May 2009 Update
This Spring has been a busy time out at the new property!! All of the building concrete slabs are now complete, and framing is in varying degrees of completion.  A few changes to report! We're adding the Video Café venue to Building # 2, further increasing our seating capacity and venue options.  We're also moving forward with plans to add 5,400 SF to Building 1B above the nursery/preschool.

April 2009 Update
Buildings 1, 1A (Live), 1B (Preschool) and 5 (The Edge) are well underway and clearly taking shape. The concrete for Building 2 (our Traditions venue and grades 4 & 5) was poured on March 31. The footings are in for Building 4 (the Administration Building). Digging is in progress for the footings for Building 3 (Children/Student Ministries), and they’re currently laying rebar.

March 2009 Update
Although we've had 17 days of weather related delays, the North Santa Fe project is moving forward and steel continues to go up. Buildings 1A (Live), 1B (The Preschool) and 5 (The Edge) are all taking shape and the concrete pours are complete.

January 26, 2009 Update
It's official! Construction out at our new church property has gone vertical. Framing for the first building is taking shape, and crews are hard at work finishing pouring the concrete for the first phase of construction.

January 6, 2009 Update
The concrete trucks are busy out at the new property right now. Foundations are currently being poured for our main buildings, and underground utilities are being installed. The retaining wall is also being built.

December 4, 2008 Update
We're excited to announce that Roel Construction is officially on-site at our N. Santa Fe property and building will begin immediately. Roel is a long-time, well-respected San Diego company with a construction management team headed by Project Manager Tom Costello. They have occupied on-site offices, and preparations to lay the building foundations have begun.  Currently, all off-site projects have been completed except the sewer connection, which is underway. Thank you for your commitment to the “Crossing the Jordan” building campaign. Building has officially begun!

October 27, 2008 Update
All plans for shell buildings and tenant improvements have been processed and approved, except for the final tenant improvement plans for building # 1, which have gone through the first plan check and are being corrected for re-submittal. Our Development Team will be meeting with Roel Construction for the initial bid meeting the last week of October, and we hope to finalize their bid and have them move on site by mid-November. 
 
Hazard and their subcontractors are installing the storm drains to connect to the building roof drains, and the electrical contractor is installing the underground conduit that will provide electric and data backbones throughout the campus.  We expect Hazard Construction to be finished with Phase I of their work by mid-November.

September 1, 2008 Update
The traffic light at the corner of Osborne and N. Santa Fe is now fully functional and up and running! The traffic light at the main church entrance on N. Santa Fe is also complete, but not yet metered. Street widening along N. Santa Fe is finished, and boring pits for the sewer boring begin September 8. Landscaping is also complete!


July 31, 2008 Update
Our goal is to have all off-site improvements complete by the end of August!  Our completed tenant improvements will be submitted for review to the city (and bidding contractors) the first week of August. We are thankful for the "Crossing the Jordan" commitments that continue to come in to support cost increases to the project.

June 16, 2008 Update
Our construction crews continue to make  progress and remain on schedule. The street lights along N. Santa Fe will be installed this week, and as street widening continues in the next few weeks, all traffic will be diverted to the east side of the street. Landscaping is also being installed in the parking lot west of the main entrance along with palms in the main entrance.

May 28, 2008 Update
There are a few updates to report on this week. The traffic signal at Osborne and N. Santa Fe Ave. will be installed by the end of June, along with the traffic signal at the church entrance. The signal will remain bagged until all of the road improvements are complete and the road is striped. Paving both on-site and on the east side of N. Santa Fe Ave. will be done the first week of June, so traffic will be moved to the east side of the street the week of June 9. Also, we were able to donate 4,000 cubic yards of dirt/clay to the Vista Fire station that is being constructed on Melrose. Things are moving along!

April 24, 2008 Update
Site Work: Hazard Construction and their subcontractors are moving forward with installing the sewer line from the church property to the connection at Melrose and North Santa Fe.  Once the sewer is installed, they will complete the laying of asphalt on the east side of North Santa Fe, including the main entrance and the final parking lot. Osborne Street between Guajome Lake Road and North Santa Fe will be resurfaced at that time as well, and the traffic signal at that intersection will follow closely behind. Once this asphalt work is done, traffic will be re-routed to the east side of North Santa Fe and the contractor will begin improvements on the west side of the street.
Landscaping: All trees and shrubs have been planted in the parking lot, and now the planting of the shrubs around the perimeter of the site and on the cut slopes has begun.  
Buildings: We’ve received the first draft of the bid from Roel Construction and expect to finalize the contract in early May, with construction to begin immediately.

