Please Like and Subscribe to this channel. Click the bell for notifications. Needed support can be given at this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2BRVFKB9ER6A4
Thanks Brad 0:29. EOL, Transport Yard. Wi-Fi antennas spaced along the fence. 6:24. Westside, Tunnel Project. Large centre pipe shown on the Colorado River Crossing Project drawings as being for the standpipes. David Salisbury suggests ‘under roadway hydrant points’. 6:48. Westside, Tunnel Project. Left. Road-deck, snapped in half. 7:30. MM Temporary Batch Plant. Batching. 7:50. MM Temporary Batch Plant. MM concrete trucks. 9:16. Tesla Road, north. Ductbanks intersection. Rebar for a slab. Any connection to the original north-south ductbanks will need to be away from the slab. 10:14. Northend. Road. Left. Constructing/reconstructing a chainmesh fence down the centre. 10:31. Casting, north east corner. Apron. Bottom left. The new red Furnace Tender vehicle parked with the scraper attachment in a bin. Roof. Cable trays turning west. Taking a different route to the pipework support frame behind the parapet. 11:05. Texas Concrete Batch Plant. MM concrete truck snuck in. 13:37. BIW, loading platform. Delivery of large pipes. About the size of those seen outside Casting in Joe’s video yesterday. 14:32. Southend, Cooling Tower. Mud-base concrete being placed under the large flow and return pipes. 14:40. Southend, south east apron. Less and less stuff stacked here. 15:19. Southend, south. Centre Fire Escape Passage. Wall tapers at the end. Taper would mirror the planned embankment/berm slope.
I think "standpipe" and "hydrant" are somewhat synonymous in this case. Centre pipe is steel with clamped joints and holding down bolts, this suggests pressurized water, hence the fire hydrant. Although it seems too large to me for a fire hydrant. The two UPVC pipes to the left of it are likely to be for drainage (water collection). The red one to the left looks like the temporary pump line. 6.37 a couple of special slabs with manhole openings in them, probably for the hydrant points or center of the tunnel (low point, drainage sump and pump location). Over 250' of invert slabs still to install.
@@davidsalisbury50'Invert Slabs', noted. Fire Hydrants etc. There are permits for Fire Sprinklers and Smoke detection in the tunnel. I have watched Jeff Roberts drive through the Las Vegas tunnel and neither exists in that tunnel. That I could see. Maybe Texas is more stringent as far as fire services are concerned, and the supply for the hydrants is up-sized somewhat. The Colorado River Crossing tunnel had the standpipe supply as 3". Invert slabs. Would these generally be fixed in place? I have an idea in my mind that I saw angle brackets in a video somewhere.
@@DessieDoolan You are right. Vegas does not have sprinklers (Most road tunnels don't as water is not much use for hydrocarbon or chemical fires). The rely on smoke detection and then ventilation direction and smoke extraction on some of the longer tunnels. All tunnels require a water main (Usually a dry main) that fire fighters can use when they approach from the ventilation push side. TBC's tunnels in Vegas has this from what I can understand. The invert slabs don't appear to have any cast-in points to drill and fix anchored to the segments (the have cast in lifting holes on the top). I would expect them to be left just to gravity and a blacktop layer to keep them in place. Probably with a bolted in place angle bracket on each side to prevent any sideways movement. I am assuming the space below them is either left with just the utilities in place or possibly loose sand fill around them.
@@tunnellingsalisbury7605 Looking again at the tunnel permits (in fact the application index, there's not much information at all), the factory side (address 1 Tesla Rd) is for the fire sprinkler system. Presumably because this is located within the factory. 12201 Tesla Road (the westside) is for a 'fire alarm and detection system'. There is also a building permit for the westside 'tunnel portal'. Not sure if that indicates a covered structure or just a ramp. Frustratingly little publicly available documentation for this entire project.
