The Race to Replace a Cracked Dam
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9 місяців томуSwitzerland is building a dam in front of a dam.
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@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
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@avishjha4030 9 місяців тому
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@fourutubez7294 9 місяців тому
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@R1.1Youtube 9 місяців тому
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@Didacmmv 9 місяців тому
How you painted a picture of parenthood with this video is beyond me, but it happened.
@NOXStellans 9 місяців тому
There's a waiting list to sell your investment as well.
@phoe8523 9 місяців тому
FunFact: The original plan was to dismantle both of the giant cranes each winter, which would have been a huge afford. Instead, the crane manufacturer invented a "winter mode". That kinda is like a fully automated dance routine both cranes perform at least two times per day, to prevent ice buildup and freezing of the slew rings. They also had to develop a new 6x6m tower system to support the freestanding height of those cranes.
@u1zha 9 місяців тому
Smart
@MegaSnow121 9 місяців тому
Interesting information. I wondered what they did with the cranes during winter. Thank you for clarifying that.
@DisheveledSuccess 9 місяців тому
Crane dancing! Can we get a timelapse of their moves? 😂
@android12921 9 місяців тому
I wish they did two hand shakes per day.
@LarsFerdinand 8 місяців тому
On the vieux-emosson dam @ Nant de Drance the 1250B only had the jib removed in the winter. Nice to see Wolfkrann has improved things a bit.
@agnezabarutanski1963 9 місяців тому
The whole country of Switzerland is a gigantic monument to good planning and hard work. Everything is difficult to construct there, everything is constructed in the best possible way and works as intended. Similar can be said about B1M - it's my favorite YT channel, not just about construction, but in general. A lot of work executed perfectly.
@joon-young9589 9 місяців тому
Money
@freddoflintstono9321 9 місяців тому
You're also up to your eyeballs in high tech pragmatism there (it's one of Switzerland's main exports) so I'm not surprised they built a concrete plant on the spot. As for blasting rock right next to a dam where the main concern is its diminishing ability to withstand earthquakes, yes, I can see the Swiss work out how to do that safely - they've been tunneling and blasting mountains for literally decades.
@MattyEngland 9 місяців тому
Rothschilds.... Say no more. Corruption and evil on an unimaginable scale. They leave the Swiss to their own devices, in return for them basing their evil banking empire there. Not to mention all their property they own there.
@stephendoherty8291 9 місяців тому
No you know why Hitler was told exactly how hard to defeat the swiss would be plus an amazing set of emergency nuclear bunkers
@theviniso 9 місяців тому
You could say the same about Japan. Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, a lot of mountains and people and very little free space, and yet, everything they build is quality.
@silentblackhole 8 місяців тому
Engineering feats like this leave me in awe of what humanity can achieve if it puts it's mind too.
@NinjaSlothKingz 7 місяців тому
And then just imagine that the dam and the mountains all around are like the point of a needle compared to the planet, while earth itself is smaller than a needle point in the galaxy.... which as scary as it is, that too is less than the equivalent of a needle point compared to the universe. Places, conditions, materials and an ecosystem like we could never imagine, awake or in our dreams and much more. So we with our tiny brains have so many things we can't even comprehend but mmit must be said we do entertainment well, whether music or movies, books or poems, comedy or love. We still have so much to see and feel I hope, our conscious can't be without level of importance. I believe we will outlast the universe in jannat and get the experiences I imagine and those I feel but can't imagine. Just need to be a good person and life a good life, but what a time we live in where the simplest things are seemingly impossible
@potato.7490 4 місяці тому
The original dam tho 🤯
@sp4nrs 9 місяців тому
I’m a hydro engineer and you kept me entertained the whole time, so by my reckoning you’ve made a pretty good video! 😊
@kleanish 8 місяців тому
Is the second damn really contributing anything when it comes to active pressure? You have main lake pressure on to the first dam, the first dam, lake in between putting pressure on both dams, then the new dam. Is any force or pressure of the main lake being put on the new dam?
@lutze5086 8 місяців тому
@@kleanishconfusing wordingof your question. All the pressure is currently on the old dam. When the new one is completed, the void between will be filled, and the new dam will take all the pressure. As there will be no difference in water level on either side of the old dam, it will not bear any of the weight of the water.
