Columbia

Basin College has built out a 16,961-square-foot, state-of-the-art dental

hygiene clinic on the fourth floor of the Wortman Medical Science Center in

Richland. 

The 22-chair

clinic serves as a training center for dental hygienists. It houses

faculty and administration offices, a patient reception area, study

lockers and work areas for clinical practice management. 

It

has dedicated laboratory, radiology and classroom spaces as well. 

The

$4.3 million project included the build-out of an existing four-floor space.

The building’s first two floors house a residency program for Kadlec and the

third floor supports CBC’s Emergency Medical Services (paramedic) program and

its medical assistant and phlebotomy program.  

The

dental clinic opened at the start of CBC’s winter quarter on Jan. 6.  

The

project was led by Tammy Sanderson, CBC’s director for dental hygiene, Mary

Hoerner, CBC dean for health sciences, and Troy Phillips, CBC director for

facilities and capital projects.  

DGR

Grant Construction of Richland was the general contractor for the project.

Robert

Uhrich of RGU Architecture & Planning of Pasco designed the clinic.