King of Peace Building Project
Early progress

The building project started with pulling stumps the first of April 2003. The photos below cover the project through getting under roof in July. The most recent job progress photos are at www.kingofpeace.org/images/building/ Conceptual drawings of our new building, which was designed by David J. Hill, AIA, PC are also online To see the floor plan, click here. Click on any photo for a larger version of the picture.

The plumbing panel (at left) works similar to a circuit breaker for electricity.
In center, the OSB sheeting as of July 11. That plywood undercoat will be covered with tabby.
At right, Mike's daughter visits him at work as he takes a break from installing steel studs.

On July 3, OSB starting going up on the exterior and a sample of our custom windows arrived.
The rest of the custom windows came on July 9.

Steel studs going in the sanctuary wall on June 26, 2003 and an aerial on June 27 (with property lines drawn in.)

The steeple went up on June 23, 2003

Agcomm started putting steel studs in the walls on June 17.
A few pieces remain to roof the church entrance (shown in the center and right hand photos above).

Thundershowers slowed, but did not stop roof progress and by June 5,
the last pieces were going on the main part of the building.

The standing seam steel roof started going on May 29, 2003

Aerial views on May 25, 2003

Though rain slowed the work May 19-24, most of the red iron was in place by that Friday.

Erecting the steel continues on May 15.

On morning of May 14, Cooper and Sons handled three additional concrete pours
for two drive under entrances and a back porch.

The first rafter went up on May 13.

Cooper and Sons began standing the steel on May 12.

On May 9, volunteers stained the slab, the next day, we found the treatment did not take and cleaned up the aftermath.
Staining the concrete was a good idea that did not work.

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Aerial photos taken May 7, 2003 showing the slab in place with joints cut.
Then at right, Frank and Victoria cleaning the slab on May 9 for the stain.

The slab gets poured and finished off on May 6.

Final prep on the slab and starting to pour on May 6.

Collins plumbing sorted out final details with Russell Underwood, who will do the septic (at left)
and then set to work on the plumbing on May 1.

Priests with toys—The Revs. Frank Logue and Jim Parker use equipment on the site
to clean up some trash left by the previous landowner on May 1.

On April 30, Cooper and Sons finished digging out the piers and cutting in the edge of the slab.
They also prepared the templates to hold the bolts and created the rebar mats to reinforce the concrete piers.

On April 28, Cooper and Sons began welding concrete forms in place for the slab foundation
and on the 29th, they began cutting in the edge for the monolithic slab and the piers.

Thanks to Mike Helton, we have aerial photos of the site with the foundation at grade height on April 24.
The yellow line drawn in on the photo at right shows (approximately) the property boundaries for our 6.99 acres of land. In that third photo, the large complex to the left is Camden County High School.

With the site dried out from heavy rains, foundation work resumed April 21.

The Rev. Jim Parker delivers the steeple cross April 10, then the Rev. Frank Logue is shown
praying for God's blessing on the cross during our Palm Sunday worship service, April 13.

Rain water flooded the building site on April 9. On April 10, we pumped the water out.

Cooper and Sons began preparing for the foundation and slab on April 2.

Tony Miller removing stumps on April 1-2

Installing silt fence on March 14.

Steel frame unloaded on March 4.

     
Dump trucks hauled in 52 loads of dirt for the foundation and for use with the septic system.

     
Land clearing came first for the few trees in the building site.

Before Photos

Portion of the building site as it appeared when King of Peace
bought the property on November 1, 2000
This is approximately the view from the church's covered entrance looking toward the altar.

A USGS aerial photo of the land on March 7, 1999 (before purchase by King of Peace)
Our property lines are roughly drawn in in yellow. courtesy http://terraserver.microsoft.com/