Things are rolling! Here's where things are at after the last few weeks:

✅ Exterior framing nearing completion
✅ Exterior sheathing nearing completion
✅ Interior framing over 50% done
✅ Ductwork rough-in continuing
✅ Over 50% of the HVAC units hung
✅ Plumbing rough-in nearing completion
✅ Electrical rough-in continuing
✅ HVAC controls rough-in continuing
✅ Door cut through from the Gym to the new storage room
✅ Sound-proofing walls, insulation, and drywall continuing
✅ Concrete poured in the stair treads and landings

Looking ahead in the next few weeks:
- Exterior framing and sheathing completed
- Interior framing completed
- Rough-ins continuing and/or nearing completion
- Window installation
- Exterior soffits and gables framed out
- Roof installation

Check out the video below of the progress!

Things are rolling and we're quickly approaching dried-in status! The last couple weeks finally has had multiple sub-contractors onsite working on various components. Up until that point it had largely been one sub onsite at a time while the steel and concrete went in to avoid people stepping on each others' toes.

✅ Exterior and interior walls being framed
✅ Plumbing rough-in started
✅ Steel crew finishing up stairs and final steel adjustments / fixes
✅ Temporary site lighting installed
✅ DOAS (Dedicated Outdoor Air System) HVAC unit installed upstairs in our existing storage space
✅ Mechanical contractor beginning to lay out and install ceiling-hung HVAC units
✅ Door openings into the existing building being planned / created

Looking forward, it's full steam ahead! Once the exterior walls are framed, sheathing and vapor barrier will quickly follow with windows slotted for install in early November. After that will be brick and siding.

Inside, interior wall framing will continue as mechanical guys keep running HVAC, ducts, plumbing, piping, and electrical rough-ins. Openings into the existing building will begin to be framed out and completed.

Enjoy some pics below of the progress!

We have a 1st floor slab!

It's been roughly a month since our last update, and that's mainly because things slowed down for a few weeks before picking back up this week. A lot of things have been waiting on the 1st floor slab being poured, and that kept getting delayed. First we had some weather days, then the forms needed to be moved, and then the rebar inspector decided to require extra rebar, which all led to the slab finally being poured today! So here's what's happened the last few weeks:

✅ All strucural steel and decking complete, minus the installation of the stairs (will be installed now that the 1st floor slab is in).
✅ Duct work installation began.
✅ Roof supplies delivered and installation began this week.
✅ DOAS (Dedicated Outside Air System) HVAC unit delivered onsite. This will treat and feed fresh outdoor air to all the smaller room units.
✅ Hole cut in the side of the wall for the DOAS to be installed in an exisitng PCC storage space.
❌ Said hole was not water-proofed properly and a couple inches of rain made it inside.
✅ Plumbing and electrical rough-in completed for slab.
✅ Rebar completed for slab.
❌ Inspector said the rebar was not completed for the slab.
✅ Rebar was completed again for the slab.
✅ Inspector said the rebar was completed for the slab.
✅ Metal studs delivered for exterior and interior walls.
✅ Brick delivered for exterior band around the building.
✅ Multiple building and flooring finishes approved and ordered.
✅ First phase of fire alarm replacement completed.
✅ Openings created on all parts of the first floor to match the new slab to the existing.

Looking ahead, we should have multiple parts moving all together. Next week, the framers will begin laying out all the walls and installing, the DOAS will be moved inside and duct work installation will continue, roofing installation will continue and we'll be dried in soon, then exterior walls will be completed and brick, windows, and siding can start moving forward while more mechanical rough-ins begin inside. So, expect lots more great things to come! Enjoy some pics below of the progress. 

Just a quick lil update with some pics and video. We have a second floor slab! Crews started early this morning, pushed through the unexpected (and lingering) rain showers and are now putting the finishing touches on it. The cooling tower also got replaced this week and they're finishing up the connections to it. 

The slab getting poured will finally enable some different crews to start working all at the same time. The roofers can begin their work, the steel guys can finish the side storage room, and the plumber and electrician can finalize the first floor before it gets poured in the next week or two. Framers can begin laying out interior & exterior walls, and we'll also be creating an opening on the second floor wall to wheel a large HVAC unit into its future home on the second floor of an existing storage room.

