Everyone wearing clean clothes in this video are token workers for the benefit of the camera. The real men who did this job were barely filmed. Thank you gentlemen.

@siobhanoshea9979

2 жыл бұрын

You are so right my friend I do this type of work all the time in city council waterworks and you get pricks like this getting all the credit

@ADVENTURESOFBZ

Жыл бұрын

Facts brother!!

@Itstime1231

Жыл бұрын

probably engineers and interns going to take a look at the repairs.

@burtan2000

7 ай бұрын

@@siobhanoshea9979The old timer with the push broom mustache, he's managing it. He's gotten plenty dirty before. The front line soldier going home filthy absolutely deserve more recognition. I'm just saying don't discount the engineers. I've worked as a laborer and as the engineer. Most engineers coming out of school don't know crap. THIS is how they learn. This stuff is a team effort. I disliked the shade that laborers would throw at me bc I CAN do their job. I've DONE their job. I'm slower and i'd need help as I'm rusty. But I could do it. But they can't do my job. Not with any amount of guidance. Not without spending a few yrs in classrooms and offices. In NY, the laborers (on any job with any public funding) make considerably more than the engineers. Entry level laborer holding a sign, pushing a broom, make about $40/hr not including benefits. 20 yr old kids making more than 30 yr old engineers with Master degrees, engineering licenses and $150k in debt. Both working the same project. Equipment operators on the project make $60/hr plus. That's how much VP's made at the large engineering company I worked at. Men and women with decades of experience and dozens of licensed engineers under them

@doughboy4681

4 күн бұрын

Yeah they were too busy working. They wasn't worried about making a TikTok video on changing a huge pipe

Your were lucky to have an old-school boss like that, who knows how to take charge and get it done safely. It's a tall order. Well done.

36 hours that’s hard work and dedication. Respect ✊

Well, something good comes out of this if your a city worker. OVERTIME BABY!!!!

@jdwylde7

2 жыл бұрын

Nope...I get comp time lol

Lesson learned : use ductile iron pipe material in the future for transmission main replacement projects!

He's had a few beers

@straxx99

5 жыл бұрын

His name is Rudolph.

My pops worked at WSSC as an inspector and damn he didn't get home until late when mains broke. He complained all the time about people taking their sweet times on the job and he got pissed at their foremen when people were standing around

U know it’s a big pipe when they’re not turning the valve by hand

I worked for Spinniello Co. out of Pomona, CA, what a great team they have!

I'm a Retired UNION Steamfitter WELDER Local 342 out of CONCORD CALIFORNIA.....We put 2 new 72" Drinking water pipe in During the Winter and it Rained like Hell so we were tracking mud and who knows what Else into that pipe...When we were Done a Laborer washed out the Pipe with a Garden hose the best he could then he threw CLOROX inside to Disinfect it....And this was the Drinking water for the City of Concord California....

@TheCrustyFry

2 жыл бұрын

A bag of granulated chlorine every 100 feet in the affected section would suffice but A pipe that big I’d say every 20 feet just dump a bag before recharging

great boss on site that what you need leads men to do great job well do guys

That foreman guy seems like a real pain in the ass to work for

@fernandosalgado3589

3 жыл бұрын

He’s probably the man though

@calidream9273

2 жыл бұрын

That's how most of them are, construction is tough personalities

@nathanielreid4967

2 жыл бұрын

What makes you qualified to make such a character assessment? What should your statement say about you? That you are one of those lazy works that require a 'slave driver' to get things done in a timely fashion? just asking.

@jeffflanagan2814

2 жыл бұрын

That's usually how it works thou.

@TheCrustyFry

2 жыл бұрын

That’s big papa he’s alright

Ihr sind die besten

The excavator's tracks look sketchy at 5:17

Multiple sluice valves not isolating reflects a poor maintenance/operation program i.e OPEX budget.

Those motor-operated valves oughta get excecised now & then... It's only when machines DON'T work that we are reminded how powerful they are. 😂😢😢

@Intense_Cloud

Жыл бұрын

Hydraulic valve turner, extend your back's life for sure😅

If we emptied the water flow in the water main by using suitable valves which are well functioning it would be easy to do the repair.

And plumbers aren't essential?

What kind of psi does a 54 inch main have ?

@Intense_Cloud

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the system pumps, and/or the reservoir height while at rest (not pumping). We usually pumped up to 150psi. And to regulate the pressure into the city (outlet the reservoir) we used pressure reducing valves (Cla-val) at specific points throughout the system.

@nicholasortega3153

Жыл бұрын

Cool learning alot about that now going for my class d water operator license here in Texas

Smoking a Cigar on the job haha 5:23

You are exactly right, clean clothes office worker's getting some picture time in!