April 1, 2008 Update
As we enter April, trees continue to be planted on the slopes, and shrubs will be planted once the watering systems are powered up to allow for automatic watering. Major road work on North Santa Fe Ave. will continue with installation of underground utilities, which must be finished before the road can be resurfaced and the traffic light can be installed at the intersection of North Santa Fe and Osborne.

March 4, 2008 Update
March proves to be a busy month at the new church property. The parking lot has been asphalted, the water system for fire and irrigation are now complete, and landscaping has officially begun. Guajome Lake Road has been paved from Ramona to Osborne, and improvements along Osborne are well underway. A traffic signal at Osborne and N. Santa Fe will be installed by the end of this month.  

February 4, 2008 Update
This month, several landscaping projects will take place. Plants and trees will be installed along Guajome Lake Rd. and many of the cut slopes.  Paving along Guajome Lake Rd., Osborne and N. Santa Fe is scheduled to begin on February 11, and 80% of the parking lot is scheduled for the first paving. 

January 7, 2008 Update
All on-site grading is complete, the parking lot curbs are 50% complete, and asphalt is scheduled for the end of month.  Preliminary landscaping work is underway, all irrigation infrastructure is in and sprinkler heads are being installed as curbs are completed. Paving on Guajome Lake Rd and Osborne are scheduled to begin the week of January 21.

October 30, 2007 Update
Our new building project is on schedule, and we're currently pulling a building permit to inspect the underground utilities (storm drains, sewer, trenching, power, phone cable, water supply, etc). The shell designs of our two principle buildings have been submitted to the city, and interior designs will be completed by December. Road improvements are also currently taking place along N. Santa Fe.

August 30, 2007 Update
We will be pulling off-site permits this week, and road work and utilities under the road will begin September 4. This is good news! Significant improvements will be made to North Santa Fe (including the widening of the street) that will be a tremendous benefit to traffic circulation for the immediate and surrounding areas.

July 2007 Update
A quick drive past North Santa Fe makes it apparent that a lot is happening over at our new church property! The entire property is currenlty under development. Graders are removing the top few feet of alluvium soil, which is unstable creek bed soil, and replacing it with quality dirt to create a solid foundation for laying pavement in the parking lots. Crews will also begin mining decomposed granite located near the hill where we had the church baptism a few years ago.

"We'll set that aside and use that to backfill trenches to create stability," says Steve Ahlquist, Executive Director of Ministry Resources. "Using granite that's already located on the property could potentially save us $200,000- $500,000, so we are very hopeful that the quality of the granite is up to par."

The silt fences that are located just inside the property lines are also being moved back to the street - a requirement of the Clean Water Act. This prevents rain from washing dirt from the construction site down the street and into storm drains and the water supply.

"We're not expecting rain in the next few months, but we're still required to do that," adds Ahlquist.

The next large milestone that needs to be reached is obtaining our offsite permits that have yet to be approved by the City of Oceanside and the County of San Diego. Then we will begin the road improvements on North Santa Fe, which includes increasing the amount of lanes, and installing stop lights at the entrance of the property and the intersection at Osborne and North Santa Fe.

"We're probably about a month away, give or take," says Ahlquist. "We'll be improving North Santa Fe from south of Osborne, all the way north to Melrose. By September, this should be happening."

Building pads will begin to take shape by mid- September, and road improvements should be completed by the end of the year. Buildings are set to begin construction in early 2008.

Please pray that we continue to have a good relationship with the City of Oceanside and the County of San Diego, and continue to make progress with them. Pray that they finalize the offsite permits so that we can begin construction in the next three weeks. Expect current property updates on a regular basis during the entire construction process!

Updates will be released as they come along, so keep an eye out for more announcements in the near future.  Also, please pray that the process continues to go smoothly.

In the last 12 months, $2.3 million has been given to the More Than a Building campaign.  Our two most recent fundraisers, the North Coast Church 100-Hole Shootout Golf Tournament and the Christmas tree sales, raised more than $75,000.

If you missed the article discussing our new building plans that appeared last November 19 in the North County Times, please click here to read more about the project plans.