February 2009 Building Project Update
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What's New?
Walls are up and steel framing is up for the three floors, sanctuary and roof. You may have noticed additional crews on site as construction progresses towards the June completion deadline.
What else is new? Let's walk around the site and find out. As you come and go, take a moment to walk around to the north side of the building—where you'll find a fenced temporary opening. Walk ahead and look inside. This is the new sanctuary. This space will seat about 800-1000 people—depending upon how the seats are configured. As you face south, the stage area will be to the right and the lobby, lounge and classrooms to the left—all on the Main Floor. Now look above the main floor to the 3rd Floor. This is our future expansion area. The front half of this space—facing the sanctuary—will be for a future balcony; the other half—facing the rear parking lot—will be for additional classrooms.
Now walk down below to the rear parking lot and the open space between the existing and new buildings. This is the Plaza area. You'll see concrete footings for new stairs and the first stages of a cascading waterfall feature—all just across from the recently landscaped banks of Cedar Creek. While you're there also look inside to the Lower Level where there will be new childcare and more classroom facilities.
"On Schedule" and "On Budget"
- Demolition: June 08 - July 08
- Sitework: July 08 - May 09
- New Building Shell: July 08 - May 09
- Plaza: Oct 08 - May 09
- Existing Building Improvements: October 08 - May 09
- New Building Interior Improvements: March 09 - June 09
***Construction Complete: June 09
***Building Commissioning and furniture move-in: July 09 - August 09
***Grand Opening of New Worship Center: September 11-13, 2009
What Are We Building?
A "Worship Center" with three floors totaling 43,695 square feet:
- Lower Level with 2 nurseries, a toddler care room and 3 multi-use classrooms;
- Main Floor including a sanctuary with 800-1000 seats, baptismal, 2 multi-use classrooms, an expandable lobby and lounge area with nearby coffee/tea bar and fireplace; and a
- Shelled 3rd Floor with over 10,000 square feet of unfinished expansion area for a future 300-seat balcony and additional classrooms.
There will also be an outdoor Plaza area and restored Cedar Creek with new landscaping, covered walkways, water features and several sitting areas.
Questions? Please contact Dale Himes, Project Manager (503-804-8911), Scott Moore, Business and Facilities Administrator (503-643-6511), or any Staff and Elder Board member including Ron Henricksen, Chairman, Scott Pelot, Mathew Abraham, Dan Crawford, Bill Lattin, Wayne Hart, Blake Williams, Chong Lee, Scott Robinson, Doug Sauvageau, Wes Sealand and Tom Smith. Also, see vbconline.org and radicalconnections.org for pictures of construction activity and Weekly Prayer Reminders.