Digging Deep: Inside The World's Biggest Tunnel Megaprojects

Digging deeper into the incredible world of tunnel construction 🏗
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Faroe Islands Undersea Roundabout
9:44 Norway's Cruise Ship Tunnel
15:07 Chicago's Secret Tunnels
25:20 Mont Cenis Base Tunnel
35:26 Brenner Base Tunnel
41:25 Austria's Tunnel Construction
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  • @sureshravikumar6523
    @sureshravikumar65234 ай бұрын

    Just so good.... Showcasing the power of construction... B1M 👏

  • @jasonslape1580

    @jasonslape1580

    4 ай бұрын

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  • @katherinegarlock2249
    @katherinegarlock22494 ай бұрын

    These compilation videos are a really cool way to look back at what the B1M has already covered. It would be cool to compliment these with some kind of update on where these projects are now, especially ones that were supposed to hit milestones in the past year.

  • @tncorgi92

    @tncorgi92

    4 ай бұрын

    Follow ups would be great, I like to see how projects either do or don't pay off.

  • @MrGoesBoom

    @MrGoesBoom

    4 ай бұрын

    Agreed, hearing about these really has me interested in how they're doing. The boat tunnel in Norway really has me interested in how it's going, seeing as it was supposed to start in 2020

  • @andrestein6022

    @andrestein6022

    4 ай бұрын

    This was literally what I came to type

  • @makattak88
    @makattak884 ай бұрын

    The B1M is a premier class channel! Every video, 10/10!!

  • @TheRocco96

    @TheRocco96

    4 ай бұрын

    It's a compilation video of previous videos.

  • @makattak88

    @makattak88

    4 ай бұрын

    @@TheRocco96 yes, all the tunnelling videos!!

  • @adarret

    @adarret

    4 ай бұрын

    For a construction channel you do say “climate change” an awful lot…

  • @darthmaul216

    @darthmaul216

    4 ай бұрын

    @@adarretbecause climate change affects everything and that includes construction

  • @adarret

    @adarret

    4 ай бұрын

    @@darthmaul216 keep rationalizing… 🙂

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85814 ай бұрын

    Tunnels that are under massive bodies of water have always blown my mind! You'd just think that no matter what you do, water would always eventually seep into it.. especially when you think of how the sediment is at the bottom of vast water ways. It's beyond impressive

  • @pebblepod30

    @pebblepod30

    4 ай бұрын

    Good topic 4 a video

  • @emmber19

    @emmber19

    Ай бұрын

    Water does seep in, it's just pumped out faster than it seeps in.

  • @elenawells9002
    @elenawells90024 ай бұрын

    Oh my God! Menon skills are on a whole different level, making everything they touch exceptional. His strategy changed my life

  • @stefano1862

    @stefano1862

    4 ай бұрын

    I'll always chose a dinner with Menon over $10m. He literally makes far more

  • @AldoradoLine-zu8uc

    @AldoradoLine-zu8uc

    4 ай бұрын

    His services is top notch Haven't seen anything close to that

  • @axelerer5683

    @axelerer5683

    4 ай бұрын

    *I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS BUT HOW CAN I GET HIM??*

  • @elenawells9002

    @elenawells9002

    4 ай бұрын

    He's on whatapp

  • @elenawells9002

    @elenawells9002

    4 ай бұрын

    On whatapp

  • @vivienclogger
    @vivienclogger4 ай бұрын

    It feels like I'm finally living in the future when using the Elizabeth Line in London. It's absolutely astonishing. To say it's 'just' a tunnel absolutely misses the point - it's an amazing piece of architecture and engineering. And because I can take it from Sheffield it saves me time, money and the dread of transport connections.

