March 26, 2006:  Visit the latest photo gallery of the church building (最新影集)

 

A pictorial journal of the construction progress

November 17, 2005 (Thursday) - Day 229 from Groundbreaking

   Today, Washington County granted us the Certificate Of Occupancy for the new building.


Praise the Lord!  May His name alone be glorified.


 

Visit the new building photo gallery

 

 

November 16, 2005 - Day 228 from Groundbreaking

 

No occupancy permit of the new building yet, but all inspection has been done and passed as of today. We could have received the final occupancy permit today but for a small coordination problem. Because the inspection of the sidewalk was separately performed by a different inspector, its approval paperwork was not presented today to the final building inspector who has the only authority to issue a permit. We are hoping this will be resolved tomorrow, or at least no later than Friday.

 

 

November 13, 2005 - Day 225 from Groundbreaking

 

The construction of the new church building is practically done.  The county conducted an inspection on November 9, 2005 and indicated that the emergency exit on the mezzanine floor still needs some work.  We expect to receive occupancy permit next week.

 

 

October 29, 2005 - Day 210 from Groundbreaking

 

The construction is near completion. The remaining construction work includes (1) the emergency exit on the mezzanine floor; and (2) concrete-pouring in several outdoor areas, including the pathway between the new building and the existing house and the sidewalk pavement connecting to the ADA ramp. 


 

The photos taken on October 29, 2005

(clicking on a photo will open a new window for a larger picture)

 

Exterior - View from the parking lot, which is now complete with pavement

 

 

 

 Interior - From the hallway door facing the sanctuary, which will be used as a Multi-Purpose Room (MPR).  At the far left of the end wall is the prayer room door.

 

 

 

 

Interior - Sanctuary (multi purpose room -MPR), facing the hallway doors.  At the right of the center hallway door is the kitchen serving window.  Side windows to the left look out to the existing house.
 

 

 

 

Interior - View of the 1st floor classroom hallway.  Left is the MPR entrance door, center the classroom door and stairs to mezzanine, and right the door to the backside of the building.
 

 

 

 

Interior - the hallway facing MPR entrance door (center).  Left is the kitchen door and tea/coffee area.  Far right is the building's main entrance.
 

 

 

 

 Interior - the future church office at the mezzanine level.  The two windows on the left look to the sanctuary, while the two windows on the right view the caretaker's house.
 

 

 

 

 

 Interior - mezzanine level, showing the entrance to the future library (no door) with emergency exit, elevators and doors to the class rooms, facing South.
 

 

 

 

 Interior - mezzanine level showing doors to the classrooms/elevator and mechanical room (double doors).
 

 

 

 

 Exterior - the area and walkway to the entrances of the new building (Right) and existing house (left).  The concrete-pouring in this area will be done early next week .
 

 

 

 

 

 Exterior - New building (Left) and the existing house viewed toward Cedar Hill Blvd (showing a bike parking stand in the front view)
 

 

 

 

 Exterior - ADA ramp to the caretaker's house being built by brothers.  (ADA access to the existing house is part of the requirement for the usage permit of the new building.)  Once the ADA ramp build is done (10/31), concrete will be poured up to the start of the ADA ramp to connect the sidewalk and ADA ramp.

 

 

 

 

 

 Exterior - ADA ramp to the caretaker's house being built by brothers.

 

 

 

 

 Exterior - ADA ramp to the caretaker's house being built by brothers.

 

 

 

 

 

 Exterior - An earlier photo of the partially-done ADA ramp. 

 

 

(NOTE: The ADA ramp was finished on Oct. 31.  This project was entirely done by several brothers using three Saturdays and part of a Tuesday evening before the prayer meeting.)

 

 

Earlier photos:

(clicking on a link to photo will open a new window)

October 12, 2005- Day 193 from Groundbreaking

- ADA pathway and the emergency exit stair proposals approved by Washington County and the corresponding construction projects in progress; elevator installation and landscaping underway; parking lot pavement starting next week; projecting "move-in ready" by early November-

 

October 1, 2005- Day 182 from Groundbreaking

-Carpeting done, waiting for Washington County's approval of ADA pathway and the emergency exit stair -

 

Interior - carpeting the sanctuary; picture facing the future podium, from main hallway entrance to sanctuary
 

Interior mezzanine - future library, facing North East; carpet is done, waiting Washington County approval of the emergency exit stair (L)

 

A building tour (1st walkthrough) by brothers and sisters: in the kitchen, which is 75% done.

