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This Moment Capital Campaign
Construction Update
By Galen Howsare (he/him)
The capital campaign has successfully
come to its conclusion and people are
wondering where we are with the roof
project. Suffice it to say, we are just
getting started!
While the capital campaign was going
on last October through December,
phase one of the roof project (BurlingGreenwood flat roof project) was taking
place at the same time. During phase
one, contractors completed replacing the
rubber membrane (EPDM) roof over the
Burling and Greenwood rooms. We were
pleasantly surprised that the underlying
roof decking did not need replacement.
Additionally, masonry work around that
area of the roof was repaired and rebuilt.
A major component of the project entailed
adding two roof drains to the existing two
drains so that roof water flowed into a
new underground water storage/detention
system, aka the 28-chamber cistern system.
This was necessary to meet city standards
to control the water flow into the city
storm water system during storms. This
system also connects to the roof drains
coming off the sanctuary to prevent water
penetrating into the basement.
At this point in time the BurlingGreenwood flat roof project is done and
the final payments are being made. This
should wrap up in March so that we have
the final phase one cost determined.
While the maximum contract cost
was $1.457 million, the actual final
cost should be under $1.275 million.
Remember, this project was funded with
insurance proceeds from the derecho and
wind damage claims along with other
designated funds such as early capital
campaign donations.
Even though the equipment and fencing
in the front yard were removed, this area
will be used for staging when the next
phase begins. Therefore, an erosion
matting has been installed until fencing,
equipment, and materials return for the
next phase.
The results of the capital campaign
enabled the church to move forward in
authorizing the preparation of phase two
construction drawings for the remaining
roof work, i.e. masonry, natural slate,
seamed copper, EPDM, safety ladders,
guardrails, and solar panels.
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Those drawings are expected to be
completed in early March by OPN
Architects. From there Neumann
Brothers, our construction manager, will
put together contractors and pricing to
perform the work. Hopefully, this pricing
will still be within the allotted campaign
funds and cash-flow. If it is, then the
church will probably authorize phase
two in April or May to move forward.
Actual construction would probably
ramp up in late summer or early fall this
year. Estimated construction time for
phase two is 12-15 months. Once the
project is authorized to go forward then
construction schedules will be developed
that enable the church to know how
the church access may be limited during
certain time-frames.
If the phase two costing does not fall
within allotted funds and/or cash-flow,
then the Building and Grounds Roof
Sub-committee will meet with OPN
and Neumann Brothers to review other
options for proceeding. Every effort
would be made to move this process
along as expeditiously as possible so that
the next phase of work can be defined so
that construction can begin.
We will be providing
updates as construction
continues. You can follow
along on Plymouth News
by scanning the QR code
or if you are reading digitally, click here.
