We’ve Moved to 144 Bluestone Circuit, Seventeen Mile Rocks

It was about 10 years ago we built our premises at 41 Sudbury Street and at the time I recall how excited we all were about the move. A place considerably larger than our old place, a warehouse so large that we couldn’t possibly fill it and a sales and logistics area so big that finally we have some room to break away from our desks and relax on a couch. This place even had a shower!

So what’s happened over the last 10 years? The large place that we moved in to has, over time, become not so large. The huge warehouse, that once housed some staff cars is bursting at the seams, and gone is that area that we could break away from our desks, for it has organically grown desks itself. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining, after all, we did build it back then as part of our 10 year plan.

Right now, all the emotions of 2001 are flooding back to me as we prepare the final stages of our next new building, 144 Bluestone Circuit. Once again, a place considerably larger than our existing one, in fact, about 4 times the size. A warehouse so large that the entire building of 41 Sudbury Street could fit into it with some room to spare, and yes, once again a break out area away from our desks that visitors and staff can relax in as well as conducting informal meetings. This break out area is much different than the last, with couches, TV, pool table and a full commercial kitchen. We even have a gym and not 1 shower, but 6 (separate and private cubicles of course!). This building is designed to house 100+ staff.

It’s not all about the staff niceties though. Our purpose built facility does have a specifically designed staging and services area. This section is temperature controlled with anti-static flooring, 3 Phase 50amp, 30amp, 15amp, 10 amp power, backed up by a generator and room to kick a footy, truth be known, although far be it for me to infer that! Today, it’s the area where we configure IBM System i, System p and z, load OS’s, load SOE’s, setup SAN partitioning, monitor customers’ hardware, just to mention some of our regular and fast growing service offerings.

Our separate, secure, data centre with raised floor and more blue cable than you can poke a stick at takes care of our own production IBM System i, LTO tape drive and IBM xSeries servers, not to mention all the comms and the phone system. They are proudly on display to all as you enter through reception. It’ll be hard to miss all the flashing lights through the clear glass wall.

And as for that poor little old 41 Sudbury Street? Well, it certainly stood us in good stead over the last 10 years. It’s a building that served us well – 40 people can’t be wrong. We are currently looking for a tenant. So if any of you reading this know of a business looking for a quality building just outside of Brisbane, with office and warehouse facilities, contact us on 1800 777 111, we’d love to hear from you.

I look forward to writing the 2021 version of this article.

Mark Loparow
Director