CLINIC PROJECT DELAYED 4 MONTHS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital's $5.8 million medical clinic in Palmdale will be completed about four months later than expected because the contractor is having problems obtaining modular buildings Modular buildings are sectional prefabricated buildings that are manufactured in a plant, and delivered to the customer in one or more complete modular sections. Modular buildings are considerably different from mobile homes. from its supplier. The company that builds the modular buildings is tied up with commitments to provide the trailers to school districts that need them for reducing class sizes. ``I'm somewhat disappointed that we don't have it open earlier, but I think it's still a great project, bringing a much-needed service to Palmdale,'' Director Gary Hill Gary Hill (born in 1951, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) is an American artist who lives and works in Seattle, Washington. One of the pioneers of video art, Gary Hill has exhibited his video and video installations worldwide (Artfacts 2007). said. ``Simple things can be done very quickly, the complicated take a day or two longer.'' The Antelope Valley Hospital board of directors granted the extension request to Amelco Construction of Gardena at Wednesday's meeting. As part of the extension, Amelco will forfeit To lose to another person or to the state some privilege, right, or property due to the commission of an error, an offense, or a crime, a breach of contract, or a neglect of duty; to subject property to confiscation; or to become liable for the payment of a penalty, as the result of a a $50,000 incentive bonus that it would have gotten if it finished construction ahead of the original Sept. 17 completion date. If the project falls behind schedule, Amelco is still obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to pay the hospital $200 for every day beyond the new completion date of Jan. 24. The clinic at 40th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard has been billed as the launch of a three-phase plan to build a hospital in Palmdale. The two-story, 30,000-square-foot clinic will offer primary care and ``emergent'' care services - an around-the-clock facility staffed by emergency room physicians seven days a week. If patients need to be admitted, they will be transported to Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster once they are stabilized sta·bi·lize v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es v.tr. 1. To make stable or steadfast. 2. . Life-threatening situations will still be sent to Antleope Valley Hospital after being evaluated in the field by emergency personnel. Plans call for the eventual completion of a three-story hospital, a doctors office building and a child-care center. Palmdale lost its only hospital in March 1996, when Desert Palms Community Hospital closed. Since then, hospital officials and Palmdale city officials have been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a way to provide medical services to residents in south Antelope Valley. |
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