Introducing the New GoDaddy Call Center – August 28, 2014
OK, I’m a couple of days early. Rumor has it that GoDaddy will take possession of the new Tempe Call Center on September 2, 2014. The first 100 or so C3 reps will begin working on September 10, with most everyone in the building by 9/17. The building is 98 or 99% done inside. The parking/grounds/Phase III areas are 80-85% done. Grand Opening to be announced, but should take place in October sometime, depending on schedules. The inside of the building looks pretty much the way it did last week, only a little cleaner, and more of the finishing touches are done. The outside is way different. The basketball area has all of the “sails” mounted, and looks really cool. The whole Delta 13 area is coming along. Some of the areas were getting concrete poured/finished today. Landscapers everywhere. planting/finishing up the drip irrigation/finishing the planters. The kitchen/break area has a lot of the serving tables and stations being installed. Tables and chairs stacked up everywhere. The training room has projectors, I asked about the light from all of the windows…….. whir ….. the blackout screens are automatic. The gym floor is down, but none of the equipment is in place yet. There are HUGE TV’s everywhere. 55″-90″. Yes I said 90″ TV’s. The break room in the developers area contains taps for beer, and wine coolers……. This is a building all of us at GoDaddy can be proud of. All of the images I shot are available HERE.
Call Center II – August 21, 2014
ITS ABOUT THE D E T A I L S !!!
They started adding “sails” over the basketball area. Directly behind the “Delta 13” area (circles area in the foreground) You can see asphalt being “paved” for more parking areas, and trees being planted. Directly behind these areas is “Phase III”.
Second floor main training area/conference center? This is the only area on the second floor using the “admin” work environments, rather than “cubicles”.
My favorite area in the building so far. I’m sure the cafe will have many, many more favorite spaces, they just are not as close to being finished as this area is.
The stainless steel and glass “rails” overlooking the cafe and main lobby areas are being installed, and look very classy.
Directly between the building and Warner roads, the parking area is close to being finished. The “stripes” are in. The dirt areas will be planters, or 4WD parking.
The first 2 “sails” are installed. I’m sure the look of this area will change daily.
Tree. There are 100’s of trees staged around the property, some much larger than this one, and some smaller.
While I was on the roof, a flock of pigeons flew over.
This piece of equipment “recycles” air from the building that has already been cooled off, and re-cools it, using less energy, than cooling off ambient outside air. There are several of these units on the roof.
Looking down from the second floor into the lobby, at the front desk furniture, covered to protect it from the other construction going on. I’m guessing its walnut.
Workers installing the stainless steel and glass “rails” on the second floor, in the main lobby area. The lights here are different than anywhere else in the building.
Of the questions employees ask me, this is the gym area, and the rolls of material are the rubbery sub flooring material, and the “parquet” floor is in an area that can be separated by a “moving wall”. Last week this area was still being used by several of the trades for tool/supply storage.
Gym area with a parquet floor.
View from the roof, looking south out over the main lobby entrance. You can see the steel beams have been set for the covered parking areas, and lots of planters.
Southwest corner of same parking lot.
I’ll say it again, I love being on the roof…..
The floor in the cafe…. this pattern continues out into “Delta 13” the circles area just outside the cafe and main lobby entrance.
Some of the larger trees staged in the parking lot.
Stripes.
Each of the “break” areas have a different look and feel, and all are very open and inviting, with lots of amenities.
Its the D E T A I L S that will make this building unique to GoDaddy.
Training rooms on the first floor north side.
Lots of seating areas in the cafe…. booths are being assembled behind this long bench seating. Also lots of raised platform areas for seating as well.
Southeast corner of the building also has a neon GoDaddy sign on it that will be visible from Warner and the 101. S W E E T !
All 625 images shot 8/21/2014 are available here, and as always all images were shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, EF 17-40 F4 L lens, or the EF 24-105 F4 L IS lens. Most inside shots had help from the Canon Speedlight 580EX II camera mounted.
Blow – Out – August 14, 2014
Dropped off Scott & Pops at the car pool parking lot at 79th Ave & the I-10. Car was shaking at higher speeds. Pops and I looked at the tires, we knew it was a front end thing, but did not see anything. 5 miles to my house. I debated getting on the freeway, or taking surface streets. I took the freeway …… BLOWOUT!
