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Washbox Rockets land on Google’s New York Head Office Stage 2 project

Washbox Rockets have been installed on the Google Head Office Stage 2 project in New York, marking one of the first major construction projects to use the new Rocket system for multi trade tool washing.

This is an important milestone for Washbox.

The Rocket was developed to bring closed loop, zero liquid discharge tool washing to more projects, more trades and more locations across a construction site. Unlike traditional washout areas, where trades often rely on buckets, slop sinks, drums or temporary plumbing, the Rocket gives site teams a practical way to wash tools in the work area while capturing the waste at the source.

On a major office construction project, that matters.

Painters, plasterers, tilers, flooring contractors and other wet trades all need somewhere to clean tools. Without the right system, washwater can quickly become a hidden pollution problem. It can enter sinks, drains, bathrooms, stormwater points or temporary waste areas, carrying paint, plaster, grout, adhesive, filler, polymers, microplastics and other construction residues with it.

The Washbox Rocket changes that process.

It captures washwater inside the unit, separates the solids, filters the waste and allows the water to be reused for ongoing tool washing. This reduces the need for fresh water, reduces liquid waste generation and helps prevent contaminated washwater from being discharged into site drainage or sewer systems.

For large commercial projects, the benefits are practical as well as environmental.

Rockets can be positioned closer to the work face, reducing the time trades spend walking to distant washout points. They help keep wash areas cleaner and more controlled. They reduce reliance on temporary plumbing. They make it easier for site teams to set clear expectations around where tool washing happens. And because the system is designed for multi trade use, one Rocket can support a wide range of finishing trades across the project.

The Google Head Office Stage 2 project is an ideal example of where this type of system belongs: a high profile, high standard construction environment where sustainability, site control, water efficiency and pollution prevention all matter.

For Washbox, this installation represents more than a product placement. It shows the Rocket moving from development into real world use on major international projects. It also demonstrates that closed loop tool washing is no longer limited to large fixed wash stations or specialist hire models. It can now be deployed in a compact, mobile and scalable format that suits modern construction.

The message is simple. Tool washing may seem like a small part of a construction project, but when hundreds of workers, multiple trades and months of activity are involved, the water and waste impact becomes significant.

The Washbox Rocket gives projects a cleaner, smarter and more accountable way to manage it.

And seeing the Rocket installed on one of New York’s major Google office projects is an exciting step toward making zero liquid discharge tool washing a normal part of best practice construction.

Washbox Rockets support multi trade tool washing on Meta’s Richland Parish Data Center project IN Rayville Louisianna.

Washbox Rockets are now being used for multi trade tool washing on the Richland Parish Data Center project in Rayville, Louisiana, a major Meta data center campus being delivered by Turner Construction Company, DPR Construction and Mortenson. Our Founder and CEO personally visited the site to train the local Turner team and help them get the most from their new Washbox Rockets. This is not a normal construction project. The Richland Parish Data Center is a 4 million square foot campus and Meta’s largest data center to date. At peak construction, more than 5,000 construction workers are expected to be onsite.

That scale is exactly why better water and waste systems matter.

A data center build brings together thousands of workers, multiple contractors, long construction programs and a significant volume of wet trade activity. Painters, plasterers, tilers, flooring contractors, patching crews, concrete repair teams and other finishing trades all need somewhere to wash tools. Without a controlled system, that washwater can quickly become one of the hidden pollution streams on site.

Paint, plaster, grout, adhesives, fillers and cement based materials do not disappear when they are washed from tools. They move into water. From there, they can enter drums, sinks, drains, temporary washout points or sewer systems unless they are captured properly at the source. The Washbox Rocket gives site teams a practical way to control that process, while also providing access to water anywhere on site in an environment where water supply can be limited during construction.

Rockets allow trades to wash tools closer to the work face while capturing washwater inside the unit. Solids are separated and filtered. Water is reused. Liquid waste is reduced. Discharge risk is controlled. The result is a cleaner, more efficient and more accountable way to manage everyday tool washing across multiple trades. For data center construction, this is especially important.

Data centers are among the most water sensitive building types in the world.

Their operational water use is already under growing scrutiny because cooling, energy demand and local water availability are now major issues for communities, regulators and developers. That makes construction water use part of the same conversation.

Washbox Rockets help:

• reduce the demand for fresh water

• reduce contaminated liquid waste

• reduce reliance on temporary sinks and plumbing

• support cleaner work areas

• give trades a simple place to wash correctly

• help large sites manage repeated wash activity before it becomes a pollution or compliance problem
  

We are pleased to share that Turner Construction is a recurring Washbox customer in the United States. Repeat use by major construction customers shows that closed loop tool washing is moving beyond trial projects and becoming part of how leading builders manage water, waste and site discipline on complex builds.

For Washbox, this is an important milestone.

The Rocket was designed to make closed loop, zero liquid discharge tool washing easier to deploy across modern construction sites. Seeing it used on a project of this size reinforces a simple point: even the most advanced buildings in the world still depend on basic construction behaviours being managed properly.

Washbox Rockets help turn a messy, overlooked task into a cleaner, smarter and more sustainable construction process. On a data center project of this scale, that is exactly the kind of practical water leadership the industry needs.

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