Crime Lab Clears Hurdle
28 10 2009After being put on hold due to a contract dispute, the new DC Forensics Lab is finally back on track to begin construction. After a review by the city appellate board of a complaint by a local builder protesting the contract to a rival, the case was dismissed this week. Interestingly the competitors claim was that they could build the project faster, but their complaint has ended up delaying the project by six months.
The new facility is going to be a huge benefit to the cities already stretched crime labs which are currently spread out all over the city. The District has actually been relying on the FBI to help with their back log, but this new consolidated facility will remove that burden and speed up the services necessary to solve crimes. Hopefully this will be the last hurdle in the decade long quest to get this new facility built!
We think it’s a cool looking building too by the way… very CSI!
Excellent news!
indeed! i wish someone would countersue the idiots that delayed this project.
Do you guys know on which day the case was dismissed?
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