BUILD Bi-Weekly Update: Sunday 12 September 2010

‘It’s going to be a very busy and exciting period for LRBC with regard to the BUILD (Enhancement) Project.  We thought the best way to keep everybody up to date was to report bi-weekly in the Update. So here goes, what we have been up to:

• Over the Summer the Leadership Team have been considering the various available funding options.  To find out more on this make sure you are present at the Church Meeting on Thursday 16 September.
•  Also our consultants have been instructed to move on with the detailed design of the Project.  This means Clifford Patten, our architect, has drawn up the programme and all the other professionals are working with him to accomplish our aim of starting on site in the first Quarter of next year.
• Specifically, Kettridge Consultants (Mechanical and Electrical Engineers) have surveyed the existing installations across the premises.  We are waiting for their recommendations regarding the best options for efficiently heating the site.
• The Structural Engineer, David Richards from Ken Rush Associates has visited the site.  Four trial pits were dug, two each on the southern elevations of the Sanctuary and the Main Hall, in order to determine the condition of the existing foundations.  The existing drains were also inspected!
•  Julie (our finance person) has been liaising with the Baptist Union regarding a loan (for more details on this, come to the Church Meeting on 16 September)

What we are going to be up to in the next couple of weeks:

• On receipt of recommendations from Kettridge Consultants we will be working out the scope of the work to be included in the build contract.
• BUILD Presentation at the Church Meeting
• Continuing prayerful deliberation of the funding options by all the church family.
• The Architect and Structural Engineer will be meeting to work out the principles and details of the structural work in the project.

Please do not hesitate to contact either Jane or Julie in the Church Office for any further information.  During this period let’s be prayerful, let’s trust God and let’s grow in faith.