Origin will continue with business as usual the week of September 15th, with all power, business infrastructure, IT systems and essential staff in place and working on client projects.

Hurricane Ike blew through the Houston area late Friday and Saturday morning, discontinuing business for most Houston-area businesses.

All clients with ongoing projects should know that production will continue as normal, with only about 8 percent of the staff attending to hurricane related emergencies as of September 15th and only 4 percent expected to be unavailable the remainder of the week.

“Our first concern is for the safety and well-being of our employees, partners and clients,” noted Origin founder and partner Jim Mousner. “Fortunately, our support staff was prepared and our technical and office management had a strong plan in place that allowed us to keep moving projects forward and responding to clients needs immediately.”

Two Origin-sponsored events were rescheduled as a result of the storm. Both the University of Houston’s Graphics Alumni Partnership (GAP) and the annual Origin Stakeholder Meeting, a major investor relations event at the Houston Club, will be rescheduled. Origin event planners will announce more details relating to these two events later in the week.

Origin clients with questions about new or ongoing projects should call their account representative. For all new project inquiries, please contact Steve Stepinoff at (713) 520-9544.