@kleanish 8 місяців тому
@@lutze5086 if I have two cups of water next to one another, one isn’t taking the pressure because their adjacent and the water level is the same though
@lutze5086 8 місяців тому
@@kleanish if you push an empty paper cup down into a large bucket of water, it will bulge inwards. Put a hole in it and the water will equalise and it won't experience the same pressure... Idk what you're talking about with these adjacent cups. I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you, or you not understanding me lol
@lutze5086 8 місяців тому
@@kleanish aka the old dam will essentially be a boat with a hole sunk in the new dams lake
@philrobson7976 9 місяців тому
What would be really impressive is a story on how they built the first dam 100 years ago.
@lucassaueressig1411 9 місяців тому
For real
@MarcusMaximillianAugustus 9 місяців тому
what I came here to say!
@DacMan777 9 місяців тому
Exactly. it will be easier now.
@georgelin8498 9 місяців тому
Water level was likely low before they allowed the dam to start blocking the water flow
@tonyshawne6230 9 місяців тому
Did it with bare hands No footage of it
@geoffreycoan 9 місяців тому
Fred clearly in his element, loving the size and scale of this construction
@kentslocum 8 місяців тому
This was an amazing video. Not only was the subject matter fascinating, but the cinematography and humor was first-rate, as well. I certainly hope we will be able to see footage of them draining the reservoir and dredging the bottom.
@kumaradhikari6857 8 місяців тому
😢
@DMACHOLMAN 29 днів тому
I'm happy to have read you comment, I could have agreed more. Thank you to the the wonderful people who produce this program.
@LuGer212 8 місяців тому
What a wonderful production, seriously ... blew my mind. I moved to Switzerland in March this year and as he said "The mountains, it's simply the mountains." There is something both humbling and rewarding what the scenery gives you. And what a wonderful use of the sheer force of nature.
@jessegoodyear9890 9 місяців тому
Dam, that was one awesome video! Fred and the team has out done themselves once again! Love the B1M!
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@krashd 9 місяців тому
I am the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me (Afterwards is OK; just use protection). The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization. - Suggestions 1:1
@lhommeaudacieux 9 місяців тому
Switzerland is just on a whole different level of good government
@juleswernes 9 місяців тому
Well, since we are a direct democracy (having a say in litterally every and anything), it is more of a feeling of governing us ourselves. This (in my oppinion) leads to a good culture of taking responsability on every level.
@fischX 9 місяців тому
@@juleswernesDirect democracy and decentralised power is a underated concept
@SuperAWaC 9 місяців тому
@@juleswernes you are also an ethnostate with effectively one culture, so that makes it much easier to govern yourselves.
@Quicksilver1936 9 місяців тому
@@juleswernes other western democracies could learn something from this.
@Ivan_Berni 9 місяців тому
@@juleswernes as good as it sounds i dont think that will work for every country, if you apply that to some under developed countries it can end badly.
@majochjaroslaw1866 9 місяців тому
Respect and Great Admiration for 600 builders from 1920s. ..back then it was really Hard Job
@sadjaxx 3 місяці тому
Hear, hear!
@TimiLighthouse 2 місяці тому
I was there for two building seassons as a rockblaster and excravator operator..drilling and blasting the hardes granit in swizerland away for the side fundament (removing over 20'000m³ of rock. 7 days a weak nearly 24h per day! It was an amazing time! 🎉
@claudiot.crameri3195 9 місяців тому
The height increase of the new dam has already been approved by the Swiss government. The new dam will be 23m higher and the capacity of the reservoir will increase twofold. Very cool video mate! Thank you and greetings from Switzerland :)
@waverleyjournalise5757 9 місяців тому
Something tells me that was part of the plan from the beginning and the reason why repairing the old one was deemed less suitable. Definitely a better use for that magnificent new dam rather than maintaining the level of the lake.
@stefegiliomee 9 місяців тому
How will the old wall be visible if the new wall is 23m higher?
@frankeinfish 9 місяців тому
@@stefegiliomee During the summer months it won't but the level is a lot lower during the winter months.
@UnbeltedSundew 9 місяців тому
Does that mean the old dam will be submerged?
