The construction of our new office, The Rocket! Adobe Business Catalyst Service Centre and Webcasting Studio, has lifted off!
Designed specifically to meet our demand for growth, we aim to double our team size over the coming 18 months so we can develop high-end online marketing solutions and continue to grow, support and proactively service our clients, our Adobe Business Catalyst reseller network and distribution channel partners.
Details and images of the construction of our offices can be found at our previous blog post
Latest Timelapse: From construction to our move in (from various angles)
Stage 6 (@ May 2012):
Latest photo's of final fitout before our move (and a little after) can be viewed at our Facebook page
The construction of our new office, Adobe Business Catalyst Service Centre and Webcasting Studio (codenamed 'The Rocket!'), is preparing to launch!
Two years in the planning, the construction of our new offices will be the sixth in our twelve+ year history, and by far the largest, being specifically built in order to meet our demand for growth.
We'll continue to develop high-end online marketing solutions and advanced business systems for our clients; however our new Service Centre will empower us to grow, support and proactively service our clients and Adobe Business Catalyst reseller network and distribution channel partner opportunities.
A few details;
Location: Commercial Avenue, Blueridge Business Park, Dubbo, Australia
Site size: 560m² (6028 ft²)
Internal Walk-in foyer, large open office area, comms room, meeting Features: room, seperate offices, male & female bathrooms, shower,
kitchen, boardroom/conference/broadcast studio with full
screen projector and opening to entertainment courtyard,
reverse cycle air-con, smart controlled thermostats and natural
ventilation, combination carpet/tile floor panels, energy
efficient & acoustic dampening internal walls & ceiling panels
partly exposed 3.5m ceiling cavities, soundproofed ceiling in
boardroom, bespoke desks & office furniture, 2 person
reception area, space for 6x3 person workstations, opening
windows, floor to ceiling internal glass wall, VOiP POE telecoms,
power & data cabling dropdown via suspended ceiling including
wall mounted 55" LED screens for 'live monitoring' throughout,
game consoles & media server installed for 'breakout' spaces
(Space, light, energy efficiency - and fun! - are core goals in the design of our office)
External Covered walkway pergola, landscaped & established gardens, Features: office will overlook water garden feature area at front protected
by free standing pre-cast branded panel, IP camera security
Car spaces: 9 (inc. disabled parking access bay and mounted bike rack)
plus off street parking
Staff Capacity: 30 maximum
Bandwidth: 400MB capable ethernet over fibre (direct to Exchange)
Signage: Floodlit illuminated panel at site entrance & roof signage
Opening: 1 May 2012
Latest Timelapse: March 2012 - 4 minutes (front of building)
Stage 5 (@ Apr 2012):
Painting & Tiling
Stage 4 (@ Mar 2012):
Stage 3 (@ Feb 2012):
The front windows are fitted
Walls are going in
Stage 2 (@ Jan 2012):
Area designated for 'Rocket TV'
Floor prepared for cement pour
Roofing installed
Stage 1 (@ Dec 2011):
Internal frame construction starts
40 ton crane (inside the office!) lifts wall panels into position
The rear of the building with my son trying to find a way through the barricade (the site is now closed off for the holidays)
While in San Francisco last week, I took a two hour trip north of San Francisco to the webcasting studio's of TWiT.tv (This Week in Technology) in Petaluma, California.
This fabulous (web only) broadcast station, (http://twit.tv) has as many as five shows a day, and I spent a whole day meeting their team and interviewing Leo Laporte on the technology used in the station including sitting in on his shows.
Over the course of the day, I met with their technical staff, Eileen Rivera (Supervising Producer and featured below on mixing desk), CEO Lisa Kentzell and Sarah Lane (host of iPad today & The Social Hour) and was also given a guided tour through the operations and technology that powers the studio.
We're looking forward to applying what we learnt towards Rocket! tv, the establishment of our own interactive education and support webcast station for our Business Catalyst clients & reseller partner network. So stay tuned!
* Special thanks to Eva Laporte for organising my time with Leo & Lisa at TWiT.tv :)
Today we spent a very productive day away from our computers!
With a full day ahead of us, Brendon presented '2012 and beyond', which outlined not so much our reinvention as our evolution.
Throughout the day the team spent time understanding the history of Bosweb, and the growth & growing pains that we've gone through to get to this point and, more importantly, how our business is "Rocketing" ahead.
Brendon lays out the future of the Bosweb Rocket!
The team came together to share idea's, collaborate on increasing business efficiencies and develop internal system & process improvement strategies.
Leanne explains the management of growing our team(s)
Still at it over lunch (a very full day and no rest for the wicked!)
The day end's on-site, planning for the move ...
Hanging in the "car park" - under development!
We look forward to revealing more in the coming months!
