4300 CY Concrete Pour in Philly with Silvi Group!

While it ain't easy to batch, haul, and pour nearly 4,300 CY of concrete, it's just another day at the office for Silvi.
We were lucky enough to document this massive foundation pour for the new Laurel Rittenhouse Square building. Soon to be one of the tallest buildings in downtown Philadelphia, it all starts with a solid block of concrete and steel to form the foundation.
The pour started at midnight on a Friday and finished in the afternoon on Saturday. Once the concrete arrived onsite in 10CY truckloads, concrete crews poured it using a combination of chutes and telebelts.
While Silvi Group was our primary contact for the project, there were also a ton of other companies involved in the project, including the owner, Southerland, the concrete company, Carson Concrete, and the general contractor, Hunter Roberts.

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  • @AaronWitt
    @AaronWitt Жыл бұрын

    What's the biggest concrete pour you've ever seen?

  • @privilegedwhitemale306

    @privilegedwhitemale306

    Жыл бұрын

    3x5 slab

  • @jgruen9854

    @jgruen9854

    Жыл бұрын

    Biggest pour I’ve ever been on was 600 yards, fraction of this. I’ve been driving mixer for 2 years.

  • @roseironworks1393

    @roseironworks1393

    Жыл бұрын

    suggest you look up the build of Hinkley point C nuclear power station currently being built in the UK..... it makes your building foundation pour look like a small job .......

  • @smartrubberchicken

    @smartrubberchicken

    10 ай бұрын

    @@privilegedwhitemale306 Show off!!!

  • @1953travis
    @1953travis Жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely amazing, to be able to see what and how this all comes together it only took me 70 years to find out! Aaron all of your videos are so interesting and informative your work has more than paid off, well done.....

  • @JH-di3nu
    @JH-di3nu2 жыл бұрын

    That’s a massive mat pour for a single day. Crews must’ve been exhausted after. Nice work

  • @roberthillyer1630
    @roberthillyer16302 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME JOB to all companies involved.

  • @zdwade
    @zdwade Жыл бұрын

    From Philly. Living in Ohio. Epic video. Godspeed

  • @lekade7962
    @lekade79622 жыл бұрын

    Awesome work! Love this kind of content!

  • @stevekissel605
    @stevekissel6052 жыл бұрын

    Great video 👍👍

  • @freebird7284
    @freebird72842 жыл бұрын

    excellent video, with perfect editing!

  • @websitesthatneedanem
    @websitesthatneedanem4 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Excellent production / editing!

  • @clkhere434
    @clkhere434 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome informative video

  • @alfonsobernabe4291
    @alfonsobernabe42912 жыл бұрын

    Very cool!!!

  • @kennethbyington516
    @kennethbyington516 Жыл бұрын

    Wow amazing. That's a lot of mud.

  • @knotbumper
    @knotbumper2 жыл бұрын

    No pumps, haven't see that on a big pour in 20+ years or so. I was also looking for the 400 cycle vibrators with the 48" heads, didn't see any of those either. Quite interesting to see the different styles in different parts of the country. Love the video.

  • @siriosstar4789
    @siriosstar47892 жыл бұрын

    A typical foundation for a two story house in Germany . 😂

  • @dustinhensley7995
    @dustinhensley7995 Жыл бұрын

    High end production!! Keep up the good work! Most construction videos look like a construction guy did it...

  • @AaronWitt

    @AaronWitt

    Жыл бұрын

    haha thanks Dustin

  • @ceedaddy
    @ceedaddy2 жыл бұрын

    Foundation weighs about 18,000,000 pounds.

  • @DeuceGenius
    @DeuceGenius Жыл бұрын

    ...so thats where ALL the concrete in the country has been going

  • @henryhenry271
    @henryhenry2712 жыл бұрын

    No piers to rock? That is the same thing they did for a tower in san francisco. now that tower is falling over.

  • @GilmerJohn

    @GilmerJohn

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep! How deep to you have to go to hit something hard? A 15' slab foundation isn't all that much weight compared to the above the ground portion of the structure. When when there are piles down to rock, the "cap" is quite substantial. BTW: the San Francisco fiasco used "friction piles" which are OK if they are spread about but then they are close together it become a case of 2+2 = 3 or 2.5 rather than 4.

