

The new Mental Health Facility was a three-story addition built on top of the existing single-story Radiology Oncology Building at the OKC VAMC. The existing Radiology building remained in operation with two linear accelerators operating and treating patients daily, not one appointment was canceled during the Mental Health construction. This project tied into the existing Radiology Oncology columns, to do this the roof had to be removed in approximately 17 locations, the columns tied in and then temporary roof protection put around the columns. The attention to detail during this phase of the project resulted in no water damage to the existing facility or the linear accelerators.