JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. –
Phase II of the MILCON Construction Project will begin with the start of the Dental Clinic construction on Feb. 1, 2017. The project will relocate the Dental Clinic to the old employee parking lot of building 1050. Once Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center and the new Dental clinic facility is 100% operational, building 1050 will be demolished.
Col. (Dr.) Sharon Bannister, 79th Medical Wing Commander said, “Our job is to ensure the medical readiness of our service members, and to provide a ready medical force able to deliver the best medical services anywhere in the world under any conditions to all of our beneficiaries. This project will move the current dental clinic to the same medical campus which will vastly improve patient convenience.”
Col. (Dr.) Leslie Knight, 779th Medical Group Commander said, “"We are very excited to be starting construction on a state of the art facility that will replace the oldest dental clinic in the Air Force inventory. We're dedicated to providing “Trusted Care” to our community."
Col. (Dr.) Thaddeus Phillips III, Dental Squadron Commander said, “Current operations at the Joint Base Andrews Dental Clinic on 1601 California Avenue will continue until the new facility is ready for beneficial occupancy. The state of the art dental clinic will expand to 26,612 sq. ft. and will cost $22.8 Million. It is scheduled to be completed in April 2018.”
The 79th Medical Wing broke ground on May 22, 2013 to begin the construction of the new Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center and Joint Base Andrews Dental Clinic. Phase one of the new facility was completed in February 2016 and integrates into the National Capital Region healthcare network, providing world-class medical services to the nation's wounded warriors and the area's service members, retirees and their families.