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg2 жыл бұрын

    As a builder, these truck by truck load deliveries are burdensome......I know that area like the back of my hand and getting trucks to and fro must have been a pain...I would be nice to have 100 yd containers that could be prepositioned...Like how they batch pour Dams...

  • @floydwilliams3321
    @floydwilliams33212 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️

  • @ruthc8407
    @ruthc84072 жыл бұрын

    Lets hope this ain't no Millenium Tower 2.0

  • @cupwalker24.7
    @cupwalker24.72 жыл бұрын

    Wow hopefully this helps the city Because out of all the places I've worked in my life . Philly is by far the most corrupt crime ridden dirtiest places I have worked in. . Along with DC and Baltimore. Kinda like living in hell .

  • @williamgibb5557

    @williamgibb5557

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are being too kind in your name calling. Was better in the late 60s to early 70s under Frank R. Government was corrupt but city was safer.

  • @nrxhavoc
    @nrxhavoc2 жыл бұрын

    just did some hydraulic work for silvi

  • @steventiufekchiev8896
    @steventiufekchiev88964 жыл бұрын

    What is the song at 3:00?

  • @wuggacrt
    @wuggacrt2 жыл бұрын

    What f@cking eyesore compared to the surrounding buildings.

  • @user-zc4yy4ds1v
    @user-zc4yy4ds1v2 жыл бұрын

    عمال وعباقرة بيناء العالم 🌼🌍🥰

  • @FrederVision
    @FrederVision2 жыл бұрын

    Dosent seem like enough foundation for 600ft tall.

  • @jimlahey3919

    @jimlahey3919

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s why you’re not an engineer

  • @fakename287

    @fakename287

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jimlahey3919 ironic

  • @Mike-qk9ys
    @Mike-qk9ys2 жыл бұрын

    Can’t imagine how many pockets needed to be “greased” in order to get permits from one of the most corrupt city’s in the country.

  • @chadpittman7455

    @chadpittman7455

    2 жыл бұрын

    Completely wrong it’s not the old days in Philly anymore

  • @alexanderk9services542

    @alexanderk9services542

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol American it’s self is corrupted 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jeff7764

    @jeff7764

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup and their right to work tax. F’n bullshit

  • @mattwesty6966

    @mattwesty6966

    Жыл бұрын

    All Philly concrete is still old school mob ran

  • @msain427
    @msain4272 жыл бұрын

    Rittenhouse square... 66 condos.. What else will i hear

  • @nick21614

    @nick21614

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really missed an opportunity to add 3 more condos in there

  • @TonyRomearound
    @TonyRomearound2 жыл бұрын

    The hotel w was cut down by 30 floors because Silvi's concrete is crap. The only contractor that deals with them is Carson. Because Carson owes all the other concrete companies money

  • @Usernametaken304

    @Usernametaken304

    2 жыл бұрын

    Carson is awful.

  • @Loonypapa

    @Loonypapa

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nonsense. Laurel Rittenhouse was never planned to be a hotel. It's been a residential building for all six years of its development.

  • @qwerty112311

    @qwerty112311

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ah the age old entirely false claim about the hotel cut down. The W/Element was planned for 51 floors. It finished with 51 floors.

  • @ceedaddy

    @ceedaddy

    2 жыл бұрын

    6:59 The video said the building is 48 floors.

  • @AdvancedUSA
    @AdvancedUSA2 жыл бұрын

    I live less than an hour from Philly and went to University there. The campus was nice but I never liked Philiadelphia then and I like it less 35 years later. Corruption from the mayor down to the trash collector and the cops are criminals and thugs. The only time I like Philadelpia is when I’m not there. The thought of spending millions to live there is incomprehensible to me.

  • @mr.miraclemantm.6455

    @mr.miraclemantm.6455

    Жыл бұрын

    I feal for you Doc, but that kind of corruption has been around a very long time and it is EVERYWHERE!!! They call it "The Miami Model". It is in the largest cities to the smallest towns in the U.S. and I am sure, world-wide. God will not take too much more of it, the next 5 years will be interesting to say the least. Take care

  • @dereckjtbear2175
    @dereckjtbear21752 жыл бұрын

    It before why US one of very few in World uses imperial system. Metric is so easy 7,14..compared to 3/4", 7/16" .. Never figured it. 1 inch= 2.54cm=25.4mm.

  • @drivingmylifeaway7149

    @drivingmylifeaway7149

    Жыл бұрын

    We haven't cared what anybody has thought since 1776