@Darkk6969 9 місяців тому
@@UnbeltedSundew Yes. But will be visible during winter months.
@justindittburner216 9 місяців тому
Incredible cinematography!! I love how the B1M has progressed over the years!
@opinionatedopiner 4 місяці тому
That's droneatography 😁. The best part is he made it in 4k so those of us with 2160p+ screens can salivate over the detail.
@atenas80525 8 місяців тому
One of your GREATEST videos! This was absolutely phenomenal - well done!
@andywithers592 8 місяців тому
Very interesting well made video. I live in Switzerland and was camping at the bottom of the Grimselpass a few years ago and saw the towers of the huge concrete batching plant come past on low loaders! Assumed at the time perhaps they were wind turbine masts. I was hiking up on the pass about a year later and saw everything in place. Thanks for explaining their purpose. Had no idea it was a new dam being built. In the video, it describes the connection between the other reservoirs in the area, if you look at some of the drone footage of Grimselsee, you’ll see a river magically appearing out of the mountainside. This is the outfall of a pipe from Bächlisee to the south. Keep up the good work. All the best from Switzerland!
@thepetermullins 9 місяців тому
Thanks for this video, I drove past this epic construction site a few months ago and had no answer at the time to my wife asking, "What on Earth are they doing here? Is that a dam in front of a dam?!" B1M to the rescue!
@ELMS 9 місяців тому
One of your best, Fred. It’s not just that the project is incredible, but the script and presentation is similarly impressive in communicating the complexity and uniqueness of it. What a story, well told. 👍
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
Thank you so much! We worked so dam hard on this ✊️
@Fred_the_1996 8 місяців тому
Thanks a lot man
@theoutrhevn 8 місяців тому
by far one of the best B1M videos i've seen. I loved everything about this one!
@More-Space-In-Ear 8 місяців тому
Great video Fred. Amazing places always found on your channel. Thanks
@chiefychief23 9 місяців тому
Great production, amazing backing scores, fantastic narration. I mean, what is there not to love with B1M content??
@Squeeonline 9 місяців тому
Too long for the content. Repeating itself so much. I've never shouted "get to the point" so much at a video.
@andybrice2711 9 місяців тому
I'd say this one is paced a little bit too much like a TV-show. It spends too long repeatedly introducing what it's about to say. Still fascinating and entertaining, but I definitely found myself upping the speed and skipping ahead in parts.
@l1l1l1l1l1l 9 місяців тому
thats exactly what is WRONG with it and makes it unwatchable.
@Izmael1310 9 місяців тому
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@jellybean288 9 місяців тому
could do without the photo flashes
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
We want the best DAM puns you have GO 👇👇👇
@goldcoast8549 9 місяців тому
What do you call an unholy lake? Damned
@EnjoyFirefighting 9 місяців тому
here you go: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bJeBfoepaodox5c.html
@GeographRick 9 місяців тому
This is one of the best dam videos I have seen recently.
@Viewer-zs6xj 9 місяців тому
this video was two DAM awesome!
@claudiot.crameri3195 9 місяців тому
paDAM paDAM :)
@motopolak 7 місяців тому
The drone shots from above are amazing. I had to pause several times and just marvel at the view (especially at 21:51) .... absolutely incredible scenery.
@Dave_Sisson 8 місяців тому
Exactly the same thing happened in Victoria, Australia. The concrete arch Sugarloaf Dam was completed in 1929 with the dual purpose of generating electricity and storing the spring snow thaw so it could be used for irrigation in summer. It was at the base of the mountains and not at a high altitude. But it also developed a crack and houses downstream were fitted with alarm bells in case the dam failed. In 1955 it was replaced with the much larger rock walled Eildon Dam which holds 3.4 million megalitres. But when water levels are low, the old arched dam can still be seen.
@benjaminshropshire2900 8 місяців тому
It's interesting seeing what is considered "huge", I've toured a dam for a reservoir that is over 60km long and has an *active* capacity of just under 2.5 *billion* megalitres. At the same time, it's *way* easier to get to so this is still impressive.
@justaskin8523 Місяць тому
What the hell is a "megalitre"?
