St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, ELCA

Construction Updates

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On May 6, 2007, we broke ground for our new buildings.  It led to a long summer of waiting -- permits take time.

We moved the little yellow Vicar house on August 12, 2007.  The next day we received a huge mountain of dirt.  Excitement. Then we waited some more.

The first week of October brought tree protection fences, heavy equipment, yellow construction tape, and construction workers.  Then work stopped again.

On December 11, 2007, we appeared before the Durham Board of Adjustment to obtain a Certificate of Use permit, which was granted. We could not proceed with construction without the permit, which in itself is a long, detailed conversation. With this behind us, we hope to proceed at a faster pace in the new year.

Now it is January 4, 2008 and we have bulldozers on the property, tearing down walls, sidewalks, and driveway! (check the photos below!) The Pickett Road entrance of the property is now closed and will be so quite a while. Please use caution entering and exiting from Cornwallis Road, as all traffic in our parking lot will be traveling through that entrance. You can plan on dramatic changes in the coming weeks as the project finally moves into the construction phase.

February and we've had some rain. We're also closing off some more entrances so we ask people to please be aware of all emergency exits now. Parking is a bit more scarce for a couple months so carpool whenever possible or take advantage of the Saturday night worship service.

Now March and the rains have come (thankfully) but it is adding some water issues to the mix. We are moving bad dirt out and getting the fellowship hall space ready with good fill.

When viewing the photos below, the latest photos are added at the far right so just keep looking!

If you have any questions concerning construction, please consult with a staff member or Building Steering Committee (Will Sampson, Barbara Anderson, Doug Whitfield, Eric Staehle, Larry Lloyd) or contact the church office, and not the construction crew.  And of course -- Please observe all safety precautions!

Click on the photos below and continue moving to the right to see updated photos of our construction.

Little Yellow Vicar housing movin' on down the road. (8/12/07)

Our mountain of dirt (8/13/07).

Clearing land, preparing to take down the barn. (10/12/07)

Bricks coming up on east side patio to be saved (10/12/07) - The east side parking lot and building entrance will close on Monday, October 15.

Barn down -- begin clearing of trees.

January 4 - Bulldozers have returned -- there goes the parking lot and driveway!

There goes the steps.

end of day, January 4, 2008

Looking from where the east patio steps were toward the back where the sheds are (for now).

piles of concrete and piles of dirt

Footers for Education/Office wing.

Pouring concrete.

Ark and Play tower moving to their temporary home.

This ark flew!

Next the sheds moved to the back.

The rear is looking a bit empty now.

Steel getting in place before concrete is poured for the wall.

Another wet day to pour concrete in.

removing the forms - a wall is there

first wall of office/classroom wing

preparation for laying the concrete pad on classroom/office wing

Poured concrete pad for classroom/office wing (trench is for plumbing to tie into existing plumbing).

Removing the asbestos tile floor from classroom and bathrooms to access the plumbing lines.

Cool remote controlled compactor! Backfilling the wall.

We may be in a drought but our elevator/stairway base keeps filling with water! Having some drainage issues to remedy.

Bad dirt out - good dirt in. Compaction taking place.

Storm water drains going in.

There is the location of the new Pickett Road entrance -- temporarily being used as the construction entrance.

Beginning to see where the new foyer stretches out. Lots of dirt brought in.

This is the site of the new playground area, bordered in front by the slab for the education/office wing and in the rear by the retaining wall.

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Little Yellow Vicar housing movin' on down the road. (8/12/07)