Ad Altare Dei
Liturgical contracting and furnishings
Work worthy of the altar.
A new company.
An old standard.
From drawing to dedication.
A liturgical contractor for projects big or small, from a single piece to a whole church interior.
Renovation
A sanctuary renewed. A chapel, a nave, or the whole church.
Improvements
A confessional rebuilt. A crucifix hung. Furnishings moved, installed, repaired, refinished.
Liturgical furnishings
Altars, reredoses, tabernacles, ambos, iconostases, confessionals, and whatever furnishings your church needs.
One company, start to finish.
Bring us the drawings, or we’ll connect you with a liturgical designer or architect we trust. Then we take it from there: shop drawings, samples, and submittals for your approval, followed by the build and the installation. We build to the design and to the tradition of the church we’re serving: Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, or Orthodox. The schedule ends at dedication, not at delivery.
No two projects are the same. Stone, wood, metal, paint, glass, light: we do what we do best and bring in the right hands for the rest. Whoever is on the job, the responsibility is ours alone.
The altar is the center, and everything we build is ordered toward it. Most of our work is in churches already standing, where the parish keeps praying while we work. Every piece gets our best, and it’s built to last. Someone will kneel there long after we’re gone.
Worthy, solid, well-crafted: those are the Church’s words, and our standard.
Forty years of building behind us.
Ad Altare Dei is a new company with a seasoned team behind it. It grew out of Fivecoat Construction, a family builder since 1984. After years of building, renovating, and improving churches, the team saw what parishes kept needing: a local contractor who knows and lives the liturgy, and furnishings made close to home. Fivecoat stands behind every job.
Our team’s recent work as general contractor includes St. Ann in Coppell, St. Paul the Apostle in Richardson, St. Martin of Tours in Forney, Mary Immaculate in Farmers Branch, St. John the Apostle in Terrell, and Divine Mercy in Mesquite, along with improvements at Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. More projects are underway.
Forty years brings the relationships, the crews, and the know-how to carry a whole job on schedule and on budget. You’ll always know where things stand, and you’ll always be able to reach us.
Formed in the sanctuary.
We know the Church from the inside.
We’re in the pews too. Our families kneel at the altars we work on, and we know what happens there: Christ gives Himself to His Church. That’s why we build the way we do.
There’s no better thing to build.
A family business.
Texas built. Family backed.
Texas is home base. Our office is in Terrell, our shop is in Kaufman, and we drive out to you, across Texas and the surrounding states.
A handshake still carries weight here, and our word is our word.
You’ll know the people on your project, and they’ll know you.
The leadership of Ad Altare Dei
- Brandon BarkerVice President and General ManagerFifteen years in parish ministry and administration in the Diocese of Dallas, including years on the parish side of a building committee. Master’s in Theological Studies from the University of Dallas. Your contact from walk-through to dedication.
- Clay ElersonGeneral SuperintendentA lifetime in construction, and superintendent on church projects the team has built across North Texas, including St. Ann in Coppell. On site to see that it’s built right.
- Justin FivecoatPresidentHis family has built in Texas for forty years through Fivecoat Construction, and he has spent two decades building and renovating churches.
Behind them stands our whole team: the office, the crews, and the craftsmen we trust.
If something isn’t right, call us and we’ll make it right.
Work worth offering.
Ours happens to be altars.
Yours might be a set of drawings, a homily, a classroom, a kitchen table, a ledger, a field. Whatever God has given you to do, the way you do it can be offered to Him.
At every Mass, bread and wine are carried to the altar as the work of human hands, and the Church invites us to bring our own work with them.
Finish the back too. No one will ever see it. He will.
What’s keeping you from building it?
Tell us about your project, and we’ll help you take the next step.