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Company Headquarters
Zoot Enterprises’ vision has always been to have a physical space where employees can learn, grow, and work in a comfortable and respectful environment—in essence, something similar to a college campus. In October 2002, this dream was realized in the form of Zoot's headquarters located near Bozeman, Montana.
Campus Fast Facts
Zoot’s headquarters campus is situated on 177 acres. Thirty-five acres are reserved for expansion, including additional buildings accommodating up to 2,500 employees.
Approximately half of the campus acreage will remain undeveloped and includes walking trails. Single-family residences will spread over a third of the campus, and the remaining acreage will be used for high-end residential condos, commercial lots, a bed and breakfast for visiting clients, and a daycare for employees' children.
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Building Fast Facts
On March 16, 2001, the groundbreaking ceremony was held. The grand opening was on October 1, 2002, the first night of Zoot's inaugural Financial Conference. Fireworks exploded as the ribbon was cut by Chris Nelson, Zoot’s founder and CEO.
Our headquarters building is 150,000 square feet, providing room for up to 450 employees. Approximately half is set up for employees, a third for an underground heated parking garage, and the remaining space houses common areas including a seminar and training area, lobby, cafeteria, and art gallery.
Over 900 tons of steel from Billings, Montana was used in the construction of the building. Approximately 275,000 bricks were laid in a simple, classic design with large contrasting cornices and blue diamond shapes interspersed in the red brick. Seven miles of oak trim decorate the interior.
The lobby floor is made of black and white granite. Zoot's logo greets visitors in a contrasting solid granite inlay as they enter the front lobby.
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Special Features
A full-service espresso bar is open daily in the front lobby with the best lattes in town.
Five kitchenettes throughout the building house mini fridges, microwaves, and coffee makers.
An art gallery space is located in the mezzanine, where local artists' work is exhibited and rotated every four months.
The cafeteria has a vaulted ceiling, commercial kitchen, second-floor balcony, and was designed with the consideration that individuals and community organizations could rent the space for events and gatherings.
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World Class Fast Facts
The headquarters structure was built to a level-4 essential building seismic rating standard. To better handle the effects of an earthquake, Zoot's headquarters has two seismic joints that run the full width of the building, dividing it into three distinct pieces. Each piece can travel six inches in any direction without disruption of power or network connectivity.
Zoot has fiber optic telecommunications capacity for multiple 10-gigabit services that connect to Qwest central offices for automated fail-over in the event of a disaster.
Quadruple-redundant power is utilized so that Zoot is never down. Running primarily on the public utility grid, Zoot relies on two independent 500-kilowatt diesel generators as backups. They kick on within three seconds if there is power disruption. The final power source, UPS battery backups, maintains power in case of interruption.
Zoot's 4,000-square foot computer room, where all computer operations occur, is a building within a building—everything in it is completely independent from the rest of the structure.
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