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Kootenai County project team recommends compressed-air fire protection for justice building evidence room
Summary
Contractor and building staff told commissioners the justice building is nearing completion and recommended a compressed-air sprinkler arrangement instead of an interior nitrogen-charged line for the evidence storage room, citing cost and space impacts.
Construction and systems work on Kootenai County’s new justice building is nearing completion and project staff recommended the county adopt a compressed-air fire-protection arrangement for a secure evidence storage room, rather than an interior nitrogen-charged sprinkler line, project manager David Mendez told the Board of County Commissioners on March 4.
Mendez, with Turner and Townsend Heery, said construction is most complete on the third floor, with ceilings, doors and finish work progressing. He summarized status across floors and then described two fire-protection options for the evidence room, which county bailiffs requested be kept free of standing water to avoid damaging stored evidence.
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