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  • 39 million tonnes of raw sewage floods through London's rivers every year causing a huge stink in the city. The Victorian sewer system can't cope with volumes and a new super sewer must be built. To do this, a tunnel boring machine must be brought in to excavate underground.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 129

  • @DerekFromBK
    @DerekFromBK Рік тому +3

    These tunnel boring machines are a huge advancement. The old method of Martin chewing through the rock has taken it's toll.😢

  • @TheByard
    @TheByard 5 років тому +12

    I have worked with TBMs and Road headers most of my life and just hate the way the media portray this and other industries. I can tell you it's more dangerous to cross the road or drive into work. The last project I worked on had eight TBMs, they now have 10 for the next phase.

  • @tinkhefferon9934
    @tinkhefferon9934 4 роки тому +6

    Back in the 70s I worked in the tunnels in Milton Keynes for kilroe ,Miller Buckley ,kinear moody , streeters, in these big TBMS it's like sitting in your front room turning knobs, we were up to our ankles in Water ,week of days week of nights in the pub we spent the sub, the craic was great, no health and safety, I was 18 and still could do it today

    • @MrGrandure
      @MrGrandure 9 місяців тому

      Turning nobs on the ladies will never get old

  • @nevets7152
    @nevets7152 5 років тому +7

    I worked as an electrician on the 2 TBM for the Cairo tunnel built on site it was hot . Steve in Thailand.

    •  4 роки тому +1

      I worked as an electrician on a robins tbm in australia ...dd in Thailand

  • @markkram74
    @markkram74 5 років тому +34

    9:31 i think martin should the one who needs a dental check ups

    • @trolltv3722
      @trolltv3722 5 років тому +2

      this is exactly what i was thinking.

    • @brunorebillard1554
      @brunorebillard1554 5 років тому +2

      really an offense for our eyes ouch!!

    • @exlibrisas
      @exlibrisas 5 років тому +8

      Yah, I'd think he earns a lot of money from what he does, yet he does not fix the teeth. It just shows that white beautiful teeth are just North American thing really, at least I think so.

    • @irongreek7722
      @irongreek7722 5 років тому +1

      @@exlibrisas its about care not genetics

    • @jblob5764
      @jblob5764 4 роки тому +1

      kind of ironic that he does the tooth checks eh?

  • @babysealclub11
    @babysealclub11 5 років тому +13

    Wow... 33:20. That could have been very bad. The worker got very lucky.

  • @SuperNeilie
    @SuperNeilie 5 років тому +4

    Max respect to you Martin. Hardly recognised you, mind it was thirty odd years ago I knew you at Battersea...

  • @williamabineni8778
    @williamabineni8778 4 роки тому +2

    The machines are worth the money, the efforts are worth the time, and the men are worth the praise.

  • @peterfeltham5612
    @peterfeltham5612 3 роки тому +2

    We are a nation of nearly 70 million and we import just about everything except social workers,lawers,psychologists,and any ism you can think of.Our Universites churn out thousands of graduates annually with useless and pointless 'degrees'.It's so sad.

  • @joebocomia3447
    @joebocomia3447 3 роки тому

    thanks so much, I will share it to our Equipment Team for the upcoming bid

  • @morsecodereviews1553
    @morsecodereviews1553 6 років тому +15

    "This part is super dangerous"
    Business guy in suit stands 5 feet away.

    • @MrGrandure
      @MrGrandure 9 місяців тому +1

      He has the good insurance

  • @naj7969
    @naj7969 5 років тому +13

    "Were certainty looking forward to a Christmas, with Busy Lizzy™ in our shaft...." @14:25

    • @baderalaraimi6519
      @baderalaraimi6519 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 you heard it as well

  • @johnbaker5199
    @johnbaker5199 5 років тому +16

    why would you make a show with “dirty” in the title and not have Mike Rowe narrate it? lol

  • @budd_skully
    @budd_skully 6 років тому +17

    its not a boring machineits a very interesting machine

  • @DonLee1980
    @DonLee1980 4 роки тому +18

    why the hell are we measuring distances by empire state buildings?

    • @breakalegfpv9532
      @breakalegfpv9532 4 роки тому +1

      because its the most iconic building in the world.

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 5 років тому +2

    The most exiting part is the use of compressed air.

  • @linwizz2126
    @linwizz2126 4 роки тому +10

    Seattle has a nice one available only used once for about 2 miles.

  • @makingithappen9722
    @makingithappen9722 5 років тому +7

    So strange.
    When I checked out Discovery, these big tunnel drillers have been breaking all the time.
    Could it be that Discovery likes drama?