@lantaguy7 9 місяців тому
This is one of THE BEST videos you've produced! Scenic, fun (Bond), use of various photographing techniques...I could go on. Keep 'em coming my friend. YOU ROCK!
@carlshipley790 9 місяців тому
Yet again an amazing production documenting the outstanding work this industry is doing. By far the best channel on youtube
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
Dam! Thank you so much!!
@MichelReymond 2 місяці тому
Great documentary. I'm Swiss, and I'm really impressed to see the hard work necessary to make a country running !!! thanks B1M
@arnes12345 9 місяців тому
Really enjoyed this longer form video with more in-depth coverage than the usual B1M video. Keep up the great work!
@johnevans6399 9 місяців тому
Just how talented were those planners and builders of 100 years plus? These vids are just too good, congratulations to the whole team.
@REdgar66 9 місяців тому
Now this is the kind of episode I love. Fred with boots on the ground and hard hat on head. It’s like watching a kid walking through the front gate at Disneyland for the first time! And of course the subject matter is, as always, exciting and educational. Thanks! ❤
@yonatanschlussel 5 місяців тому
This is probably one of my favorite videos of yours. This project is insane and spectacular. The video on nuclear fusion is probably the only one I've enjoyed just as much as this. You guys at the B1M are amazing
@drewaugenblick8440 8 місяців тому
thank you for using 4k to record this incredible scenery. You really did take us there. Nice job. when your country is shaped by this incredible natural beauty, you can understand why you never see trash on the ground in Switzerland. Clean and pristine almost everywhere.
@SirRichardGranger 9 місяців тому
My partner and I just returned from Switzerland and we’re blown away with how efficient and well thought out everything is from public transportation to architecture. Brilliant country and one of our favorites- we would love to move to Switzerland! Great video!
@noel7777noel 9 місяців тому
@8:35 "800,000 millionaires". That's a lot of business owners over charging their customers. Do their paying customers aggree to these expensive paychecks. Do these "800,000 millionaires have honest wages coming from honest paychecks, that a paying customer is agreeing too? Is that 800,000 doctors and mechanical engineers? Is that 800,000 white collar jobs. Or is this 800,000 white-collar crime. scalping real estate and predatory lenders to honest businesses. Money is used to trade goods and services. NOT is a goods and services. Is this 800,000 millionaires making money a goods and services. Is this 800,000 the Pauls is rob Peter to pay Paul. AKA for profit banking. Are these 800,000 millionaires actually providing goods and service other than "money makes money". Passive income communism.
@issecret1 9 місяців тому
Good luck making the Swiss want you to live there
@noel7777noel 9 місяців тому
@@issecret1 its the difference between not-for-profit banking and for-profit banking. To use the retirement savings account of the people working on this damn, to loan to build this damn. Well. Only people with jobs have a retirement savings account to loan money. Nobles don't have a job to have money to loan. Was that 800,000 mechanical engineers and doctors' retirement savings account to loan money through a third-party not-for-profit bank to loan money to build this damn?. can you list all the countries involved in this passive income communism? As a person who physical works for my money, AKA slavery. I want to avoid slavery. My house was foreclosured on. And 20 of these passive income criminals can to buy my house, all cash in the checking account. Now, this kind of cash in someone's checking account is not normal. So. The world bank has some explanation for me to confess. Why didn't blue collar workers buy my blue collar home? Why did you send these 20 passive income communist in the blue collar's neighborhood to buy investment homes? Most put a bid in sight unseen. If you are gonna have a passive income communism country, don't you think you should put in place, a no trespassing rule. For the passive income people to not trespass in the blue collar neighborhoods. To stay in your lane. A Glass-Steagall Act. To only use not-for-profit third-party banking. To use the retirement savings account of the people working on this dann, to loan to build this damn. Well. Only people with jobs have a retirement savings account. Nobles don't have a job to have money to loan.
@zedballs 9 місяців тому
@@noel7777noel yeah, you tell them, I'm sure the country that consistently ranks top 10 for happiness and is 6th in the world on GDP per capita without shilling oil is real worried about what you think about "communism". But let me guess, at least you're "free"?
