Construction Begins on First Freestanding Comprehensive Cancer Center in Montgomery County, Maryland

Forrester Construction Company has announced that it has begun the construction of the $12 million Aquilino Cancer Center on the Shady Grove Adventist Hospital campus, located at 9905 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, with completion slated for summer 2013. This community-based, freestanding comprehensive cancer center is the first of its kind in Montgomery County, Maryland. The architect of the project is AECOM.

Services range from diagnostics to radiation and chemotherapy, as well as pain and symptom management, multidisciplinary clinics with a comprehensive care team, and clinical trials. The new 51,000-square-foot building will include two linear accelerator vaults for radiation equipment.