Dentistry school projects have become a small trend in the Southeast, but contractors have yet to build up the expertise these facilities demand. That was a challenge on the 267,000-sq-ft College of Dental Medicine project for the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta.
“Dental technology and architectural guidelines are so specific that the whole project team learned something new every day,” says Brandon Scott, project executive for KBR Building Group. The dental technology facility includes 332 operatories, including oral surgery suites, along with instructional, meeting and seminar rooms as well as a study and lounge.