@SirRichardGranger 9 місяців тому
@@issecret1 , we don't have to convince anyone to 'want us to live there', lol. We didn't go to the most touristy locations, yet everyone was very friendly. Hell, our hosts only spoke German but we were still able to communicate completely fine (we speak english/french/some italian). Sure, it is different compared to living in the States in terms of culture- but honestly, it is much more enjoyable and less worry in terms of crime.
@urbanfutures 9 місяців тому
This is a very interesting and informative video about the challenges and solutions of replacing a cracked dam. I admire the engineers and workers who are working hard to ensure the safety and sustainability of the water supply for millions of people. I hope they can complete the project successfully and avoid any potential disasters. Thank you for sharing this video with us. 👏👏👏
@JanB1605 9 місяців тому
Actually, this dam is *not* for water supply. In Switzerland water is generally pumped from the underground and not treated with chemicals if avoidable. This dam is for power production purely. And they want to increase the height of the dam to better use the water they get, but it is somewhat controversial because of environmental concerns, as absurd as that might sound.
@100StepProgram 10 днів тому
Kinda amazing how they can build a dam thinner. You would think they would just go thicker for safety but clearly the engineers believe it’ll be strong enough.
@PRC_E5 3 місяці тому
I remember going there as a teenager with my grandparents. They live in Konstanz, Germany and we went through the alps, over the Furka Pass, walked in the Rhóneglacier and then up by this lake/dam. If you follow this one lane road up above the lake to the other side you’ll run into another dam with a glacier on the other side. The whole area is beautiful.
@katherinegarlock2249 9 місяців тому
Fred was grinning like a kid in a candy store driving to the site. It was honestly adorable.
@GazMoby 9 місяців тому
Always a good day when we get a B1M video. 👍
@Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq 9 місяців тому
Great episode. You have surpassed yourself yet again. Please keep up the great work!
@janosh4664 9 місяців тому
Videos like this one make me proud to be swiss. Fantastic work guys, awesome documentary!
@andrelaroche200 9 місяців тому
Incredible video, the pictures are stunning. I don't even understand how you can make such magnificent videos on a regular basis. Each time I watch a B1M video I feel like it's always better than the previous ones I watched. Congratulation, excellent work.
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
We LOVE what we do!
@suncleTV 9 місяців тому
Strong Top Gear (JC time) vibe too!
@jcramond73 9 місяців тому
The ingenuity of the Swiss people never ceases to amaze me !
@dethmaul 8 місяців тому
Oh shit, good idea. The old dam can collect the sediment instead of the new one! Squeaky clean.
@markdoyle9642 8 місяців тому
WOW, RESPECT!! Thank You, I am so glad I found your channel and will share your content with our Local school!
@kwankuenlee8047 9 місяців тому
No wonder they appear to be quite proud of this project. Thanks for sharing !
@jurjenberger5626 9 місяців тому
Thanks for this video! 3 hours away in Wallis is the Grande Dixence Dam. More than twice the height (largest in Europe), and the reservoir 4x the size (also largest). I’m Dutch but have visited many times. Coincidentally though; this dam is also built in front of the old one! (to increase capacity) When the water level is low, the old one becomes visible (only in winter though, but images available on Google). Here too a pump and pipe system (100km!) collects from other reservoirs, many miles away straight through the mountains. I would love a video about it, it’s the most impressive feat of engeneering I know. Love your content, keep it up! Cheers from NL. 🇳🇱👍🏻
@jurjenberger5626 9 місяців тому
And funny thing most don’t realise; the sun carries the water from the sea into the mountains, so basically this is solar we’re talking about 🤔.
@JP_TaVeryMuch 9 місяців тому
@@jurjenberger5626 With a little help from wind. Wind from different pressure levels, partly due to the sun & partly due to planetary rotation AND THE MOON. So, _way_ cooler than just our nearest Star's forces!
@jurjenberger5626 9 місяців тому
@@JP_TaVeryMuchhaha ok you’re right thanks! 👍🏻🌖🆒
@TalesOfWar 9 місяців тому
This happens more often than people realise too. A lot of reservoirs around England were created by putting a bigger dam in front of an existing one that's then lost under the water, until the levels get low enough due to drought or something. A lot of them were also old villages in a valley, it's rather fun to see old bridges, and what remains of the houses or church towers poking out when they're low.
