We suggest not writing the check and also knowing your costs.

When you are planning a project or just investigating the needs of your ministries and congregation, you need to have clarity about cost. I could spend a month telling you about churches that have jumped into the project with no real data on the “True Cost” of a new project. If you are growing, the sanctuary is getting tight, there are no parking spots left and people are shoulder to shoulder in the lobby after service, your natural reaction is to investigate a larger space.

A church that does not know their design and construction options will hire an architect to program and design a new facility with no thought to the knowledge and experience of the group that will be building the actual facility. This happens all the time all over the country when churches design a facility first, and then send it to several general contractors to bid after the design is complete. A high percentage of these situations end in a project price that stalls or stops the project all together.

This very problem is why we use the proven process of design build. Design build process assures a solid planning phase that includes all the design and constructions professionals, with all the costs associated with their services. This insures there are no surprises and no delays in the completion of the building project. Bottom line, Eden Religious Facilities delivers a quality facility while meeting budget and schedule.

Try our cost calculator to get a good idea of what it might take to build or expand your facility.

What does it take to build or renovate a church facility?  A lot of prayer, planning and preparation goes into the construction of a church building. In over 20 years of church construction experience, the team members at Eden Religious Facilities have seen it all in terms of good and bad planning for religious facility construction.

The top three things we suggest to think about when planning:

1. Projected growth of your congregation and the associated physical plant (square footage) for a long term plan
2. Compare projected cost vs. financial capabilities: current and projected
3. Hire the right TEAM: Don’t spend a dime until you have the right team on board to help define needs, scenarios, and finances

Start planning your new religious facility by first using our financial and space calculator to see what kind of resources you might need.

No church building project is the same.  Whether the project is a new build or an addition/remodel to an existing building, different materials will be used according to the cost and structural needs of the project.  Wood, concrete, or steel are often the choices we decide between as each have different cost ramifications as well as uses.

Because it continues to move, wood has height and weight ramifications and beyond 60-foot tresses, steel will be used as the material of choice.  Eden Religious Facilities works with the team we create with the structural engineer and the design team alongside you to review the costs and the specific look for a project.  This is another reason why a team is important in the construction of a church facility.  All of these things matter when designing and planning a church building and deciding between wood, steel, or concrete is one of them.