The key to any successful church project is a collaborative relationship with the congregation’s Building Committee. This project literally took months of pre-construction engagement between the Building Committee, Garmong Construction, and Hannum, Wagle & Cline Engineering. As a result of this pre-construction collaboration, change orders were nearly non-existent, the schedule was maintained, and the members of Maryland Church could anticipate at a very early stage the actual cost of the project as offered by Garmong Construction as a validated guaranteed maximum price. This 75,000-square-foot, Design-Build project involved more than three years of programming and design, and nearly two full years of construction. Project highlights and unique attributes of this facility include a 1,400 seat sanctuary, atrium seating for 400+, a café and library, an industrial kitchen, a gymnasium and numerous classrooms.