Building On Purpose

Another Permit!

Yesterday we obtained our permit for the utility relocation project!  This is a big step forward after 18 months of planning, coordination and meetings with the City of Modesto and various utility companies.  We look forward to moving ahead on this project.

Our utility relocation project will move all public utilities out of the middle of our church campus, enabling us to build our multi-purpose facility.  Through this project we will eliminate several power poles, and we'll move water, sewer, telephone/cable lines.

My best estimate is that our contractor will begin the work sometime in the next couple weeks.  At some point, our parking will be impacted and we'll have to park a bit farther during construction.  We have a plan in place that we'll share with the entire church as soon as we have final dates when the lots will be affected.

Please pray for our contractors and the utility companies, that their work would go smoothly, without any complications.  We have spent a lot of time planning, but as with any major project, there can be unforeseen challenges along the way.

Until next week,
Paul 

Update...

Well, the last few weeks have been filled with working out details on our office relocation to the CE building and the utility relocation.  Construction in the CE building continues this week and if you walk through the first floor you'll notice that some of the hallways have been blocked off for construction.

Our architect and engineers are working on a few final details with the City of Modesto to obtain a permit for our utility relocation project.  We are hopeful within the next week or two the plans will be approved and we can move ahead with moving the utilities. 

Please continue in prayer for the design team as they work with the City and on the plans.  Also, please pray that we will all be faithful in our giving toward these projects.  We have been very encouraged with the response to accelerated giving to Building on Purpose so we can be move ahead with our multi-purpose building this fall. 

Until next week....
Paul

Progress...

We'll, after two weeks of vacation and watching my oldest daughter get married, I am back at it here in the office!  I had a busy, but great time away.

I wanted to briefly bring you all up to speed on our projects.  This week we are working toward finalizing the permit for the utility relocation project and hope to have a permit in hand shortly.  Our contractor is ready to begin work on moving the utilities to clear the site for our multi-purpose building.

The CE remodel is under way.  We will be moving our offices there this fall.  The final multipurpose buidling plans are being drawn up and we are on track to submit to the City of Modesto in early August. 

As always, please be in prayer for our design team and the City as we work toward appoval of our plans.

Until next week,
Paul