GUCA Completes Christian City Project

Christian City began as a dream of several families in the early 1960’s who became concerned over the lack of services for children and senior adults. The first children’s cottage opened its doors on Valentine’s Day, 1965, and since then thousands of abused and abandoned children from all over the state of Georgia have received a loving, caring home-like environment at Christian City.

Now forty years later, Christian City continues to serve children, and its newest endeavor is the creation of a Children’s Village at Christian City. This is where GUCA and many of its 550 member companies have stepped in to help with this project in a major way by donating materials, time, and labor. This jump start by the Georgia Utility Contractors Association, Inc. will give Christian City’s new Children’s Village the momentum it needs to continue to expand its services to many of the 22,000 children in the state of Georgia.

The following GUCA member companies volunteered by giving substantial time, labor, and materials valued at over $871,500.00.

Strack, Inc. provided pipeline installation; Brent Scarbrough & Company, Inc. provided waterline installation; Richard Harp Excavation, Inc. provided dirt take offs; Foley Products Company provided all concrete manholes Southeast Culvert, provided reduced prices on CTD, HDPE and headwalls; Contech Construction Products, Inc. provided 219’ Aluminum CMP no-charge; Ferguson Waterworks provided water parts; Hayes Pipe Supply, Inc. provided water parts; National Waterworks provided all PVC pipe; East Jordan Iron Works, Inc. provided all manhole rings and covers; Southeast Construction Products provided concrete grade rings; Premier Utilities and Services, Inc. provided pipe fittings; North Georgia Concrete provided headwalls; Pipeline Services provided testing; Vulcan Materials Co. provided 1200 tons stone at half price; AUC, Inc. provided 48’ Jack and 16” bore; H’s Masonry, Inc. provided inverts; Carl Moore, provided curb & gutter; APAC-Southeast, Inc., provided paving at a $23,000.00 discount; Michael Walden provided 2 hydrants; Tom Davidson & Sons, Inc. provided 2 hydrants; Mueller provided 2 hydrants; Goodfellow & Associates, provided a hydrant; United Rentals Trench Safety provided equipment rental; MSP Rents Atlanta provided equipment rental; P.E.P. provided installation of 6,000’ silt fence; EFS, Inc. provided silt fence, gabions and matting; Landscape Depot, Inc. provided tree save fence; and, Rochester Engineers provided plans and specs.