  • @theavera9ejoe
    @theavera9ejoe4 ай бұрын

    38:40 Three emergency stations 20 Km apart really puts into perspective how insane this project is. Wonderful video

  • @aaronhall3224
    @aaronhall32244 ай бұрын

    I'm always looking forward to some BM1 videos! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @DomingoDeSantaClara

    @DomingoDeSantaClara

    4 ай бұрын

    Personally I prefer the B1M videos😉

  • @Jameson1776

    @Jameson1776

    4 ай бұрын

    @@DomingoDeSantaClaramaybe they are one of those that watch all videos on the toilet.

  • @xmaslieder

    @xmaslieder

    4 ай бұрын

    I love the 1MB!

  • @bierbrauer11
    @bierbrauer114 ай бұрын

    Loving these compilation videos - perfect to put on tv while dealing with other holiday activities!

  • @makattak88
    @makattak884 ай бұрын

    Heck yes!!!! Love The B1M!!

  • @yorisingrango9837
    @yorisingrango98374 ай бұрын

    Should have covered the Himalayan tunnels as well they might not be picturesque as european counterpart but the engineering is incredible

  • @toxicclown3035
    @toxicclown30354 ай бұрын

    I nearly did myself a mischief when I saw it was a B1M tunnel special. Sterling work!

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth4 ай бұрын

    Thank You, B1M, for this late Holiday gift! Best video I've seen in weeks! And yes this also makes me want to visit the Faroe Islands so I guess it was successful for all!

  • @titlingur2009
    @titlingur20094 ай бұрын

    We have one massive underseatunnel left to do in the Faroe Islands and it will be about 23 kilometers long

  • @msbgone
    @msbgone4 ай бұрын

    Such great content!! Looking for to 2024, hopefully more Chicago vids too! ;). Happy New Year!

  • @alancobbin
    @alancobbin4 ай бұрын

    Another Superb Video,Happy New Year Fred 👍😉💪

  • @kevinpetzer936
    @kevinpetzer9364 ай бұрын

    Your work is truly exemplary,keep it up!

  • @fintan3563
    @fintan35634 ай бұрын

    Man oh man, Fred, this all is amazing. I am going to watch this again! Happy New Year to you and yours! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @alfredocoelho8088
    @alfredocoelho80884 ай бұрын

    ¡Gracias! 🇦🇷

  • @frankdasilva
    @frankdasilva4 ай бұрын

    💯👏 Thank you! Look forward to 2024 videos. Keep up the great work!

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz29644 ай бұрын

    Love The B1M ❤❤❤

  • @maryjohansson3627
    @maryjohansson36274 ай бұрын

    What a lot of planning! This is a very instructive video. I always wondered how those tunnels are made.

  • @pablo0916
    @pablo09164 ай бұрын

    I do enjoy your channel and the high quality information you provide in it. It is one of my favorite entertaining and educational channels on KZread.

  • @rhino_force7679

    @rhino_force7679

    4 ай бұрын

    sir change your profile picture.

  • @kenster8270
    @kenster82704 ай бұрын

    These videos are always super sleek and insightful, love 'em! Although I was surprised that the Fehmarn Belt tunnel didn't make the cut.

  • @megaflux7144
    @megaflux71444 ай бұрын

    i love your content!

  • @dcseain
    @dcseain4 ай бұрын

    The Potomac Interceptor sanitary sewer system here in the Washington, DC area was an impressive tunneling project.

  • @soundwave3739
    @soundwave37394 ай бұрын

    The B1m is the best channel to describe big projects

  • @JeffDeWitt
    @JeffDeWitt4 ай бұрын

    I like this channel a lot, such cool projects. It was a little odd in the story about Chicago when Lake Michigan was mentioned they showed Big Red lighthouse. It's a very cool lighthouse, and it is on Lake Michigan, but it's in Holland, Michigan, about 150 miles away from Chicago.

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis23764 ай бұрын

    Thank you and have a Happy New Year.

  • @user-nr4mr5ul3u
    @user-nr4mr5ul3u3 ай бұрын

    My friend... You Say from Austria to Malta . Increíble pero cierto !. I like . T.y.