2 new tires, check. New windshield washer wiper hose, check. Lots of electricians tape, and zip ties, and silicone to put things back together, check. Massive blister from touching the wheel……….. check! The cars back together, with the exception of a new fender liner, which is ordered, and lots of scrubbing to remove tire from the paint.
Yep its OFFICIAL!!!! Our name is on the building, and its NEON!!!!
The basketball area is getting close to being finished.
Biggest 1 week improvements ….. The interior is really coming together, and looks A M A Z I N G !!!!!! This is going to be a trophy/showcase of a building.
Walnut. Its INCREDIBLE!!!!
I’ll post more tomorrow, or over the weekend, its 10pm, and I left home this morning at 5. Just finished the car repairs.
More photo’s from August 7, 2014
Another view of the main “round a bout” or “circle” drive in front of the main GoDaddy entrance.
Looking at the main entrance from the curb. The northwest corner of the parking log was paved on the 5th, and 6th. You can see some of the planters that will adorn the areas outside the main entrance and in front of the cafe areas.
Northwest corner of the building, looking south, towards Warner Road.
View from the roof, looking west over the main entrance. You can see lots of workers on the job site. Greg with Ryan Companies told me that there are over 225 workers on site working towards the September deadline.
More asphalt.
There are always workers up on the roof, finishing details.
Approx 800 cubicles on the second floor. Power is too all of them, and lots of workers working to make sure the networking cables are in place.
There are 2 pallets of glass holders in the main lobby area. These will line the second floor areas that look into the main cafe and main lobby areas.
First floor furniture is being built. The first floor work areas will look and feel like the developers area on the second floor in Gilbert.
The desks, work tables will raise and lower, and are on wheels so they can be moved easily. They contain UPS’s and cable trays built into the underside of the tables.
View from the stairs dropping down to the main “court” area.
You can see the number of block layers working on this one wall. It was finished by the time I left the site today, and they were working in another area building more planters.
All images shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, EF 17-40 F4 L lens, or the EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens. Inside shots used the Canon 580 EX II Speedlight for flash fill. ALL images shot in the last year can be seen here.
3 weeks to go – August 7, 2014
I added a few pictures from today. I’ll upload more tonight, and post some comments as well. The site looks AMAZING!!!!! Its getting closer everyday.
There will be a “round a bout” in front of the building, this is the planter that’s going into the middle of it.
Corner of the building closest to Warner and the 101. The main power comes into this corner of the building, the kitchen, and the pump room for the A/C units are all on this end of the building.
Ceiling in the cafe. Its going to be an amazing space for us to eat in.
They poured the concrete around the “basketball/volleyball/hockey?” area today. I cant to see the “sails” installed over this area.
Main TV in the cafe. Its going to be a really B I G one.
Coming Soon – August 1, 2014
Pictures from 8-01-2014. Right at 4 weeks till GoDaddy gets its new building. Lots of changes each and every week.
Slab Poured – August 30, 2013
OK. I could have named this post Go Daddy’s new Tempe Call Center. This is a tribute to Ryan Companies, and all of the contractors, and trades that are building our new call center. I recieved an email from Vince letting me know that they placed the slab on grade for phase one. An amazing 539 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft. on Wednesday. When I went by, lots of the crews were still working the concrete, and getting other things done. I did some figuring, and I may be W A Y off, but here goes. A standard cement truck holds 10 cubic yards of concrete. A cubic yard of concrete weights an average of 3500 pounds. So 54 cement truck loads arrived on the job site on Wednesday, each carrying 35,000 pounds of concrete, for a total of 1,890,000 pounds of concrete. Let me rephrase that. ONE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND POUNDS! Like I stated, I may be way off, I’m wondering how much the “poured in place” walls will weigh. All images shot with my Canon 5D Mark II, ISO-100, EF 24-105 F4 IS L glass, varing focal lengths, most images shot at F8.
Appologies to Ryan Companies for continuing to “tag” their equipment with GoDaddy logos.
View from the right of the water tank. In the distance you can see the slab.
Zoomed in at 105mm you can see a little more of whats going on.
