Apple's Campus 2 repeatedly delayed by emphasis on perfecting small details, profile says: The company's insistence on perfection created a "domino effect" pushing back other parts of the project, according to Reuters, citing former construction managers. In one example, Apple managers told construction crews that the main ring's polished concrete ceiling panels had to be perfect both inside and out. This translated into each of the thousands of panels involved having to be approved both by Apple's team and the general contractor.
Apple was also reportedly obsessed with doorways, insisting that they should be completely flat without any threshold —the argument being that if staff had to change their gait, it would risk distracting them.
"We spent months trying not to do that because that's time, money and stuff that's never been done before," one of the construction managers said.
Apple was also reportedly obsessed with doorways, insisting that they should be completely flat without any threshold —the argument being that if staff had to change their gait, it would risk distracting them.
"We spent months trying not to do that because that's time, money and stuff that's never been done before," one of the construction managers said.