For a third consecutive
phase, The Hagerman Group has once again teamed up with the United Way Indiana
The Child Care Ministry
Improvement Project was initiated back in 2005, when studies indicated a lack
of quality child care available to low-income working families. The UWCI recognized this deficiency and made
a pledge to direct their time, effort, and funds to bolstering area child care
facilities and enabling them to become compliant with applicable
standards. Through a series of
interviews and assessments, the UWCI determines which ministries around central
Indiana
Once a child care facility
is on the UWCI’s radar, an architecture firm is brought in to conduct an
initial facility assessment and suggest a plan of action moving forward. From there, the construction management firm
is selected and, along with their subcontractors, begins the work of transitioning
the facilities. Financially, the
projects are supported by both UWCI Capital Improvement Funds and also through
in-kind donations made by the construction manager and subcontractors. The goal is to make the upgrades as
financially feasible as possible to the participating ministry.
The Hagerman Group has
been lucky enough to be selected as the construction manager by the UWCI
through two phases of ministry upgrades thus far, and we have just begun work
on the third project phase as well. In
all, we have successfully completed over 20 ministry projects to date. It is a testament to our subcontractors,
associate architecture firm, and the UWCI that we have been able to provide
terrific facilities for a very worthy cause, and we look forward to continuing
those partnerships for many years to come.
Adam Keller
Project Engineer