  • @29brendus
    @29brendus4 ай бұрын

    Tunnel system on the Faroe Islands? Population 50,000. Well, well, that's amazing, considering in Dublin, with 2M people we can't get 1 Metre of an urban metro tunnel done which has been talked about since 1905? Hmmmmm?!

  • @mariusjenssen1723
    @mariusjenssen17234 ай бұрын

    We already have a undersea roundabout in Norway

  • @punditgi
    @punditgi4 ай бұрын

    Well done!

  • @stevedrane2364
    @stevedrane23644 ай бұрын

    Brilliant . . I could see the light at the . . 😁🤣 Look forward to watching more updates. . Merci 👍

  • @alexandermethven
    @alexandermethven4 ай бұрын

    It be also great vision to, see more tunnels from scotland to norway .or even ireland etc ,well done .👍

  • @swapshots4427
    @swapshots44274 ай бұрын

    I wish I could see every one.! Fascinating. Brilliant, engineering.

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq4 ай бұрын

    13:22 no idea how you game up with that but I love it!

  • @paulcandiago9339
    @paulcandiago93394 ай бұрын

    Grazie, Thank you for the documentary and to all of you the best of success in "poching the hole from A to B". Happy New Year.

  • @stevengalloway8052
    @stevengalloway80524 ай бұрын

    With these awesome engineering projects, I definitely see light at the end of the tunnels... 😆

  • @tluangasailo3663
    @tluangasailo36634 ай бұрын

    Really good content 👌

  • @sendaimatt3380
    @sendaimatt33804 ай бұрын

    This is “boring” 😀

  • @TheB1M

    @TheB1M

    4 ай бұрын

    Haha, love it 😂

  • @zeroheat5787

    @zeroheat5787

    4 ай бұрын

    I see what you did there

  • @ilotitto

    @ilotitto

    4 ай бұрын

    Ba dum tsss 🥁

  • @paradox...

    @paradox...

    4 ай бұрын

    Ayyyyyy 👉🏼😎👉🏼

  • @ntatenarin

    @ntatenarin

    4 ай бұрын

    You're digging deep with this joke!

  • @brianinsanfran
    @brianinsanfran4 ай бұрын

    Woohoo! Y'all are big enough to have a clip show!

  • @markusolofzon
    @markusolofzon4 ай бұрын

    Amazing how so many of these are in Europe!

  • @skyscraperfan
    @skyscraperfan4 ай бұрын

    I am very much looking forward to the train to Malta.

  • @davidlefranc6240
    @davidlefranc62403 ай бұрын

    Nice video !

  • @senadh4854
    @senadh48544 ай бұрын

    You should look at tunnels currently being built in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of TEN-T Vc coridor, one currently being built is 4 km long, and biggest one that will be built starting next year is Prenj with length of 10 km.

  • @patrickmckowen2999
    @patrickmckowen29994 ай бұрын

    Great vid👍 In the last one for the Austrian tunnel - the person said the best thing about working on it was everyday there is a new problem to solve!! Would you not want a dig that has no problems 🤣 Cheers

  • @progfix

    @progfix

    4 ай бұрын

    Engineers like challenges, otherwise it would be boring!

  • @patrickmckowen2999

    @patrickmckowen2999

    4 ай бұрын

    @@progfix and tax payers hate engineers having too many challenges $$$🤣 Cheers

  • @12345diehappy
    @12345diehappy4 ай бұрын

    I remember thinking the tunnel boring machine in Total recall was insanely cool 33 years ago. Do you know when they first were used?

  • @blackkissi

    @blackkissi

    4 ай бұрын

    TBM's have slowly evolved to what they are today. In the late 1800's they already had machines for digging tunnels, but they were of course not as sophisticated as they have evolved to be today. Quote: """ 1965 saw a major step forward in TBM technology with the invention of the Bentonite tunnelling concept. This allowed soil to be carried away from the tunnel face by pumping in bentonite (a clay mineral) to create slurry - a liquid form of earth. """

  • @dananorth895

    @dananorth895

    4 ай бұрын

    Somewhere floating around the net, I'd seen it years back. Is a picture of Joseph Stalin with crew/associates sitting in front of a round end tunnel with circular side walls the looks remarkably like our modern boring machine tunnels. I think it might have been the Moscow Subway Tunnels.

