Religious & Institutional

Projects for religious and institutional clients require meticulous planning and budgeting, as the funds allocated to them typically come from especially limited resources. By working closely with our clients and investing in them all of the time necessary to understand their goals and expectations, we can deliver their projects within their financial constraints. At Amason, we do not simply take a set of plans and build a building. Instead, we take an idea, and oftentimes a dream, and work with our client, researching, studying, and collaborating, to find the best way to bring that idea to fruition.

Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Amason acted as construction manager for the construction of the new Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The project is comprised of a number of special features.  Chief among them is the clerestory.  Made up of 48,800 square-feet of Southern yellow pine solid wood decking and 13 tons of steel, the structure lights the inner space of the new sanctuary.  In addition, 145 tons of limestone were incorporated into the church, including the 100 foot high campanile, which boasts a cast stone roof structure and a four column base sided with four inch thick limestone bricks. 

The project, however, was not an entirely new endeavor.  The congregation felt a strong commitment to honor the past, even though sizing constraints demanded a new facility be constructed.  To achieve this goal, Amason salvaged many of the relics and artifacts of the original church prior to demolition and reinstalled them in the new facility.    In the end, Holy Spirit was completed nearly two months ahead of schedule.  The new, 120-foot square sanctuary accommodates 1,000 people, while the day chapel, and many other areas of the church, display reminders from the original building.