Thanks Brad! New power supply to the building: @ 8:39 Excellent close up view into the vaults. Which allows us to see progress. The vault on the right appears to have cables pulled through 5 or 6 conduits. That is out a total of 12 conduits. So about half done on one section of one duct-bank. The vault on the left has pull ropes in the conduits. Note: The extra cable laying on the ground will be pulled through to the Mega-vault to the right @ 8:30 Duct-bank intersection/crossover/New structure: @ 9:17 Rebar laid and forms placed for a concrete pad. @ 9:36 Concrete poured over final section of duct-banks. Rooftop cable trays: @ 10:29 Not new but a good view of the cable trays making a turn to the west. Another view @ 10:21 (Upper right) Where you can see cable ducts that will penetrate the roof waiting for installation. Cooling: @ 14:34 Backfilling around the large cooling water pipes. Duct-banks to the cooling tower still need to be completed.
What was the capital expenses for the supercomputer this past quarter? 600 million? How much of that is for the copper cables to run power all the way to the factory and along the roof to the south end extension?
It will be a lot. if they fill all 24 conduits in the duct-banks.... That would be 72 cables, not counting grounds (Assuming one three-phase circuit per conduit). According to Google Earth, about 4,200 feet of cable trays on the roof. Then there is the distance to the substation!
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn If the factory was in Los Angeles and didn't have security gates and cameras people would be jacking the cable for recycling. lol. They're actually stealing fire hydrants in a city somewhere in Southern California.
@@jbbuzzable Companies usually don't add a supercomputer into a factory extension/headquarters building with wraparound 60' tall south facing glass walls. You install them in purpose-built data center facilities that are close to power sources and environments that limit the need for extra cooling.
Please Like and Subscribe to this channel. Click the bell for notifications.
Needed support can be given at this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2BRVFKB9ER6A4
You do a nice job of covering everything. Thank's.
Tomorrow I going to fly over Samsung factory construction. I has a really large construction site too.
Thanks Brad
0:29. EOL, Transport Yard. Wi-Fi antennas spaced along the fence.
6:24. Westside, Tunnel Project. Large centre pipe shown on the Colorado River Crossing Project drawings as being for the standpipes.
David Salisbury suggests ‘under roadway hydrant points’.
6:48. Westside, Tunnel Project. Left. Road-deck, snapped in half.
7:30. MM Temporary Batch Plant. Batching.
7:50. MM Temporary Batch Plant. MM concrete trucks.
9:16. Tesla Road, north. Ductbanks intersection. Rebar for a slab. Any connection to the original north-south ductbanks will need to be away from the slab.
10:14. Northend. Road. Left. Constructing/reconstructing a chainmesh fence down the centre.
10:31. Casting, north east corner. Apron. Bottom left. The new red Furnace Tender vehicle parked with the scraper attachment in a bin.
Roof. Cable trays turning west. Taking a different route to the pipework support frame behind the parapet.
11:05. Texas Concrete Batch Plant. MM concrete truck snuck in.
13:37. BIW, loading platform. Delivery of large pipes. About the size of those seen outside Casting in Joe’s video yesterday.
14:32. Southend, Cooling Tower. Mud-base concrete being placed under the large flow and return pipes.
14:40. Southend, south east apron. Less and less stuff stacked here.
15:19. Southend, south. Centre Fire Escape Passage. Wall tapers at the end. Taper would mirror the planned embankment/berm slope.
I think "standpipe" and "hydrant" are somewhat synonymous in this case. Centre pipe is steel with clamped joints and holding down bolts, this suggests pressurized water, hence the fire hydrant. Although it seems too large to me for a fire hydrant. The two UPVC pipes to the left of it are likely to be for drainage (water collection). The red one to the left looks like the temporary pump line.
6.37 a couple of special slabs with manhole openings in them, probably for the hydrant points or center of the tunnel (low point, drainage sump and pump location). Over 250' of invert slabs still to install.