I hate those types of "look at me!" "I'm the daddy" with his capital D cess tanks.

Non stop work.

Very interesting thanks

Hard hats and Steel Toe make it happen

I think these people need a comprehensive right of way matieance program..those trees on top your pipe is not helping you

Man they look like there's a lot of supervisors there 😆 big deal gotta get water flowing again fast work though nice

What a good laugh!!

If that pipe is active and it blows them guys standing on top is gone

@WELLINGTON20

2 жыл бұрын

Valves are shut.

That belly’s about to blow to

42" valves are a bitch to shut off especially if theres a bit of crap on the valve and can't get it to close properly turning it for ages And then the recharge don't wanna get water hanmer and blow it back up

@Intense_Cloud

Жыл бұрын

At the beginning is a bitch to turn, then, still a bitch. Specially when tuberculation builds around inside the gate, then have to work it up and down several times, gaining only 1/8th of a turn at a time and is like 70 turns and it gets very hard at 55, not fun, not fun at all...

This why you don't privatise our local authorities and hand it to proxy corner cutting contractors

Don't believe a thing he said... The 12-inch water main outside my house broke, and it took the city crew 2 days to fix... the city crew didn't even have to build an access road ! Either the city crew is super slow, or this crew is super fast !

@TheCrustyFry

5 жыл бұрын

It depends on the circumstances. Sometimes the water can be impossible to shut down and line stops will have to be used. It could have been super deep; lots of service lines etc. There could be many reasons for this although I am in the business myself and to fix a standard watermain break usually takes an 8 hour work day from start to final paving.

@davidwillard7334

3 жыл бұрын

There's Only Two ! Types ! Of Speed ! DEAD SLOW ! AND STOP !!! GOOD AS !! MAN !!

@nvrdwn3140

3 жыл бұрын

I fixed a 12 inch T the other day. That's 3 connections with a 5 man crew in 12 hours

@nathanielreid4967

2 жыл бұрын

Ignorance can be cured but STUPIDITY can NEVER be redeemed🤦‍♂️. Given all the information it should be seen that you are STUPID.😢😢😢

@Yeeuu-teeuube-in

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they only take a couple of hours to fix sometimes it’s several days. Water main and the environment play major factors.

1:10

Coupla hotties 2:59

I have a hat of wssc😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

If the Foreman ,was telling the Excavator Operator To bash the Pipe ! With the Bucket ! Why wasn't there ! A Concrete saw ! ? And Jack Hammer !? Surely a Crew ! That Large !! Would have had those ! THERE !!

@drajik

3 жыл бұрын

Its easier, faster, and safer to just break that size of line throughout the portion you are going to replace and afterwards you can easily cut it evenly past the broken edges on both sides with saws.

@davidwillard7334

3 жыл бұрын

@@drajik Thank God ! It's Not my Excavator !!

@Okami88

3 жыл бұрын

THE PIPE WAS ALREADY CUT THROUGH THE USE OF THE SAWS .... just like any demo of concrete etc you have to bash it to break it up even when cut by saw.

@Okami88

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwillard7334 you have an excavator? You've never used a 300 machine to break concrete or demo? And think that there's going to be damage done. You're funny.

@Okami88

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidwillard7334 the job is being done properly. Have you ever done this type of work?

54 inch isn't shit we warm up with 90 inch with half the guys you got.

@heronvarela9784

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Tedeschi there always has to be one person 🤦🏼‍♂️

@nicholastedeschi2867

4 жыл бұрын

@@heronvarela9784 sure does 🇮🇹

@heronvarela9784

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Tedeschi since we’re texting bull we can do it with 1/4 of the guys there 🤷

@P3tray

2 жыл бұрын

@@heronvarela9784 since we're all just flexing on each other, I could have fixed this myself with some common hand tools and a plastic shovel

typical union job 20 orchestra directors directing a one man band

@DarkyBlue

5 жыл бұрын

Typical whiner..

@fuckfucku2

3 жыл бұрын

🖕🏻

@I.AM.Issachar.

3 жыл бұрын

@@fuckfucku2 did i hurt your feelings?

@lilcourtny08

2 жыл бұрын

@@I.AM.Issachar. getting paid what the job calls for, I gut you are part of a illegal immigrant crew working for 8hr, zero breaks and no benefits

5 guys working 40 standing around barking orders. What a waste of the publics money!

@DarkyBlue

5 жыл бұрын

A 7 minute clip to show 5 days worth of work.

He sounds so mad haha, I get it though. You'll have that on those big jobs..