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2) Beacon Projects
has been hired to be our indepen-
dent Owner’s Rep. Other churches have found that
hiring an Owner’s Rep has saved them hundreds of
thousands of dollars. Beacon Projects has been en-
gaged to advise us during the design and construction
phases. Currently, Beacon is serving us as an indepen-
dent check of our Architect’s recommendations and
our design alternatives. Among other things, Beacon
will validate that our Architect’s design recommenda-
tions and costs are reasonable and aligned.
3) Redniss & Mead
is a Civil Engineering company that
has been contracted to advise us on engineering and
regulatory compliance. This includes everything from
environmental and water run-off calculations and con-
siderations to grading and structural engineering design/
decisions.
The building plan is focused on refining the design of the
central area, between the mail room and the Children’s
Education wing. This includes the staff offices on the up-
per level and the choir room on the lower level. As pre-
viously communicated, the plan includes a new entrance
from the parking lot side of the church to a new Fellow-
ship Lobby. The reconfiguration improves our music
space, enables new youth classrooms, and frees up space
for Children’s ministries in the Children’s Education Wing
by moving out staff offices. With the recent tragedy at
Sandy Hook Elementary School, the Building Committee
is also diligently looking at the design from an enhanced
security perspective.
Next Steps:
Step 1: Finalize Design Recommendation
The Building Committee expects that January and
possibly a good part of February will be consumed
refining the design and reviewing the architect’s
plans with the specialists for any additional required
modifications. They know it is more important to do
this right than to do it quickly. They want to make sure
they are spending every dollar wisely before they make
their recommendation to the session.
Step 2: Session Review & Approval
Once the Building Committee is comfortable with the
design, they will present it to the Session for approval.
The Architect will join the Building Committee in
presenting the design recommendation to the Session.
The Building Committee expects that there will be
lots of questions and even perhaps some “tweaking”
of the design. Once there is agreement and approval
of the design by the Session, then it will be ready for
communication to the congregation.
Step 3: Congregational Update & Detail Design Documents
After the Session has approved the design, a series of
communications and updates will be done with and
for our NPC congregation. After this, the design will
be “frozen” so that the Architect can start the more
detailed design and development work, including more
detailed design documents.
Step 4: Planning & Zoning Application and Approval
One of the most critical next steps is getting approval
from the Town of Darien on our plan. Without this
we cannot proceed. Our Land Use attorney and
civil engineers will work with us to insure we have a
thorough and acceptable plan. It is hard to estimate
how long the P&Z approval process may take as they
could require modifications or additional specifications.
However, once we receive P&Z approval the Building
Committee can then authorize our Architect to
produce the Construction Documents. Then the
Building Committee will put the job out to bid and
select a construction company.
Whew! As you can see, much has been done and much
is still to come. Please keep this very special, hard work-
ing team in your prayers!
Your
Foundations for the Future
Commitment:
As we enter 2013, we encourage you to consider your
Foundations for the Future
commitment. If you have not
pledged, but would like to do so, please contact Dan Rosa
).
May the Lord be glorified in all we do to strengthen His
foundation at NPC!
Tom Taylor, Jean Ann and Dick Bollman
FFF Progress Team Leaders
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
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