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Following
several weeks of site preparation close to the ground,
we are now watching huge steel girders being bolted
into place. The shipment of steel arrived on Monday,
February 3. By mid-afternoon, the overhead crane was
lifting girder after girder, allowing us to see the
outlines of a building take shape. The "steel phase"
will last approximately six weeks. Then things will
really begin to roll.
It
was a pleasant surprise to learn that the building is
proceeding ahead of schedule. Although few of us can
remember a construction project that ever finished exactly
on time, present projections call for the Christian
Life Center to be completed (or "closed out,"
as they say in the construction business) during the
first week of October.
All
of which means that we are spending what you would call
"serious money." Fortunately, we had received
over $4 million of our $5.6 million pledge base by the
end of 2002. But every dollar received in a timely manner
enhances the prospect that we can pay for the building
without any need for interim financing.
From
the February 16 issue of Steeple Notes
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