Building & Construction Tips:  The Cost of Storage

Orginally published on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 8:47 AM
by Todd Rhoades

When you're in the process of a building campaign, there are tons of decisions that need to be made quickly. But are you making the right decisions? Sometimes what seems to be the best move from a price standpoint actually end up costing you money. (Anyone who's been through a building campaign can probably attest to that fact!) George Kreger gives us this example of how a more expense (and better quality) chair saved one church almost $28,000. George writes...

“Here’s where we’re going to store the chairs!” I remember Dennis speaking those words as he showed me around his then under construction new church facility with a large multi-purpose room that would seat 700. Chairs were going to be set up and taken down often and would need to be stored. As we interacted more I learned the building committee was planning on purchasing 700 pew-style chairs for this room. The $40 price point such chairs carry was attractive to his building committee.

I asked Dennis what the overall project was costing his church per square foot. “$130” was his response. I processed a few numbers in my head and asked him, “What if I could provide a chair that would be far stronger, far lighter, just as comfortable, and while it would cost $75 each versus $40, would result in a net savings for your church of $27,500?”

How in the world could a chair nearly twice as expensive save this church a ton of money?  Here’s the breakdown:

You can see that a case can be made for higher quality and greater savings, all at the same time!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  George Kreger is the owner of SaveYourChurchMoney.com and is available to help church with their purchasing needs.  You can find out more about SaveYourChurchMoney at their website.  In full disclosure, George is also the Lead Pastor at Todd’s church.

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