We all know how bright and lovely are Apple’s retail stores – much nicer than CurrysDigital or PC World. They’re clean, well stocked and you can use them as a free Internet café.
So it should come as no surprise that Apple spends rather a lot of money on them. But did you realise just how much, and how many toilets and urinals reside therein?
Reports suggest that the recently opened Boston Apple Store cost the Mac and iPhone company a whopping $6 million to construct, including a quarter of a million dollars just to smash down the old building.
The electrical and plumbing permits for Apple's Boylston Street (Boston) store reveal that the Mac maker spent about $6 million on building it.
Apple’s retail gurus say "the complexity of an Apple store is visible to visitors, but beneath the structure of stainless steel, glass and stone is another level of complexity that is just as important."
For just under a million dollars Apple paid for 550 lighting fixtures, 224 electrical receptacles and 25 switched outlets, 17 motors for air conditioning and elevator operations, a 200KVA gas-fired generator inside the roof building to supply electricity when outages occur, 51 security devices, 94 data outlets and 90 telecommunications devices.
While Apple is trying to be more environmentally friendly it transpires that the power consumed for lighting could power up "12 average-sized homes."
If you really want to get down and dirty with the Apple Store the permits also reveal that the plumbing includes “three water closets, one kitchen sink and four lavatories in the basement” (what’s the difference between a WC and a lavatory?), plus one water heater, slop sink, one urinal, one drinking fountain and two boilers.
We can't wait for more detailed information from the Apple boggers... I mean bloggers.
Comments
Lexton Snol said: Wow who knew that a lavatory is actually a sink
J B said: Must be a slow news day
cheesecake said: Slow news day
New2LA said: Im just an architect The truth is in building there are numerous code and local ordninaces that govern what any establishment must put do Many of these things are life safety related others can be building tenant standards imposed by landownersdevelopers to ensure that the value of their property is maintained or commensurately elevate the market valueA WC is a water closet which is the toilet while a lavatory is a sink All the plumbing fixtures noted are nothing out of the ordinary for a shop of this occupancy and projected useRegarding power and data outlets it is on the high side but then again how many of these do you need for a GAP But if compared to an office space of similar square footage this number would be MUCH lower than what you find us all working in typically
matt said: Sebhelyesfarku you are a complete bell-end You clearly have issues that your juvenile mind cannot deal with
mactard said: the lavatories are handsinks sinks the water closet is the fixture and where you do your business a toilet is the room now are fries chips or crips
Sebhelyesfarku said: Pull your head out of Jobs arse Mactard
MacGenius said: Sebhelyesfarku why the Mac-hating Is it because you hate your Windoze box and secretly want a Mac HmmmOh and BTW there is no Kool-Aid just amazingly useable products and software
Sebhelyesfarku said: No its for dumbass Mactards drunk from too much Kool-Aid
Bill Tympsee said: Is the urinal for PeeC users
nerdbrain said: Seems from my American Dictionary that water closet is the actual erm closet the bog is in The lav is the whole room consisting of a number of said bogs