Services - Master Planning

Master Planning is much more than developing a list of ministries to provide faciltites for. It is listening and understanding what makes your church or organization unique. It is spending time to get to know your church culture and personality.Master Planning is extensive programming.

Master Planning starts with weeks of communications leading up to a Weekend Workshop where we come to your location and interview every facet of your ministry over the course of one weekend. A typical Weekend Workshop will entail about 12-15 hours of time spent meeting with you and your ministries. From that, a Master Plan Program a Space Needs Analysis will be written.

This large document will become the primary reference source for the current and future ministry needs of your church. Then, over the course of three to four focused meetings, a long term Master Site Plan, a first-phase site plan, floor plans and elevations of the first-phase (schematic design) and potential overall project costs will be developed. Several levels of presentation packages are available to suit your needs.

PROGRAMMING

1. Planning (or Building) Committee (PC) establishes sub-committees for congregational participation.  We will assist in determining which sub-committees are necessary.
2. Sub-committees meet independently to analyze current and future ministry needs.
3. Architect meets with each sub-committee in Programming Workshop.
4. Architect presents written Program of Space Requirements to PC.

1. Architect prepares conceptual Master Site Plan(s) for discussion and consensus.
2. Architect prepares Floor Plan(s) and exterior Elevations of Phase 1 for review.
3. Construction Cost Estimate is presented with each option and updated for revisions, time schedule, and anticipated method of construction.
4. Three (3) Design Review Meetings included in basic services.

CONGREGATIONAL PRESENTATION

1. Architect presents final Master Site Plan and Phase 1 Preliminaries at a congregational meeting as scheduled by Owner.

1. Three (3) copies of Program, Preliminary Design Drawings, and Cost Estimates.
2. 8.5” x 11.5” and 11”x 17” B & W reductions of final presentation drawings.

1. Color presentation / display boards mounted on rigid mat boards.
2. Color exterior perspective rendering(s).
3. Color interior perspective rendering(s).
4. 3-D modeling of exterior.
5. 3-D animated video walk through with/without narration or background music.
6. Planning Commission and Zoning assistance.
7. Preparation of existing building drawings in digital drawing format or verifying accuracy of existing building as-built drawings.