HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4

I'm on location to document the construction of a new wastewater lift station!
🚧Watch the next episode on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/practicalcon...
🌌Not subscribed? Get 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/practicalconstru...
Practical Construction Playlist: • Practical Construction
This is the fourth episode of a five-part pilot series to gauge your interest in "How It's Made"-esque heavy construction videos, so let me know what you think! Got an idea for an episode? Share it here: practical.engineering/location
Huge thanks to our project partners!
Owner: San Antonio River Authority (@SanAntonioRiver)
Engineer: Utility Engineering Group
General Contractor: MGC Contractors (@mgccontractors3304)
Practical Construction is a KZbin channel dedicated to the built environment. The show builds on the success of @PracticalEngineeringChannel , one of the largest engineering channels on KZbin, with more than 3 million subscribers and monthly viewership in the millions. Hosted and produced by civil engineer Grady Hillhouse, Practical Construction videos provide thoughtful and engaging explanations of how the world is built (and maintained) around us.
Credits:
Created by Grady Hillhouse
Edited by Wesley Crump
Camera Operator Josh Lorenz
Script Editing by Ralph Crewe
Graphics by Max Moser
Music by Donovan Bullen
Color Correction and Blurring by the Nebula Studios team
Some music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator

[@PracticalEngineeringChannel]

🚧Can't wait to see the final episode? It's live now on Nebula! nebula.tv/videos/practicalconstruction-heavy-construction-of-a-sewage-pump-station-ep-5

[@sobertillnoon]

Then what? Back to PE videos? No more PC? Channel spinoff?

[@moegraph3316]

I'd like to. But I don't have a credit card (here in europe.) I have to wait patiently for the next video and miss out quite a bit of interesting content. Luckily the internet is big. I really like the Series.

[@a_funyun]

Grady, thank you so much for this series. This has been one of the most interesting things I've ever watched, you just don't get to see this kind of process, it's "invisible" and there's so much effort, work, planning, and care taken to make things that are "boring" to most people. I was mesmerized on every video, and I subscribed to nebula after the first episode JUST to see these episodes faster. I've watched every episode at least twice, once on Nebula and once here. I REALLY hopy it can continue. This is why this channel is one of the best on the platform, and we are so lucky that you and people like you are excited to explain how these things get done. 10/10! I just wish there were more than 5 episodes, looking forward to the next one!!!

[@jakobpeters6068]

This series was AMAZING!!! Would love to see more in depth content like this. I think it’s fantastic into see how such a ‚simple‘ piece of infrastructure is not simple at all. Can’t wait to see more long form content like this.

[@bluegecko6770]

I have Nebula, and KZbin premium I choose to watch here, so you get a bit of ad revenue

[@vahgarimo9864]

I hope that Grady continues doing this series for other construction projects as well. The general public should know more about construction, and this format is very conducive to that!

[@mrmonkeboy]

would love to see an electrical substation or similar

[@namAehT]

Agreed. History, Science, and Discovery used to be chock full of educational stuff like this in the 2000s, but now there are very few shows that cover this sort of interesting infrastructure stuff. KZbin (and Nebula) seem to be the best place to find this style of content now.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@rainerrillke5660 invest?

[@ignisgecko4565]

I’d love it if he got to make an actual tv show out of this.

[@chillaxter13]

Fully agree! Would love to see more projects!

[@cheweh842]

I didn't even realize your Practical Construction series is getting less viewership than your normal videos until you mentioned it :( That's terrible, because this series is the best! It's amazingly rare to get such a look into how civilization is built.

[@matthewbeasley7765]

Yep, I'm amazed that it is getting less coverage. This is a wonderful series.

[@paulhimle3102]

If that means the feast of the viewers are on the other platform it’s actually really impressive

[@akamesama]

@@matthewbeasley7765 I suspect that part of the issue is that this is a serialized series. Someone might drop it in their watch later list, but in the mean time, they aren't going to watch any of the later videos. Thus, you have a compounding decreasing view count on each video in the series.

[@a-aron2276]

It's much tougher to do the series because of it's in depth nature and subject matter, some tasks / jobs will take in different viewerships. It's too early to say if this format isn't working. You'd need multiple series before you could make an assessment that's in any way valid.

