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In article <18815@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c8s-an@franny.Berkeley.EDU (Alex 
Lau) writes:
> >Earlier reports were wrong.  De Anza 3 is fundamentally sound.  The 
> >interior will have to be refurbished, however.
> 
> Apple Public Relations reported, according to MacWEEK, that DeAnza 3
> had suffered "major structural damage," and would be "closed
> indefinitely." You guys better talk to them about this, if they're
> so wrong...

Major structural damage reported 3rd hand?  DeAnza 3 suffered:
* the loss of almost all of its ceiling tiles
* extensive water damage from the sprinklers going off
* perhaps 10% of its windows fell out, and many more windows were damaged.
* damage to the office partitions.
(All this from a message by Glenn Barber, director of facilities at Apple. 
 Who do you think has the message straight: Glenn or MacLeek?)

Some of the occupants were planning to move soon.  Those moves got 
(vastly) accelerated.  Other people weren't planning to move soon.  They 
moved.  The building has been declared sound ("...the fundamental 
superstructure of the building is sound.")  We are beginning the process 
of renovating the building ("Apple had already planned to refurbish 
DeAnza 3, and will proceed now instead of later in the fiscal 
year.)

I'd also like to point out that DeAnza 3 was the only one of roughly 40 
buildings in Cupertino that needed to be evacuated.  Over 50% of Apple was 
back to work within 24 hours.  Over 75% of Apple was back to work within 
48 hours.  Over 90% of Apple was back to work within three working days.  
100% of Apple was back to work as of 1 week from the quake.

Hey, I usually bitch and moan about facilities, but these folks did an 
OUTSTANDING job.  The occupants of DeAnza 3 wound up in 10 different 
buildings.  Facilities had telephones, mail, electricity, cubicles, and 
networks all in place in an incredibly short time.  Bravo.

--Brian Bechtel     blob@apple.com     "My opinion, not Apple's"