Dental Practice Facility Almost Ready for New Patients

Move-in Date Looms for Machias Dental

Machias Dental’s new facility [click to enlarge]

It’s full speed ahead for Jim and Kathy Sparaga as they put the finishing touches on their brand-new dental practice facility in Machias, Maine.

At times, there are ten men working on the building’s interior at once. The basement is a maze of pipes and wires. The sheetrocking stormtroopers are making everyone nervous; will they close up the walls before the equipment gets installed? Inevitably, there will be a number of wall panels coming off to get the details installed before the process is over. Despite a well-reputed dental architectural firm and a good local architect, there have been many omissions and undiscovered conflicts of materials and placements.

Making sense of 33,800 feet of cable [click to enlarge]

“It takes 4 hours every day for Kathy to unravel the issues and do the research required by the general contractor,” sighs Jim. “I just do the dentistry.”

The move-in date looms. Several new hires are joining the practice. Their new associate is about to arrive. They’re wrestling with wallpaper and furniture. Their resident computer whiz is connecting 33,800 feet of cable. (Yes, that’s over six miles of cable.) And the Sparagas couldn’t be more excited.

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