[@Ultrazaubererger]

I just noticed this channel has 3.5M subscribers and is getting over 2M views quite regularly. Wow. Imho the biggest problem with this series is it being too different from what many subscribers are here for. Previous videos have always been 15-20 minutes of theory about one topic with a model. This series is 5 videos each with over 20 minutes of people doing stuff from many of those topics. In my opinion this should be it's own channel so it can find it's own audience. There are many viewers like us that want to watch both but there are evidently many who are not interested in this and I'm sure there are many who aren't interested in the usual videos but would want to watch this series.

[@jamesogden7756]

The lack of drama with clear concise explanations of everything going on make this genuinely informative. Tying the multidisciplinary construction approaches together in such an easy to watch format is brilliant. Thank you.

[@Dr_Nick_]

It's like How It's Made, but for infrastructure.

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

A spoof episode should be created in honor of the degenerate Reality tv genre. I'd like to see one of the workers complain about the food, and other worker related gossip that would titillate my senses into watching the next pointless episode... perhaps a brawl in the sewege tank? Two rats making love? who knows!

[@connorbarthelmie5313]

I love how, up until Grady said this project took 10 months, it looked like each episode could almost have been a day. That added some true scale to it!

[@anormalusername2748]

I hope he includes a timeline or something because that is difficult to imagine.

[@Tr1sh4Lynn]

@@anormalusername2748Agreed. Knowing more about exactly how long it took to do each thing could be highly important to helping those of us who aren’t in the business understand what is actually involved.

[@ADR1fley]

A reason for that, as he's shown in other videos, a lot of projects require wait times for settling and curing. Concrete can take a while to fully set, and for projects like these, giving the 'crete all the time is worth it.

[@bradcrosier1332]

I’d love for him to do one explaining why it took over a month from milling the street in front of my house before new asphalt was laid. Perhaps it was just how the contract was written with the construction firm, but I’d like to believe there was a more significant reason. Perhaps Grady can explain it, since no one else seems inclined to do so! Grady rocks!

[@Tr1sh4Lynn]

@@bradcrosier1332 I'm not from any construction firm, but based on Grady's explanations thus far, it could be because there was demand elsewhere for the material that hadn't been anticipated when the contract was originally written? You're right in that there has to be some sort of explanation, but whether it's a reasonable one depends on the firm, it seems. What have you found out so far?

[@KnowArt]

sad that these videos perform less well than your regular ones, it's one of my favourite series on youtube! I'd love to see more

[@alveolate]

thing is, these are also forever-resources... any civil engineer in training or otherwise could always look this stuff up and get a good glimpse into how a site works - any time from now into the future. grady's not just creating an entertaining general knowledge series; he's also adding to the great library of humanity.

[@KnowArt]

@@alveolate absolutely

[@SillySpaceMonkey]

​@KnowArt it's also a new long form series, so it will have to grow its audience out organically from the subdivision of current subscribers that gave it a shot. It's doing pretty well so far - imo - considering the ways it's meaningfully different from the average content. I think it doesn't help that if you "give it a chance" and then just seek around the video to "check it out" you're essentially just watching construction being done. I think it will find a meaningfully sized audience, in time. I think all of us that *are* here right now are big stans for this series, and we're all somewhat offended that more people aren't watching, and I find that that is usually a good sign of overall quality.

[@Xamy-]

Great series

[@KumquatChampion]

​@@alveolate100% correct. This will be invaluable to the people who actually need this information, as much as I like it I probably won't apply to many concepts to my job.

[@theoldfart6404]

Grady, I hope you can consider this series a success - because I'd love to see more similar content. It's both interesting and educational. Gives us mere mortals a better understanding of the infrastructure we rely on every day, and builds respect for the good folks who build and maintain it. Much appreciated.

[@ChrisCrozier]

Really dig how one guy with a youtube channel can produce content on par with Discovery or TLC in their heyday. Great job Grady.

[@sootikins]

At least 7 people worked on this video. Read the credits at the very bottom of the video description.

[@eastendyves]

Haha so true!

[@doomtho42]

@@sootikins There were definitely a lot more resources involved in the production of this series than just one guy with a camera and some video editing software, that’s for sure. With that said, I think it’s pretty remarkable that an independent creator was able to successfully produce something of this scale.

