Van Winkle Construction Awarded Whitefield Academy Project – Mableton, GA

12Stone Buford reached another milestone towards completion! Church members and the construction team alike gathered to celebrate the church’s official topping out.

Workers in safety vests eating lunch at round tables inside the steel-framed 12Stone Church Buford building

Three men smiling inside the unfinished church building, one in a Van Winkle safety vest and one in a hard hat

Van Winkle staff and workers serving themselves barbecue from a buffet line inside the church under construction

Men in hard hats and safety vests chatting on the concrete floor of the church under construction

Men in hard hats and vests eating lunch together at a round table inside the church building

“…As you build this project, you are a part of something bigger,” said Pastor Sean Myers as he addressed the team in the future 650-seat church sanctuary.

12Stone Church, listed in Outreach Magazine as the #1 fastest growing church in America and as the fortieth largest church in the United States with an attendance of 9,636 in 2010, selected Van Winkle to renovate and build multiple church locations for their growing congregation. The 12Stone Buford location is Van Winkle’s sixth church project for 12Stone, and the congregation can hardly contain their excitement for their new, permanent house of worship. Currently, they hold services at nearby Lake Lanier High School and have no building of their own.

The new 33,000 sf 12Stone Buford project scope includes a sanctuary with state-of-the-art audio/visual capabilities, classrooms, cafes, kid’s play area, offices, nurseries, and worship assembly rooms for the elementary and high school, as well as paving and landscaping. The building is right on schedule for a grand opening in fall 2018.

Written by

Edward Van Winkle IV

Apr 13, 2011