Building Project Update for 1/19/2026

Lots of continuing activity in placing stormwater structures.  Placement of these structures and piping are critical to managing large volumes of stormwater throughout the entire campus.  The largest challenge is that this system handles the large volume of water that will collect in the parking areas that will be between Startown Road and the front of the church.  This water all has to be routed around the building at a single location near the current main entrance.

Once an area has had its stormwater structures placed rough grading can begin in the area above it.

Rough grading is expected to start once all of the stormwater structures are in place.  This stage of construction will see the gradual movement of huge amounts of soil.  Some areas will be cut down and that soil will be moved to lower areas.  One of the key things people will notice is the footprint of the building beginning to take shape and the reality that the new building will be 5.5 feet lower than the current building.

Rough grading is essentially preparing the area that the concrete slab will be poured on.  While I expect everyone to be excited about concrete coming, it will be awhile before we are ready for that part of the project.

This week we signed the new contract with Duke Power for the street lighting in the north parking lot.  In the next week we intend to have a piece of conduit installed that will allow Duke to move forward with the lighting installation.  Scheduling is still be confirmed.

Another portion of the project is lighting along the main entrance and the loop road.  This design is taking longer since we have to work with Duke Energy to pull the power we need from a pole on the other side of Startown Road.  We  should be meeting in the next week or two to finalize a design plan moving that portion of the project forward.

Concrete components have arrived onsite and will be installed in the retention pond structure soon. 

No significant earth work was completed this week while waiting for the remaining concrete components.