  • @jb-r9717
    @jb-r97174 ай бұрын

    Like those kind of videos, it will just be nice to know how one of those finished

  • @the.bronze
    @the.bronze4 ай бұрын

    Absolutely drilled it with this one😊

  • @MP-hz3ye
    @MP-hz3ye3 ай бұрын

    More videos like this!

  • @stevolarry420stevenslozz3
    @stevolarry420stevenslozz34 ай бұрын

    Sick video @The B1M! Properly enjoyed it, prob bcoz I can listen to Fred talking all day long 🤣👍😎

  • @johnanthony9416
    @johnanthony94164 ай бұрын

    I just thought i would dig in to this

  • @TheB1M

    @TheB1M

    4 ай бұрын

    Nice 👌

  • @marcs.5172
    @marcs.51724 ай бұрын

    Really nice video! Would be great to get a little shot about the suspension bridge in Linz of the last video!

  • @MrSaemichlaus
    @MrSaemichlaus4 ай бұрын

    These big projects always attract a lot of criticism, but then it's in use for 10 years and the industry will wonder how they managed without it.

  • @nils-erikolsson3539
    @nils-erikolsson35394 ай бұрын

    Humanity is getting so good at stuff like this that it looks easy and boring. Insane.

  • @conociendolugares9216
    @conociendolugares92164 ай бұрын

    You missed the long, big tunnels that build in South America. In Colombia they build the largest tunnel that cross three lines of mountains, the Andes. Join the central part of the country with the coast. There are other huge construction projects in that country. Check it out.

  • @milton1969able
    @milton1969able4 ай бұрын

    Mate loveing the holiday week 50 min vids. Good work fella.

  • @WTFG78
    @WTFG784 ай бұрын

    45:02 “When we say ‘you,’ we don’t mean ‘𝙮𝙤𝙪.’” 😆

  • @JeffDeWitt

    @JeffDeWitt

    4 ай бұрын

    I was expecting him to say "Don't try this at home."

  • @benjaminblakemore9704
    @benjaminblakemore97044 ай бұрын

    NOT BORING AT ALL!!!😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤

  • @vulpo
    @vulpo4 ай бұрын

    TBMs are so cool!

  • @teachmehowtodoge1737
    @teachmehowtodoge17374 ай бұрын

    My doggo dug a hole after watching this video. I hope he can finish his tunnel megaproject soon 🙏

  • @gags730
    @gags7304 ай бұрын

    WOW!... This channel now has over 3 Million 'subs' ... I remember when it had 200K The sister channel 'Tomorrow's Build' is good too.

  • @christianbaas2548
    @christianbaas25484 ай бұрын

    when will we be able to buy those B1M safety vests?

  • @zoltanszabados8445
    @zoltanszabados844527 күн бұрын

    “…or 106,000,000 Tom Cruises”. 😂 My mind was starting to wander, that got me laughing and sucked me V right back in to the video. 👍

  • @nevecenere
    @nevecenere4 ай бұрын

    Yep, Italy is doing well :O

  • @bzdtemp
    @bzdtemp4 ай бұрын

    Good that some of the money from Denmark funds nice tunnels in the Faroe Islands. Although some seem rather extravagant considering the number of people they serve.

  • @JaffaGaffa
    @JaffaGaffa4 ай бұрын

    Love the Grey Rasputin

  • @dillondebeer6690
    @dillondebeer66904 ай бұрын

    All four seasons in a single day? Psh, come to Texas my friend.

  • @martynjones3978
    @martynjones39784 ай бұрын

    Have you looked at the new tunnelling motorway there building in Stockholm ??

