Houston We Have... A Door?

Another great day of progress on suite E234. One of the great updates to the new addition/remodel is the opening in the front room to allow for a complete circle path through the space. Today that open has been created. It's amazing how much room this opening creates, really makes a big difference. We also have a few new walls in place. The server room and both conference rooms have been studded out. Removing the old carpet has proven to be a HUGE pain as it was glued down for life. But slowly, it too is clearing out.

Looks great! Can't wait to see what tomorrow holds.

It's All In The Plans

Sometimes it's just easier to see the plans... I agree, all of these pictures are great - but just show me the plans.

Demolition is Almost Done

Monday has proven to be a highly productive day for the construction crew working on E234. They have just about finished all of the demolition work today and even began building new walls. We ran into our first snag with our plans as we uncovered the mysteries behind the walls. One of the openings we planned on creating will be about five feet less as we learned the main power lines are running through one of our planned demolition walls. It was determined that it would be better to not move these power lines as this would prove to be costly and time consuming. If this is the only snag we run into, we will be looking good.

Updates From The 24th

ROCKET MEDIA had the 24th off this year but apparently our construction crew did not. We popped in to show off the place to some family and were treated with yet even more progress on the demolition. At this point, all of the demolition for our existing space is complete and they are ready to start demoing our new space, the addition. You can see from below that the opening to the new space is starting to get bigger, can't wait to see the whole thing opened up.

Demolition Begins @ ROCKET MEDIA

After a slow start of waiting on permits and such, the demolition process at the ROCKET MEDIA offices finally began today (12/23). We were all amazed at how quickly the walls came down and progress was made. Below are images of the demo made in one day. As of today, the project is scheduled to be completed by January 15th.

Before the Remodel

One of the most important parts of this process - the BEFORE! Here are some pictures of our office before the mad chaos of remodeling. We are so excited to see it in a finished state again.

The front desk - no change to be done here.

Front desk and hall view from when you walk in the main entrance.

The middle area where sales/marketing and project management sat. (Soon to be the new conference room.)

The conference room where we held all team meetings and client meetings. This area is soon to be split in half to be a small conference room and part of the sales/marketing/project management work area.

The coffee/sink cadenza area. This will be flipped sideways to the left and will look completely different - new cabinets, sink and counter top.

The back area where the designers sat. This is a picture from 2008 so you don't see exactly how we had it before (missing two other desks), but you get the picture of how the room is and how crunched our four staff members were back there. The right back wall that these desks in this picture are against will be knocked out and the office will be conjoined with the office space on the other side of the wall. That extra space will include additional seating for our potential new hires and an executive office for our CEO, Ben Kalkman.

See the finished space here. (Updated 1/25/10)

ROCKET Remodels & Grows

ROCKET MEDIA is fortunate to be experiencing continued growth in a down economy. As with most growth, comes expansion of the work space. The walls of our existing space have been quietly encroaching on us and it’s now time for us to grow.

As of December 11th, the ROCKET MEDIA offices have been temporarily moved to an alternative suite, E211. The temporary suite (E211) is on the same floor as our existing space, just down the hall. The remodeling and expansion of our space is set to begin on December 16th with an anticipated completion date of January 15th.

All of us at ROCKET MEDIA are excited for the update and look forward the dust to settle and our return to E234. We will be posting updates and images of the construction as time goes on so be sure to check back for more.