[@captainobvious9188]

I’m in I.T. but this has been an absolute gem. There are so many things this has covered that you would have to be in the industry to otherwise know.

[@monad_tcp]

this is real work, it makes IT seems like girl's job , ( I work in IT )

[@derpmanTV]

I’m building office furniture for my work, while these guys are building critical infrastructure that everyone relies on. Huge respect.

[@explorer914]

Well good office furniture is important for fast and efficient work, as well for the workers ergonomics. 😊

[@stagehits]

Yeah but you're both building things for people's butts.

[@misteral9045]

Speaking as a wastewater treatment operator, unfortunately they don't always do as good of a job as shown in this video.

[@votive7478]

Absolutely massive respect. Gotta respect the sewage construction workers too😂

[@joseluisblanco8074]

Well, furniture is needed by everybody, your works deserve respect too

[@nebula_wolf3132]

i must say, grady hillhouse, a civil engineer, is a perfect example of nominative determinism xD I do love this series, and hope to see more in future

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

you got me to google "nominative determinism"... thanks

[@kindlin]

I've definitely thought about that as well.

[@AmazinglyAdamToo]

Having formerly been a construction PM, I've been absolutely loving this series. Not a lot of people get to peek "under the hood" at what a construction project actually takes. (Myself included for Civil projects like this, I worked in a completely different industry.) Keep it up Grady!

[@cwildeman]

This series is fantastic. I was really unaware of the amount of time, planning, work, and skill that goes into even a relatively small scale construction project like this. Interesting and educational! Thanks a ton, Grady. And thanks to the construction crew for letting us peek over their shoulders for almost a year!

[@owenbegowin9335]

I’m enjoying this series! It feels like a cross between PBS Nova’s old episodes about infrastructure and How It’s Made, which I haven’t seen since I was really little. I can’t wait to see what’s next once this pump station is completed :)

[@calebs4887]

It also reminds me of Build it Bigger, especially that intro. I watched that show so much, along with How Its Made, when I was younger.

[@Jammermaker]

I prefer How It's Actually Made.

[@joshuacheung6518]

The intro music really reminds me of how it's made

[@Jammermaker]

@@Iris-lh7rf leave.

[@jacksonbennett6151]

I’m a construction super in Boston, I watch guys work at work, then come home and watch guys work on KZbin! I like this series, it’s cool seeing a different type of construction in a different region and spot the similarities and differences from my world.

[@kindlin]

I mostly just see this stuff on drawings, so this fun to see for me.

[@NoNonsense316]

I, for one, love this construction series. So much goes into infrastructure projects, it almost boggles the mind.

[@philstuf]

I have worked for a water/wastewater organization for 6 years... Never knew this was what went into building one of our wastewater lift stations... It is fascinating to watch.

[@kindlin]

I see things shown on drawings and plans all the time. Foundations, beams, and columns mostly, but I get other drawings with allllLLLLLLlLLlLlLLLL kinds of stuff. For every possible part of a building you could imagine. So this series is super fun to watch, seeing how they actually build all of these things that mostly exist to me only on paper. (Not to say I don't go on site visits, but often not to active construction sites)

[@BOB24502]

I'm surprised this series isn't performing as well as your regular videos. I'm 100% involved in this project now and I've been waiting for the new episode to come out each week! With the amount of time/money you've spent making this series, I hope you are recuperating your costs.

[@eriklunden5218]

I did not expect to be as excited as I am about a sewage pump station construction. I know this series took incredible effort, but I hope to see more like it. Being educated and entertained in the same video is such a gift.

[@BirdbrainEngineer]

6:55 "Construction schedules are not made with narrative structure in mind"... of course... But it'd be absolutely awesome to see the timetable of a construction job like this shown in one of these videos! What things are done in which order, what things can be done in parallel, how rescheduling would work if say the weather prohibits work on a scheduled day and so on!

[@YourThermalWorld]

I am a Mechanical Engineer and am enjoying your series. Keep up the great work!

