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Sedgwick County officials present $19.1M plan to expand Regional Forensic Science Center
Summary
County staff and the Regional Forensic Science Center director outlined a CIP proposal to add a new 24,600-square-foot building and remodel roughly 16,000 square feet of the existing facility, estimating a $19.1 million total project cost plus allowances and equipment.
The Sedgwick County staff and the Regional Forensic Science Center (RFSC) director presented a capital improvement project that would add a modern laboratory building adjacent to the existing RFSC and remodel part of the current facility.
Dr. Shelly Stedman, director of the Regional Forensic Science Center, told the county that the county’s lab does a disproportionate share of the state’s violent-crime forensic work, but operates in relatively small and aging space. “We’re doing a whole lot of work in very little space,” Stedman said, describing current constraints in toxicology, DNA and drug-identification workflows.
Andrew Dilts, director of facilities, said the county has an approved CIP line with roughly $7 million currently in the fund and has developed an updated budget that estimates $1.2 million for architecture and…
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