Projects, Going Green, and other News!
Posted in Projects on Jul 7th, 2010
At long last, our amazing new lobby and office spaces are move-in ready and about to be unveiled. Our new lobby at 3600 Brooks Street will be opening for the first time tomorrow, July 8th at 9:00 a.m. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the fantastic group we’ve worked with over the past year. Everyone–from [...]
Posted in Projects on May 24th, 2010
More trees have returned! You’ve seen the birch trees in the front window of the new building, now some of the pine trees have returned…as a bench and as part of the writing counter in the new lobby. Both pieces were finished and installed by Counter Solutions who did a fabulous job of bringing out [...]
Posted in Projects on May 12th, 2010
The trees are BACK!! After nearly a year of “hanging” in the warehouse at Gordon Construction, the birch trees we removed from the [former] boulevard area along Brooks Street, our birches have come home! The trees are BACK! They are being settled into their new home in the front atrium of the new building. Their trunks and [...]
Posted in Projects on Apr 23rd, 2010
If you’ve ever been in the lobby at our Southside Branch, you’ve surely noticed the beautiful tongue and groove ceiling—one of the most striking features of that 30+ year old building. When we began the design process for the new addition and remodel of the old building, one of the items we wanted to preserve [...]
Posted in Projects on Apr 8th, 2010
The staff who will be moving into the new building are getting more and more excited as the completion grows nearer. And of course everyone has been extremely curious to see what their new digs will look like, so we arranged a “pre-completion” tour for staff. This way they can get a sense of what [...]
Posted in Projects on Mar 1st, 2010
Progress on our project has been huge in the last few weeks. Windows are almost completely installed…even the big glass on the front of the building is making great strides. One of the really neat aspects of this building will be all the natural light we will experience. We’ve used Low-E double paned windows to [...]
Posted in Projects on Jan 19th, 2010
Please pardon our mess…We’re salvaging the paneling from the lobby ceiling to reuse in our new lobby! When we first started thinking about remodeling/building at our Southside branch, one of the items that came up regularly was the tongue and groove on the ceiling in the lobby. We all agreed it was too nice to [...]
Posted in Projects on Dec 29th, 2009
From the outside, it might appear that progress on our building has come to a significant slow-down….however, there is a LOT going on inside the building! The interior walls are framed on the first floor 100% and the second floor about 80%. Window frames are starting to appear and glass should be following shortly. Speaking [...]
Posted in Projects on Nov 30th, 2009
The building has gone through a huge transformation in recent weeks. We now have exterior walls on the second floor and the clerestory (the big glass box on top of the building) is starting to take shape. We anticipate a roof in the next few weeks and the brick work continues. The concrete on the [...]
Posted in Projects on Oct 26th, 2009
If you’re like me, you may be arriving to work in the dark now and maybe even headed home in the dark! If that’s the case, you may miss some of the big things going on at the construction site…For instance, the brick on one entire wall is nearly completed! Check out the pix (taken [...]