[@Arcexey]

@YourThermalWorld you are? says who. I'm an interplanetary drainage scientist. just kidding. =)

[@riffzifnab9254]

I hope the people who worked on this project are enjoying this video too and all the people nerding out about their daily job. Thanks for letting us literally look over your shoulders. (:

[@alveolate]

would be nice to see a graphed overview of the entire project in terms of how much time each discrete job took, perhaps with notes about manpower, equipment, and costing... i feel so weirdly attached to this infrastructure now! if i ever visit san antonio, i've GOT to visit this lift pump!

[@HeroGuy3]

Imagine trying to convince your spouse that you want to visit a sewerage pump station on your holiday

[@alveolate]

@@HeroGuy3 a spouse _would_ understand and be enthusiastic.

[@theyxaj]

This is what happened to me watching the "sausage get made" during DoubleFine's productions of Broken Age and Psychonauts 2. Seeing the toil of individual people, the snags, the wins, the parts that didn't make it made me so curious about the games themselves. I highly recommend these series, I know Broken Age is on KZbin and I think Psychonauts 2 is too.

[@karryhardman8735]

I liked that you did a quick overview of confined space and that someone is always watching the person in the in the space. I still remember the day that I first learned of the dangers of methane gas in a manhole. We were about to enter a telephone cable manhole when a Ma Bell inspector showed up and told us to get out. He then pulled an air pump from his truck and told us we needed to pump fresh air into the manhole for 20 minute before entering and continuous when we were in it. He then stated that this was a new policy as two men had died the day before in a manhole that filed with gas.

[@MikeHarris1984]

I just watched the final episode on nebula. This series was awesome!!! I hope you get more of these types of infrastructure projects!!! How the station works And designed are fascinating to me and have been since I was a kid. Which is why I'm an engineer now.

[@michaelcola3280]

I can’t say enough how valuable this series is. I want to see more of these for various types of projects, from residential to commercial real estate, manufacturing, and even more heavy civil. All my Lego building pales in comparison to the vast scale of construction projects but it’s what gets me invested in this type of stuff. I love seeing how the world gets built. Thanks, Grady. You are one of the GOATs.

[@dreadpiratekristo]

I feel like this series is going to have a long tail on KZbin. Really well done, and super informative. Very cool.

[@theyxaj]

I do too and I certainly hope so!

[@agargamer6759]

Definitely hope so!

[@Kx0195]

I've absolutely loved watching this series. I hope you bring us more content like this. Would love to see things like reservoirs, high voltage powerlines and substations, rail interchanges, sewage processing works etc. Potentially from a maintenance perspective as I'm sure theres not many accessible projects being constructed you would be able to wrangle your way into being able to document for us 😂 Keep it up guys, fantastic work. I'm amazed we are provided with such high quality educational content for free and people still choose to mindlessly scroll social media instead.

[@groundcontrol6876]

I just watched all 4 episodes back to back after I saw the 4th one recommended and shortly after I started watching it, noticed it wasn't the start when you mentioned a "previous episode". Was amazing to watch, kept me engaged and it went by in no time. Kudos to your and your team for documenting all of this, and kudos to ALL the people involved in the project to make this happen, they deserve massive respect for their skills and labor.

[@BartdeBoisblanc]

As it has said been before we tend to take for granted systems we can't see. Thanks for the full length documentary on how sewage infrastructure works. If the average citizen understands a little of what goes into keeping their town or city working people might vote to keep it working even if it cost money, taxes.

[@mikeznel6048]

Video does not do it justice.

[@nickbob2003]

@@mikeznel6048better than nothing and I’m interested to hear what he is missing in this series. Are you talking about the design elements or are you just saying there is a lot more that goes into construction than was in this series. It seems pretty unrealistic to expect a show made for infotainment to 100% perfectly depict a construction site and what it’s like to be there

[@joshuamunson2876]

This series has truly been a breath of fresh air. I love the work and I hope these continue!

[@AngeloGiles]

I’m just blown away by how much work this takes, thank you Grady for these videos!

[@jcprov9481]

Grady, I sincerely hope you continue this series. I work in construction but my job never gets to see a job from start to finish. I’m always in the middle of the job or beginning, so this kind of show fills in the gaps of knowledge and helps answer the: “why are we doing this?” Question I often have. I was hoping at some point my job would make an appearance as a Hydrovac operator, but alas no.

