Thanks for the extra effort! We are seeing a lot of new detailed tasks at this point. They are also starting to happen at “eye level” so we get to see exactly what’s involved in accomplishing the job. So yes, it’s a lot of editing for sure. Again thanks for the hard work.
Thanks for another great episode. Loved the walk about on Monday and the panel unloading later. It's great to watch the action from another viewpoint, and also to get other views of the completed work.
FYI - The red flags hanging from the HVAC ducting are placed on all of the ductwork in-line dampers (valves) so they can be easily located later when the HVAC system is air balanced for proper flow and distribution.
Kinda interesting that over the previous 34 weeks of construction that it was an existence of floors, columns, pipes, and ducts but this episode it actually started to become a building with the addition of windows and outside walls. I also liked the extra video's from different angles. Thanks for your continued dedication of bringing these episodes to the rest of us.
Surprisingly, the size of passenger elevators does not vary much in a commercial building. Larger buildings get more elevators and small ones less. The original WTC 1 and 2 had 106 elevators each. A 6 floor residential building with only a couple dozen units may have only 1.
Wild, I didn't realize the main column of those cranes moved around so much. Always figured they were much more rigidly cabled down even in a quake area.
Your videos remind me how much hard work goes into these structures! Especially hospitals. Ive worked on probably 6 or more Hi rise towers, seen many awesome and tragic things too. Keep putting out the content
Always appreciate the hard work and time you put into making these enjoyable and informative videos. Your personal high quality standard shows even when having to digest an immense amount of raw footage. Thank you! Is this building just two blocks over from the Hospital Construction you cover in the H-Series? The building on the right appears to match the building to the left of the hospital - Just got addicted to following that 5 year project (including your great demolition playlist) while waiting for the next weekly release of the S-Series!
It never ceases to amaze me why windows that could / can be fitted from the inside are fitted from the outside during construction which makes the cost of replacing them very expensive and time consuming once the building is finished
Wow, that was a Mamut episode with 81 minutes ;-). Thank you for the impressions from the street perspective. But I have one question about the "camo appearance". How can you stand still against a wall for so long ;-) Sorry, but I think your work is great and I enjoyed watching it despite the early hour in Germany, we have 4:40 in the morning here. It's a shame that the episode is over again ;-) I'm looking forward to the next one. And please, keep it up. THANK YOU THANK YOU for your time.
Well, it sure can. One of them was decked out in Raider logos and such. The working men of the Bay Area were always more Oakland Raiders fans than San Francisco 49ers. You often see sports teams, different Union logos and mottos, and sayings about their particular trade such things like “Pipefitters lay bigger pipes, “ although such double entendres are more frowned upon since the workforce has more women and tradesmen have had to learn that “harass” is really not two words. You’ll also see stickers for particular jobs if they are of a significant nature. I have one hard hat that still carries the personnel number and logos of a big build I did almost twenty years ago. It has those plus stickers for the big mileposts of the project, like topping out and when we turned on the transmitters. They can be the bona fides of a career journeyman.
@@Bill_N_ATX In the UK putting stickers etc on your hard hat is frowned upon but over here they are mainly high density polyethylene rather than the metal hats.
@@Bill_N_ATX Thanks for your answer, you wrote about topping out, is that reaching the top of the building? If so, they call it Pannenbier in the Netherlands, free translated, rooftilebeer. And yes they drink beer🍻 to celebrate. Do you celebrate it the same way over there?
@@marinussnijder7941 , yes it’s when the last piece of structure is placed on top. There is usually a lot of work still to go but the building will get no higher, except maybe for ornaments or a transmission antenna. There is usually a party although they aren’t quite the events they used to be. I remember plenty of beer. Often the ceremonies were around noon and they gave to crew the rest of the afternoon off.
@@ajc7166 , yes ours are plastic now too. I remember when some of the old timers still had metal hard hats but they aren’t nearly as safe as the modern ones. You have everything from a cheap bucket for your head that just meets specs to some modern designs that actually protect you a lot better and are more comfortable. A lot depends on what you do. You often see riggers, for instance, using using gear that’s much closer to what mountain climbers use since the profession can require a great deal of athleticism and precarious positions. For the average guy who is just trying to not be clobbered by a dropped bolt or tool, it’s usually just a common version.
Oops, lol! That's one of the inevitable mistakes I mentioned in the description. This episode had so much material, I barely got it done in time, racing frantically right up to the last minute. If only UA-cam would allow you to replace videos in situ, so you could fix things like that!
