Progress on Apple Campus 2 Continues as Walls Go Up

maybe 2017/2018

even dec. 31st 2016 seems a bit...optimistic. Just moving the amount of material, let alone the construction/fit & finish seems to push a reasonable estimate beyond 2016.

It's coming along quickly. Seems like progress is being made not too long after Steve brought it before the City Council for such a huge project.

are they making a giant sand igloo?

Wow those 'tiny' trucks really give you a sense of scale of the whole thing. I hope we get some decent photos of the inside and out when it's completed, since I'm never going to be able to go in person haha!

My guess is that Apple didn't close the sidewalks or erect the perimeter construction fences. That kind of thing is the responsibility of the contractor.

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needfx said:

are they making a giant sand igloo?

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Recompacting the soil.

So, are there any builders here who want to shed light on how you make the foundation level for such a large building, and what are the tolerances usually?

Nice, looks pretty impressive. I expect endless polo mint jokes will follow it's completion haha.

But where are they going to park 15,000 cars? I believe that's the number of employee's they expect to work there.

I think it's preparing for liftoff, but it needs to emerge from it's silo first.

wow those homes are so close. I'd be kinda bent about that.

As an amature historian, I look at this construction and ponder who will build upon this site in thirty years when Apple, Inc has been purchased/merged into some other corporate multi-national. The only constant is change.

apolloa said:

Nice, looks pretty impressive. I expect endless polo mint jokes will follow it's completion haha.

But where are they going to park 15,000 cars? I believe that's the number of employee's they expect to work there.

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Underground parking garage

Free iPads?

NachoGrande said:

wow those homes are so close. I'd be kinda bent about that.

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Maybe Tim Cook & the rest of the brass will present each home owner with a special, limited edition Apple Space Campus iPad & an iTunes gift card.

It looks like one big infinite loop.

This has probably been posted before...

The new Apple campus looks not too dissimilar to the GCHQ ( Government Communications headquarters) building here in the UK. Although it does seem just a tad bigger

Judging by the size of the semi-truck in there, it appears you could have a massive semi-truck demo derby in there

More non news.

Zandros said:

So, are there any builders here who want to shed light on how you make the foundation level for such a large building, and what are the tolerances usually?

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The construction technique for setting up such a large foundation is well established in California for building codes.

First, since it is such a large structure, there is no single foundation. From the public plans of the project, they will consolidate the ground to a flat surface and then embed below the ground steel pillars (typically i-beams) from the ground surface to the bedrock below.

My guess is they are segmenting the circular foundation into "pie sections" of individual pours. This way, when an earthquake comes, the building will ripple on each foundation pour without cracking the structure as a whole. On top of that, each foundation pie section has it's part of the mother-ship built on top of it so it looks like a single structure.

In an architecture and civil engineering view, it is a single loop of multiple structures with cosmetic attachments to each other. This is how Infinite Loop on De Anza is build with more distinction of each foundations.

I wouldn't be surprised if the original proposal of Infinite Loop was closer to this design than the existing structure design on De Anza.

Finally, my new place of worship is coming to life!

NachoGrande said:

wow those homes are so close. I'd be kinda bent about that.

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You prefer the asphalt and boxes it is replacing? The HP campus went right up to the streets on every side.

jon1987 said:

This has probably been posted before...

The new Apple campus looks not too dissimilar to the GCHQ ( Government Communications headquarters) building here in the UK. Although it does seem just a tad bigger

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It's disgusting how much tax payer money and power these spying agencies are allocated. All to spy on their own citizens and the citizens of others.

They are moving forward.

Mac Fly (film) said:

It's disgusting how much tax payer money and power these spying agencies are allocated. All to spy on their own citizens and the citizens of others.

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Coincidently, this article was just posted about street art by Banksy near that building.

http://m.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/banksy-behind-spy-mural-near-britains-intelligence-headquarters-20140611-zs3j0.html

Edit: Clearly, someone is listening is to your thoughts. Best put on the tinfoil

Have they already dug out and finished the secret underground bunker?