San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office Chooses Imperial Walk-in Coolers For Big Project

Projects can be measured any number of ways. The Imperial walk-in cooler at the San Diego Medical Examiner’s new building uses 21 doors and has seven rooms.

The new facility is 84,000 square feet, more than five times larger than the original 16,000 sq ft facility built in the 1960’s and evidence of the growth of the entire San Diego area. The facility opened at the end of 2009 with a LEED Silver rating, featuring the latest in energy saving design and technology, including Imperial walk-in coolers.

The San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office investigates approximately 11,000 cases each year with roughly 3,000 cases brought in for further examination. By any measure, this is a big job and Imperial walk-in coolers meet the requirements in the new Medical Examiner’s facility, as seen in the facilities tour with Dr. Glenn Wagner.

Stainless steel is used throughout the coolers. All of the sliding doors are self closing, powered by the Imperial ICC-5 controller. Five of the doors are over 21 feet tall to handle very large cases and have pedestrian doors built-in for regular use. The shelving system is entire free standing for quick reconfiguration.

Doors used in the facility:

• (6) standard flush doors
• (1) wide flush door
• (3) double flush doors
• (5) 72"w x 253"h; double infit doors
• (4) single slide ICC-5 doors (powered)
• (2) biparting ICC-5 doors (powered)

Tour the facilities with Dr. Glenn Wagner, Chief Medical Examiner