@@davidsalisbury50'Invert Slabs', noted.
Fire Hydrants etc. There are permits for Fire Sprinklers and Smoke detection in the tunnel. I have watched Jeff Roberts drive through the Las Vegas tunnel and neither exists in that tunnel. That I could see.
Maybe Texas is more stringent as far as fire services are concerned, and the supply for the hydrants is up-sized somewhat.
The Colorado River Crossing tunnel had the standpipe supply as 3".
Invert slabs. Would these generally be fixed in place? I have an idea in my mind that I saw angle brackets in a video somewhere.
@@DessieDoolan You are right. Vegas does not have sprinklers (Most road tunnels don't as water is not much use for hydrocarbon or chemical fires). The rely on smoke detection and then ventilation direction and smoke extraction on some of the longer tunnels.
All tunnels require a water main (Usually a dry main) that fire fighters can use when they approach from the ventilation push side. TBC's tunnels in Vegas has this from what I can understand.
The invert slabs don't appear to have any cast-in points to drill and fix anchored to the segments (the have cast in lifting holes on the top). I would expect them to be left just to gravity and a blacktop layer to keep them in place. Probably with a bolted in place angle bracket on each side to prevent any sideways movement. I am assuming the space below them is either left with just the utilities in place or possibly loose sand fill around them.
@@tunnellingsalisbury7605 Looking again at the tunnel permits (in fact the application index, there's not much information at all), the factory side (address 1 Tesla Rd) is for the fire sprinkler system. Presumably because this is located within the factory.
12201 Tesla Road (the westside) is for a 'fire alarm and detection system'.
There is also a building permit for the westside 'tunnel portal'. Not sure if that indicates a covered structure or just a ramp.
Frustratingly little publicly available documentation for this entire project.
Thanks you Brad, for the video, from spain
Thanks Brad
Brad great intro music song! Thanks for close up views. Helps us to see what is going on.
Thank you!
I feel like they should eventually clean the roof, but maybe just inside the TESLA lettering... really make 'em pop 😆
Thanks Brad!
New power supply to the building:
@ 8:39 Excellent close up view into the vaults. Which allows us to see progress. The vault on the right appears to have cables pulled through 5 or 6 conduits. That is out a total of 12 conduits. So about half done on one section of one duct-bank. The vault on the left has pull ropes in the conduits. Note: The extra cable laying on the ground will be pulled through to the Mega-vault to the right @ 8:30
Duct-bank intersection/crossover/New structure:
@ 9:17 Rebar laid and forms placed for a concrete pad.
@ 9:36 Concrete poured over final section of duct-banks.
Rooftop cable trays:
@ 10:29 Not new but a good view of the cable trays making a turn to the west. Another view @ 10:21 (Upper right) Where you can see cable ducts that will penetrate the roof waiting for installation.
Cooling:
@ 14:34 Backfilling around the large cooling water pipes. Duct-banks to the cooling tower still need to be completed.
Merci👍👍👍
it's first you'd played music i didn't mute lol
What was the capital expenses for the supercomputer this past quarter? 600 million? How much of that is for the copper cables to run power all the way to the factory and along the roof to the south end extension?
It will be a lot. if they fill all 24 conduits in the duct-banks.... That would be 72 cables, not counting grounds (Assuming one three-phase circuit per conduit).
According to Google Earth, about 4,200 feet of cable trays on the roof. Then there is the distance to the substation!
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn If the factory was in Los Angeles and didn't have security gates and cameras people would be jacking the cable for recycling. lol. They're actually stealing fire hydrants in a city somewhere in Southern California.
The cost of copper makes AI unjustifiable??
@@jbbuzzable Companies usually don't add a supercomputer into a factory extension/headquarters building with wraparound 60' tall south facing glass walls. You install them in purpose-built data center facilities that are close to power sources and environments that limit the need for extra cooling.
@@bigtvjunky9119 Tesla is not the usual company.