Engineering design for places of worship is often an intimate process, taking into consideration multiple stakeholders, historical context, and the mission of the members. SKA has had the unique opportunity to design and renovate many of North Carolina’s contemporary and historic churches. As both designers and worshipers, our engineers know what makes successful sanctuaries and other supporting spaces, such as multipurpose rooms, offices, and activity spaces.
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church began in 1856 with a one room church and seventeen people. Today, the church has grown to over 2,100 members and is located on the corner of Chestnut and Westchester in High Point, North Carolina. SKA’s Roofing Engineering Group...
SKA has a long history with Westover Church including projects like roof assessment and replacement, exterior wall cladding investigation, window water testing, and most recently, a leak investigation.
SKA was honored to perform roof and facade condition assessments on 4 buildings at the campus of the Cathedral built in circa 1903. The key assemblies reviewed included four (4) copper-based roof configurations, a Spanish tile roof, a single ply EPDM roof, and the...
First Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest congregations in Greensboro. The church selected SKA to design repairs for the 84-year-old facilities. The overarching goals for the design were to modernize the facilities, make the church more efficient, reduce future...
Located in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this historic church facility exhibited signs of façade deterioration and asked SKA to perform a comprehensive condition survey of the stone masonry walls, limestone copings and other limestone wall components,...
Centenary United Methodist Church is a 90,000 sf facility built in 1930 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Projects at this historic church over time have included a facade condition survey, chimney masonry assessment, changes to the sanctuary lighting, and most...