Architect Ray Calamari reports the following progress: Changes have been made to the drawings as per the last Building Team meeting at Burger Construction. The utility basement has been added, and the additional path as per the team’s recommendation. Our design team of architect Ray Calamari and owner’s rep Brian Davis met with the landscape … Continue reading April 2022
The Building Team held a Question and Answer session January 30 with our architect, Raymond Calamari, and our owner’s representative, Brian Davis, after the Sunday service. There were several well-thought-out suggestions made from the congregation. (A video of the session has been loaded onto the Church’s Facebook page and this is a link to the … Continue reading March 2022
Happy Spring! If you have forsythia in your yard, cut some branches and put them in water in the house. The buds will gradually open. Also, if you have pussy willow, you can cut branches and bring them inside in water to open. It is time to trim some bushes, like butterfly bushes, trumpet vine, … Continue reading April 2022
After an amicable parting of the ways between the Building Team, Church and our original architect, Peter Marren, the Building Team has been working with Raymond Calamari, architect from de Bruin Engineering, PC, and Brian Davis, our appointed Owner’s Representative, for the last few months on a smaller, more compact design for the new First … Continue reading January 2022
The site plan drawings have been re-submitted to the NYSDOT (driveway exit to Rte. 25) and the Suffolk County Health Dept. (septic system). Additional miscellaneous info, that was requested, was sent to Southold Town Planning Department. After the Health Dept. and NYSDOT send final approvals and Mike Verity (Building Dept.) gives a review and comment, … Continue reading December 2020
We’re getting closer and closer…to groundbreaking (early in 2021). The latest update from Burger Construction and Stacy Paetzel explains the delay: Once we have the SCDHS (Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services) revised septic system variance and the NYSDOT (New York State Dept. of Transportation) curb cut variance, we will re-submit the plans to the Town … Continue reading November 2020
Burger Construction is making progress soliciting pricing from subcontractors and vendors/ suppliers. [Then, it goes to the Board for the final decision-making.] Burger and Marren delivered landscape, civil, structural and architectural drawings to the Southold Building Department (end of Sept.). Mike Verity (Chief Inspector) agreed to provide a pre-filing review of those documents so (after we have all the other related approvals – … Continue reading October 2020
Eugene Burger has drawings and has started the pricing process. John Condon is dealing with Health Department variance paperwork. Peter Marren has asked Condon to provide additional technical (mechanical, electrical & plumbing) engineering pieces for Burger. Marren and Burger are meeting this week with Michael Verity, Chief Building Inspector for the Southold Building Department. Irene … Continue reading September 2020
Peter Marren is tying up loose ends. He hopes to have the necessary reports / information to Eugene Burger by the end of July. It should take 4 to 6 weeks for the subcontractors to send their costs to Burger, who will send them to the Board and Building Team for review and decisions. Cross your … Continue reading August 2020
On June 25th, there was a Zoom status-report call (set up by Peter Marren) with all the key people on our project. At the meeting, the group reviewed the status of the architectural drawings, the various permits that are in process or to be applied for, and the timeline for the building permit, bidding process, and groundbreaking. … Continue reading July 2020
