Construction Update - 7/30

Day 48 of 90

Wow! I arrived Monday to find spaces built out, drywall in place. Now - you see what our work-flow is through the building - it will be more efficient!

What's happening now - texturing, painting, cabinets being built, electrical in the final stages, heating and air in the final stages.

The offices have desks and carpet and windows. One of a kind manufacturing equipment is being built from scratch. As I've said before - we make portraits with a very unique process. You just can't buy some of the things we use. It's presented some fun and interesting challenges for the partners. We've had to source some equipment from other industries.

And as I mentioned in my last post..... I was hoping to find the parts department in operation. It is! At least the first half of the process. Metal prep is going on amidst all of the chaos! When the spray booths and ovens are ready - there will be a lot of blanks to coat and fire.

Next week - we slip out of the bottle neck of the room prep and explode into many areas that we can work to finish. Telephone can be finished, network can be finished. Some of the printing process can be placed in their departments. Cabinets placed, ovens tested. Porcelain powder can be sprayed. Too much to list.

So you may ask - when will you be ready to accept orders? We are thinking in the later part of August. But don't hold me to that - we're moving as fast as we can and I know the partners are going to test the process before they run orders. I can say this - we will definitely be shipping product in September.

I'll see if I can snap a couple of pictures for my next blog post - stay tuned.

Again, thank you for all the cards, letters, e-mails and phone calls. They've been wonderful! Our people love them.

Thank you for keeping in touch. Check back soon.

Scott Neal

Construction Update - 7/22

Day 40 of 90

Framing inspections are done! Electrical is almost done. Later this week insulation will go in and drywall can start on Friday. Next week we will be painting, building desks and shelves in the building.

I will travel to Chico on Monday July 28 to start work on the both the Macintosh and PC Networks. A new server on the PC side will be installed. Telephone lines are scheduled for next week along with Internet Service, and our telephone hardware will be installed.

I am hearing rumors that the parts department may start up next week. Check back next week to see if it comes true! We need to have blanks on the shelf when we start printing.

Employees are being rehired to help us finish the space and test the information systems when they are up and running. We have a lot for them to do in preparation for operations.

Thank you for staying in touch. We value your business and are eager to serve you again soon.

Scott Neal

Building Progress

Day 32/90

The building is framed. Were still receiving equipment and the raw materials for production.

This week we have city inspections, network and telephone wiring, insulation and drywall. We'll also be coordinating the heat and air install for later this week.

Thanks for keeping in touch. I'll keep you up to date!

Scott

Framing Starts Today

Day 26/90

Here's an update on our progress:

One major piece of equipment is in place!

We have a number of contractors that have rallied around us to get the framing done this week. Hopefully, we can have framing inspections by Friday.

Our telephone and network provider is walking the building today to draw plans for pulling wire as soon as possible. We'll be able to move data at Gigabit speeds which should improve productivity. Our new telephone system may include a seamless connection for our customers between our California and Minnesota locations. Still working out the details.

Stay tuned!

Scott

Paradise Pictures Closes on Building

Day 25

Today we took possession of the building where we will locate Paradise Pictures. Our quick two week escrow went smoothly.

This afternoon we will receive on the dock one the key pieces of equipment to our printing process. It will be un-crated and located in the building today.

Tomorrow (Tuesday July 8) our contractors will start work on the build out of the interior space with an eye towards city inspections and approvals.

Stop back later this week to see how we're doing.

Thank you for your interest in Paradise Pictures, LLC