Praise the Lord, FBC’s property at 1515 Candy Lane is now annexed into the City! Last month our petition for annexation was voted on and accepted.
This past month the Building Team, in coordination with the Board of Trustees, has hired Mr. Charlie Fink as the Project Manager for FBC’s new building project. He is already giving us valuable advice and suggestions, and is working with us in our next steps. The team has been consulting with the contracted local engineering firm to complete the site elevation work that is necessary before we can choose a company to do the dirt work on the construction site. The team has selected a company for performing the soil tests which are needed to determine the building’s foundation footings. The site elevation work and the soil tests are expected to be completed in the next few weeks, after which we will be submitting bid requests to companies for doing the dirt work on the site. Also the team is working to select a company for bids on the steel work for the building frame.
We have received preliminary site construction drawings from the architect, and the engineer is already working with those drawings to determine the water and sewage connections we will need into the city systems. The engineer and architect have been working together, and have already found some ways to save costs. With Mr. Fink’s assistance, we are ensuring the steel work to be done will be bid on to our expectations. And we are getting ready for the dirt work phase to begin, which means we will have to break ground very soon!
Thank you God for continuing to provide for our needs. Thank you for answer to our prayer in providing resources we need through Mr. Fink’s added expertise and willing heart to serve you, and the greatly helpful engineer who has a desire to save us costs and see our project successful. We continue to look to you for your guidance in what we do, that we use our resources wisely, and that we are wise and knowledgeable in our discernment of the matters before us. Provide all this to us, according to your will. We praise you. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
