Work begins on new dental centre for the army in Scotland
New £22m centre will serve around 3,700 army personnel and their dependents.
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of a £22m medical and dental centre at Leuchars Station, the military base in Fife.
The new building will replace the existing medical and dental centre, which was built in 1936. It will cater for the increasing number of personnel forecast to be based at the station in the coming years, as it becomes the army’s hub in Scotland.
Around 3,700 personnel at the British Army establishment and their dependents will benefit from the new building, which will house physical rehabilitation and mental health facilities as well as GP and dental services.
"The new facility is one of many ongoing and planned projects which will see Leuchars transform into the largest army garrison in Scotland.
Major TB Gray
The building has been designed to be as sustainable as possible – including through thermal efficiency, solar panels, air source heat pumps, and the provision of four electric vehicle charging stations.
Building materials have been selected not only on the basis of suitability but also to reduce carbon impact on the environment. It is hoped that the building can be an example of sustainability in construction of future MOD medical and dental centres.
Major TB Gray, station quartermaster, said: “It has been 10 years since the Army took ownership of Leuchars Station from the RAF and the troops returned from Germany to make Fife their permanent home.
“The new healthcare facility is one of many ongoing and planned multi–million-pound projects which will see Leuchars transform from an aging RAF site into the largest army garrison in Scotland.”