  • @jeffmayer7923
    @jeffmayer79232 ай бұрын

    Has there been an issue with concrete not meeting specifications, either delaying the build or removing bad concrete?

  • @jacob_90s
    @jacob_90s4 ай бұрын

    I teally want to see a video on how they keep track of where they're going underground so they can end up a the right spot. It's too deep for GPS signals to penetrate and inertial navigation isn't accurate enough, so how do they navigate?

  • @xkonfy1

    @xkonfy1

    4 ай бұрын

    All tunnels have been built centuries ago and are basically being renovated and cleaned of debris from the various resets. I think your question was somewhat answered around the 30min point, tho questionable.

  • @jacob_90s

    @jacob_90s

    4 ай бұрын

    Was your reply meant for me? I don't see anything around the 30:00 mark that answers my question

  • @xkonfy1

    @xkonfy1

    4 ай бұрын

    Yea. The guy talked about how they have to "dig before they dig", by drilling holes along the path of the tunnel

  • @xkonfy1

    @xkonfy1

    4 ай бұрын

    Correction he mentioned "exploratory tunnels"

  • @TrevorWilliams-fq8mg

    @TrevorWilliams-fq8mg

    4 ай бұрын

    The TBM's are operated by computer control a dcguided by a laser.

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas4 ай бұрын

    The UK needs an escooter tunnel network linking Manchester to Liverpool through Wigan Pier and connecting to Southport.

  • @milton1969able

    @milton1969able

    4 ай бұрын

    Lmao, Had to re-read the escooter bit haha

  • @MilesBellas

    @MilesBellas

    4 ай бұрын

    @@milton1969able Rion escooters can go at 80mph for 30mins and then be folded into a taxi

  • @ocko8011
    @ocko80114 ай бұрын

    Life is just a tunnel through space and time.

  • @masterwatch
    @masterwatch4 ай бұрын

    very interesting.

  • @mrwinemaker
    @mrwinemaker4 ай бұрын

    I've always wondered, what's "B1M" stand for?

  • @aldemir6127
    @aldemir61274 ай бұрын

    I wonder average cost of tunneling under the mountain, no water nearby what so ever. Thanks

  • @tamingthejungleanallotment5486
    @tamingthejungleanallotment54864 ай бұрын

    So they're building a rail line from Lyon to Turin tunnelling under the Alps for around €9Bn... yet here in the UK we have to cancel huge chunks of HS2 because, at a cost of £100Bn just for the first leg there was not enough money for the rest. Why could we not build it for a similar cost per mile???

  • @kento7899
    @kento78994 ай бұрын

    Chicago is only 200 miles from me but I never go there. Didn't know anything about the waterways, and that sewer & reservoir system is so cool. I really should make a trip down there someday to look around, get mugged stabbed and shot a few times and come home. ;)

  • @R_Riley
    @R_Riley4 ай бұрын

    You know what would make the most sense for the UK subway line. A complete overhaul and install the supertrain system across every town & city. Time would be saved across the board. It would greatly improve transportation and would make them state of the art. Poor management and a complete lack of direction has lead to the widest incompetence

  • @rigor_21
    @rigor_214 ай бұрын

    That was a lot of Tunnels for today 😂

  • @user-zh9kc7tw4n
    @user-zh9kc7tw4n4 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video should look at the Swedish capital Stockholm Western by pass of the E4 it is taking a very very very long time...

  • @falafelscobes6122
    @falafelscobes61224 ай бұрын

    How automated is tunnelling now? And are we tunnelling faster than ever? It seems to be extremely expensive in Australia but is the solution we need in 3 main cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

  • @rabidbigdog
    @rabidbigdog4 ай бұрын

    How 'bout a discussion of a Bering Strait tunnel? Can you imagine the future economic and climate benefit of a freight and high-speed rail tunnel system. We should be thinking out 100 years.

  • @markarca6360
    @markarca63604 ай бұрын

    Where is the Philippines here? I am referring to the Metro Manila Subway Project!

