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WE’RE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A CHURCH, WHERE DO WE START? Every successful church building project starts with proper planning. Proper planning always requires expert counsel. Experienced church building consultants will bring that level of expertise to the table. Unfortunately, the industry is alive with “would be” consultants who have never built a church. Would you [...]
NEEDING FINANCING FOR A CHURCH BUILDING? The present market conditions have opened the door for an infusion of capital in the church building/lending marketplace. Many Christian investors are looking at churches as a secure investment and are making their monies available for that. As a church building consultant I receive frequent calls from churches looking [...]
WASTING MONEY IN CHURCH CONSTRUCTION that’s what many churches do because they don’t know how to go about the right way. The correct method to follow is to hire a church building consultant who has construction experience, before you do anything else. He will guide you through a process that will ultimately save the church [...]
BUILDING A CHURCH? Please don’t make the mistake that scores of churches make when they are ducked into purchasing a metal building without first securing the services of an experienced church building consultant. Why? Because many steel building manufactures don’t design their buildings to meet the engineering required by the local municipality. As a building [...]
One of the most difficult problems to resolve in a church building program is the issue of site work costs. Often architects will provide the church with an estimate of the cost but because the civil drawings have not been completed at the time of the bid, the estimate therefore may not be realistic. Most contractors [...]
As an experienced church building consultant I can tell you that much of my work is assisting churches that have found themselves in trouble in their building project. Excessive change orders resulting budgeting and scheduling issues is most often the case. The business of being over budget does not need to be the case. When done correctly, a [...]
When considering a church construction project always remember that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about the process. A common mistake churches make is thinking they have sufficient expertise within the congregation to build their own building. They falsely assume that this will “save the church money.” Rarely does this happen! A church building [...]
Before you hire an architect to design your new church building, make sure your leadership has defined their vision and fully understand your ministry mission. Churches often build buildings that they think they need but can’t utilize fully. The net effect of building without first understanding the ministry driven need, or the mission, often results in a [...]
Yes, You Want Security
Last is the customer security phase. This may not seem to be a matter of paramount importance, given everything you have been through to this point. It is very comforting, however, to know you will be provided with expert training for the operation of all systems and that all operational manuals have [...]
At last…Construction!
Next, the project enters the construction phase. A project “start-up” meeting is held with the consultant, general contractor, project manager, superintendent, architect and key subcontractors in attendance. They review the schedule and discuss significant issues related to project scope and timeline.
Depending upon the municipality, a pre-con meeting with the site-work contractor, city or county [...]
“...to have completed our new headquarters within budget is an enormous achievement and one for which we will be permanently indebted to you.”
Dr. Clive Calver,
President of World Relief
Building for Ministry, by Richard White