Construction to begin on Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma site in Oklahoma City

Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma will start construction on a new 70,000-square-foot clinic and administration building Thursday at 325 NE 97, near Broadway Extension and Britton Road.

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A groundbreaking ceremony, which was announced late last year, will be at 11 a.m.

Nearly 300 of the company's 780 Oklahoma employees will work at the location, which is expected to open in August 2011. Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma, a business unit of Quest Diagnostics, provides laboratory services and laboratory management to more than 2,200 physicians, hospitals and clinics in across Oklahoma.

"This new facility is not only an asset for DLO, but it's an asset for Oklahoma patients, physicians and all health care professionals," said Bill Mosteller, managing director.

"It provides us with room for continued growth and gives us the ability to deliver more cutting-edge technology. And by having our clinical and administrative operations under one roof, it will improve operational efficiencies," he said.

The property is being developed by Turner & Co. Architecture services are provided by Bockus Payne Associates Architects.