Looking to the far right from the water tank, concrete has gone into the footer for the fence, or retaining wall.
This is probably the underground contractors, maybe tying into the main, or adding a valve, I did not get close, in fact this was shot from the airconditioned comfort of my Avalon.
This is the far north edge of the jobsite, right by the storage area, and job trailer, zoomed in to 105mm.
These were shot just to the left of the RYAN green and yellow trailer, looking south, south west.
The 3 images above are looking north from Warner road. I cant wait to see the aerial shots now that the slab is in.
This is the view from the south east corner, looking north west. Zoomed in 105mm. The water tank would be to the left, and the job trailer would be off to the right.
OK. I could have named this post Go Daddy’s new Tempe Call Center. This is a tribute to Ryan Companies, and all of the contractors, and trades that are building our new call center. I recieved an email from Vince letting me know that they placed the slab on grade for phase one. An amazing 539 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft. on Wednesday. When I went by, lots of the crews were still working the concrete, and getting other things done. I did some figuring, and I may be W A Y off, but here goes. A standard cement truck holds 10 cubic yards of concrete. A cubic yard of concrete weights an average of 3500 pounds. So 54 cement truck loads arrived on the job site on Wednesday, each carrying 35,000 pounds of concrete, for a total of 1,890,000 pounds of concrete. Let me rephrase that. ONE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND POUNDS! Like I stated, I may be way off, I’m wondering how much the “poured in place” walls will weigh. All images shot with my Canon 5D Mark II, ISO-100, EF 24-105 F4 IS L glass, varing focal lengths, most images shot at F8.
Same mountains different storm – August 29, 2013
I spent some time with BJ today after work. He was not feeling well. We talked about what he had eaten so far today…. some grits and a sausage patty. It was 3 p.m. He’s not eating, and food does not taste good. It’s hard seeing a good friend in this state. I’ll continue to spend as much time with BJ as possible. Driving home God blessed me with another storm rolling over the top of the Estrella Mountains. I spent more than an hour watching, and driving down roads, most unpaved trying to get closer. The sky was magnificent! Today was the first time, in a long time that I wished I had the EF 17-40 lens with me. I love the EF 24-105, but I would have liked having the wider angle for the sky. Canon 5D Mark II, ISO-200, EF 24-105 F4 IS L glass, at 24mm, and 85mm, F8, 1-160 sec.
Flags – August 28, 2013
Josiah and I went out after work and shot some photographs. I always enjoy spending time with friends, especially if we’re walking around shooting. The flag, its reflection, the reflection of the building, and sky cloud combination make for an interesting photo. Canon 5D Mark II, ISO-100, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens at 68mm, F8, 1/360 sec.
Estrella Mountain Range – August 27, 2013
Went and spent some time with my friend BJ Starr after work today. I hpoe and pray he can start gaining some weight, and get his strength back. His illness seems to be taking its toll. I was talking to his sister on my way home, when I stopped and took this picture. Somewhere between 75th and 83rd Avenues, heading west on Baseline Road, looking south to the Estrella Mountains. The clouds, shadows on the mountains, and the crystal clear blue sky caught my attention. Canon 5D Mark II, ISO-100, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens at 24mm, F8, 1/250 sec. Saturation bumped a little bit in LightRoom.
GoDaddy’s new Tempe Call Center – August 26, 2013
Picture taken to the right of the water tower. Lots of new trenches, etc. Dirt work continues.
View from the left of the water tower. More contractors are on the job, more storage trailers, containers, and equipment.
View to the right of the water tower, just inside the fence. Probably footers for a wall? Pure conjecture on my part.
In last weeks post, I mentioned DIP and the fact that it is wrapped, or put into a sleeve so alkaline soils don’t deteriorate the pipe. This is a better image to see the pipe in the ground waiting to be burried.
The storage area outside the job trailer is much larger, with new pallets of materials waiting to be used.
View from the same area, zoomed in to the area where the concrete was poured today? for the main slab, or slabs. All of the foundation/slabs are covered with yellow plastic to help cure the concrete, and to keep rain out. Correction: The yellow plastic is actually a vapor barrier below the slab. Vince with Ryan Companies let me know that on 8/28/2013 they placed the slab on grade for phase 1. 530 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft.
