{"id":52920,"date":"2026-04-10T15:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=52920"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:53:12","slug":"acc-eastview-dental-hygiene-expansion-earns-top-construction-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/04\/10\/acc-eastview-dental-hygiene-expansion-earns-top-construction-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Eastview Dental Hygiene Expansion Earns Top Construction Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) received a top industry honor for its investment in student training and community health. The College\u2019s Eastview Campus Dental Hygiene Expansion was named a category winner in the 2025 Austin Associated General Contractors (AGC) Outstanding Construction Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Completed by Linbeck Group LLC, the project doubled the number of dental operatories from 16 to 32 and added new clinical and instructional spaces, including a materials lab, sterilization room, and X-ray suite. The expanded facility allows ACC to serve more patients through its on-site clinic while preparing more students for careers in a high-demand field.<\/p>\n<p>The project is part of ACC\u2019s 2022 General Obligation Bond Program, which focuses on expanding high-demand programs and strengthening workforce training across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Community members are encouraged to visit the clinic and support students as they train to become the next generation of dental professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/austincc.edu\/dentalhygiene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/dentalhygiene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out photos of the space during the Grand Opening Ceremony in October 2025.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accdistrict\/albums\/72177720329434424\/\" title=\"Dental Hygiene Ribbon-Cutting by Austin Community College, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54826958632_c4a81e5c9b.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Dental Hygiene Ribbon-cutting'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) received a top industry honor for its investment in student training and community health. The College\u2019s Eastview Campus Dental Hygiene Expansion was named a category winner in the 2025 Austin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/04\/10\/acc-eastview-dental-hygiene-expansion-earns-top-construction-honor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":52409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,12,13,15,19],"tags":[4085,157,271,2117,4372],"class_list":["post-52920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-students-and-alumni","tag-2022-g-o-bond","tag-award","tag-construction","tag-dental-hygiene","tag-linbeck"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}