 

Looking at the choices of Sanctuary's chair cushion color and texture;
the right front is a sample Chair, and on the floor are sample colors

 

 

September 22, 2005- Day 173 from Groundbreaking

-The Building is ~80% complete overall; landscaping and work on ADA pathway to both buildings started; walls painted, doors installed and ceiling tile being installed, and carpeting to follow-

 

Exterior: View of building with the present house (to be the caretaker's house) in the background from the parking area (NW); to the right is the neighboring recreation center
 

Exterior: Entrance to the courtyard between the new building and the caretaker house; landscaping and work on ADA pathway to both buildings started
 

Exterior: Building's South corner; the red door is
the back entrance of the building facing the future children playground

 

Interior: faced in the future podium (toward NW) showing ground floor and main entrance to the sanctuary
 

Interior: Room opposite the future library;
the two windows on the left see to the sanctuary and the two windows on the right face the caretaker's house

 

Interior: view of the Sanctuary from the A/V room

 

Interior: Kitchen - counter and cabinet are being installed; to the left is the serving window to a class room and right is the serving window to the sanctuary; kitchen tiles installed, sink plus other miscellaneous items to be installed

 

Interior: Out to the hallway from the Sanctuary; left is the building's main entrance.
center is hallway to class rooms/bathrooms/stairs to mezzanine and
right is to kitchen

 

 

August 18, 2005- Day 138 from Groundbreaking

 

-The construction is 62% complete overall; Exterior of the new building is all done except for landscaping and painting of the exterior doors; Stucco of an "off-white color" has been installed; Sanctuary's dry walls 90% installed;  Wrapping up HVAC ducting, ceiling installation and painting starting soon-
 

Exterior View - Facing East, showing entrance between the existing house and the new building to the future courtyard area.

Exterior View - Southwest corner of the new building.

Exterior View - Northeast corner of the new building.

Exterior View: Future trash enclosure area is being excavated:

Interior View - Facing east, showing building's main entrance on the left sidewall,
exit to class room at center of the rear, and kitchen's serving window at right of the rear; sanctuary's dry walls 90% installed; hallway dry walls installed; ceiling installation, wrapping up HVAC ducting and painting are next:
Interior 180° view - Showing from left to right: Door to sanctuary; Door to Toddler's room (middle left); Door to class room (middle right); Stairs to Mezzanine; and Door to the backyard;  Hallway dry walls are installed; Ceiling installation and painting are next:

Interior 180° view: Facing west, showing podium viewed from Audio/Video room in Mezzanine:
 

 

August 6, 2005- Day 126 from Groundbreaking

 

View from the side facing Cedar Hills Blvd (from the parking lot)

Side view

Tour on Saturday (August 6, 2005)

 

July 21, 2005- Day 110 from Groundbreaking

- Stucco installation completed, painting will start once it's dry;  ADA ramp/parking lot area stucco installation is done, painting will start once stucco is dry; dry wall is 70% completed in the hallway; dry wall is about 20% complete in the Mezzanine. -

 

Exterior - View of the new building from the NW corner.

Exterior - View of new building from the existing house's patio, NW corner; the patio will be expanded to a courtyard shared between the two buildings.

Exterior - View of new building from the SW corner.

Exterior - View of new building from the NE corner.

Interior - 180 view of the sanctuary from around the pulpit area, Dry wall installation has begun.

Interior - 180 view coming out of the sanctuary; to the left is the main door of the building; to it's right is entrance to the nursery, then hallway to the class room/elevator/rear stair and back door; turning right is to the kitchen.

Interior - 180 view of the hallway; straight left is to the sanctuary; first opening to the right is the door to the toddler's room; door to the class room is next to the rear stair to Mezzanine; and far right is the door to the building back (dry wall is 70% completed in the hallway).

Interior - 180 view of the sanctuary from the A/V control room (in the Mezzanine).

Interior - 180 view of the future church library (South corner); the door on the left is the emergency exit from the mezzanine (dry wall is about 20% complete in the Mezzanine); far right is the view to the sanctuary; entrance to A/V is via the library.

Interior - 180 view of the other non-door room (North corner) in Mezzanine. Far left is the view to the sanctuary. If you look closely you can see the existing house from its the windows.

 

July 13, 2005- Day 102 from Groundbreaking 

- Stucco installation in progress; Mezzanine HVAC ducting work in progress; rough-in of the screen and wires of the ceiling projector done -

 

Exterior - View of building from the West/parking lot (Stucco installation in progress).