View from the 101 to the left of the green and yellow “Ryan” trailer, as I drive around the perimeter of the site taking these pictures, I realize how big the site really is.
View from the 101 closer to warner, as are most of the rest of this series of pictures. The foundation/slab area is easy to see from this angle.
I tagged this piece of equipment with the GoDaddy logo’s and the GoDaddy Dude.
101 close to the corner of Warner, again you can see the new footers/foundation/slab. Correction: The yellow plastic is actually a vapor barrier below the slab. Vince with Ryan Companies let me know that on 8/28/2013 they placed the slab on grade for phase 1. 530 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft.
Possible footer for a wall, or fence???? This angle would be facing Warner and the 101.
Looking back from this corner area trying to convey the size of the area where the concrete was poured. Correction: The yellow plastic is actually a vapor barrier below the slab. Vince with Ryan Companies let me know that on 8/28/2013 they placed the slab on grade for phase 1. 530 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft.
Again this may be a footer for a fence?? This wall would be facing Warner.
Again zoomed in looking back from the corner area trying to give you a sense of the size of the building.
This is a 2 image panorama, again trying to give you a sense of the size of the building. Click here to see the panorama full size. Once the site opens up, click on the image, then click on the “O” for original, at 20.8 mb it will take a minute or two to load. All images show with the Canon 5D Mark II, Ef 24-105 F4 IS L lens, ISO-100, F8, 1/500 sec, hand held. Correction: The yellow plastic is actually a vapor barrier below the slab. Vince with Ryan Companies let me know that on 8/28/2013 they placed the slab on grade for phase 1. 530 cubic yards of concrete covering 43,000 sq. ft.
Might as well Jump – August 26, 2013
This is one of a series of photographs taken up by Blue Ridge Reservoir. Mars and Jaz were in a quinceanera, and wanted to take some “Trash the Dress” pictures, and we were going to the cabin anyway. What a beautiful area for photographs. The rest of the images are here. Canon 30D, two Canon Speedlight 580EX strobes, off camera right, triggered by the Canon ST-2E. ISO-100, F8, 85mm, 1/125 sec.
Pastor Greg Rohlinger – August 25, 2013
I’ve talked about Pastor Greg Rohlinger in other posts. Its always a pleasure to hear him preach. He stood most of Saturday nights service, and does not pace as much as he used to. His speech is a little slurred as a result of his illness, but I’m always happy to see him, and to hear him preach God’s word. Our current series is called “Its Complicated“. Lots of things in our lives should be simple……… Shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, EF 70-200 F4 IS L lens, at 200mm, ISO-400, F4, 1/100 sec, mounted on my Bogen tripod. I matched the Kelvin to the new Black Magic video camera we use to record the service, which was set to 3200K.
1999 Toyota Camery – August 24, 2013
I currently drive a 2000 Toyota Avalon. It replaced my 1999 Camery. I was rear ended on I-10 West bound at just about 27th Avenue. This happened August 24, 2006. I bought the Avalon when the odometer had just turned 70,000 miles. It now has over 230,000. I would like a new car. The Avalon is paid for… it has a decent stereo…. ICE cold air, a must have in Arizona…….. and did I mention its paid for? Canon Rebel XT, ISO-200, 18mm, F16, 1/80 sec.
Spencer Hall’s Mini Cooper – August 23, 2013
I worked with Spencer Hall at Fry’s Electronics and at GoDaddy.com. In 2006 we took some pictures of his baby. His Mini Cooper. We drove the Mini onto the golf course at the Pointe South Mountain. We got some really good pictures. Arizona Ice Tea “Arnold Palmer” removed from the roof of the car in photoshop. Shot with the Canon XTi Rebel, ISO-400, F4, 25mm, 1/100 sec.
Throwing the Bouquet – August 22, 2013
OK, OK, OK. The above image was “staged”. The bride wanted to keep her bouquet, so this was one of the bridesmaids bouquets. This was one of the last shots, as the couple left. My daughter Jazmin actually took this image, from the angle I shot from, the bouquet was indistinguishable from the citrus trees. This image is good, the concept is fantastic, if I do say so myself. The image could use a little magic, Adobe Photoshop style.
