Parkway Baptist Church
Location: Smyrna, Tennesse
Project Scope: New church construction
The Dow Smith team completed construction of this new, 14,761-square-foot church in Smyrna, Tennessee. The project included a new worship hall, consisting of clear span construction with wood accents, administrative offices and ministry education space. The site’s topography required extensive work, delaying construction and constricting the church’s budget. Luckily, our team was able to overcome these setbacks and the congregation was able to occupy the building in 10 months.
After growing up in Washington State and working construction for most of his life, Joel Tellez wound up in Smyrna, where he became a superintendent for Olympian Construction. One day, he was sitting in the pickup line at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in his work truck when Dow Smith—who also had kids at the school—came over and struck up a conversation. A few months later, Joel was working at DSC. Last week, he celebrated 20 years with the company.