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LU’s director of planning is watching the school grow
LU’s director of planning is watching the school grow

By Christa Desrets
Published: December 25, 2008


Charles Spence, director of planning and new construction at Liberty, stands at the construction site of the new Snowflex ski slope on Candlers Mountain. (Photo by Jill Nance)


The man who oversees about $40 million worth of Liberty University construction projects annually started out digging ditches at the school 24 years ago.

Charles Spence, LU’s director of planning and new construction, “truly came from the bottom,” before becoming a driving force at the school as it sought city approval this year to expand to 15,000 students and begin dozens of new projects.

“Our goal is to try to get ahead of the curve instead of being behind,” he said in a recent interview. “It goes as far down as scheduling an individual project to planning five to 10 years out.”

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