Each Day Brings Something New!

From the vestibule in the entry to the doors in offices, the new TrueNorth building has seen lots of glass added and changes made to the entire building in the last two weeks.  We have wallpaper in the main break room, doors to many rooms, appliances in the main break room (Yes, we do have an ice machine...one thing staff is extremely excited about!) and the beginnings of a beautiful fireplace in the "family room" area upstairs.

Using the pictures below, let us lead you on a tour of the new building and its continued journey to completion.

New windows create the vestibule at the entry of the building.

Small conference room and welcome area on the first floor.

Small kitchenette on the first floor, behind the welcome area.

Beautiful tile work in the bathroom on the first floor.

Office area on the first floor will include Individual Health staff --
with a lot of customers stopping in to discuss their health plans,
it is nice to have them conveniently located.

Also on the first floor, office space for the Personal Lines staff.
Stop in if you need updates to your personal home and auto coverage!

New doors for our neighbors, Rings Law Firm, at the top of the stairs to the second floor.



New wallpaper in the second floor break room.  We love the pattern of it and especially the color.



The excitement can ensue...here is the large icemaker in the breakroom.



               Beginnings of the fireplace that divides the second floor break room and the  family room area.                                           



Close up of the fireplace.



The cupboards and appliances have been placed in the kitchen.

  

New desks and counter space in the IT room.

Can't wait to fill all this storage space in the Marketing room!

Gorgeous new doors to the Executive offices.

New cabinets in the Board Room overlooking the Cedar River.

Placing the new trim on the floor in the same deep brown wood of the storage cabinets.

New glass fronts and doors to the Board Room.

  

Almost fully completed, the bathrooms on the second floor add just the right amount of pop!

Little Time, Lots of Progress

Although we were just in the building last week, so much progress has been made since then! You can really see changes almost every day you walk in.  This week workers began the restoration process for the ceiling in what was Beems auditorium as well as repurposing lights from the old library for use in the covered parking area.  We are conscioulsy working with what we have in the space while still adding the modern amenities needed to continue to serve our customers.  Check out these photos of all the work that has been done in just one short week.



All the windows are in and now have a privacy film on the small ones on the bottom.

Tile from last week is completely done on the 1st Street side of the building.

Beginning work on the ceiling in the old Beems Auditorium, our Learning Center, on the first floor.

First floor bathroom has been painted and tiled.  The terra cotta color is beautiful next to the neutral tile.

Behind the sinks in the bathrooms, the other walls will be the reverse tile pattern

The lights you see in the parking areas are repurposed from the original library.



New cabinetry in the breakroom





New cabinetry near the Executive offices. Beautiful

 

And the filing cabinetry near the Executive offices as well.

Glass installed in the small conference rooms.

So Many Changes

So much has happened since our last post! We have walls with paint plus tile on the outside of the building.  All the windows are in and the temperature inside is being regulated. We even have a stairway to the second floor of the building. It feels as though we are getting closer and closer to it becoming real! 

Take some time and look at the pictures.  You'll see how much progress has been made, too.

Outside long look at the building facade.

This is the furthest north of the building on the 1st street side getting the beautiful tile that
will cover all outside parts of the building that you see Tyvek/white.



The first thing you see when you walk into the lobby of the building is the floating conference room. 
And now it has WALLS!



A space in the kitchen/breakroom for booth style seating painted with a really nice green color.

Every 3rd or 4th producer office is painted with a rich light blue.  Unfortunately without lights in the building,
 it's really hard to see the color in this photo.

The painted collaboration areas on the second floor look great thanks to the
same green as seen in the kitchen/breakroom above.

Windows & Walls

From the almost completed windows to the almost completed walls, the building continues to move toward fruition.  Many of the windows are now in place and the contractors will soon begin to even out the temperature in the space.  That means the finishing touches are coming soon. 

As for the walls, you can now really get a feel for how the office space will be laid out.  You can really see the dimensions of the offices and meeting rooms and how open and inviting the kitchen/break room will feel.

Windows almost finished on the 1st Street side of the building.

Office space with walls and lots of room down the middle for some cubicles.

A look down the long hallway we call "Producer Row."

A space in the kitchen/breakroom for booth style seating.

Drywall & Details!

The space is taking shape and coming to life!  We are excited be able to see more progress inside the building.  Walls are going up and offices are coming together.  It is really starting to look like the space we knew it could be...space full of great views, innovative technology and people, while maintaining the history the space has and the traditions we enjoy at TrueNorth. 



View from the 2500 sq. ft. outdoor roof patio



Looking down the hall at one of the many "Collaboration Spaces" designed to give us a place to innovate.



Offices toward the front of the second floor

An innovative twist on a formal meeting room

It's important for us to maintain some tradition and retain history. 
This is where our fishtank will be housed in the new building.

The current fish tank and its inhabitants will move to their new home, too, when we move.

Actual cars in the new covered and heated parking area.

Now time should fly as we see more and more space definition in the weeks to come!

Celebrate!

There has been a lot to celebrate in regards to the building! Every day that the weather is nice we get a little bit closer to the end result and move in day! We took the opportunity on Friday, July 15th to invite each of the contractors, their employees and the TrueNorth staff to attend a celebration -- a thank you, if you will -- for all of their hardwork on the building!


We had over 200 people in attendance at Dublin City for food, fun and live music by a band called FarCry, straight out of Nashville, TN! It was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to personally say thank you and get to know some of the people who literally have sweat equity (especially with this heat) in the new building.

The contractors continue to work hard on the building and as a result more exterior changes are taking place. Last week windows started to go in on the second floor. This is very exciting for those of us watching from the "outside," but for those working on the building they serve as a wind block, so they are anxious to get the rest filled in so they can start to temperature control the space so it isn't so hot.

The clock is really ticking as our move-in goal is November! It would be safe to assume that the updates will be more frequent over the next 4 months as it will seem that each day there is major change taking place as the project comes to a close.