@JP_TaVeryMuch 9 місяців тому
@@TalesOfWar I'd love to know an example of a double-barrelled dam in the UK please. Agree that it is fun to clamber around an unfortunate old village and sad deconsecrated church, all normally under the surface of the reservoir. When you're a kid. Then your dad tells you about the careful removal of the "contents" of the graveyard, the accompanying hose pipe ban meaning no paddling pool to ease the relentless heat and how you're really going to earn your 50p washing his cars because your little arms can barely lift the watering can. Ahh the joys of the summer of '75!
@joeking4206 Місяць тому
These videos are as good as any major TV company documentary. I do t know how you do it but I’m very glad you do 👍
@christ9376 8 місяців тому
Brilliant video with great camera work&graphics and well explained.
@LarsFerdinand 9 місяців тому
@B1M Fun fact: The cranes they are using on that dam are 2 Wolff 1250B. So happens to be that they're doing it because of the great experience a 1250B (the first one ever made) made on another Swiss dam in 2012-2014, the Nant de Drance project which is currently on of the biggest "batteries" in Europe, with 950mW pump/turbine at the flick of a switch. So, they are using the same crane model and also at Nant de Drance, the height was 2240m and to get to workplace was through the more than 10km tunnel complex inside the mountain. Another fun fact: The concrete plant inside the mountain was actually bigger than the one in the vieux-emosson dam. I actually was the crane driver of the 1250 B 😉
@LarsFerdinand 9 місяців тому
An even better fun fact from that project in Nant de Drance: the same way the water goes down, goes up, 400 m, vertically inside the mountain. One of the supervising engineers told me the pressure would be 40bar. Now just imagine, water going up on a 3 meter tunnel 400 m against all the water up. Sadly at that time there wasn't B1M around to visit it, otherwise it would have been for sure featured. In Switzerland they just go to great lengths to do their stuff. Think big or go home construction mindset.
@nicolasclerc1986 8 місяців тому
I was also thinking about Nant de Drance. It would perfectly fit this channel.
@christiandavagnino2468 9 місяців тому
One of the most epic B1M videos of the last years.
@sureshkhare3527 9 місяців тому
Amazing! Wonderful narration, I loved it, more so because I have in metallurgical projects for 49 years!!!
@nilsb 9 місяців тому
Wow, really amazing editing. Beautiful video, as always
@peterixon8708 9 місяців тому
This video was simply breathtaking; not just the scenery (I really did love the James Bond references), but the engineering works behind everything we, the ignorant public, often know nothing about. Thank you for taking us inside so many spectacular places. It puts my country's Snowy Mountains scheme in perspective. I'm also your quintessential Arts graduate. I served 43 years with engineers, many military; none could explain complex projects or engage my attention as you do. A fantastic presentation this one. Love your work. Thank you for what you are doing. My wife and I are about to holiday in North America (including the Hoover Dam) and I suspect there are a great many dams and bridges on that continent in the same need of replacement as this Swiss one profiled.
@johnstejskal6084 8 місяців тому
You might be interested to visit the site of the failed St. Francis dam in Santa Clarita, and the untrustworthy Hollywood dam. Both Mulholland creations...
@peterixon8708 8 місяців тому
Ah John, funny old world, this one. I have an Australian cousin. She's lived and worked in Hollywood, Laurel Canyon and Beverly Hills for decades. We are staying with her in late September, so I shall make a point of looking at the Hollywood Dam, but I shall avoid walking on it or going anywhere downstream of it. Thanks for the 'insight' nevertheless. The world is stuffed if America goes under, yet so much of your infrastructure is in a dire state.
@KOL630 9 місяців тому
Incredible project and a special mention to those men toiling endlessly to build it. Respect to those construction workers 🙌🏼
@user-Merovingian1980 9 місяців тому
they get 6 months off paid ,,
@optical_ideas 8 місяців тому
This isn't just informative, it's an epic documentation
@Tman76 7 місяців тому
Let’s get back to the dam video. Dam jokes never get old!🤣
@template16 9 місяців тому
An excellent video with each part of the process explained fully. As a non-construction person it was informative and very watchable. Thanks Fred.
