Apple Campus 2 Drone Video Shows Major Progress on Fitness Center, More Solar Panels

[sunspot42]

The whole concept of the suburban "campus" seems like a throwback to Silicon Valley of the 1970's. Most of the bleeding edge tech action these days is taking place in more urban environments. It feels like Apple is building the world's most beautiful buggy whip factory.

 

[diipii]

With much of the ring-shaped main building completed at Apple's second campus and auxiliary buildings taking shape, construction progress from month-to-month is ramping up. Drone pilot Duncan Sinfield has captured new aerial video of Apple Campus 2, allowing us to get a look at changes that have been made to the campus since April.

Significant work has been done on the 100,000 square foot fitness center, where Apple employees will be able to work out and stay healthy. A stone facade is now in place and the building looks to be nearing completion.

There are new cranes in the area, which are being used to finish up some of the main structure. Additional solar panels have been lifted into place on the roof of the building, more windows have gone up, and more window canopies have been installed. Parking structures are also set to be completed in the next few months, and some work has been done on the Tantau research buildings.

According to Sinfield, the sizable green fence surrounding the entire campus is being taken down and replaced with a shorter fabric-covered chain-link fence. A thick white foam is being laid on the top of ground structures like the tunnels and the auditorium, presumably kicking off the landscaping process. Trees and other greenery may be put into place soon, with Apple planning to cover the campus with 80 percent green space.

Apple plans to finish construction on Apple Campus 2 at the end of 2016, with employees set to begin occupying the buildings at the beginning of 2017.

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10 years from now this will be empty and up for sale. Maybe even 5. If it gets finished.

 

[Tech198]

These videos are better muted.

Also, I often wonder if Apple worries about these drones crashing into cranes or the building? I can't imagine it feels good knowing there's these things flying around your unfinished 5 billion dollar project.

I don't think they'd mind..... although there'd be noo point in putting up signs to warn people, since u'd just ignore them if u really wanna get what u'r after anyway...

Nothing is secret anymore..... with cameras in our pockets or smart phones.

 

[Keirasplace]

The whole concept of the suburban "campus" seems like a throwback to Silicon Valley of the 1970's. Most of the bleeding edge tech action these days is taking place in more urban environments. It feels like Apple is building the world's most beautiful buggy whip factory.

What Bleading Edge? FB, Google? Most engineering work (even for them) is certainly not done in the city.

95% of Silicon Valley is not "Urban", as in San Francisco Urban, and most of Apple's Employees, and Googles and Cisco, and Intel, and Tesla, etc etc.. Are in this vast expanse of non descript suburbs.

Apple is merely concentrating some of their employees in and around the area in that building (not even all of them); they're probably renting space all over the place and this likely will be cheaper long term.

This building was designed when Apple had 1/5 the size it has now. They'll have to downsize for a hell of long time to not be able to fill this building...

 

[darkknight14]

It matters much more than you think. Which view out your office window would you want day in and day out every day?

I switched jobs a couple of times mostly because of the poor office environment. A better work environment where I get a gym, windows with a view, nicer interior, all greatly improve my productivity. My current office is more like #2 - where I get a great view of trees and a river. I've been in offices where I've been in a basement where the only window is up 10 feet high towards a brick wall. Never wanted to be at work. Now I enjoy being at work. You're at work 1/2 your life. It's important that it's nice. I envy the people who are working at the Apple campus next year.

Such a true statement, I currently lookout onto a car park with no green scenery in sight - motivation drops off most days.

Working somewhere like the new Apple campus will inspire people, and all the other facilities are a bonus too!

 

[C DM]

[doublepost=1462246703][/doublepost]So which is bigger, Apple's new headquarters or the Pentagon? Just asking.
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A rather simple enough thing to find out (on the internet): http://appleinsider.com/articles/11...us_larger_than_pentagon_empire_state_building
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10 years from now this will be empty and up for sale. Maybe even 5. If it gets finished.

They were likely saying similar things about Apple's current campus at Infinite Loop back in the 90s...and here we are, well over 5 or 10 or even 15 years years later.

 

[cocky jeremy]

These videos are better muted.

Also, I often wonder if Apple worries about these drones crashing into cranes or the building? I can't imagine it feels good knowing there's these things flying around your unfinished 5 billion dollar project.

It's a drone, not a nuke. It can't hurt anything.

 

[C DM]

It's a drone, not a nuke. It can't hurt anything.

It can distract workers if there are any there doing something or crash into something or get caught up in something. Sure not likely anything hugely destructive, and not likely that anything would happen at all if ever grating goes well, but it can certainly hurt something/someone if something was to happen.

 

[routine_analyst]

It's a drone, not a nuke. It can't hurt anything.

Can't tangle itself in machinery, cables or suddenly fall from the sky and hit a construction worker? Can't land in chemicals or paint and start a fire?

 

[cocky jeremy]

It can distract workers if there are any there doing something or crash into something or get caught up in something. Sure not likely anything hugely destructive, and not likely that anything would happen at all if ever grating goes well, but it can certainly hurt something/someone if something was to happen.

If people aren't paying attention and get hurt, it's on them, not the drone.

 

[C DM]

If people aren't paying attention and get hurt, it's on them, not the drone.

Depending on the kind of distraction that was involved.