@@HospitalConstruction Its ok :-) I fully understand how much work must go into your videos, mine are very simple and I struggle to get them done, talking of which.....
I was wondering about that too. But then I see in the later shots, at 1:02:50 for example, that they pull them off before they raise the glass. But even then, some blue remains outside the corners. Is that something different?
Same here, I noticed that as well. The window they put in at 23:05, they only removed a couple inches out of each corner. All the other tape was left on this large window.
I suspect, but don't know for sure, that what is happening is that they're removing the blue protective strip at the last possible moment, sometimes even peeling it out from underneath the glass basically already in place. The videos are sped up, and you often can't see that happening, or sometimes it is difficult to see because the glass is tinted or light is reflecting off of it, or some combination of those. At any rate, later they will be testing the different façade systems and if a faulty item like this were to come up it would fall back on the installation company to fix.
It would be fun if the workers could put the windows anywhere they wanted, but I'm sure each one has a specific spot. Or at least each identical type has specific spots for that type.
@joe ward Structural sealant CW, mean that the connection between glass and aluminium frame, is by adhesive structural sealant. For sure behind the frame there must be brackets or rod for structural fixing of panel to concrete floor and stair.
Never got tired of viewing this channel. Sometimes even more than once. But may I make a suggestion? Perhaps you may consider changing this channel's name to simply CONSTRUCTION CHANNEL. This is because you're covering different types of tall buildings that are not necessarily "Hospital" related. Overall, you doing great.
Yeah, the problem is that there are hundreds of past videos with that channel name and brand baked into the video, thus unchangeable. I thought about starting an entirely new channel, but ended up not doing that.
It's to provide the outer appearance that the architects wanted. Some of those insulated panels get mirrored glass, and others get another material - looks like metal. Many of the small sections at floor level get the mirrored glass, but some of the larger ones do too. See the rendering at handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness
1:06:35 Lovely chunk out of the lower panel 2nd from right. Someone's gonna be REAL pissed when that goes on the snag list and the whole panel has to be removed completely and replaced with a new one.
in around every video we see an orange truck that i dont know what it is for ? in this video we see it between 59.15 and 59.22 Maybe someone what it is for ! very good video !
I can't see any mechanical seal between the concrete window/wall panels. I guess someone will be using a few tubes of caulk towards the end of the build!!
Yep, Ironworkers. It was a big jurisdictional fight back when curtain wall construction was revolutionized with prebuilt panels. It was a fight between the Ironworkers and the Stone Masons since in earlier buildings the Ironworkers would hang the iron, supports, and such for the brick or stone facades and the the Masons would come in and install the rest. When they started building them as a unit, it had to be arbitrated. As the Old Man told me, at least in Texas where I was raised, they gave it to the Ironworkers since it took a lot of heavy rigging to safely do. This is even in the case of where they are using prestressed concrete beams and such which pissed the Masons off to no end. A big Union job site is a maze of jurisdictions and rules. I’ve had simple twenty minutes tasks take hours because you had to wait on some trade or another to come perform a 30 second job that any idiot could do. For instance, I’ve waited hours on an electrician to plug in a gang box so we could have power. Or a teamster or laborer to move something 40 feet. Some places little things aren’t “seen.” Others, you work to the rule or else.
@@Bill_N_ATX And that's why you don't employ any unionized tradesman or artisan. Unions eventually try running the site their way and at the mere smell of a fart they drop tools and stand around. Once these that are on a union wake up and realize work is getting much less and their unions are doing nothing to support them, they change their tune very quickly. Site management and instruction falls back into the hands of the project and site manager.
They mark the border between the various facades, the fangs are supports for a extension cover, if you have a look at the architects website you can see them
Looks like a bit of decoration. In colder climates they’d support ice shields so that icicles and such could not kill pedestrians. But in this case I would guess just a bit of affection.
handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/handel-architects/images/_large/01.092.07.007c.jpg?mtime=20190410150344 The gold architectural feature that looks like an outlined box.
vendo do Brasil as 23:24 hs do dia 07/11/2020 mais um show da construção americana. Parabéns Estados Unidos pelo 46° presidente eleito democraticamente JOE BIDEN e KAMALA HARRIS parabéns ao povo americano.
Comrades Americans, give me $ 100, I live in a poor, corrupt, captured gang of bandits from the 90s of Russia, there is not enough money even for food to feed a family normally, everything goes to pay for housing, electricity, gasoline and repair of an old car. How we all envy you here. Well, nothing, soon we will live, it has already begun in Khabarovsk, soon people everywhere will rise up against this gang in power.
