10/23/2026
Crime laboratories, autopsy suites, evidence storage, a firing range and emergency operations. Each one asks something different of the building around it.
At the Forensic Science and Protective Medicine Facility, that meant planning for specialized ventilation, controlled access and distinct circulation requirements for people, evidence and materials. Sensitive laboratory spaces also had to account for vibration from nearby highway and campus traffic.
The building brings together a state crime lab, a county medical examiner’s office, county emergency management and an organ and tissue bank, each with spaces designed around its specific operations.
Construction on the active Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus required coordination with neighboring hospitals and campus partners.
C.D. Smith served as construction manager, with crews performing site work, concrete, masonry, steel er****on, rough carpentry and millwork.
Explore the specialized spaces at cdsmith(dot)com/forensic-science.
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management Wisconsin Attorney General Versiti Medical College of Wisconsin HGA