[3] Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. [4] One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
Psalm 145:3-4
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LATEST UPDATES
Building Update: January 2025
We have received final bids from our contractor and have presented over all plan the congregation to move forward with project and upcoming membership vote to secure financing.
May 2024
Received detailed plans from the architect.
BUI team was created to review the detailed plans and support reviews of bids and overall project direction. This team includes Jonathan Maupin, Kathryn Maupin, Whitney Tobais, Eric Abshire, Zack McKinney, Savannah Guthrie, Joey Fink, and Chris Jones.
Received bids from two general contractors to do both the renovation of the existing building (bathrooms and lobby) and to build the addition for additional kids space. These bids did not include parking which we would have to bid out separately.
One bid was extremely high and we have thrown that out. The second bid was a little higher than we would like and we plan to do a few things.
Meet with the architect and contractor for a cost analysis meeting.
Identify items in the bid that may be driving price and see if there are opportunities to postpone portions of the project, do some work ourselves, modify the plans, or a combination to meet our target price.
Identify other subcontractors to provide quotes for trades which were about
We have also been working with the architect on how best to package the project for city approval. The architect has been in conversations with the city for the project and will formally submit for approval once we identify any changes to the design from the cost analysis meeting and identify potential splitting of items for approval. Once we submit to the city, we will need to build what we submit so we don’t have to keep revising, so we want to get to a final design that makes wise financial sense and also will be approved by the city.
Financial Update: May 2024
We have been so encouraged by your faithful giving as we work through the details of the project. Since the start of the campaign, 95% of people who made pledges have continued giving and over $110,000 has so far been given which is outpacing pledged progress by about $7,000 to date.
