UPDATES
Spring 2018
Our architectural firm has been meeting with the Architectural Review Board of Daniel Island and the City of Charleston's Technical Review Committee. These are the first steps prior to submitting construction documents (which will be drawn in the months to come) to ensure that we are on the right path in terms of Daniel Island covenants and City of Charleston ordinances.
July 17, 2017: Design and Build Team Selects Geotechnical Engineering Firm
We have contracted Terracon Consultants, Inc., of North Charleston who will conduct geotechnical engineering services on the building site. In a few weeks you may see large trucks with drilling equipment. After taking soil and groundwater samples, Terracon will issue a report that includes:
June 5, 2017: Design and Build Team Selects Contractor to Assist in Pre Construction Services
The Design and Build Team, working closely with our architects, Franck & Lohsen, interviewed three local contractors and selected Trident Construction of Charleston. Trident is a local firm in business for 36 years, successfully managed the construction services of several church projects, including Saint Benedict Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant. They will begin working immediately with our architects to establish cost estimates based upon the schematic design, and will continue through final design development, preparation of construction documents, and completion of construction.
We continue to make great strides toward the day when we will open the doors to our permanent church home, our gift to the Lord and to generations yet to be born.
Thank you for your prayers and gifts that support this great and noble work the Lord has bestowed on us.
March 13-14, 2017: Our architects, Franck & Lohsen of Washington, DC, were in town to meet with the Design and Build Team in two three-hour work sessions. This was the architects' first visit since we hired them on a four-month contract to create a conceptual schematic design.
On the visit, they walked the building site, proclaiming it to be a "gem," especially because of the monumental trees that line Seven Farms Drive.
In the first meeting, they asked questions of the Team about facilities needs and wants -- possible number of seats in the sanctuary, the possibility of a smaller daily Mass chapel, an Adoration chapel, numbers of classrooms, meeting rooms, offices, social space, etc.
The following day they returned with long worksheets with proposed square footage requirements which the Team then reviewed and, in some cases, amended.
The architects return in late April for their next meeting.
The final conceptual schematic design will be presented to the parish on a date in late July or early August in the BEHS PAC.
More news and updates are forthcoming.
Our architectural firm has been meeting with the Architectural Review Board of Daniel Island and the City of Charleston's Technical Review Committee. These are the first steps prior to submitting construction documents (which will be drawn in the months to come) to ensure that we are on the right path in terms of Daniel Island covenants and City of Charleston ordinances.
July 17, 2017: Design and Build Team Selects Geotechnical Engineering Firm
We have contracted Terracon Consultants, Inc., of North Charleston who will conduct geotechnical engineering services on the building site. In a few weeks you may see large trucks with drilling equipment. After taking soil and groundwater samples, Terracon will issue a report that includes:
- Testing logs with field and laboratory data
- Stratification based on visual soil and rock classification
- Groundwater levels observed during and after completion drilling
- Site and exploration location plans
- Subsurface exploration procedures
- Description of subsurface conditions
- Recommended foundation options and engineering design parameters
- Estimated settlement of foundations
- Recommendations for design and construction of interior floor slabs
- Seismic site classification
- Subgrade preparation/earthwork recommendations
- Recommended pavement options and design parameters
June 5, 2017: Design and Build Team Selects Contractor to Assist in Pre Construction Services
The Design and Build Team, working closely with our architects, Franck & Lohsen, interviewed three local contractors and selected Trident Construction of Charleston. Trident is a local firm in business for 36 years, successfully managed the construction services of several church projects, including Saint Benedict Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant. They will begin working immediately with our architects to establish cost estimates based upon the schematic design, and will continue through final design development, preparation of construction documents, and completion of construction.
We continue to make great strides toward the day when we will open the doors to our permanent church home, our gift to the Lord and to generations yet to be born.
Thank you for your prayers and gifts that support this great and noble work the Lord has bestowed on us.
March 13-14, 2017: Our architects, Franck & Lohsen of Washington, DC, were in town to meet with the Design and Build Team in two three-hour work sessions. This was the architects' first visit since we hired them on a four-month contract to create a conceptual schematic design.
On the visit, they walked the building site, proclaiming it to be a "gem," especially because of the monumental trees that line Seven Farms Drive.
In the first meeting, they asked questions of the Team about facilities needs and wants -- possible number of seats in the sanctuary, the possibility of a smaller daily Mass chapel, an Adoration chapel, numbers of classrooms, meeting rooms, offices, social space, etc.
The following day they returned with long worksheets with proposed square footage requirements which the Team then reviewed and, in some cases, amended.
The architects return in late April for their next meeting.
The final conceptual schematic design will be presented to the parish on a date in late July or early August in the BEHS PAC.
More news and updates are forthcoming.
TIMELINE
2016: Bishop Guglielmone gives the parish permission to begin planning the parish campus on the 6.1 acre site on the corner of Seven Farms Drive and Etiwan Park Drive.
Fall 2016: Twenty architectural firms are vetted. Three finalists are named. The Design and Build Team selects the firm of Franck & Lohsen, Architects, of Washington, DC, a firm respected for their design of classic and traditional Catholic projects, for a four-month contract to create a schematic design of the church, parish center, narthex and other facilities. The schematic design will include proposed floor plans, site elevations, and interior and exterior depictions. It is not the final design for construction but, rather, a proposal.
March to July 2017: Representatives of Franck & Lohsen work with the parish's Design and Build Team. Input sought from parish membership through town hall meetings.
Summer 2017: Final schematic design completed and presented to the parish.
Late Summer 2017 (estimate): Architectural firm will be chosen to begin the construction design of the church.
2018 to 2019: Design completion, permitting processes with the City of Charleston and Daniel Island, construction bids sought, contractors selected.
Fall 2019 (estimate): Ground breaking for the church.
Early 2021 (estimate): Construction completion and consecration of the church.
Fall 2016: Twenty architectural firms are vetted. Three finalists are named. The Design and Build Team selects the firm of Franck & Lohsen, Architects, of Washington, DC, a firm respected for their design of classic and traditional Catholic projects, for a four-month contract to create a schematic design of the church, parish center, narthex and other facilities. The schematic design will include proposed floor plans, site elevations, and interior and exterior depictions. It is not the final design for construction but, rather, a proposal.
March to July 2017: Representatives of Franck & Lohsen work with the parish's Design and Build Team. Input sought from parish membership through town hall meetings.
Summer 2017: Final schematic design completed and presented to the parish.
Late Summer 2017 (estimate): Architectural firm will be chosen to begin the construction design of the church.
2018 to 2019: Design completion, permitting processes with the City of Charleston and Daniel Island, construction bids sought, contractors selected.
Fall 2019 (estimate): Ground breaking for the church.
Early 2021 (estimate): Construction completion and consecration of the church.
