May 2005

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"One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."

Proverbs 11:24-25

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BUFORD CHURCH OF CHRIST

Buford, Georgia

On May 22nd, Buford Church of Christ dedicated the newest additions to their campus, a 750 seat sanctuary, spacious foyer and 500 seat fellowship hall.  While the worship and fellowship spaces are a welcome addition, the most important part of the new facility is the spacious foyer.  The new 5,000 square foot foyer connects the new sanctuary to the existing three buildings.  More importantly, it provides them much needed space in which members fellowship before and after services.

The building was constructed by Garrard Construction in Lawrenceville.  R.J. Cardell was the project manager and Greg Mason was the superintendent.

Visit other church projects on our website.

In another article we wrote about the pitfalls of negotiated cost-plus contracts. In our opinion, bidding is not the best means of project delivery for many of our clients because bidding has the most potential problems of any means of construction delivery. Only government agencies are required to bid. There are better options available to everyone else.

1. Bidding will assure the lowest price.  This is not always true. 
2. The low bidder is often the bidder who has left important items out of his price.
3. Bid jobs often have more change orders because the Contractor is trying to find ways to make up for whatever he failed to include in his price.
4. Bid jobs are more likely to result in disputes and claims.
5. Bid jobs tend to have lower quality workmanship.
6. Bid jobs tend to take longer to construct.
7. The Owner sees no cost savings once a bid job gets started.
8. A bid job is more likely to go into default when the Contractor is unable to complete the job. 

Most of our clients choose not to bid their project because they are aware that bidding increases the possibility of lower quality, increases change orders, increases construction time, creates an adversarial climate and can result in higher design fees. They have learned that there are less stressful project pricing and delivery methods with many positive benefits not available through bidding.  

Read the entire article on the FSFarchitects.com website.

Apalachicola, Florida

FOREMAN SEELEY FOUNTAIN IS 20 YEARS OLD !
This month we celebrate our 20the anniversary in business

FSF has been selected by JJE Construction to design their new office / shop building in Alpharetta.  Lusk and Associates will be the General Contractor

First Baptist of Jackson has broken ground on their new Family Life Center and education building.  Bon Building of Lithonia is the contractor.

On April 24th, Zion Baptist Church in Braselton broke ground on their renovations, changing a cell phone manufacturing plant into their new church facility.  Catamount Constructors of Roswell is the contractor and CCL Associates is the project manager.  

Foreman · Seeley · Fountain    Architects
5855 Jimmy Carter Boulevard      Suite 218      Norcross, Georgia  30071
(770) 729-8433      fax (770) 729-8466     1-800-463-3732