Exterior - View from building's NW corner, taken from the patio of the existing building. (Stucco installation in progress. It's a 1" thick cement wall with the
lath holding the cement. The lath sits between the weather resistive barrier
and the cement. Once the cement is dry, it will be painted.)
Stucco installation - detailed view (the first layer is plastered on the lath).

Exterior - View of building from the SW (stucco installation in progress in the exterior wall of the prayer room).
Interior - 180 view from the SW wall of the new building's library, at the Mezzanine, located right on top of the Kitchen (Mezzanine HVAC ducting work in progress).

Interior - 180 view from the ground floor SE corner of building, showing class room
that abuts the kitchen to the left, and the rear stair to the Mezzanine to the right of this picture (HVAC ducting in progress).
Interior - 180 view of sanctuary from the AV room (in Mezzanine); Note the middle of the picture, showing rough-in of the screen and wires of the ceiling projector is done.

Interior - 180 view of the sanctuary from the kitchen's window (Middle SE corner of the building).

 

July 6, 2005- Day 95 from Groundbreaking 

Except for the stucco area, almost all the entrance's exterior wall are done.
Prep for stucco installation is 98% done. Final stucco installation is either late this week or early next week.

 

Exterior - View from the West, entrance to the new building from the parking lot:

(To the left is the existing house; the mudded area in the center of the picture will be the shared courtyard between the new and existing buildings; remaining work on the west exterior face of the building is stucco installation.)

Exterior - View from the NW corner of the building

Exterior - Prep for stucco installation (Zoomed in, showing two layers, inner weather resistive barrier and an outer metal net layers before stucco.)

Interior - 180° view from the Mezzanine's North corner facing the AV room (Sanctuary is to the right; Mezzanine's framing is 99% done; HVAC's ducting and the electrical wiring work is progress before dry wall installation.)

Interior - 180° view near the sanctuary's North exit door next to the storage area (Like in the Mezzanine, once the HVAC's ducting and the electrical wiring are done, dry walling and ceiling tile installation will be the next.)

 

June 30, 2005- Day 89 from Groundbreaking 

-Preparing for stucco installation; Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC) in progress (return and fresh air ducting to the sanctuary about 70% complete); Dry wall (sheet rock) installation is next after electric/plumbing; Soffit (the underside) of
the ceiling is complete-


Exterior - Building entrance/courtyard view from balcony of existing house, looking at the NE side of the building (preparing for stucco installation)

Exterior - Building view from the West (Cedar Hills Blvd.)

Exterior - Detail of the weather resistive barrier:

Interior - View from the sanctuary toward the Hallway entrance/kitchen/class rooms (facing SE), showing HVAC installation of return air vent on both sides (by the windows)

Interior - View from the Hallway (left is toward the rear mezzanine stairs/rear building exit, and right is to the sanctuary entrance)

Interior - 180 degree view from the mezzanine's south room/library; wall partition 80% done; dry wall (sheet rock) installation next after electric/plumbing

Interior - 180 degree view of the sanctuary from mezzanine's AV room; return and
fresh air ducting to the sanctuary about 70% completed; soffit at both ceiling sides  completed

 

June 22, 2005:  Day 81 from Groundbreaking 

- Most work from now on occurs inside of the building: Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC) started; ground floor/mezzanine partitioning and insulation installation about 80% completed; fire sprinkler system installation has also started; sheet rocking expected to begin late next week or early the week of the July 4th. From the outside, stucco (wall plaster) installation will start next week -

 

Interior - View from meeting hall toward the building entrance hallway, kitchen and Mezzanine:

View toward building entrance from the 2nd floor balcony of existing house (stucco installation will start next week):

Interior - 180 View from Mezzanine's NW corner (on left is a class room, in the middle is the A/V room, and the right shows the meeting hall):

Interior - 180 View from building's entrance (from left is baby room, middle the entrance hallway, and right is the meeting hall

Exterior - View from building's SW corner (prayer room's exterior stucco installation begins next week)

 

June 15, 2005:  Day 74 from Groundbreaking 

-Roof done, stucco and metal installation in process, mezzanine level construction has just begun-

 

View from Cedar Hills Blvd (the existing house to the NNE Side, and the parking lot)

Interior view from meeting hall facing SE toward hallway/Mezzanine (the Mezzanine is being constructed)

Interior view from meeting hall to hallway

Exterior of the Westside of building
(Stucco installation over, the prayer room exterior is next)