  • @mikee3216
    @mikee3216Ай бұрын

    Have you ever considered looking in the Hsuehshan/Snow Mountain Tunnel in Taiwan? It's only 12.9km long with a max 500m deep shaft, but goes through some pretty tough geography that destroyed two of the three TBMs that were deployed. As a Taiwanese I keep hearing heroic stories from our own media channels about amazing and world-class it was to build that tunnel, when the Swiss, French, Japanese, and Americans all came to survey but gave up. However, I can't find much info in the world media about it other than that one Discovery channel documentary which just echoes the same story told within Taiwan. If it was indeed a world-shocking project as is claimed, I would have expected more coverage. Would you know anything about it?

  • @ccjelley2390
    @ccjelley23904 ай бұрын

    What's efficient or sustainable about building tunnels for a handful of people to commute from their dream, remote locations to work in the capital?

  • @kenoliver8913
    @kenoliver89134 ай бұрын

    Interesting they are using old fashioned drill-and-blast rather than TBMs. You normally only do that for heavily faulted geology - perhaps it is to do with the islands being volcanic.

  • @TrevorWilliams-fq8mg

    @TrevorWilliams-fq8mg

    4 ай бұрын

    A TBM will only bore a round hole of limited diameter. When it comes to building a wider tunnel to carry a dual carriageway road or to construct underground station platform concourses excavation methods are used. If the excavations are in rock explosives are used for blasting out the rock. If other soils are present excavations takes place in short lengths and liquid concrete called guide is sprayed on the excavation face to maintain stability. If the excavation is in gravel liquid concrete is injected into the ground from surface level to turn the gravel into concrete.

  • @aayushagarwalyt
    @aayushagarwalyt4 ай бұрын

    You should have covered India's atal tunnel , building a tunnel at that range is very tough

  • @CHMichael
    @CHMichael4 ай бұрын

    Looking at the faroohe island investment , all these tunnel only make sense if there is some important military reason.

  • @S.L.S-407
    @S.L.S-4073 ай бұрын

    With such a small pop., who has been footing the bill for the tunnels in the Faroe Islands?

  • @billdeburgh
    @billdeburgh4 ай бұрын

    Minute 15:40 Chicago started a mega project in the 70s to solve a problem INVENTED in the 90s. Gimme a break.

  • @VFPn96kQT
    @VFPn96kQT4 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't it be cheaper and significantly more environmentally friendly to move all people in Faeroe Islands to a single city only?

  • @gregtoth

    @gregtoth

    4 ай бұрын

    Forceably moving people out of their homes is generally frowned upon.

  • @VFPn96kQT

    @VFPn96kQT

    4 ай бұрын

    @@gregtoth you can just encourage them by paying them the money wasted on tunnels and by providing tax benefits to employers to hire more people that moved from other towns.

  • @darthmaul216

    @darthmaul216

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bill9540that’s not what communism means bud

  • @pliashmuldba
    @pliashmuldba4 ай бұрын

    No mention of fehmern, which is a record tunnel.

  • @registeredberliner4877
    @registeredberliner48774 ай бұрын

    That Tom Cruise comparison came out of nowhere.

  • @registeredberliner4877

    @registeredberliner4877

    4 ай бұрын

    Oooh ... Cruise Ship

  • @KaiseruSoze
    @KaiseruSoze4 ай бұрын

    What do they do in the Faroes where 50K ppl can earn so much money?

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq4 ай бұрын

    Excellent entertainment to have breakfast 🍳 with which I am.

  • @JericVergara
    @JericVergara4 ай бұрын

    Wishing they would do this for the entire Philippine Archipelago 🙏 but the project cost tho

  • @Gazer75
    @Gazer753 ай бұрын

    Surprised the Stad ship tunnel was picked over the Rogfast project. Rogfast is under construction, the ship tunnel is not.

  • @bjw4859
    @bjw48593 ай бұрын

    Finally, a video title that accurately describes it's content, if I wasn't already subscribed these stories would have convinced me, well done.