The Brian D. Allgood '82 Ambulatory Clinic was ceremonially opened during a ribbon-cutting event on Wednesday afternoon.
This Military Construction Project began as a ‘clinic addition’ to Keller Army Community Hospital. The ground-breaking ceremony for this project occurred on March 15, 2012, under the command of, then Hospital Commander, Colonel Beverly Land.In May 2014, Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr., Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, announced, by memorandum, that the Museum, Historical, and Memorialization Committee voted in the affirmative, in December 2013, and he approved the recommendation to name the new clinic after Col. Brian Allgood, USMA Class of 1982, and Commander of Keller from 2002-04.
The $31.4 MIL project adds more than 51,000 gross square feet to Medical Command West Point, and houses Primary Care, Orthopedics/Podiatry, Physical Therapy, Optometry, TRICARE services center, staff and administration support. The design facilitates the consolidation, corrections of space inequities, and interdepartmental adjacencies, and is overall a boon to patients' access to care.The clinic addition supports the future flexibility of the Keller Medical Campus by providing the transition space and feasibility of a high-priority, overall hospital renewal; and creates a modernized ambulatory environment for the provision of 'World Class Healthcare' at West Point, the jewel of the United States Army, and home of the United States Military Academy.Capability Highlights:Flexible layout accommodates the 'Patient Centered Medical Home' care model with 23 exam rooms, 11 provider offices; Orthopedics/Podiatry will consist of 10 exam rooms and 6 provider offices; Physical Therapy will possess eight stations and a treatment area; Optometry will consist of five exam rooms, three eye screen testing rooms, and four eye lanes.Evidence-based designs, as well as sustainability principles, are part of the building’s plan to include EPA Energy Star-rated step down transformer and on-site photovoltaic cell array. The overall energy model demonstrates 19% less building energy cost than comparable facilities.
See photos of the event here.
U.S. Army photo by: Anthony Battista/ West Point DPTMS VI