@@HospitalConstruction Absolutely nothing wrong with the amount or length of shots. Seeing as we can't (for obvious reasons) see other sides or on top of the building, seeing in more detail whats happening on the front in more detail is perfect!
Thanks for this hour plus long content. Loved all the action this week!
Thank you!
Thanks for the extra effort! We are seeing a lot of new detailed tasks at this point. They are also starting to happen at “eye level” so we get to see exactly what’s involved in accomplishing the job. So yes, it’s a lot of editing for sure. Again thanks for the hard work.
Thanks, I appreciate the comment!
Thanks for another great episode. Loved the walk about on Monday and the panel unloading later. It's great to watch the action from another viewpoint, and also to get other views of the completed work.
Thanks, appreciate the comment, and the support!
WOW😮 over 1hour of video 👍👍😇👍👍
FYI - The red flags hanging from the HVAC ducting are placed on all of the ductwork in-line dampers (valves) so they can be easily located later when the HVAC system is air balanced for proper flow and distribution.
I appreciate everything you do in making these videos but especially the field trips!
Thank you, that's nice to hear!
Thank you for the street view
You're welcome!
Kinda interesting that over the previous 34 weeks of construction that it was an existence of floors, columns, pipes, and ducts but this episode it actually started to become a building with the addition of windows and outside walls. I also liked the extra video's from different angles. Thanks for your continued dedication of bringing these episodes to the rest of us.
I assume buildings with less floors use "Smalle" elevators rather than "Bigge" elevators.
And Smalle tower cranes, too!
Surprisingly, the size of passenger elevators does not vary much in a commercial building. Larger buildings get more elevators and small ones less. The original WTC 1 and 2 had 106 elevators each. A 6 floor residential building with only a couple dozen units may have only 1.
@@firesurfer think you missed his joke. The temporary elevator that carry the workers to each floor has the sign on it that says "Bigge".
@@davidsilvera7436 I just ignored it.
Once more a good video esp. the details! BTW: Nice to see that the sun is shining again over te USA!!!
Thanks!
Great start to Tuesday.
You should get a polarizing filter for your camera so it can reduce the reflections on the windows and maybe see the work inside
Just came across your videos! Love 'em!
Nice video with a cameo of you. Cheers
Thanks!
30:14 bloody heck, you could get a tank through there!
@rats arsed yeah I suppose your right, perhaps that curb is 2mm to high 😉😊
да уж, утепляемся, зима близко... спасибо за видео и удачи!
not sure if they ever pulled the blue strip off at 35:54 on the top of the window.
I see the good quality of concrete structures, this mean that the labour and site manager are very professional. Congratulations
Best yet
Good morning from the U.K. That’s my Sunday morning fix.
Morning!
1:05:35 -- It's an honor to meet you, Sir!
Good Morning from Hong Kong
Morning!
Wild, I didn't realize the main column of those cranes moved around so much. Always figured they were much more rigidly cabled down even in a quake area.
Great video. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
Your videos remind me how much hard work goes into these structures! Especially hospitals. Ive worked on probably 6 or more Hi rise towers, seen many awesome and tragic things too. Keep putting out the content
Always appreciate the hard work and time you put into making these enjoyable and informative videos. Your personal high quality standard shows even when having to digest an immense amount of raw footage. Thank you!
Is this building just two blocks over from the Hospital Construction you cover in the H-Series? The building on the right appears to match the building to the left of the hospital - Just got addicted to following that 5 year project (including your great demolition playlist) while waiting for the next weekly release of the S-Series!
Yep, the two buildings are on adjacent blocks. Assuming you don't count an alley division as a block. If you do, then two blocks away.
winter is coming , getter covered in , stop the wind from blow'n thur
Thank you for the good vedio and thank you for your time and effort to do such a nice vedios.
You're welcome!
It never ceases to amaze me why windows that could / can be fitted from the inside are fitted from the outside during construction which makes the cost of replacing them very expensive and time consuming once the building is finished
Wow, that was a Mamut episode with 81 minutes ;-). Thank you for the impressions from the street perspective. But I have one question about the "camo appearance". How can you stand still against a wall for so long ;-)
Sorry, but I think your work is great and I enjoyed watching it despite the early hour in Germany, we have 4:40 in the morning here. It's a shame that the episode is over again ;-) I'm looking forward to the next one. And please, keep it up. THANK YOU THANK YOU for your time.
