ROCKET Remodels

We Are Home!

2010-01-25T15:53:00.011-07:00

It took all weekend but we are back at home now! The team is organized again and back to their usual setup. We had our first sales meeting in our giant, new conference room today and the client was really impressed with the new layout and beautiful views. We are all proud of our new space, as it was a team effort to get it completed so quickly and we have our dedicated team to thank for that. We welcome all friends, neighbors, clients and vendors to stop on by, anytime, to see our finished product. Until then, thanks for reading!

Do you remember what the old office layout used to look like? Need a refresher? View the "Before" pictures.

Moving Back In

2010-01-23T15:30:00.001-07:00

It's Friday and we are moving back into our newly remodeled office space. We are all so excited! All most all of the big furniture was moved back in today but not fully assembled. That means that we had two options for getting our work done for today : 1. Work at a make-shift desk in the new office space OR 2. Retreat to Barnes & Nobles across the street and work in one of their comfy chairs using their free wireless connection. Surprisingly, everyone chose to work from the new office at scrunched little file cabinet desks...they must all love the new space or something. More pictures to come of Monday, fully moved.

Granite Countertop

2010-01-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

That's right, we splurged for an upgrade. While laminate is fine, we really wanted an awesome granite countertop with flecks of our ROCKET MEDIA green. We think this makes our super large hallway look extra snazzy!

Carpet Ride

2010-01-20T15:56:00.002-07:00

The rainy weather lately, has had us on an up and down carpet ride! We were told by the installers that if the intense rain continued through Friday, then they would not be able to install the carpet this week as scheduled. This would mean pushing out our final walk through and move-in to the end of next week! Noooooo!!!

In order for the installation to take place, the contractors need to roll out the giant flat of carpet in the parking lot and cut it down to size so that they could fit it correctly in our space. With the rain, they wouldn't be able to do the roll out and cut without ruining the carpet.

We were very lucky today, that the rain paused for the entire day! Forecasts show that it should begin heavy rain again later tonight. Boy, did we luck out!! So now, WE HAVE CARPET! We are one step closer to being back in our space and enjoying all of the much needed updates.

Cabinet Installation

2010-01-19T15:52:00.003-07:00

Today was the day they installed the new cabinetry. These cabinets will soon be filled with all kinds of supply items that had no specific place before the remodel. Depending on the rainy weather, tomorrow will either be carpet or countertop day... or both if we're lucky!

Before...

After!

Painting Marathon

2010-01-18T13:56:00.002-07:00

Friday => Paint!
Saturday => Paint!!
Sunday => Paint!!!

Yes, we are all very sore from our weekend of fun: painting the remodeled office before our Monday deadline. We rolled through 20 gallons of paint and will still be making touch ups as we move back into our space. Thanks to our dedicated staff, we had enough help throughout the weekend to complete two coats of paint on all of the walls. Coming up this week: carpet, cabinets and countertops... oh my! Stay tuned!

Power Painting

2010-01-14T15:19:00.005-07:00

The crew is finishing up the electrical work today, and we are beginning to paint tomorrow. Ben and Dan picked up fifteen gallons of paint to prepare for some fun and messy work. Our office color scheme will be much the same as it was before, with green, dark gray, light gray, and white. We're looking forward to some vibrant color on those drab yellow walls!

Welcome to ROCKET MEDIA...Almost

2010-01-12T10:52:00.002-07:00

On our stop by the office today, we found new trimmings around the doorways. A few of the doors had been hung and the crew happily told us that this portion of the work would be complete on Friday. The walls are ready for painting, and we can't wait to get in there and make our mark in ROCKET MEDIA green!

The Countdown Begins

2010-01-11T19:50:00.002-07:00

Let the last week of building begin! The mess from demolition is disappearing and the electrical work is about done. Today the most apparent change was the addition of texture to the walls, which was still sticky upon our inspection at the end of the day. The crew is working hard to finish by Friday and we really appreciate their dedication.

Still Working Hard

2010-01-08T18:00:00.000-07:00

It's a quiet day for the builders. They are finishing up the electrical work, setting up light fixtures and other small jobs that need to be done. In some rooms, we noticed that the ceiling is back in place. We can't wait to see what they will be up to next week as they finish our office.

Working on the ceiling fan

Ceiling

Look out for Spackle!

2010-01-07T13:30:00.010-07:00

Now that a good portion of the dry wall is done, the construction crew is busy spackling. The walls are beginning to look smooth and clear like we are used to seeing them. We were also impressed to see the workers spackling on stilts! There are still a lot of holes and projecting pipes, but it won't be long before the office seems like home again.

Stilts Skills

Spackled Walls

Privacy Please... We Have Walls - Almost!

2010-01-05T16:41:00.000-07:00

Construction seems to have slowed a bit. I suppose when you watch demolition you see things happen so quickly and the change is so drastic. Now that we are in the "re-build" phase we don't necessarily notice all of the details that are going on. One thing we did notice today is that the sheetrock (drywall) is going up and we can now see walls taking shape. This huge open space we were just looking at is suddenly becoming sectioned off and things are not as big as we once thought. We also noticed that the electrical is nearing completion and our data cables are all being line out.

Today is the 5th and we are looking to regain our space on the 15th... We find ourselves scratching our heads wondering how this will all take shape in such a short amount of time. Yet we have faith in our trusty construction crew and are optimistic that all will work out great!

Houston We Have... A Door?

2009-12-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

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

2009-12-28T22:34:00.000-07:00

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

2009-12-28T22:20:00.005-07:00

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

2009-12-28T13:15:00.001-07:00

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

2009-12-23T12:00:00.029-07:00

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

2009-12-12T12:00:00.003-07:00

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

2009-12-11T12:00:00.002-07:00

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.