@CaptainMarvelsSon 9 місяців тому
The quality of your videos always blows my mind. The production, editing, sound, and proper use of sky-high drone footage adds epicness that is only ever seen on million-dollar-budget television documentaries created by billion-dollar companies.
@SaddamHussain-we9ec 8 місяців тому
every frame of this video is picturesque, meant to be perfect wallpaper, extremely beautiful landscape.
9 місяців тому
We need a "dam pun counter" for this one ❤ Great work 🎉
@cnl1213 9 місяців тому
Really can't go wrong with the choice of scenery as backdrop here--from the mountains to the water to the tunnels within, every bit is as harrowing as the project itself.
@BunkerSquirrel 9 місяців тому
This documentary is nearly as epic as this dam project. Outstanding work on this!
@robertkerby2581 22 дні тому
An Absolutely Epic Construction Project 8n Switzerland! Well done, Sir!
@maine-lygamingtips2039 29 днів тому
Switzerland is simply stunning to look at...what a magnificent place.
@hakaase 9 місяців тому
Great editing! I’m really proud of you all seeing how the vision and scale of this channel has evolved since it started. Definitely my favorite video yet. Cheers
@cuba3433 6 місяців тому
My friend !. Sinceramente quiero darle las gracias por su gran trabajo. Los videos de usted son súper buenísimo. T.y..
@cryoine7194 2 місяці тому
this intro is the best one I have seen on your channel it might not be the biggest or the grandest dam but that intro made it feel like it
@Elucidator- 9 місяців тому
Those 25 minutes flew by again. @Fred and the team: well done again. This is why the B1M is one of my favorite channels on UKposts. Keep making the content with the passion you always do!
@Sajatzsiraf 9 місяців тому
The production quality and presentation here is simply the best. I salute you, B1M team, and please keep going. Thanks for the goosebumps.
@georgea8945 9 місяців тому
Was at full attention through every second ... one of your most exciting videos.
@akavierocultado6413 2 місяці тому
Well I'll be Dam-ned. That was a great video! With beautiful sights. On an amazing topic! Well done!
@J3scribe 9 місяців тому
I appreciate all the months of effort your team put into creating this video. You really did your homework. Very impressive!
@stefanschneider3681 9 місяців тому
I‘m from Bern, so I know the area a bit … I hope you took the chance to ride the Gelmerbahn, about 7 km back down! It was built to help construction of lake Gelmer, which is connected to the whole Grimsel-dam-System. Now it’s a major attraction since it’s one of the steepest railways in the WORLD 😮😂! Thanks for another great video. If you are interested in other construction projects check out Marti Groups videos (Ritom for example, steep underground tunneling) or the Durchmesserlinie Zurich, in my eyes one of the finest engineering marvels and nobody talks about it …
@TalesOfWar 9 місяців тому
Is that the railway with all the really tightly curved viaducts snaking up the mountain side? Switzerland is a place I absolutely need to visit, but I need to save many pennies for that lol. It's not the cheapest place in the world to visit!
@stefanschneider3681 9 місяців тому
@@TalesOfWar You are probably thinking of the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, also an incredible piece of engineering and over 100 years old ! The Gelmer Bahn goes straight up, is much shorter - but damn is it steep!
@pakhilnair 8 місяців тому
It's incredible to see the upward trajectory of B1M's video quality over the years!
@oluckyasian24 8 місяців тому
engineers on this project must have dwarven bloodlines
@shackti1699 9 місяців тому
That power generation system is next level. I was not expecting that!
@MauriceNaundorf 9 місяців тому
I was at the restaurant of the Grimsel Hospitz just 3 days ago. It's great to see this video now! Didn't know what the constructionsite was and for sure did not know about all those tunels. The weather was so bad it looked like Silent Hill (the fog from 14:45 times two) and it just poured rain non stop.
@sreckosviben545 9 місяців тому
Extraordinary effort. Usually dams are built in the middle of cities where concrete plants are usual
@stuartneil8682 7 місяців тому
Your best video yet. You’ve become the David Attenborough of construction.
