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New Drone Footage Shows Nearly Complete Apple Park Campus at Night

zoetmb said:
With just 11 days left to the month, I doubt very much that any employees are moving into the main building this month. Employees may start moving in in May, but there's tons of work left to do. Just getting the construction equipment off of the site would take several weeks. I bet it would take days just to get that orange safety netting off the top of the building. All those very large cartons sitting inside the building must be office modules and the like. All of that has to be put together. This place is huge. Lots of work still to do and the place will need to be cleaned top to bottom to get rid of construction dust before employees move in.

And I don't know specifically what California's laws are, but I would assume the place needs a certificate of occupancy. I can't see the authorities granting that until most of that interior space is cleared of construction and packaging debris.

All of these videos have shown very light traffic on the highways, so I assume they're shot on Sundays, probably early Sunday mornings. And so we also see relatively few construction workers. Anyone familiar with the site during the week? Are there a thousand construction workers there? Because it seems to me that's what it would take to get it ready for move-in if it's happening before June.
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From the looks of the night time shots where you could see inside really well, you're right, they're not going to be moving into the doughnut building by the end of April. However, the rectangular R&D building looked like it was move-in ready. The office desks looked to be in place. I think that's where they'll be moving into this month. They probably have a COO, for that building only at this point.
 
[/QUOTE]I love how they designed to minimize light pollution, as well. Truly an impressive building. Now what will come out of Apple over the next 15 years? That's what this was all for, after all, right? Now to wait and see...[/QUOTE]


I might beg to differ. Some of the pole lighting along the pathways seem to post almost upward. sort of like a large spot light. Having worked in the lighting industry. They could have used a much higher lumen output and been able to spread those lights farther out.
This is a personal pet peeve of mind. But the one thing i hate seeing are light puddles. it looks horrible.
 
coolfactor said:
Yes, it's sad that he doesn't get to see this come together. What an amazing new presence! I call it Apple City.

I love how they designed to minimize light pollution, as well. Truly an impressive building. Now what will come out of Apple over the next 15 years? That's what this was all for, after all, right? Now to wait and see...
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I was in Cupertino back in 2013 and was struck by how many ordinary buildings, even houses had an Apple sign in front. Their employees are spread all over the area, some miles away. I think this campus is going to be a massive help to the company to bring so many of their employees together. I've said for years, so many of the little "this isn't the Apple I know" mistakes they've been making are because people can't/don't talk to one another.
 
assuming it has full on home kit lighting and temp control etc? wondering if at night you would see it turn on only the lights of the places where people are still working or do they just leave the lights on all the time? if so we will know when it is crunch time at apple for a release. like the safari team has been lights on for the past week or the watch team ;)
 
It doesn't seem likely that there will be any engineering teams moving to Apple Park in April. For these big Silicon Valley companies, most moves take place over a weekend to minimize work downtime. Normally you are given a Friday deadline to pack up your stuff, the move team transports your property to the new location over the weekend, you unpack on Monday and get back to work.

For sure, there are some corporate IT and plant services staffers working on site already including the main building, as well as corporate security, etc. According to some posts by others elsewhere, the R&D building does have employees.

cclloyd said:
Why so many lights on at night though..
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Watching the video, one can clearly see that there are people working inside the building.

In any case, once there are real Apple employees working, the lights will never go out, there will always be hundreds of people in the building at any given minute, even in the middle of a weekend night.
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groovyd said:
assuming it has full on home kit lighting and temp control etc? wondering if at night you would see it turn on only the lights of the places where people are still working or do they just leave the lights on all the time? if so we will know when it is crunch time at apple for a release. like the safari team has been lights on for the past week or the watch team ;)
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Likely the lights will be on all the time, someone is probably working even in the middle of the night, plus there would be security patrols.
 
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loekf said:
Moving in this month not happening. Also don't forget testing all safety systems.

Maybe after summer I would say.
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They will move in this month, if not already happening, you really think moving in means all of the space is occupied from one day zero to the next full.

It's going to be a steady process from here on, it might take a year before the whole building is 100% occupied
 
We started by asking ourselves, what shape is the most dynamic shape available on earth? What shape will offer the most intuitive and magical experience over and over again? When aliens cross space and time to explore and reach out to earth, what shape do they trust their vehicles to be? How does one design a building that never begins and never ends? And we realized it had to be the circle. Constructed of 100% alloy alu-minium, and gold, our circular campus has been carved out of one massive sheet of metal and glass. ~ Jony Ive (in my head lol)
 
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malexandria said:
what the heck is a "drone pilot?" If I bought a $90 drone and flew it would I be a "drone pilot?"
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I guess you can call yourself that if you would like. ;) However, what the article is referring to is taking your Remote Pilot Airman Certificate and becoming FAA certified. This is required for any hobbyist flying a drone weighing more than 0.55lbs all the way up to 55lbs (take off weight). I can guarantee you that the drone used to shoot these videos weighed more than 0.55lbs so therefore the person flying it would be a Drone Pilot or operating outside of US Law. So while not guaranteed to be a pilot, judging by the fact they are promoting their video work, it is a safe assumption this person has passed the test and is a certified pilot.
 
Arsenikdote said:
I guess you can call yourself that if you would like. ;) However, what the article is referring to is taking your Remote Pilot Airman Certificate and becoming FAA certified. This is required for any hobbyist flying a drone weighing more than 0.55lbs all the way up to 55lbs (take off weight). I can guarantee you that the drone used to shoot these videos weighed more than 0.55lbs so therefore the person flying it would be a Drone Pilot or operating outside of US Law. So while not guaranteed to be a pilot, judging by the fact they are promoting their video work, it is a safe assumption this person has passed the test and is a certified pilot.
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ah. I want a drone, but I live in DC where I'd get arrested and would appear on the news if I flew a drone pretty much any where.
 
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