Lab Owner Completes 7,200 Square-Foot Renovation Marathon in Just Eight-Weeks

Unexpectedly caught in a pressure-filled situation with only eight weeks to renovate YDL Dental Laboratory in Carrollton, Texas, owner Sami Yared, CDT, successfully fulfilled his dream of creating a modern, sophisticated, efficient laboratory.

Laboratory owner Sami
Yared, CDT, didn't necessarily
want to move his
laboratory. After all, he liked his
location in a renovated house in an
affl uent neighborhood and knew his
high-end clients enjoyed sending
patients there for shade-taking.
But in six years, YDL Dental
Laboratory had grown from seven
to 20 technicians--due, in part to
exploding implant and sleep apnea
departments--so things were
crowded and parking was a huge
problem.

In 2008, Yared purchased a
building in Carrollton, Texas, and
planned on taking some time to
design and build the lab of his
dreams while trying to sell the old
building. However, the building
sold very quickly, creating a pressure-
fi lled situation in which Yared
only...