Thanks, I appreciate the comment! I was practicing to be one of those human statues you typically see in tourist areas...
Super.
Good morning from Germany. 003
Morning!
Wait what? 1:21? Thanks!
The windowkitcrew wearing hardhats with lots of stickers, can you explaine some of them?
Will it say something about the person?
Great episode 👍
Well, it sure can. One of them was decked out in Raider logos and such. The working men of the Bay Area were always more Oakland Raiders fans than San Francisco 49ers. You often see sports teams, different Union logos and mottos, and sayings about their particular trade such things like “Pipefitters lay bigger pipes, “ although such double entendres are more frowned upon since the workforce has more women and tradesmen have had to learn that “harass” is really not two words. You’ll also see stickers for particular jobs if they are of a significant nature. I have one hard hat that still carries the personnel number and logos of a big build I did almost twenty years ago. It has those plus stickers for the big mileposts of the project, like topping out and when we turned on the transmitters. They can be the bona fides of a career journeyman.
@@Bill_N_ATX In the UK putting stickers etc on your hard hat is frowned upon but over here they are mainly high density polyethylene rather than the metal hats.
@@Bill_N_ATX
Thanks for your answer, you wrote about topping out, is that reaching the top of the building?
If so, they call it Pannenbier in the Netherlands, free translated, rooftilebeer.
And yes they drink beer🍻
to celebrate.
Do you celebrate it the same way over there?
@@marinussnijder7941 , yes it’s when the last piece of structure is placed on top. There is usually a lot of work still to go but the building will get no higher, except maybe for ornaments or a transmission antenna. There is usually a party although they aren’t quite the events they used to be. I remember plenty of beer. Often the ceremonies were around noon and they gave to crew the rest of the afternoon off.
@@ajc7166 , yes ours are plastic now too. I remember when some of the old timers still had metal hard hats but they aren’t nearly as safe as the modern ones. You have everything from a cheap bucket for your head that just meets specs to some modern designs that actually protect you a lot better and are more comfortable. A lot depends on what you do. You often see riggers, for instance, using using gear that’s much closer to what mountain climbers use since the profession can require a great deal of athleticism and precarious positions. For the average guy who is just trying to not be clobbered by a dropped bolt or tool, it’s usually just a common version.
Super
Please tell me what material will be used to seal the seams between the wall panels of the facade?
Overnight low Friday/Saturday 00.0⁰F ? (1:16:15) Damn, that's cold!
Oops, lol! That's one of the inevitable mistakes I mentioned in the description. This episode had so much material, I barely got it done in time, racing frantically right up to the last minute. If only UA-cam would allow you to replace videos in situ, so you could fix things like that!
@@HospitalConstruction Its ok :-) I fully understand how much work must go into your videos, mine are very simple and I struggle to get them done, talking of which.....
I wait for a new episode every Sunday. How long does it take to prepare a video?
For now it pretty much takes up all day every day of the week.
Watching these guys put up the glass panels. Not all of them are pulling off the blue strip that keeps the seal clean before pushing in the glass..
I was wondering about that too. But then I see in the later shots, at 1:02:50 for example, that they pull them off before they raise the glass. But even then, some blue remains outside the corners. Is that something different?
Same here, I noticed that as well. The window they put in at 23:05, they only removed a couple inches out of each corner. All the other tape was left on this large window.
I suspect, but don't know for sure, that what is happening is that they're removing the blue protective strip at the last possible moment, sometimes even peeling it out from underneath the glass basically already in place. The videos are sped up, and you often can't see that happening, or sometimes it is difficult to see because the glass is tinted or light is reflecting off of it, or some combination of those. At any rate, later they will be testing the different façade systems and if a faulty item like this were to come up it would fall back on the installation company to fix.
7th. Greetings from NY.
Greetings from CA!
Do the glass windows have a specific number for where they go or do the workers place them randomly anywhere?
It would be fun if the workers could put the windows anywhere they wanted, but I'm sure each one has a specific spot. Or at least each identical type has specific spots for that type.
I am wondering if this is structural sealant curtain wall, without external clamp profiles and gaskets.
@joe ward Structural sealant CW, mean that the connection between glass and aluminium frame, is by adhesive structural sealant. For sure behind the frame there must be brackets or rod for structural fixing of panel to concrete floor and stair.
