The new southside drive up is now open and the old drive up is closed and fenced off. Enjoy!
New Southside Drive Up NOW OPEN!
Jun 22nd, 2009 by Chris Lynn
Soutside Project Details – Final Result Images
Jun 18th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
A few people have asked for some pictures (renderings) of the final result of all of this Southside Branch Construction. Here are some renderings from CTA Architects that shows the new area of our branch as well as the overall look of our lot. We are very excited for this to be complete.
Southside Construction Update 6/11
Jun 11th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
The asphalt has arrived in our new drive!
Southside Construction Update 6/10
Jun 10th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
New Drive up Nearly Complete!
Our crews are working hard to get the new drive up at 2237 34th Street (right next door to the Southside Branch—formerly our corporate training center) up and running. Asphalt will be coming Thurs and Fri and we are TENTATIVELY scheduled to open the new drive up on Tuesday June 23rd. Watch for signs directing you to the new drive up. The old drive up at the Southside Branch will be CLOSED once we get the new one open. Access from Dore Lane will ONLY be for lobby and ATM.
The new drive up will be nearly double the capacity of the old one (with double stacked lanes like at our Russell and Reserve St Branches) and will have a tube designed especially for commercial transactions (it’s larger and can carry larger transactions than the regular tubes). There is also a drive up ATM and a night drop in the lane closest to the building. A walk up teller tube is available on the front of the building. We won’t be moving our walk up ATM from its current location at the temporary entrance of Southside for some time, but eventually its new home will be on the front of the new drive up.
There will be NO LOBBY in the drive up building. All lobby transactions (coin counting, loans, new accounts, etc.) will need to be conducted at the Southside lobby (currently only accessible via Dore Lane).
Southside Construction Update 5/28
May 28th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
Excavation for the basement of the new building has begun!
Construction Update 5/21
May 21st, 2009 by Chris Lynn
The temporary entrance is now up and functioning…the only access to the Lobby, drive up and ATM is off Dore Lane. The front parking lot is now gone and excavation for the basement of the new building will begin shortly.
The new drive up remodel is in full swing and we anticipate opening the new drive up by the end of June.
Southside Construction Update 5/19
May 19th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
The Southside project is moving right along…after a slight hiccup with the sewer and water lines, we are now on track to open the temporary lobby entrance (off of Dore Lane) Thursday the 21st….starting that day, the front doors will no longer be accessible. The ATM will be moved on the 21st and temporarily unavailable while we make the move. As of the 21st, the ONLY access to drive up, lobby and ATM at Southside will be via Dore Lane…the other entrance will be fenced off so the contractors can start excavating for the new building.
Southside Construction Update 5/14
May 14th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
The windows are boarded up, but we’re still open! The windows on the front of our Southside Branch have been covered with plywood to prevent random tools, machinery, pieces or parts from flying through the windows as our construction crews remove the soffit from the front of the building. Eventually the windows will be removed and filled in with normal “wall stuff”, however, that won’t occur until the remodel of the old building starts (around this time next year). The soffit needs to be removed so the new building (and the firewall separating the new and old buildings) can be built right in front of the old one. We’ll post pictures as the process goes along so you can get an idea of how it’s all going to work.
We will shortly be closing off the front parking area so the excavator can start digging the basement for the new building. Keep an eye out for the banners and signage to direct you to our temporary lobby and drive up entrance off Dore Lane. This is TENTATIVELY planned to happen early next week (May 18th or thereabouts).
Platinum Status Achieved!
May 5th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
We received confirmation today that the LEED review is final and Russell has been certified at the Platinum level! We earned a total of 57 points, 5 more than the threshold for Platinum. This is a very high achievement.
We checked into the other Platinum projects: Under LEED NC 2.2 (our version) there are 12 Platinum in the U.S. as of last month, and we are the first in Montana. Under the previous version (NC 2.1) there are 46 in the U.S., including 1 in Billings (“Home on the Range” is the name). So we are in rare company indeed.
To learn more about the LEED certification program, visit the U.S. Green Building Council website.
Southside Contruction Update 5/4
May 5th, 2009 by Chris Lynn
excavators in the new parking area off of Dore Lane
The excavator is on site and will be digging our new sewer and water lines this week. We may be experiencing short water and sewer outages while the new lines are hooked up. Our staff at the Southside Branch are becoming accustomed to loud machinery, vibrating desks (from the compactor in the parking lot construction) and a constantly changing work environment. Everyone is taking the disruption in stride (good thing, too since this project is another year or so from completion!) and with good humor.
The parking lot at the drive up is progressing nicely and interior work is coming right along. We hope to have that portion of the project completed and open for business in June. Our new driveup will feature the latest in video technology—you will be able to see the teller and he or she will be able to see you. PLUS, we’re double stacking the tubes in the drive up to double our capacity and shorten your wait time (just like Russell and Reserve Street). We will even have a “commercial” tube to accommodate members with larger cash/check/coin deposits. (Standard drive up tubes are designed to carry minimal weight, while commercial drive up tubes can handle larger transactions that might include coin.) A drive up ATM and night drop will be located in the lane closest to the building. A walk up ATM and walk up teller tube will be available on the front of the
building. There will be no lobby services at the new drive up facility. We will continue to serve members in the lobby of the larger building (with a temporary entrance off Dore Lane) until the new building is completed around this time next year. So, if you need to chat with a loan officer, or open a new account, or run some coin through our coin counter, you will still be able to do so throughout the construction process.