@Jetiexperte 9 місяців тому
The editing of this video is on a WHOLE other level! 😍
@charliebramley 7 місяців тому
love the upbeat music whilst talking about the crack issue
@SpeedrunnerG55 5 місяців тому
This has got to be one of the best dam videos I have seen in a while
@guy990 9 місяців тому
Your channel is incredible, so rare to find high quality b roll of magnificent engineering marvels and soft well spoken narrators reading off an incredibly detailed but not technical description of the engineering marvel. First time I saw your thumbnails I thought this channel was related to a big media company or Bloomberg lol. Fascinating video, the pacing, music and delivery is incredible for a video on this platform.
@Modenut 9 місяців тому
I see the Top Gear editor got a new job 😄
@TheB1M 9 місяців тому
Hahaha, thanks!! We loved filming that!
@Modenut 9 місяців тому
@@TheB1M I can imagine. It is gorgeous up there. :)
@DrewWithington 8 місяців тому
The quality of your videos is just amazing.
@jonniiinferno9098 9 місяців тому
excellent, informative video - love the epic views - you guys have a great cinematographer... (subbed)
@jwwj30 9 місяців тому
Thanks Fred (& the B1M team) for another educational & very interesting video. For me, this is one of your best from hundreds to choose from. Watching in San Diego, I’ve been to Switzerland a few times but never to this area. But next time, I’ll plan to definitely check it out & hopefully look up your local guide, Mr. Gartmann for the behind the scenes tour.
@kealapuaonetamureamoreno8301 9 місяців тому
Our Host is an amazing ORATOR.he carries the interest of the listener by keeping his voice, inflection and overall demeanor in his presentation very calm and induces the listener to concentrate on the topic at hand! I was not too keen on Construction but have now acquired an keen interest! The latest of which is the emergency construction of a secondary dam in Gisele, Switzerland. The previous presentation was about the experimental construction in the Saudi’s Arabia desert. Keep the projects coming, you’ve stirred my interest!
@franklomes6828 8 місяців тому
"I am your dam guide, Arnie, please don't wander off the dam tour and please take all the dam pictures you want. Now are there any dam questions?"
@nyc78 8 місяців тому
The views throughout this video are stunning!
@chrischrill 9 місяців тому
This might be the best B1M video I have seen. Such a professional production, amazing locations, and great level of detail without going too deeply. Awe inspiring.
@hagemann1 9 місяців тому
Great Video again. There was another interesting dam strengthening/repair project some years ago in the alps. At Kölnbrein dam in the Malta valley in Austria cracks appeared in the concrete of the dam and water started seeping through the dam. There, a concrete support arch structure was built on the air-side of the dam to take some of the dam's load. Between the two structures a large number of elastomeric bearings have been installed to facilitate a well defined load transfer between the original dam and the support structure at the lower part of the dam. The original elevation of the top water level could be safely reached again after the remedial works.
@Prosper_NA 8 місяців тому
Civil engineer in the dam safety sector here, good work! This video captured everything really well! A couple fun facts for viewers who are not overly familiar with dams. First is that most dams have cracks and leaks like this one. Some leaks seem quite violent, but ultimately may not pose great danger to the structure. Second, many dams move a little bit year-to-year; sometimes even upstream due to water pressure on the toe or the geometry of the foundations. The people who operate these projects are tireless and attentive, so thank your local power generators, not just the engineers that draw the stuff on paper!
@oncerain 8 місяців тому
really good video. i was gonna click off to play some games but it kept pulling me back in. as someone who visited switzerland many times Ive always found it a fascinating country and this video definitely confirms that thought
@GeekyMedia 9 місяців тому
This was absolutely sensational. The James Bond cuts were amazing 😂 looking forward to the podcast episode covering this too
@brettmorton7365 9 місяців тому
You can see why Bond and Top Gear both love this area... look at those roads! Thats one impressive build! Thanks Fred and all the team for another amazing video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@pjsmith6954 6 місяців тому
incredible work on this video! incredible work on that project!
@jcsrst 9 місяців тому
Love the porta john on the crane 🤣 The door is open, perhaps someone is enjoying the view!
@VanillaMacaron551 9 місяців тому
I just visited Snoqualmie Falls about an hour east of Seattle. Not sure if it's comparable but it also was developed around a century ago as a hydro power station. I was shocked to learn they were so advanced in hydro-electric technology back then. One of its original tunnels goes right down and through solid rock.
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