Its been an amazing 1 1/2 years watching this being built. I remember when they were removing trees and scraping off the tops of the hills while filling in the swamps. Can’t believe it’s almost done. There is much more coming. Cant wait until we start seeing production cars roll out

Great update Randy. The key takeaways in the beginning is good. Then we know what you have discovered and we might help you if it is other things to be aware of. Keep up the Great work.

The Drainage Vault and the Spillway (east retention pond) are fascinating to me, I look forward to the first rain when they come online.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the Bio-Filtration Pond - Pond 2, 7:02 is looking good. At this time they have the constant 6" drain from the buried grid connected and the metered pipes installed but the overflow is not complete. The overflow will be across the covered area on the east end, but from there could be an open channel with rip-rap or pipes under the road or a concrete weir under the road as shown on the plans. These guys are very good with their dirt work, much better than I have achieved with my dozer.

Great video, thanks Randy! 13:38 remote controlled compactor in use

7:05 Not sure if you spotted this while you were away Randy, those concrete walls are actually panels removed from the main building due to the window redesign. The holes for water were cut using a concrete hole saw after the panels were set in a concrete foundation, you can see the waste cores at the east end of the wall.

Any rumors about the purpose of the future East side building? Starlink dishes? Pi? Optimus? Chargers? HQ? Condo? Boring tunnel exit station? Parking lot?

Looking good!

Thanks, Randy!

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Thanks Randy, have a good weekend sir!

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Have a great weekend!

Good day Randy, Thanks for the video. At 8:26 bottom center you can see the end of the ramp that was poured some time ago. To the left and adjacent to the ramp is the location of the final loop road that will go north - south here. Most of the other roads will be eliminated according to the civil plans. That will leave the areas between the ramps to parking for landscaping. This is also the area that is the Right of Way for the utilities. about 10 seconds.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

That is all good but they left zero room for landscaping on the west side. There will be parking/loading docks - road - more parking. Not a single blade of grass, or a single plant in a 200' wide strip. Also wish they would have at least a little landscaping near the building on the east side.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn David I am referring to the picture at 16:26 and civil pages 31 and 32. Along the building the concrete allows trucks to turn to the docks. Going to the west the four lane road is next, then parking for two rows of cars and in some areas one row. The row of drains is in these parking lots. Then the berm next to the toll way which will be covered with grass and any other landscaping they desire. They could also have grass and plantings as show on the plans along the parking areas. The primary function of this area is material handling and parking.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 Pages 38, 39, and 40 show blocked out areas that could be used for landscaping. My complaint is that they chose to pave over all of them! Instead, there is pavement with white diagonal lines painted across it. As for landscaping along the freeway berm, that's all fine. But still leaves 200' (estimate) of solid pavement between the berm and the building. Wouldn't it look so much better if there was a 4' landscaped strip of land between the road and parking areas? Instead of having one solid mass of pavement. This is a billion dollar project. They can do better. That is just my opinion. Just like earlier, when I strongly spoke out in favor of windows instead of a concrete dungeon.

@Nphen

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn What really got me last week was watching a video of Giga Berlin where it showed roof work. There are probably a hundred massive skylights (10' wide or so with lengths that could be 20, 30, 40 or more feet long) and also hundreds of smaller skylights all over the roof of the building. There's also a lot of other tech on top of that building that's missing from Texas. Berlin-Brandenburg looks futuristic.

Glad to have your videos back, just take care of that shoulder

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I hadn’t noticed the fountain in the north evaporation pond before. How long has that been there? Looks like there is a lot of de-mobilization starting for contractors and suppliers.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Patrick, I saw the object in the pond but did not realize that it was a fountain. 18:49 You are correct, could be a floating agitator. In the picture I see a device near the bank up and to the right of the fountain and a line across the parking lot which could be the power source. Today is the first time I have seen it and I usually check this pond closely.

Thanks from Russia.

@ 13:55 (Splitter box) The plan on pages 71 and 72 calls for a perimeter drain around the splitter box. Looks like they decided to skip it. With the weir formed up, it would be a bad time for a major rain event.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

David, Since the water would enter the box and exit to the temporary pond it would not be too bad. At least they are covering the geomembrane in the Wet Pond and a water level would not displace it.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 I guess my concern is a really big rainstorm. Since the weir is restricted, and one pipe to the temporary pond is also restricted due to the forms.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Chance of rain Weds, chance of thunderstorms Thanksgiving, then maybe rain Friday. They presumably know this, and if they hustle, they can get things mostly done before the maybe's hit.

Unlike Giga Berlin there doesn't seem to be an official "entryway" to this building, like for the public???

Randy, how high does your drone go? Can you fly 2 or 3 times higher and show a panorama of the entire site? I’d like to see it that way because it’s so big it’s easy to forget how big the complete project is. Great vid. Thanks!

@ 12:34 (Backside of south pond retaining wall) Work beginning on splitter box to pond outfall structure. Which will serve as an energy dissipater to protect the pond from erosion and scour.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

I guess that we got that one right, their revised solution is much better than the original drawings, wonder if they will include pump setup for total drainage ?

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 Hopefully they will include a pump to drain the pond for maintenance. Shouldn't be hard to run conduit to that location, and a drain pipe to one of the river outlet pipes to the west.

@patrickkenny2077

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 I would expect them to just go for a portable pump for full drain, since there don’t appear to be provisions for an inlet pipe at the low point.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickkenny2077 Patrick, I agree that a portable would work, according to how often required. The pond bottom is flat. The forebay section where the sediment will have to be removed is next to the wall they are working on.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickkenny2077 I may be wrong on this, but I believe the bottom of the concrete structure behind the retaining wall will be at the same elevation as the bottom of the pond. Thus, there won't be a need for a pump inlet pipe. Just place the pump on the bottom of the splitter box to pond outfall structure.

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9:15 A bunch of boxes delivered waiting to be moved in.... Can't read them though.

Someday thats going to be me. 14th like and 2 comment. Thanks for the update!

8030'th view. And the 1Kth thumbs up. And 51st comment! Woot!

4th like and 1st comment! Keep it up Randy!

69th (umm) like. Welcome back Randy.