Apple pursuing close, 'day-to-day' oversight of Campus 2 construction
Even with well-established plans for contractors, Apple is micromanaging the construction of its Campus 2 complex in Cupertino, a new report revealed on Wednesday.
The company is "heavily involved," a person who worked on the project commented to Business Insider, observing that "day-to-day interaction was pretty constant." Apple is noted to have some of its workers assigned to each "specific geographic location" on the ring-shaped construction site, which is divided into nine wedges. Apple's architectural partner on the project, Fosters & Partners, is helping with oversight.
The BI source claimed that Apple has "raised the bar for construction standards" in the U.S., and in meetings would use the iPhone as a metaphor for its plans.
"There were many meetings when the Apple representative would pick up your [iPhone] and say: 'That's what we're building.' What that means is -- if you look at the phone, there's the sheen on the phone, there's the bevel on the phone, there's how much shine they have... every piece of that phone is engineered, and the building is the same way," the person remarked.
Based on the person's work on other projects, Apple's effort allegedly "far exceeds" that of other tech companies.
Campus 2 construction is well underway, but not scheduled to finish until late 2016 at the earliest. Apple in fact dropped two major contractors earlier this summer, which could potentially push completion into 2017.
The company is "heavily involved," a person who worked on the project commented to Business Insider, observing that "day-to-day interaction was pretty constant." Apple is noted to have some of its workers assigned to each "specific geographic location" on the ring-shaped construction site, which is divided into nine wedges. Apple's architectural partner on the project, Fosters & Partners, is helping with oversight.
The BI source claimed that Apple has "raised the bar for construction standards" in the U.S., and in meetings would use the iPhone as a metaphor for its plans.
"There were many meetings when the Apple representative would pick up your [iPhone] and say: 'That's what we're building.' What that means is -- if you look at the phone, there's the sheen on the phone, there's the bevel on the phone, there's how much shine they have... every piece of that phone is engineered, and the building is the same way," the person remarked.
Based on the person's work on other projects, Apple's effort allegedly "far exceeds" that of other tech companies.
Campus 2 construction is well underway, but not scheduled to finish until late 2016 at the earliest. Apple in fact dropped two major contractors earlier this summer, which could potentially push completion into 2017.
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Trust me, I know a client with a higher bar than Apple. Apple also had to cut back on some of their demands due to cost, and this thing is still way over budget.
Maybe things will calm down when it's done and the teams aren't spread across Cupertino. We'll see.
It's just the Pentagon with rounded corners. Can't be that novel of a building. /s
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Trust me, I know a client with a higher bar than Apple. Apple also had to cut back on some of their demands due to cost, and this thing is still way over budget.
Maybe things will calm down when it's done and the teams aren't spread across Cupertino. We'll see.
Is the client you know building something anywhere close to this scale? A residential building, average-sized commercial development, or even a museum pale in comparison to both the scale and standards Apple seems to have for its Campus 2 complex.
What do Apple's workers spread across Cupertino have to do with things calming down and the quality of work from the Contractor? Honest question.
I'm sure you do. Convenient, since you tend to come into most threads to shit on positive news.
I mean the quality of software. And yes, they're building large scale projects.
Then you can name them. If they're that big they'd have hundreds if not thousands of employees, so nobody is going to figure out who posted.
Why do you want his client names?
I never trust anybody who starts with "Trust me." Just like 25 years ago, I stopped listening when someone said,"Let me be honest with you." Glad that one died out. Wish "trust me" would.
http://www.apple.com/pr/bios/jonathan-ive.html
Just curious how you would know this since none of us know what Apple's bar is? Unless you're in the gossip chain and know?
I'm not sure what software bugs have to do with this story though.
Apple is noted to have some of its workers assigned to each "specific geographic location" on the ring-shaped construction site, which is divided into nine wedges.
Nine arcs.
Like the Russian built U.S. embassy in Moscow long ago. Totally bugged.
I would like an inside at Apple as I am sure some info could be very valuable.
Bet the windows will not carry conversation vibrations...l
Even paranoids have enemies.
Would you want to be the one to say, "I guarantee it Tim, NOT ONE unauthorized device has found its way through the construction process." I would not.
Jony Ive is buddies with Norman Foster (whose firm Ive apparently selected for the redesign of his house in SF). In that New Yorker article Ive refers to the Foster & Partner's team working on Campus 2 as "Norman's boys". In some ways I get the feeling Apple views this as Steve's final Apple product/last gift to the world and they're intimately involved because he would have been. In that New Yorker article Ive said:
Jony's involvement means this is all just the first mockup. There will be 99 more variations before the final building is selected. ????
I couldn't guarantee that the e-books lawsuit overseer (whatever his name is) isn't actually an NSA plant.