[@alsothejiraguy]

I'm not an engineer - I work I.T. as my trade and practice. But I'm still fascinated by this format, and really hope you keep doing it after this project is completed.

[@almaefogo]

Similar to me, I work a ISP SNOC and I love watching this videos not because I like them but for the general knowledge and heavy machinery, growing up in a farm might be why I love heavy machinery and mechanical stuff.

[@iris4547]

this is amazing. you look at places like this from the outside and apart from a curiosity about what its there for, you never see what actually goes into its construction. all the small details that you know have failed someone in the past to get us to this point today are fascinating. keep making more.

[@Joe-bs9dj]

This series brings me such an odd sense of camaraderie. I find myself just smiling seeing these workers all doing their part in unison.

[@telioty]

"The spotter's only job is to keep eyes on the worker in the confined space" This line had the phrase "OSHA violations are written in dead bodies" going through my head

[@urieaaron]

Normally I fast forward through a lot of videos, but have watched every second of this series, so don't take this personally. Watching this, I couldn't help but believe you would be a great teacher and your videos would be just as great in a classroom and that reminded me of a college class decades ago that I attended. It was a early morning class and all of us taking it were midnight shift trades people. We were going to watch a training video. The instructor turned the lights off, because that is what you had to do in the old days and started the projector. When the movie was over and the lights came back on, all of us trades people were asleep. Never turn the lights off on midnight workers, it is a signal to our brain that we can not ignore.

[@dleland71]

Fascinating, Grady! The work that goes on around us that is never shown. I appreciate the effort and cost that has gone into this series and hope there are many more to come.

[@user-uz1yv2oc9v]

What a surprise! Didn't expect this to drop today! This new "how stuff is made" type series is my favourite of yours yet. Unlike that 5 minute made for TV rubbish this is actually aimed at people who want to know how things work.

[@terencemerritt]

He usually drops Tuesday. I’m really enjoying these new series he’s doing!

[@AllThingsMech]

Man, seeing the guy painting the inside of the manholes and wet wells brought back some memories. I used to work in a rail yard, shot blasting and repainting the rail cars. We used a plural component spray setup as well. Heck, was that Hempel 37300 being sprayed? Same light blue color. 😂 Another excellent episode, Grady!

[@smivan.]

This has easily been one of my favorite things you've done on this channel, there's something very satisfying about the methodical process of how this infrastructure is made.

[@simon7762]

I was about to mention how professional this series looks and feels when you started explaining what went into making it. Remarkable!

[@ToppyTree]

I really hope this series is sustainable for you. Genuinely some of the best videos on KZbin

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

I think this style video is extremely important, giving people an idea of how much work and effort goes into the seemingly simple things we take for granted.

[@CaptainJuiccy]

YES PLEASE LET THIS BE A SUCCESSFUL TEST PILOT FOR A NEW SERIES!!! Amazing work Grady :)

[@twotoned2774]

I've been waiting patiently for this video. Feels like a good TV series. Thanks Grady.

[@scotteeshelman5714]

This is absolutely amazing! Thank you for working so hard to be able to share this. I'm amazed at the amount of fine work and super careful and precise measuring that has to take place for heavy construction like this to work out. I personally think a step by step build on an average single family home would be a worthy subject. We truly should not just take these things for granted in our lives!

[@greywolf6443]

The whole project sounds rather easy at the beginning but once you start to see all the small stepps involved you get a real appreciation for the complexety of the work and the skill of everyone involved. Also: So much concrete...

[@IAmPGZW]

Hi Grady, I just want to say this series on Practical Construction has improved a lot on the way you shot videos. We need more of this type of content, and as you have rightfully said, we watch this because we do not want the dramas and cliffhangers. Much love from Zimbabwe.

[@Appl_Jax]

I'm really loving this series. I hope you have plans to do more like this but for different projects.

[@mrmonkeboy]

the cardboard formers needs a video explaining them and what they achieve. I think I understood, they create a void for the top of the shaft to move down into. But a simple model or 3D reder would have helped. Also, another point (I'm a lecturer and I had this advice when I started teaching) the little nuggets of gold that you aren't mining are things like "to stop animals getting in" .... there must be some great stories about that! Some failure or a construction worker surprised to find a puma living in that little void?! Anyway, loving this series, very interesting. I'm glad someone is interested in where my poop goes after it leaves my .....