The light pole was removed, the grass/gravel area was filled in, the car paint was modified, the citrus tree was filled in, and the bouquet was given a lift to seperate it even further from the tree. Shot with the Canon Rebel XTi, ISO-100, EF 28-135 IS lens, at 65mm, F13, 1/200 sec. Brian and Amanda’s wedding pictures are here.
Rim View – August 21, 2013
This is a view of the Mogollon Rim in a side mirror of the Honda Pilot. Shot inspired by Jazmin. Shot August 2010 with the Canon 30D, ISO-100, F13 40mm, 1/100 sec.
Same view, different angle, and quite a bit wider angle. Canon 30D, ISO-100, F13 17mm, 1/100 sec.
GoDaddy’s new Tempe Call Center – August 20, 2013
Wide angle view from the right of the water tower.
Wide angle view from the left of the water tower.
Trenches with wrapped DIP (ductile iron pipe) water line for pottable water and to feed fire hydrants, and fire sprinker systems.
Another open trench with DIP. The trench will be back filled with dirt once it passes inspection. The pipe is incased in a plastic sleeve which helps the DIP last longer, corode less in alkaline soil. If I remember correctly, clorine tablets are put in each section of the DIP, so once water in introduced it will disinfect all the pipe, and attached water lines.
Lots of equipment on the job site today. The rights tool for the right job! Go Daddy Guy added in post production.
You can see the rebar poking up from some footers. SAFETY FIRST. You can tell all the rebar has plastic caps or 2×4 studs to help eliminate anyone getting impaled on them.
All of the plastic (white) pipes are for water, or they are grey for electrical conduit. Basically “Infrastructure”. I’m sure they are color coded.
Storage by the job trailers.
This shot was taken from the area by the green and yellow Ryan trailer, over the fence off the access road for the 101.
This shot was taken from the area by the green and yellow Ryan trailer, over the fence off the access road for the 101, closer to the corner of Warner.
This is the best photo to see the “abc” or gravel which will sit under the slabs, or foundation. Probably 1-2 weeks away from pouring the slabs. It looks a lot different in just one week. All images shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens, ISO-50, F8, 1/200 sec, various focal lengths.
Foggy Road Ahead – August 19, 2013
So sometimes when you head up north for a weekend, you can encounter bad weather, even in the summer. This is from a trip to Jeff and Alyson’s cabin from August 2010. We encountered a “patch” of fog. 25-30 miles of fog that you could not see through. We came across a herd of elk that was walking along the side of the road. I was driving, so no pictures of the elk. I had pulled off the road to shoot this picture. A scary drive. This image was shot with my Canon 30D, ISO-400, 17mm, F4, 1/30 sec.
Arizona Diamondbacks Birthday Cake – August 17, 2013
Another cake from JazCakes.com. Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. The cake is a double layer white cake with fresh strawberry filling, covered in home made fondant. Top 2 images shot using bounced flash, and the bottom 2 are using direct flash, and are slightly bluer. Canon 5D Mark II, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens, ISO-100, F8, 1/60 sec, with the 580EXII camera mounted.
Old Farm House – August 16, 2013
This image was shot August 2012. This farm house was probable used by migrant workers. You can see the building is falling off the foundation. The bricks are cracked and shifted all around the building. Canon 5D Mark II, EF 17-40 F4 Lens at F8, ISO-100, 1/250 sec.
GoDaddy’s new Tempe Call Center – August 15, 2013
On Monday after work I stopped by the new site, and took pictures. The top 2 are ground level images shot over the fence, giving you an idea whats been going on. The bottom is one of the buildings close by. Some of the buildings in the ASU Research Park are incredible. I like the curved mirrored glass on the front of this building, and the reflection of sky, clouds, and trees. Canon 5D Mark II, EF 24-105 F4 IS L lens, at F8, ISO-100, 1/250 sec.
Aerial Pictures – August 13-14, 2013
I met the superintendent at the GoDaddy construction site and he forwarded me several images. Thanks for the 12 incredible images Vince. Vince works for Ryan Companies US, Inc., and the images were taken by Visions in Photography.