Engage Design & Contractor Team Early

Church Construction Best Practices: Part 3

Engage the design and contractor team early. Many churches form committees, draft concepts, and guess budgets before involving professionals. This leads to mismatched expectations and expensive redesigns.

Engage a design and contractor team early during:

·     Site evaluations or building assessments

·     Ministry space programming

·     Preliminary layout and phasing conversations

Bringing the right team in early ensures real-time cost, code, and operational insight.

Early collaboration prevents backtracking. A design-informed contractor can align ministry goals with actual resources from day one.

Schedule an exploratory session with a design-contractor team before making major decisions.