With traditional building, a church building committee works with an architect, a general contractor, subcontractors, and a banker. With design-building, the committee works with a single vendor who provides all services and controls costs through economies of engineering and manufacturing with architects, subcontractors, and a banker all under one roof. Preengineered building . It has to be better than a shed with a steeple. A preengineered building can be manufactured, trucked to a prepared site, and assembled within a matter of weeks, so that a church can be in its new facility within three to four months.
Prefabricated buildings are a smart, fast option for a congregation that needs housing.
Bloxom says that buildings can be constructed of precast concrete panels internally reinforced with a steel frame. They can be assembled quickly. Then the finished panels are trucked in, and a crane is assigned. The crane erects the panels along the perimeter beam of the building, forming the outer walls. The owner has a covered building, which allows for accelerated interior finish-out with the usual components that get a building ready for occupancy.