On August 23, 2011, Central Virginia experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, considered a 100-year earthquake
Seven of our 182 churches in the Diocese sustained earthquake damage. Out of those, four have asked the Diocese for help in paying for the damages they incurred.
It would take almost 4 ½ years to repair and repay the costs of the earthquake at St. George’s – about $92,000
We did not have earthquake insurance. However, it takes damage over 10% of your building value for claims. The building was valued at $5,000,000 so it would have taken damages of $500,000 and above
We did add earthquake to our building policy. It is another considered peril added to building policy .
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Extent of the Damage
- Damage to two outside chimneys. Their stability was compromised.
- Cracks above the center aisle door in the Narthex.
- Cracks on the arches, beams and ceiling areas within the church.
- Debris around and inside the Parson Organ, completed in 2009.
- Touchup needed for the decorative paint which was a part of our renovation 2007-2009.
- Nail popping issues in Faulkner Hall.
Expenses
Contractors
- Herlong and Associates. In September, 2011, we paid $2,220 for Herlong and Associates (architects) to investigate cracks in the Nave/Narthex walls. A month later we paid $250 to Magic Touch Painting to repair some nail popping issues in Faulkner Hall that were blamed on the earthquake. The room had just been renovated.
- Daniel and Company – After the August, 2011 earthquake the Church signed a contract with Daniel & Company, Inc. on October 14, 2011 for the main earthquake repair work to the Church. The Daniel contract was for $78,000 for outside and inside work.
The following was the scope of work:
|
Area of church |
Interior/Exterior |
Description |
|
Narthex |
Interior |
center aisle door |
|
Nave |
Interior |
opposite side of wall to center aisle door |
|
Nave |
Interior |
column at west (rear) wall |
|
Nave |
Interior |
ceiling/wall joint under Gallery at west wall |
|
Nave |
Interior |
wall above arch at the Chancel |
|
Nave |
Interior |
crack at underside of southeast arch |
|
Nave |
Interior |
crack at northeast box beam |
|
Nave |
Interior |
repair water damaged plaster at south wall of Chancel |
|
Nave |
Interior |
ceiling near northwest window |
|
Gallery |
Interior |
wall and cornice joint on south wall at H.C. lift. |
|
Gallery |
Interior |
ceiling above west wall return grille. |
|
Gallery |
Interior |
ceiling box beam at northwest corner |
|
Gallery |
Interior |
column at west (rear) wall |
|
Gallery |
Interior |
plaster crack at ceiling |
|
North Chimney |
Exterior |
remove and rebuild the chimney down to the stone cap at the bottom of the arches |
|
South Chimney |
Exterior |
repoint the cracked and deteriorated mortar joints. |
|
North Chimney and South Chimney |
Exterior |
Painting North and South Chimney |
|
Narthex |
Interior |
Mason repair |
The cost breakdown was as follows:
|
Cost Breakdown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXTERIOR |
|
|
INTERIOR |
|
Total |
|
Superintendent |
2,250 |
|
Superintendent |
2,250 |
4,500 |
|
Telephone |
75 |
|
Telephone |
75 |
150 |
|
Barricades |
410 |
|
Barricades |
1,200 |
1,610 |
|
Trucking |
400 |
|
Trucking |
400 |
800 |
|
Scaffolding |
7,540 |
|
Scaffolding |
5,315 |
12,855 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Masonry |
|
|
Plaster |
|
|
|
North Chimney |
10,000 |
|
Plaster Patching |
9,470 |
19,470 |
|
South Chimney |
1,500 |
|
Ornamental Plaster |
1,050 |
2,550 |
|
Painting – Chimneys |
1,150 |
|
Painting |
5,000 |
6,150 |
|
|
|
|
Decorative Painting |
|
– |
|
|
|
|
Mason Reconstruction |
2,500 |
2,500 |
|
Slate Shingles Leak |
5,000 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Slate Shingles T&M |
7,300 |
|
|
|
7,300 |
|
|
|
|
Temporary Protection |
470 |
470 |
|
|
|
|
Travel |
100 |
100 |
|
Site Restoration |
210 |
|
Job Site Cleanup |
550 |
760 |
|
Total |
35,835 |
|
Total |
28,380 |
64,215 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labor |
|
2,637 |
|
|
|
|
Va. State Sales Tax |
|
237 |
|
|
|
|
Overhead |
0.12 |
8,051 |
|
|
|
|
Fee |
0.03 |
2,254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Builders Risk |
|
232 |
|
|
|
|
Indemnification |
|
233 |
|
|
|
|
Business License |
|
124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
77,983 |
We did an intense investigation of the church just after the event to understand what had happened and the extent of the damage.
The final Daniel cost was less than anticipated at $65,204 so that it was accurately projected. The assumptions of the extent of the work were correct. We were able to schedule it so that it had a limited impact over the life of church. The beneficiaries of the work was the church – for safety in securing the chimneys, for taking the time to understanding the extent of the damage and in the end for maintaining the church at the same level of repair as existed at the time of the end of the renovation in 2009.
Work began in the same month (Oct, 2011) for repairs the two chimneys in the rear of the church. That work was completed first in early fall due to its critical nature. In December, 2011, work to repair cracks above the center aisle door in the Narthex was begun. The remainder of the interior work was completed in July, 2012 after the program year concluded.
- Parsons Organ Builders. Another key area was the new Pipe organ built and maintained by Parsons Pipe Organ Builders. In 2011 they had cleaned the Festival Trumpet pipe due to particles in the pipe from the earthquake. We paid for some improvements to prevent this from happening again. We had to pay for covering and uncovering the organ during the Daniel interior renovation which was done in June and July, 2012. Robert B. Payne provided prep work for the process which involved capping off the exhaust duct.
- Thomas Moore. As part of the interior repairs, we hired Thomas Moore and Associates who created the decorative paint work during the renovation of the Church (2007-2009) to retouch the work.
- Donations
The church received matching donations from 18 parishioners totaling $26,950
We received an unsolicited donation from the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Two grants from the Missionary Society Grant and Wall Foundation were part of an extensive calling and letter campaign through a number of Virginia foundations. We were disappointed with the number of rejections and non-responses.
The IRS refund health care costs was applied to the earthquake. This is a refund based on the Affordable Care Act of 2010, credits for small business employers who provide health care for their employers.
- Statement of the Project
|
Earthquake Relief |
||
|
Expenses |
|
(Paid), Received |
|
Daniels & Co. |
-65,204 |
|
|
Decorative Paint – Thomas Moore |
-9,450 |
|
|
Herlong Architects |
-2,220 |
|
|
Robert B. Payne – prep for organ repair |
-550 |
|
|
Parsons – Festival Trumpet cleaning |
-2,900 |
|
|
Parsons – Cover, Uncover Tune Organ for Daniels Repair |
-11,030 |
|
|
|
||
|
Magic Touch Painting |
-250 |
|
|
Misc |
-27 |
|
|
Total Expenses |
-91,631 |
|
|
Receipts |
|
|
|
Diocese of Va |
13,500 |
|
|
United Daughters Confederacy |
100 |
|
|
IRS refund health care costs, 2010 tax year rec. 2011 applied to this account |
5,290 |
|
|
Parishioner Donations |
26,950 |
|
|
Missionary Society Grant |
2,000 |
|
|
Wall Foundation |
1,500 |
|
|
Total Receipts |
49,340 |
|
|
NET |
-42,291 |
|
Update – We received another $5,902 in June, 2013 from the Diocese
Individual donations allowed us to pay all costs by the end of 2015