Building Update 12/13/2009

Lots of activity is scheduled for this week. The ceramic tile is to begin on Tuesday as well as the plumber installing all of the fixtures. Carpet has been ordered and will be installed soon. The cleaning and sealing of the auditorium floor may be done this week as well. Stilll waiting on the cabinet maker to make and install the counter tops in the sound booth and then Creative Sound will be in to finished the installation. Hope to have some band practices in the new building before the end of the month. Tony and I need all of the practice we can get on the new digital sound system. Out prayer is that we move into the new building just after the first of the year.

Building Update 11/12/09

Creative Sound and Lighting has been steadily working on the stage lighting and well as hanging the projectors. They have also begun installing the video cameras. Additionally, Jimmy's crew has started installing the trim and doors in certain areas of the building. As always, please keep the building program and financing in your prayers.

Building Update 11/05/2009

The sprinkling system contractor (Brewer) has completed their work of adjusting the sprinker head to the ceiling grid and the ceramic tile is continuing to be installed. The larger tiles (18 inch) are stacked in the foyer and will be installed soon. I talked with our Project Manager, Jimmy Dillon and his men will start installing the interior doors on Monday. Please keep praying for our building program.

Building Update 11/02/2009

Ceramic Tile is being installed in the restrooms and the sprinkling system installer (Brewer) was draining down the system so that they can adjust the sprinkler heads to match the ceiling grid. Brewer will be on site all day on Tuesday.

Updated Photos

Above is another photo of the Worship area, this time from the left side of the room. You can see where the screens are located on either side of the stage and the frame for the screen on the back wall.
These are the interior doors leading into the worship area from the hallways.

Two of the four powered sub-woofers located under the stage.

The foyer area with the ceiling grid completed.

The parking lot on the Loop side of the building is now complete except for the painted lines.

Building Update 11/01/2009

Sorry that I haven't been keeping everyone up to date on the building progress, but I've been under the weather this week. The parking lot next to the building has been paved and ceiling grid is complete. All of the lights and HVAC in the grid is complete. Just waiting on the sprinkling system contractor to come and adjust all of the sprinkler heads to the level of the grid. We are scheduled to have a painting party today, so everyone should come out and pitch in. Hope to post some pictures later today.

Pictures

These are some additional pictures of the inside of the building. As you can see the ceiling grid has started and is almost complete.

Building Update 10/17/09

This image is in the foyer and the cross is located above the Welcome Center.

Building Update 10-14-2009

All of the exterior doors are now in place as well as the glass above the main entrance. The drop ceiling contractor is on site and has completed the grid along the hallway next to the loop and is starting the grid on the opposite hallway. Creative Sound and Lighting has completed the drops for the 2 video cameras and is now working on the stage lighting. It's been an exciting week. Hope to upload some new pictures later today.

Building Update 10/10/09

Guess I jumped the gun on some of the contractors last week. This week the glass contractor will be in to finish all of the outside doors along with the main entrance glass and the ceiling contractor will be in to lay in the drop ceiling grid. Once the grid is installed, other contractors will be back in to install the ceiling lights in the grid along with the HVAC people to install the deflectors in the ceiling. Additionally, the company that installed the sprinkler system will adjust the sprinkler heads to the ceiling grid. Within the next couple of weeks, the concrete slabs at each entrance will be poured along with covers over some of the entrances. Once the concrete slabs are poured, then the asphalt contractor will be able to lay the asphalt on the limited parking lot next to the new builing. These spaces will be limited to Handicap and Visitor parking.

Creative Sound and Lighting continues to work on site and will be installing the drops for the video cameras as well the frames for the stage lighting.

Please pray for God's continued blessing on the building progress.

Inside the Auditorium

The lighting is complete and the ceiling has all been painted flat black.

Outside Walls

The outside of the building is getting closer to being finished each day. The stucco above the brick is now done and the soffit is almost complete. The glass contractor will be in early next week to complete the glass front and final glass door.

Week of October 4th

Lord willing, this week we will see lots of activity on site. The building contractor will be back to finished the soffit along the roof line of B Street, Creative Audio and Lighting will continue to work on the A/V system, the ceiling contractor will beging to lay in the grid for the drop ceiling in the hall ways, foyer and all other rooms excluding the auditorium, and finally, the glass contractor will be here to finished all of the outside entrances. Wow, don't blink or you might miss something.

This is the main entrace and is soon to be finished. The glass and doors will be installed this week.

Let The Speakers Speak

Creative Audio and Visual started their six week install of the audio/visual gear. The first week saw the addition of the boxes installed on the stage floor, all the wiring to the boxes and conduit between the boxes and the amp room.

This week, Creative installed the a bundle of wire between the sound booth and the amp room and "flew" the speakers that you see in the picture above and if all goes well, next week will bring the supporting structures for the stage lighting.

Updated pictures

This is one of the entrances on the Loop side of the building. This will probably become one of the main entrances since this is the closest entrance to the City parking lots.

Answered Prayer

All we had to do was ask. AEP set the power pole. Now we'll have power and lights in a matter of days.

Update June 18, 2009

The Drywall is going up quickly. Plumbing, Electrical, and Brick work continues. Please pray that AEP will set our pole very soon!

Building Update

Sorry for the silence, but there hasn't been a lot of noticable changes to the building. However, a lot has been going on in the not-so-easily-seen areas of the building. Here are some examples:

Easter Marks Entrance Through New Building

Progress Continues

General Photo Update

Tuesday Update

Framing continues

Plumbing work picks back up

Duct work continues to go on, in, up and down.

Also, the electrical contractor has been doing some preliminary work as too has the sprinkler system contractor. We're ordering the plumbing fixtures and baptistry. And the ceiling design is underway. Busy, busy, busy.

Blessed Builders Work Weekend # Five

Okay, this isn't really how it looks. It doesn't take three elders to make sure a church member does it right.

See, Rick & Mark are hard at it.

Perry Sergent NAILED IT again and again.

Guy gives Brad a hand.

Mark makes a percise cut.

Worship Center Being Defined By Walls

Front view from the sidewalk across B Street

You can begin to see our entrance area. Notice the Welcome center.

Another view of the entrance area and welcome center.