Educational Community CU's Ozark Construction Blog!

Check out my new crib!

2012-02-24T11:04:00.000-08:00

January 24, 2012

Check out our new crib, habitat, abode, casa, crash pad, residence.. however you put it.. the new credit union branch finally has a visual image for me to show you. Isn't it beautiful!!!

You've been asking for it and here it is:

Let us know what you think of our new branch!

Bloggingly yours,
Stacy

Walls Check! Roof check!

2012-02-17T14:56:00.000-08:00

February 17, 2012

Hello readers! This has been a fabulous day for construction. Not only has it been in the upper 50s, but our construction crew is super fast! I went by the construction site yesterday and low and behold we have sides and a roof was being built. I could hardly stand the excitement!

When I came out the week before, I happened upon the room being added on:

I went inside the stairwelll and took a picture:

Then I came out yesterday and saw this beautiful site. This is the view of the front of the building straight on. (Don't mind the shadow) :)

This is the view from the inside of the buiding. It's a view of the support beam.

A piece being added:

Another angle of the support beam looking up:

As I left I turned around to take a wider picture for you to see what it looks like currently:

As you can see the construction is really coming along. I am soo excited everytime I go out to the site because I know there will be new editions. Now that the majority of the outside is built, we can start to focus on the interior designing!!

Stay tuned!! (ps.. if there is a shot you would like to see, comment below)

Bloggingly yours,

Stacy

Retaining wall and floors are a beautiful thing!

2012-01-10T09:23:00.000-08:00

January 10, 2012

Ahh the start of a new year! Can you feel the wind in your hair and the smell of construction?
Who doesn't love the smell of moving dirt and concrete floors in the morning?!?

We feel so blessed with the beautiful weather that has hit the Ozarks.
Sunny days of 65 degrees can stay as long as they want, just as long as we can keep chugging along!

I went out to Ozark a few weeks ago and snapped a few pictures for my loyal readers.

Picture of the basement.

Check out our structure. You can see the elevator and safe deposit box area.

Then I went out yesterday and we had made a ton of progress. We now have a retaining wall, and might I add it's the most beautiful thing these eye have laid eyes on! (wink)

Isn't she a goregous retaining wall?

We now have floors for the first floor!

As you can see construction and beautiful weather have allowed the construction team to enjoy nice days and to keep on schedule with building. We can't thank them enough!
Keep following me as I track our progress as we get closer to completion.

Bloggingly yours,

Stacy

Wall and floors oh my!

2011-11-23T13:15:00.000-08:00

Novemer 23, 2011

I took a nice visit out to the Ozark site to see if the cold and rainy weather put a damper on anything.

Fear not my readers! The construction still goes on!

When I arrived at the location, the construction crew was busy filling in the big gapping hole.

I was allowed to walk around and thought this was a fun view from the elevator pit. Don't jump!

The walls and floors have been poured and there is now water pipes for the basement bathrooms.

You can see the water pipes sticking up along with the complete floors and walls.
Ahh .. nothing beats the smell of new concrete in the morning! I don't know about you but I can't wait to see more! Keep following me as the construction continues!

Bloggingly Yours,
Stacy

We have walls and poured concrete!

2011-10-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow readers!

October 12, 2011
I'm BACK!! (Did you miss me?) I am happy to inform you that construction is still going according to plan!
Flattening the ground is completed and now the basement and walls are being poured.
As you can tell, I stopped by and took a few pictures of our progress.

Someone was even nice enough to leave us our first piece of decoration. (wink wink)

This is the elevator pit (or what I like to affectionately refer to as the start of a brand new friendship between me and the elevator... since stairs are not my friend).

I stopped by a week later and more progression:

And finally as of yesterday, we have some constructed walls:

We are so excited to now have something visual for you to admire. ;)
If you happen to stop by the location (Hwy 65 & 14 in Ozark off of Diane St), please take some pictures and let me know. I will post them into my blog!

Bloggingly yours,
Stacy

Foundation is being worked on..

2011-09-26T11:14:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow readers!

I just wanted to quickly post to let you know that we are still on course!
We did run into some rock where the elevator will go, but for now.. the digging is done and the foundation will be poured! WOO HOO!

As soon as the weather cooperates (rain, rain go away), I will take a visit down to the lot and snap a few pictures for you.

Bloggingly yours,
Stacy

Video footage of the dig today

2011-09-07T11:45:00.000-07:00

September 7, 2011 12:01pm

I just thought I would pop in and download some fun footage of the construction crew hard at work.
Take a gander!

Bloggingly yours,
Stacy

Holy Moly.. thats a big hole in the ground!

2011-09-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Sept 2, 2011, 11:03am

If you have gone by our construction site, you might be thinking one thing:

"Dang that's a big hole!"

...and of course, the observant you would be totally correct! That is indeed a big hole.

You just have no idea how excited I am about this giant hole. It means that we have not encountered that common evil villain known as Missouri rock. The basement is being dug as we speak and we are currently moving along as scheduled with bulldozers movin' daily. Cross your fingers and keep saying it with me "No rocks.. no rocks..."

Special thank you to Federal Construction for letting me get close enough to take pictures. I did indeed stay behind the orange fencing, but alas they suggested I not go in.... can't imagine why lol.

I did however want to leave you with one final picture. For some reason there is a giant rock sitting on the edge of our property. I guess this will be a souvenir for later seeing as it's as big as me and impossible to move. If you feel the need to venture out to the site, I would love to see a picture of you and Rocky together. If you havent gathered, Rocky is my new nickname for my buddy.

Ain't he precious.

Your blogging friend,

Stacy

We have a new QR code available!

2011-08-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

Check it out! We have a fun way to stay in touch with our website!
Just point your QR readers to the code and WA-LA... instant website!!!

Don't have a QR Reader Yet? Have no fear, Stacy is here...

Day 1 of Ozark Construction is under way!!

2011-08-25T15:07:00.000-07:00

Holy Blogging Credit Union Batman.... We are underway!!!

Today is the start of my blog... (Wipes a tear from my eye). My name is Stacy and I am the Director of Marketing for Educational Community Credit Union. I have been given the greatest opportunity in the world to be the Marketing Director and the blogger for our new branch location to come.

As I see it, choosing the right path when making any decision can be difficult – options seem to scream at you from all directions. How do we know we’re making the right choice in locations? When is the best time to build? Well, we try to educate ourselves and make the decision based on all of the available information. ECCU has done it's homework and we feel the best way to benefit our membership is to provide convenience, member service, and of course location, location, location!!

Which brings me to what I want to scream and proclaim at the top of my lungs!!!

Wedneday August 24, 2011, work began in Ozark for our new OZARK BRANCH LOCATION!!!

With the dirt mounds and signs put in place, we are starting on a long adventure. We were so excited that the real work began as crews from Federal Construction began breaking ground. The project will run until at least March 2012 and a Grand Opening schedule around the same time.

This is the start of a beautiful relationship between you the reader, and me the blogger. Speaking for ECCU, we want to keep you informed of all "the happenings" from now until the completion. I will be keeping you up-to-date with photos and of course "words of wisdom" from yours truely.

I hope you enjoy the blog. Have a great year with ECCU!