St. Peter Lutheran prepares for next build-out phase

By Nicole Tuttle Voice Reporter

St. Peter Lutheran Church Build Out Committee Co-Chairman Kevin Zauel said that architects Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick submitted initial sketches to the churchs Build Out Committee for a preliminary review in February. The Build Out Committee approved the sketches and directed the architects to create design development drawings for the two rooms.

We reviewed them, then they presented the design development documents to the committee, Zauel said. We presented them to counsel and they were approved. That was Feb. 20.

On Jan. 26, the St. Peter Lutheran Church Voters Assembly approved hiring Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick as the architects to design two unfinished rooms of the Macomb Township church. The contract indicates that design cost is not to exceed $23,900, excluding the selection of a contractor, according to Zauel. The contract does include design, creation of construction documents, permit assistance and bidding phase assistance, as well as recommendation of a contractor, Zauel said.

Although Zauel is a member of Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, he serves as a structural engineer with the firm and is not an architect.

In 2005 when St. Peter Lutheran Churchs sanctuary was completed, the two rooms in question were left in a rough state. The rooms were meant for a fellowship hall and ministry center/office space. According to Zauel, funding was not available at that time to build out the spaces, but the church recently was able to secure financing.

The Build Out Committee, which consists of between six and eight people, has been pursuing the process of getting the rooms completed since 2013. Although the two rooms were part of the original design when the sanctuary was designed, the Build Out Committee selected to seek input from several church groups on how to update the plans so that the completion of the spaces would meet current needs.

The design development drawings have a few changes from the original sketches from 2005 architectural plans, according to Zauel. A door into the fellowship hall kitchen was added, and more central partitions were selected as opposed to moveable partitions, Zauel said. The ministry center/office space will also have a different entrance, he noted.

We looked at the development sketches, the layout in terms of where the main entrance was for the office wing, and so those are different We had a meeting where they presented sketches, like concept A over concept B, Zauel said. Then we approved developing that one sketch. That became the design development plans. They took the approved layout and developed it further.

Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev. Ken Wagener also said that some of the changes from 2005 will improve the overall design. Continued...

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St. Peter Lutheran prepares for next build-out phase