Never got tired of viewing this channel. Sometimes even more than once. But may I make a suggestion? Perhaps you may consider changing this channel's name to simply CONSTRUCTION CHANNEL. This is because you're covering different types of tall buildings that are not necessarily "Hospital" related. Overall, you doing great.
Yeah, the problem is that there are hundreds of past videos with that channel name and brand baked into the video, thus unchangeable. I thought about starting an entirely new channel, but ended up not doing that.
super
At 35:50 they install glass over an insulation panel. Any thoughts on why?
All those panels get glass.
It's to provide the outer appearance that the architects wanted. Some of those insulated panels get mirrored glass, and others get another material - looks like metal. Many of the small sections at floor level get the mirrored glass, but some of the larger ones do too. See the rendering at handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness
1:06:35 Lovely chunk out of the lower panel 2nd from right. Someone's gonna be REAL pissed when that goes on the snag list and the whole panel has to be removed completely and replaced with a new one.
There is actually a special crew that will repair such things. They tell me they're as much artist as construction worker.
in around every video we see an orange truck that i dont know what it is for ?
in this video we see it between 59.15 and 59.22
Maybe someone what it is for !
very good video !
Toilet disposal
That is service for the porta-potties
@@HospitalConstruction
thank for the answer !
@@Hightower. thank for the answer
👍✌️❤️
I can't see any mechanical seal between the concrete window/wall panels. I guess someone will be using a few tubes of caulk towards the end of the build!!
They are using structural seal I see, without cleaning and primering before for a good adhesion
👍👍😍
What trade is installing the concrete facade ?
Good question. My guess is Ironworkers.
Yep, Ironworkers. It was a big jurisdictional fight back when curtain wall construction was revolutionized with prebuilt panels. It was a fight between the Ironworkers and the Stone Masons since in earlier buildings the Ironworkers would hang the iron, supports, and such for the brick or stone facades and the the Masons would come in and install the rest. When they started building them as a unit, it had to be arbitrated. As the Old Man told me, at least in Texas where I was raised, they gave it to the Ironworkers since it took a lot of heavy rigging to safely do. This is even in the case of where they are using prestressed concrete beams and such which pissed the Masons off to no end. A big Union job site is a maze of jurisdictions and rules. I’ve had simple twenty minutes tasks take hours because you had to wait on some trade or another to come perform a 30 second job that any idiot could do. For instance, I’ve waited hours on an electrician to plug in a gang box so we could have power. Or a teamster or laborer to move something 40 feet. Some places little things aren’t “seen.” Others, you work to the rule or else.
@@Bill_N_ATX And that's why you don't employ any unionized tradesman or artisan. Unions eventually try running the site their way and at the mere smell of a fart they drop tools and stand around. Once these that are on a union wake up and realize work is getting much less and their unions are doing nothing to support them, they change their tune very quickly. Site management and instruction falls back into the hands of the project and site manager.
Where is the building exactly (street)?
1001 Van Ness
handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness
look out for Tesla San Franciso, it's next to them
@@firesurfer Thanks !
What are the fangs for?
They mark the border between the various facades, the fangs are supports for a extension cover, if you have a look at the architects website you can see them
Looks like a bit of decoration. In colder climates they’d support ice shields so that icicles and such could not kill pedestrians. But in this case I would guess just a bit of affection.
handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness
s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/handel-architects/images/_large/01.092.07.007c.jpg?mtime=20190410150344
The gold architectural feature that looks like an outlined box.
vendo do Brasil as 23:24 hs do dia 07/11/2020 mais um show da construção americana. Parabéns Estados Unidos pelo 46° presidente eleito democraticamente JOE BIDEN e KAMALA HARRIS parabéns ao povo americano.
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷👍😀
Iron workers. No safety glasses. No face masks.
Comrades Americans, give me $ 100, I live in a poor, corrupt, captured gang of bandits from the 90s of Russia, there is not enough money even for food to feed a family normally, everything goes to pay for housing, electricity, gasoline and repair of an old car. How we all envy you here. Well, nothing, soon we will live, it has already begun in Khabarovsk, soon people everywhere will rise up against this gang in power.
a little bit too much glass works this time
Yeah, I might have gotten a little carried away there...
@@HospitalConstruction Absolutely nothing wrong with the amount or length of shots. Seeing as we can't (for obvious reasons) see other sides or on top of the building, seeing in more detail whats happening on the front in more detail is perfect!
First two minutes of video shows dude dance sweeping floors. I wish I could have his job that pays for dancing and sweeping floors. 🤔💗😮🫢