    • @cumguzzler8537
      @cumguzzler8537 4 роки тому +3

      No, Just This One Is The Most Modern And The One With The Most Redundant Systems

    • @makingithappen9722
      @makingithappen9722 4 роки тому

      @@cumguzzler8537 Ok

    • @TheTrueMichael
      @TheTrueMichael 2 роки тому +1

      It.... Happens a lot. Some of these REALLY break a lot. Check out Bertha. It hit a rock and fucking died LMAO

  • @timmayer8723
    @timmayer8723 4 роки тому +3

    I worked in an open pit iron mine near the Mexican border. I was part of a six man drilling and blasting crew. The danger of having a premature detonation of the thousand tons of ammonium nitrate liquid explosive was near zero.

    • @MrGrandure
      @MrGrandure 9 місяців тому

      Premature explosion led to me having twins.

  • @Natureisrestless
    @Natureisrestless 5 років тому +11

    insane machine very intersting
    also that guy got some nice teeth lol

  • @Btvstudio
    @Btvstudio 5 років тому +4

    This is amazing!

  • @irongreek7722
    @irongreek7722 5 років тому +2

    that cable snapped and Martin barely flinched..... thats enough force to cut you in two

  • @0530628416
    @0530628416 5 років тому +19

    4:23
    Engineer receives a multi million pound machine
    Engineer : this is engineer's office

    • @BAZZAROU812
      @BAZZAROU812 4 роки тому +1

      Where do I plug the coffee pot in..

    • @3949zxcvbnm
      @3949zxcvbnm 3 роки тому

      Press the button and sit back and relax

  • @chanasir6398
    @chanasir6398 3 роки тому

    Nice.
    Amazing machine.
    Development more.

  • @dancinglizard6034
    @dancinglizard6034 Рік тому +1

    Digging hard and deep into Mother Earth👌😏

    • @MrGrandure
      @MrGrandure 9 місяців тому

      Nothing beats digging in a mother 🌎

  • @SandBoxJohn
    @SandBoxJohn 5 років тому +4

    This is not some kind new advance tunneling method. The only difference is the diameter of the bore and the geology the machines are designed to bore through.
    I had the privilege of seeing one of the machines up close more then 40 years ago. It was a 7m steerable hard rock boring machine use to tunnel two 7.5 mile tunnels for the Red Line of the Washington DC Metro.

    • @cumguzzler8537
      @cumguzzler8537 4 роки тому +1

      Its New And Advanced, You Literally Disproved Yourself.

    • @MrGrandure
      @MrGrandure 9 місяців тому

      ​@@cumguzzler8537lol

  • @watugondu
    @watugondu 2 роки тому

    RIP Briane Noone one of the greats

  • @beth-rg8bm
    @beth-rg8bm 5 років тому +1

    I'm glad the Big Blue disaster is making crane operators much more cautious!

  • @jdsmith5060
    @jdsmith5060 5 років тому +2

    WOW imagine if they put that money into cleaning up the waste instead of building a tunnel just to dump sewer further down river. Those britts are mad!

    • @haukehelmerichs3033
      @haukehelmerichs3033 5 років тому +2

      Yeah no worries just let every shit you take in London, flow into the Thames. Great idea ......next time just check what the project is about instead of blindly hating on it .....

    • @BaldHeadedManc
      @BaldHeadedManc 4 роки тому

      Wow you're dumb.

  • @ChicagoCannabisConnoisse-ls4id
    @ChicagoCannabisConnoisse-ls4id 5 років тому +4

    This is the type of work I do for a living 250 ft underground 28 miles of tunnel work💪

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 5 років тому +3

    Most certainly the job is not 'boring'.

  • @vinaymaddela4765
    @vinaymaddela4765 2 роки тому

    Mr.Roger Mitchel👍👍

  • @aptec707
    @aptec707 5 років тому +1

    fantastic machine

  • @superkas
    @superkas 3 роки тому

    These workers are hero

  • @beth-rg8bm
    @beth-rg8bm 5 років тому +3

    How much does that cost per each ring?

  • @jodyspiegel73
    @jodyspiegel73 4 роки тому +1

    How deep towards center of Earth could one of this machines take us?

  • @user-pe9qg3hg3k
    @user-pe9qg3hg3k 4 роки тому

    Busy Lizzy in our shaft. I fucking LOVE engineers.

  • @jameswest4819
    @jameswest4819 4 роки тому +1

    Maybe I missed something. Where are they routing the huge amount of sewage to...the Atlantic ocean? Are they going to treat the sewage or are they just going to dump it in the Atlantic?

