Tag: Apple Campus 2

Technology

Inside construction of Apple’s mostly glass Campus 2

Unlike the rest of its products, Apple is building its spaceship-like Campus 2 headquarters out in the open. And though the public has been able to watch as the monstrous, circular structure takes shape, no one has been invited inside to see just exactly how it’s all coming together. Except for Popular Science. The magazine […]

June 24, 2016

Business

Former worker on Apple’s Campus 2 jobsite says tech giant expects iPhone-like level of detail from construction

In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, a person who worked on the construction of Apple’s spaceship-like Campus 2 project tells the publication the tech giant expects the same level of detail in the building’s construction as it does when designing and building the iPhone. According to the report, no expense is being spared on the […]

July 16, 2015

Business

DPR/Skanska to walk away from construction of Apple’s new campus

Though DPR Construction Inc. and Skanska USA have been the lead builders on Apple’s much-talked-about Campus 2 since construction began last year, they will cease involvement on the estimated $5 billion project in the next several weeks. According to a report from Silicon Valley Business Journal, the DPR/Skanska joint venture, awarded the contract for the […]

June 11, 2015

Construction Equipment

Drone footage offers close-up look at construction progress on Apple’s Campus 2

Work is ramping up on Apple’s new Spaceship-shaped Campus 2, as is seen in a new aerial photo provided by the company as well as some new close-up footage of construction shot by a drone. As we learned last month, 1,000 construction workers are staffed on the site for the 2.8-million-square-foot new headquarters for the […]

April 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

In construction of “Spaceship” campus, Apple recycles 95% of concrete from demolition on-site

While Google is still in the early phases of design and approval with ambitious plans for upgrades to its campus, construction on Apple’s new Campus 2 is fully under way. KQED was recently granted a tour of the jobsite by Apple. There are actually two versions of the article, one published by NPR and another on the […]

March 12, 2015

Construction Equipment

Get a drone’s-eye view of construction on Apple’s massive new spaceship-like campus

Back in July, we got our first look at construction of Apple’s new $5 billion campus. The new campus was one of the last projects former Apple CEO Steve Jobs worked on before he died in 2012 and involved turning a site that was mostly asphalt into one that would host 176 acres of trees, […]

September 2, 2014

Business

Budget for Apple’s new HQ balloons to $5 billion, would be a challenge for any contractor

Back in November, it was reported that the completion of Apple’s spaceship-like Campus 2 headquarters would be delayed from 2015 to 2016. Now, a report from Bloomberg says that in the meantime, the budget for the project has ballooned from $3 billon to $5 billion. If you’re not well acquainted with this mammoth project, the […]

April 8, 2013