And we're back! I couldn't get another post in before leaving on vacation the end of August. Apologies for the delay but here's where things are at:

✅ Structural Steel [mostly] completed
❌❌❌❌❌ Structural cross-bracing in the way of doors & windows (5x times)
✅ Bar joists [mostly] completed (construction lingo: bar joists = rafters or joists)
✅ 2nd floor deck completed and being prepped for the slab pour
✅ Openings being created and prepped for doorways into the existing building
❌ 1in fire alarm conduit "found" (was it at 2pm on a Friday before vacation? Of course it was!)
❌ 2in water main "found" (was it at 2pm on a Friday before vacation? Of course it was!)
❌ 3in drain line "found" (was it at 2.......ok you get the point)
❌ 4in sewer line "found"
✅ 5in lines were nowhere to be found
❌ 6in HVAC water loop Supply "found"
❌ 6in HVAC water loop Return "found"
✅ Private utility locator company expediently deployed to the work site. (was it at 8am on a Saturday morning before vacation? Of course it was!)
✅ Private utility locator paints enough multi-color lines in the dirt to rival Joseph's coat
✅ New 4in sewer line run around all the "found" lines and tied into the sewer main
✅ All lines repaired, covered, and road patched
✅ Beautiful dry weather
✅ Special inspections completed
✅ All flooring, tile, & grout finishes picked out. (If you like them, tell me I did a great job. If you don't like them, tell Becki Peek she did a terrible job.)
✅ HVAC units delivered and stored onsite
✅ Cooling tower arrived at the warehouse and is ready for delivery

Looking Ahead
- Cooling Tower Replacement Sept 9-12
- Prepping & pouring the slab for the 2nd floor
- Finishing the roof deck (after concrete is poured)
- Begin Roof Install
- Begin stairs install
- Fire alarm panel & device replacement Sept 23-26 (existing building)

Sunday, September 14
Want to get your boots on the ground? After each service (weather permitting) I'll take a group of folks around the exterior of the building to see the building progress. And you don't need boots, we'll be on pavement. Unless you're from Texas. Then you can wear your boots. And tell everyone about how you're from Texas.

But I know you don't come here to read indirect insults toward Texans or the writing content in general. Nor am I employed or sought after for my writing skills. Instead, you can check out the progress pics below! Although for that matter, nor am I employed for my photography skills. So really, please enjoy my mediocre attempts at all the content presented in this feature. At least you know there's no way AI is writing this thing. Or do we really know that for sure these days?

We're reaching new heights! The steel started being put in place today and it's so exciting to see the frame start to take shape. Here's what's happened in the last few weeks:

✅ Footings prepped / bolts epoxied for steel to be fastened
✅ Roof overhang above Room 208 taken off to accommodate the steel structure
✅ Plumbing rough-in completed
✅ Gravel spread and compacted for the future slab
❌ Conduit providing power to the Cafe was "found" again (shoutout to the electrician replacing the same conduit and wire run twice in the same month)
❌ A 10PM "visit" from the York County Fire Department after a sprinkler system malfunction.....due to the Cafe power being knocked out, again.
✅ Lots of hours spent pumping water out of the footings every time it rains (shoutout to site supervisor Harry)
✅ Resolved some issues
❌ Found some new issues
✅ Planned the Fire Alarm replacement for late September in the existing building so that it can accommodate the new addition.
✅ Steel got delivered onsite
✅ Steel erection began

So far, we're still pacing on schedule and everything's been taken in stride as issues come up and get resolved. We currently have one large(r) un-resolved issue and we're trying to figure out the placement of the Team Room doors; the planned location has steel cross-bracing in the way on the original building so the engineers are working on alternatives.

Looking Ahead:
The month of August will be full with all the steel and bar joists getting installed and by the end of the month it should look like a building! The 2nd floor slab should be poured around the end of August (weather permitting), and the first floor slab will be poured sometime in September. The roof is scheduled to begin in early September as well as all of the wall framing to begin on exterior and interior walls.

Enjoy some pics below of the progress!

Sorry for the delay in a post! Not much happened during the middle of June that was noteworthy as mobilization got into full swing, then everything started happening during SportsWorld and into early July and I couldn't keep up.