    • @filledmug
      @filledmug 2 роки тому

      Sadly, most of sewage water is being dumped without any treatment cause it's cheaper that way.

    • @Timothy-lb2vr
      @Timothy-lb2vr 9 місяців тому

      More sadly, fish will eat any organic effluent we dump in the oceans of our world. There are sea fish living and thriving in the Mariana’s trench at a depth of 35,000 ft, that’s about 7.5 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guam.

    • @jameswest4819
      @jameswest4819 9 місяців тому

      @@Timothy-lb2vr I don't know about the Trench but I have witnessed some pretty crappy situations in places like Hawaii and Isla Mujeres, Mexico. The one in Mexico was amazing because a popular beach had a huge sign warning people not to go into the water because of the sewage discharge from a great big pipe running right down the beach. I don't speak much Spanish, but I knew enough to understand the message...that didn't stop the fishermen and swimmers, though. about a half a mile down the coast, I found an interesting beach with some curious rocks covering the beautiful white sand and I walked down to the water. I will never forget the scene I encountered. Two lovers, scantily clad, laying together in-between gobs of toilet paper and human turds littering the beach. It was one of those un-seeable things you sometimes see in life.

  • @dr.joint4204
    @dr.joint4204 3 роки тому

    yesterday night i was watching a documentarie about thhe creation of the biggest wholes and what kind of machine they used and about the engeneering on about the thing worked. Real odd to see it is finished and lizy does the rest

  • @jordanmckay5030
    @jordanmckay5030 3 роки тому

    That's crazy...my exes name is road-header as well 😮

  • @silvasilva7008
    @silvasilva7008 5 років тому +2

    These Men are hard working !!!! Where arw the female workers?

    • @BAZZAROU812
      @BAZZAROU812 4 роки тому +1

      Seriously though... Probably making sandwiches..

  • @JackBarbera
    @JackBarbera 4 роки тому

    Do Auger boring machines!

  • @mehtapramod23
    @mehtapramod23 4 роки тому

    WE SHOULD WORK ON FAST TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION METHODS

  • @bobbykaralfa
    @bobbykaralfa 2 роки тому

    those trucks are powerful to carry might mo better than busy lizzie

  • @handrestoffberg2945
    @handrestoffberg2945 5 років тому +2

    44 million horse power!!!!!!!!

  • @3dfymyworld484
    @3dfymyworld484 5 років тому +3

    Mexican Engineering... cut a boot, stick it on the pump. Leak stoped.... hahaha

    • @jblob5764
      @jblob5764 4 роки тому +1

      i mean its just replacing a rubber seal right? lol he got that shit back running quick

  • @matchstickgameplay
    @matchstickgameplay 5 років тому +2

    If Robot Wars had the US military budget...

  • @dizzywow
    @dizzywow 5 років тому +1

    44 million horsepower?? Not even close, obviously. Where the F did they get that number?

    • @cumguzzler8537
      @cumguzzler8537 4 роки тому

      How Do You Think It Can Move Millions Pounds Of Ground?

    • @jblob5764
      @jblob5764 4 роки тому

      probably in force generated though hydraulics and all the extra gear advantages etc not literally 44m hp from an engine or power consumed

  • @baderalaraimi6519
    @baderalaraimi6519 5 років тому +2

    Mexico city has sunk 10 meters on the last decade? O.o is this accurate?

    • @zn4rf
      @zn4rf 5 років тому +1

      first hit at google "Mexico City is sinking by an estimated one meter (3.2 feet= 97.5 cm) every year"an article from 2018

    • @elias9838
      @elias9838 2 роки тому

      century
      100 years

  • @rock3tcatU233
    @rock3tcatU233 5 років тому +1

    Why do they bother with painting the cutting tools?

    • @RisingOnion
      @RisingOnion 4 роки тому

      ⵉⵜⵔⵓⵏⴰⵓⵜ makes it look nice, why do they name it if they use it once?

  • @saeed6811
    @saeed6811 3 роки тому

    “We are ready to put busy lizzy in our shaft”

  • @Nick-ye5kk
    @Nick-ye5kk 2 роки тому

    You know these have been used since the 1950s?

  • @BellevilleDrivers
    @BellevilleDrivers 5 років тому +1

    Who thinks the boss bought that kid new boots?

  • @serchsource8744
    @serchsource8744 5 років тому +2

    Britain really need a BRIXIT!!

  • @EvilCouncil
    @EvilCouncil 5 років тому +3

    3:20 "Keeps us busy when we've got nothing else to do"
    What about brushing those teeths now and then?

