MCPc Headquarters Relocation Update
Posted on Fri, Mar 18, 2011 @ 08:34 AM
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to attend a human resources seminar sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) that was held in the beautiful conference facility on the second floor of the 1801 Superior building — MCPc's new home starting this summer.
Office Layout
Pam Wagner, manager of the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s employment advertising team, was kind enough to give the MCPc attendees a tour of the parts of the facility we hadn’t seen yet (thefourth, second, and part of thefirst floors) after the seminar. After seeing the cool, open architecture of the second floor and how it overlooks the first, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we can take all of our current associates and new hires on a tour of their new offices as well. What an impressive, light-filled, modern space!
Design and Development
MCPc submitted the architectural and mechanical drawings out for bid, and now we’re working out the extensive details with the chosen architect (the same one who initially designed the 1801 Superior building) and the engineers. We’re also getting a lot of help from our friends at The Plain Dealer, who have started repair work in our new Technology Center — part of the current first floor of the parking garage — in preparation for our construction improvements.
Optimistically, we are keeping our fingers crossed that construction will be completed in June for a July/August move-in date.
Internal Planning
To ensure a smooth transition, MCPc hired moving consultant Lori Cole to help orchestrate our move. She met with about a dozen associates — representing departments from IT to the warehouse — to review her firm’s moving methodology and how it will work for MCPc. According to Lori, newsletters, colored labels, excessive signage, and records-retention programs are in our future.
Move Captains have been identified and assigned to various teams of associates. These individuals will be responsible for disseminating information to their teams related to the move, including the pre-move clean up, move training, move updates and more. It’s great to have someone as efficient as Lori running the show!
Anticipation Builds
In the meantime, we continue to make the best of close quarters and an overflowing parking lot in our Strongsville facility, though the newly installed bridge from our lot to the one next door is certainly helping. That said, as we continue to grow, we’re becoming increasingly excited to move into our spacious new facility in downtown Cleveland this summer.
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Beth Stec is VP of Corporate Communications and Human Resources at MCPc, and is responsible for the development and management of personnel programs and policies. Connect with Beth on LinkedIn.
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