Tolley Dental

Three Projects Across Two Practices

Dr. Ben Tolley has been a Liberty Construction client since 2022. The partnership spans three projects across two general dentistry practices: the original expansion of Tolley Dental of Winchester in 2022, a new design-build office for Tolley Dental of Woodstock in 2024, and a second Winchester expansion that began in August 2025 and reached substantial completion on January 29, 2026. Each project called for a different approach, from bringing existing suites together into one cohesive office to building a complete practice inside a first-generation cold dark shell.

Expanding Tolley Dental of Winchester

Liberty Construction first expanded Dr. Tolley’s general dentistry practice at 136 Linden Drive in Suite 100 under a contract signed in August 2022. ALine Architecture handled both the architecture and the interior design as the construction team remodeled the existing office into a single cohesive suite. When Dr. Tolley purchased the remainder of the building, he brought Liberty Construction back to build out Suite 104 next door, with A & I Design preparing the permit set and Z-Dimensional handling the interiors. That second Winchester dental office expansion added 3,041 square feet and eight new treatment rooms to the practice.

Preparing Suite 104 for Construction

The Suite 104 buildout started with full demolition of the previous tenant’s walls, flooring, and fixtures. The only item salvaged was the existing Mitsubishi HVAC wall unit serving the IT closet. Stambaugh Masonry infilled brick at two former exterior doors and two through-wall air conditioning units the previous tenant left behind, which squared up the envelope for the new floor plan. Before any plumbing or electrical went in the ground, Liberty Construction performed GPR scanning and core drilled the slab. Because the suite sits in an existing occupied building, verifying conditions within the concrete was essential.

Building for Sound Control and Daily Use

Liberty Construction framed the new partitions in 3-5/8" 20ga metal stud at 16" on center with 1/2" drywall carried 6" above the ceiling, batt insulation in every closed room, and a Level 4 finish throughout. The compressor room received full-height walls with batt insulation, one layer of QuietRock on the inside, and 5/8" drywall on the outside to keep equipment noise from carrying into the clinical areas. Restroom and equipment room walls were waterproofed 6" up from the floor with a liquid membrane. The team installed fourteen paint-grade 7'-0" solid wood doors and two sets of bi-folds with glass inserts per Z-Dimensional’s door schedule, all on Schlage Latitude levers and ADA hardware matched to the existing side of the practice.

Matching Finishes Throughout the Winchester Office

Because Suite 104 had to read as one office with the space Dr. Tolley already occupied, matching finishes drove most of the material selections. Winchester Flooring served as the project’s flooring vendor. Liberty Construction installed COREtec and ShawContract flooring matched to the existing side over self-leveled concrete with 4" wood base. Armstrong Ultima 2x2 decorative acoustical tile in white 15/16" grid matched the existing ceilings, with drywall ceilings at the hallway sink nooks and the X-ray room. Sherwin-Williams Duration latex was used on all walls and paint-grade doors, along with wallcoverings WC-1 through WC-8 per the Z-Dimensional finish schedule.

Equipping Eight New Treatment Rooms

Clinical infrastructure is a critical component of a dental office buildout. Liberty Construction ran dual delivery air and vacuum lines to all eight treatment rooms, at both the rear wall for the owner-provided carts and the toe of each chair, and tied them into the vacuum pump and compressor in the mechanical room. Each treatment room received medical-grade wiring, a surface-mounted 120v duplex floor box at the toe of the chair, and blocking for a ceiling-mounted monitor and exam light.