  • @michaelboyd6631
    @michaelboyd6631 5 років тому +1

    How big is a star bluster and a battery used to powers the lazer that cuts through an a star bluster and will it be used on the mountion to cut a hole in a side of the cauouon and the tunnel you want to cut out a trick trains and a freeways in the same tunnel like the Eparepen roundly would be easier thin the big thing you have and coust lases and faster and the laser can fumes the still nines you ntad to gather for the trackers and the still nines foe the upper highways up above the still tracks

  • @thegamechanger7157
    @thegamechanger7157 2 роки тому

    Blasting could be done..there tricks with it.
    Yeah.
    Safe and none vibrating and reinforced

  • @shahriarfardin777
    @shahriarfardin777 4 роки тому

    fortree plantion ==need such rock cutter

  • @mattdenihan5653
    @mattdenihan5653 5 років тому +1

    How come there’s no subtitles?

    • @DerekFromBK
      @DerekFromBK Рік тому

      I had to turn on closed caption because I don't know what the hell these guys are saying and English is my natural language!

  • @pedrosmith221
    @pedrosmith221 4 роки тому +1

    I don't see a lot of feminists asking for gender equality in this job.

  • @adamclark9253
    @adamclark9253 5 років тому +1

    Not a huge secret,,, we use it everywhere

  • @BC-kx5zb
    @BC-kx5zb 4 роки тому +1

    9:20 I think Martin is the one who needs the dental check up.

  • @bookeblade
    @bookeblade 5 років тому +1

    Good job Mexico

  • @isaiahheaden
    @isaiahheaden 3 роки тому

    WHO PAYS FOR ALL OF THIS?!?

  • @michaelboyd6631
    @michaelboyd6631 5 років тому +1

    The mud is mad in to the counteract and the iorion is,mad in to the still bimes,so Mack a disgrace that for be honest it and,ramparts the still out off the rocker and the all in one it can Mack the iorion beamer your off the stones and you got that aney way just add it to the divece

  • @BradyT918
    @BradyT918 5 років тому +2

    Haha at 42:44 . The Imperial system prevails in times of stress.

  • @gabelaws
    @gabelaws 4 роки тому

    Road Header lmao

  • @armanboncales2928
    @armanboncales2928 5 років тому +2

    I love the worm with steroids

  • @Blackforest123456
    @Blackforest123456 3 роки тому

    greetings to the team making the animations - Schwanau ist @N48.3609111,E7.7727699

  • @gragor11
    @gragor11 5 років тому +1

    Too much drama

  • @shalomfadullon8983
    @shalomfadullon8983 4 роки тому

    IKEA be like

  • @sheidin
    @sheidin 3 роки тому

    #DirtyGreatMachines

  • @biblerecordingtencommandme7214

    #SKYSCRAPERSFREQENCEYLIGHTSPECTRUMSNODEASESORCURRUPTEDAIRPARTICALSPIESOELECTRICNOCORDSNONEEDFORPOWERLIESORDERTYPOWERS

  • @OctaApe
    @OctaApe 4 роки тому

    Stop saying "The Erectors"..

  • @robertklein778
    @robertklein778 5 років тому +2

    someone should introduce the toothbrush to them.

    • @DerekFromBK
      @DerekFromBK Рік тому

      I had to scroll down way longer than I thought for the first teeth joke

  • @angusmatheson8906
    @angusmatheson8906 5 років тому +4

    Nice casual gay panic about working on a machine with a male name lmao.

  • @ad220588
    @ad220588 3 роки тому

    Herrenknecht

  • @michaelboyd6631
    @michaelboyd6631 5 років тому +1

    Butt remover all you tack out of the ground the bigger since holes you have above win that canceled in to the ground the clay you move put is mind it stoines and the stoines are mad in to empiers and caretaker and roads and

  • @STAR-BIJUS1
    @STAR-BIJUS1 4 роки тому

    Então vocês querem arrumar a mulherada !?!?!?! ( fazer cidades bonitas e bem construídas) . Hhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmm!!!!!

  • @garywsmith70
    @garywsmith70 5 років тому

    🌈❤️💪💪😎

  • @BobSmith1980.
    @BobSmith1980. 3 роки тому

    This is boring.

  • @WyattsWorld22
    @WyattsWorld22 4 роки тому

    You have no right talking about earthworms unless you identify as one

  • @cdracing
    @cdracing Рік тому +1

    I worked with your wife when you were away

  • @biblerecordingtencommandme7214

    #LAMBOFGODTHETRUETHOFALLUNIVERSESINGTHEGALACTICAUTOCODE

  • @wunderlichcatt4420
    @wunderlichcatt4420 6 років тому +1

    awesome