{"id":593,"date":"2020-06-10T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2020-05-13T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T14:19:53","slug":"giving-your-old-sanctuary-a-new-lease-on-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/10\/giving-your-old-sanctuary-a-new-lease-on-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Your Old Sanctuary a New Lease on Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Tennessee\u2019s churches have continued to share the light with their communities, even if it\u2019s been online or by video conferencing. But as social distancing requirements fade away, churches will become places of fellowship once again.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Foothills Church\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-1030x637.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-1536x951.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-2048x1268.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-1500x928.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-705x436.jpg 705w, https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/1024-450x279.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All that said, the economic effects of the pandemic might hang around for some time, so when church facilities start showing their age, new construction might not be financially feasible for cash-strapped congregations. That\u2019s where Leon Williams Contractors, a <a href=\"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/\">Maryville construction<\/a> company, can help.<\/p>\n<p>We have decades of experience renovating church facilities. Through preconstruction planning, our experts can help congregations understand their facility needs and what sort of renovations are within their budgets.<\/p>\n<h2>Helping Out<\/h2>\n<p>Our goal is assisting our faith-based clients in finding the sweet spot between expense and value. We offer pre-construction consultations, site assessments, value engineering and other services to help congregations mitigate costs. Working closely with a design team, our hands-on experts will find and implement the most cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of growing congregations through internal renovations or expanding existing facilities. The Leon Williams team will work closely with the project designer and all stakeholders to ensure smooth communication and no surprises.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of value engineering is to approach every project with a fresh eye to evaluate the use of materials, reduce waste and avoid excessive expenditures. This could involve swapping out fixtures or features that might result in added costs with little to no benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Communities of faith matter to us here at Leon Williams Contractors. We take pride in helping give congregations the facilities they need to thrive and grow. To learn how we can assist in your next church renovation or construction project, visit www.lwcontractorstn.com or call (865) 982-1734.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Tennessee\u2019s churches have continued to share the light with their communities, even if it\u2019s been online or by video conferencing. But as social distancing requirements fade away, churches will become places of fellowship once again. All that said, the economic effects of the pandemic might hang around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[38,19,39],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-construction","tag-church-construction","tag-east-tennessee-construction","tag-maryville-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":605,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions\/605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwcontractorstn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}