Restoring a Historic Church on a Tight Schedule

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We have a project going on in Wilton, Connecticut, that involves refreshing the sanctuary and narthex, which is a fancy way to say vestibule, of this 200-plus-year-old church. The sanctuary in particular is two stories. We have to do the ground level, which includes all the pews and all the trim—all the old, 200-year-old trim, to be exact—because the sanctuary is part of the main structure. Above that, we have about 20-foot-high ceilings that have some ornate trim, crown molding, etc. All the windows are original, so it’s really old wood, which takes a level of care and professionalism that our crews can deliver.

We estimated the project, I want to say, back in December. We met on site again in January just to make sure the scope was accurate, and ultimately we ended up adding in a few pieces of the puzzle that they initially missed during our initial estimate. The project has some timing sensitivity, in that they want us to complete the sanctuary while only allowing one Sunday service to be missed. So that gives us about 10 working days to do a pretty hefty project.

We put one of our ACE crews on the project in order to expedite process and procedure, and really get the place looking great in as little time as possible, because that’s one of the desires of the church—that they only miss one Sunday service. I actually checked on the project yesterday myself. Progress is moving incredibly nicely, and I’ll be checking up again, likely at the end of the…