Some major items that have been completed in the last 4 weeks:
✅ Footings Dug
❌ Conduit providing power to the Cafe was "found" while digging the footings
✅ Cafe conduit repaired and wires replaced
✅ Rebar Laid
✅ Concrete Poured
✅ CMU ("Cinder Block") Laid
✅ CMU Elevator Shaft Constructed

Looking ahead, we've got plumbing and sewer lines coming in and then getting ready for steel! The schedule has steel slotted to begin in early August. In the background are all sorts of various tasks / planning / preparations keeping us all busy.

We'll also have our older (original from 1999) cooling tower replaced in August as a part of the project to prepare for the larger cooling demand that the new building will create.

Here's some clips that I took today of the progress:

Here's a time-lapse of the footers being dug and the concrete being poured:

Please don't hesitate to reach out with requests, questions, or things you'd like to see more of! As the building continues to go vertical we'll definitely add some drone shots into the mix. Until next time!

And so it begins! Here's what has happened in the last couple weeks:

✅ Amended Site Plan Approval from York County
✅ Land Disturbance Permit Approval
✅ Building Permit Approval
✅ Site Work Mobilization
✅ Silt Fences and Erosion Control Installed
✅ Cooling Tower Replacement Site Visit
✅ Topsoil Stripped
✅ Fill Dirt / Building Pad Prepped

It's so exciting to see things finally happening on the property after years of preparation and planning. The next few weeks will entail things like more site work and further mobilization / supplies brought onsite, building layout, footings and foundation prep, and sewer line installation.

Please be praying for clear working weather and that when it does rain, the temporary drain lines will keep as much water off the building pad areas as possible. Also be praying as we operate SportsWorld in the non-construction-zone field areas and that we wouldn't be in the way or hinder the construction process.

Enjoy some pics below of the progress this week!

Welcome to the PCC Construction Blog! We plan to use this throughout the project to keep you updated on what’s happening and share various text, picture, and video updates. To catch you up to this point, here’s an overview of how we got here:

Early 2022 to Mid 2023
Summit Christian Academy (SCA) identified the need for classroom expansion and replacement of the rapidly aging classroom / office trailers. They received approval from PCC's Board of Elders to design and pay for an addition to PCC. An engineering firm was hired to develop and submit a new site plan to PCC’s property (often a lengthy process) and approval was finally received from York County in August of 2023.

Mid 2023 to Mid 2024
Initial cost estimates for SCA’s planned addition came back higher than anticipated and was exceeding what they would be able to afford, largely due to a costly grammar school relocation and build-out that had just been completed. At the same time PCC had experienced continual growth since Covid reopening and was running out of space for student ministry (PSM) and office space for staff. PCC & SCA prayerfully considered financially partnering together to build a two-story addition to the building, with the first story primarily serving SCA’s needs and the second story primarily serving PCC’s needs. PCC membership overwhelmingly voted “yes” to proceed with a new capital campaign at a special membership meeting on February 4, 2024 and “The Next 40” capital campaign was launched in April of 2024. The campaign garnered strong support from PCC as did SCA’s separate campaign. PCC & SCA developed a floor plan together of needed spaces and building design, and a Request for Proposal was sent to Spain Commercial in July of 2024 to design and build the addition.

July 2024 to May 2025
Spain accepted our request which kicked off months of meetings, designing the addition, and getting price quotes. Once pricing was in hand, PCC was able to secure financing and PCC’s Membership voted and approved the additional mortgage amount on March 23, 2025. Spain acquired the building permit, a small issue with the site plan was detected, re-submitted, and approved on May 12, 2025, and the land disturbance permit application has been submitted which is the final hurdle before Spain mobilizes onsite, which is anticipated to be in early June.

Groundbreaking Ceremony
On April 27th, PCC & SCA held a groundbreaking ceremony and picnic to commemorate the start of the project together with over 400 in attendance.

(Left to right) Amelia Peden (SCA 5th Grader), Lindsey Ralls (SCA Principal), Justin Throupe (SCA Head of School), Steve Spain (Owner, Spain Commercial), Garrett Spitz (PCC Lead Pastor), Chris Chappell (PCC Student Ministry Pastor), Sarah Campbell (SCA / PSM Senior). Behind are members of SCA’s School board, PCC’s Board of Elders, and the PCC / SCA joint Building Design Committee.

We’re so excited to get this project going and to see how God will use this addition in the lives of hundreds of students in the years to come. Lord willing, we’re hoping to move into the new addition sometime in early spring of 2026!