A day at the Office…..
Last week, a few lucky (?) members of staff involved with The Point, were invited to take hard hat tours around the building site. There was a buzz around the office neon jackets haven’t been in such demand since the 80s!Â
The lovely Shaun helped sign us in, and then we traipsed up the stairs to the main Morgan Ashurst office. There we were greeted by the sight of their fish tank containing two goldfish,  named, rather imaginatively, Morgan and Ashurst!
Are you Morgan or am I Ashurst?
MA’s Mark Comaish gave us a run through of safety issues on the site and we started to get kitted up. This involved wellies and boots (size 5 being the smallest available), high-vis jackets, hard hats, gloves and goggles. Those with glasses had some extra-large goggles to wear on top of their specs!
Fully equipped, we headed out onto the site and were immediately struck by the size of the place. The building has sprung up so rapidly, and even though we work in an office right next to the site every day, the sheer size of it was still a surprise. Sales Manager Peter showed us where the main entrance and reception would be, and then we ventured to the lift shafts to head upwards. Unfortunately there are no lifts in yet so we had to use the temporary stairs!
First on the agenda was picking out our offices and giving everyone there a wave what is it about being higher up than other people makes you want to wave? Not sure if anyone saw us, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. Peter was enjoying his time as a tour guide showing us all the storeroom areas and toilet space – lovely!.
Our point of view......
Entering the main event space for the first time was impressive. It’s very large (as you can imagine, it will hold 1000 people) and the view was amazing. Not only could you see the entire stadium surrounding the lush green of the pitch, but you could see for miles. It was a drizzly day (typical in winter) but the hills were still visible in the distance, as well as lots and lots of trees. It felt as if Old Trafford was surrounded by countryside.Â
New recruits
We also had a look up to the roof. One of the green elements of The Point is that the roof slopes, so any rainfall can be collected and used elsewhere, such as flushing toilets.
It was good fun to head up to the mezzanine bar. From here you get, not only a fabulous sweeping view of the suite below, but of the ground and its surroundings as well.
Despite wearing some less-than-alluring gear (Gucci or Armani it is NOT), we all made sure we had a few pictures of us with the pitch in the background.
With that, we headed down the stairs and back to the MA site office where we gladly returned the wellies and goggles!
You know, even in the week since we went round, the building has changed dramatically and we can’t wait to be invited up again – next time hopefully with walls and windows in, so should be a bit more cosy.