Exterior of the Eastside of building

Interior building from meeting hall facing SE toward hallway/Mezzanine (roof insulation done. Mezzanine level construction next)

Interior - from back stairway facing hallway and meeting hall entrance (the right side
is the class room next to the stairway to the Mezzanine)

 

June 8, 2005:  Day 66 from Groundbreaking 

-Roof done, stucco and metal installation in process-

 

View from Cedar Hills Blvd (Showing the existing house to the NNE Side)

Interior of new building (View from the future meeting hall toward the hallway/classroom/kitchen, with interior roof insulation 80% complete, partitioning on the 1st floor with metal studs 40% complete.)

View from hallway facing the NW side toward the meeting hall (with interior roof insulation 80% complete, partitioning on the 1st floor with metal studs 60% complete)

View from new building's West side - exterior metal siding completed except for stucco on the prayer room:

View From 2nd floor balcony of the existing house (facing new building entrance - Roof done, and stucco and metal installation in process)

 

June 1, 2005:  Day 59 from Groundbreaking 

Roof 90% installed, metal siding installation in progress

 

Interior - Facing the future pulpit

Facing the Build entrance from Cedar Hills Blvd. (NW side)

Facing the Build entrance from Cedar Hills Blvd. (NW side) - Zoomed in

Toward the entrance of the Building (walkway between the existing house and new building)
View from the 2nd floor balcony of the existing house (facing SW)

 Toward the entrance of the Building - facing NW from SE

Building's West corner facing the tennis recreation club (Metal siding ~40% completed on this side)

 

May 25, 2005:  Day 52 from Groundbreaking

 

Roof installation started - Facing the Building from Cedar Hills Blvd. (NW side)

Inside the building - Facing the SE Corner (the future pulpit)

Inside the building - Facing Cedar Hills Blvd.

Going toward the building entrance

View from the SE corner (siding installation started)

Facing the NE corner

May 20, 2005: Day 47 from Groundbreaking (4/4/05)

Photo 1         Photo 2

May 18, 2005: Day 45 from Groundbreaking (4/4/05)

View from the NW side (current entrance)

View facing SW

View from the balcony of the existing house

View from building facing existing house

View from SW, facing Cedar Hill Blvd

 

 

May 16, 2005:  Erection

Facing the future pulpit (podium):
Overview

Installing metal girder system
 

May 12, 2005:  Steel Frame Erection - Day 7

Panorama view from the southwest of the building (front entrance of the lot)

 

Several different panorama views of the building:

Photo 1        Photo 2         Photo 3

 

May 9, 2005: Erection/Girder
 

Overview      Girder01 (Installing metal girder system)

 

May 6, 2005: Steel Frame Erection

 

I.  Steel Framing Erected:  

Photo 1      Photo 2

 

II.  Sequence of frame erection:

Steel building shipped in, ready to be erected

Frame transported by a fork-lift
Lifted up
Manually positioning
Installed on a footing
Releasing a hook from the erected frame

April 29, 2005:  Concrete poured and leveled in slab foundation form

Photo 1             Photo 2             Photo 3

April 27, 2005:  Slab Foundation Prepared for Rebar and Concrete Pour

Overview
Sand compacted with moisture barrier (black plastic)
Signs of Web Steel & Russell Construction

 

4-22-05 - Concrete Footing/Elevator Pit

Overview
Concrete footings
Close-up of a concrete footing (w/ rebar)
Close-up of the elevator pit (worker removing outer forms)

 

4-20-05 - Forms of Footing/Slab/Elevator Pit

Overview
Forms of footings
Close-up of the form of a footing (w/ rebar)
Close-up of the elevator pit (worker pumping out water)

4-18-05 - Footing Excavation

Overview

Elevator Pit - now is like a swimming pool
Footing excavation for steel frames (2'6" deep each)

4/12/05 - Rough-In (Electrical and plumbing conduits are roughed-in before the pour of concrete):

photo 1     photo 2

4/9/05 - Fine-grading:

Gravels are placed in trenches for fine-grading
Fine-grading continues

4/7/05 - Sub-grading:

Sub-grading is complete, and fine-grading and trenching get started
Trenching begins in the compacted building site
Trenching takes place in the parking lot (PGE connection)

4/5/05 - Sub-grading:

A roller levels and compacts piled gravels
Sub-grading continues

4/4/05 - groundbreaking:

photo 1         photo 2          photo 3

 

 

 

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