[@danneliu]

Liked this series so far! No screaming, not everything kills you and so on, just informative and calm. Even my GF said to me "I can watch that because he talks so calmly and in slow pace" (we are not English native) Thanks for the show!

[@tatianaes3354]

*GRADY is a likeable chap.* Deserves support.

[@nurfuerdieplaylist]

Love this series, Grady! There's just something so relaxing in seeing a construction project like this coming together. Gives me a lot of appreciation for all the hard work that goes into so much stuff like this we only notice if something goes wrong!

[@Ttarler]

This is such a phenomenal and well produced series. You’re doing a great service to the public Grady. I’m going to wait for the last episode to drop but I might just have to sign up for Nebula…

[@ADR1fley]

You should honestly. I've had it for at least over a year and I've honestly only watched 1 creators videos, but only 30 of my dollars a YEAR enables creators I support to make projects they're passionate about, and takes away from KZbin's monopoly and bad practices.

[@stelios278]

Grady, I can't express enough how informative that series is. In addition, the production is next-level. Hopefully, you will continue the series with other projects as well. Props to you and your team keep up the fantastic work.

[@thesecretgames]

I wanna see Grady work these jobs as well! Getting his hands dirty with the crew helping out. It'll really make us feel part of the crew

[@Superminaren]

Love these videos! Would love some videos on differences in construction for Europe and the US.

[@Tresla]

DUDE I LOVE THIS SERIES THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@scfjake4750]

70 days of filming!? That's crazy. Love this series, keep up the good work!

[@donsinai2554]

I remember be enthralled by shows of this style as a kid growing up in the 60s. There is no way you’d see this on modern free to air TV, which is a real shame. Love your KZbin channel and love the series, please make more.

[@enochbooher6509]

It’s videos like that that make me consider civil engineering instead of mechanical But we all know at the end of the day mechanical is cooler 😎

[@kensherwin4544]

Remember that mechanical engineers build weapons but civil engineers build targets.

[@Gabriel-kz8ns]

This is a show worthy of Discovery channel on its long past glory. Amazing work!

[@azpcox]

What would be a great addendum is all of the actual things that each “contributor” did. A timeline of the actual start of the plan, funding, approvals, engineering, bids, approvals, re-engineering, etc. everything that happened prior to the first construction of the first video. Yes, a lot of it was planned when they built the first one, but there is a surprising amount of paperwork to make sure the drama is kept out of the construction zone. So glad you did this series!!! Love your book!

[@HughJassStain]

The engineering here is of a sound nature, but the actual pour process is flawed. There are quicker more efficient ways to achieve faster more profitable results especially when it comes to method and concrete product being placed. At Lafarge we would recommend our Agilia product which is rich in water reducer, command set accelerator higher than 1%, plasticizer additives, as well as steel reinforcing fibres poured into a slip form. Do it once. Do it right.

[@clemence8119]

Can we all agree that this is THE best quality documentary ever?

[@SasobiUchihaBO2PB]

I can't explain how much "Modern Marvels" or "How its made" vibes these style of videos give me, and I love it so much.

[@feandil666]

It was a great series! I'm sure construction workers are happy you show how they're not lazy when they stand around working sites seemingly doing nothing :)

[@mattisony]

released 57 seconds ago, last I was this fast she left early

[@InomonuxD]

Electrical engineer here working on building infrastructure / services. Absolutely loving this series - I hope you do more.

[@tmanook]

I knew projects like this were complicated but had no idea just how much effort they take. Seeing all this makes me ponder what it will take for constructing off-world bases.

[@joeyr4869]

It’s crazy how much I enjoy this series. Never thought I would look forward to sewage content

[@davidkaye8712]

Loving this series, I hope we see more, so very interesting. As for cliffhangers, who isnt riveted watching concrete dry !

[@epicemmalee2000]

I just want to say that this channel is a huge part of why I got my engineering degree and now design substations for a living. This type of stuff will never not be cool to me!

[@LMacNeill]

The thing that amazes me about this whole process is that every single step, every single part, every single design element had to be figured out by decades or even centuries of trial-and-error. What worked best, what didn't work at all, how it could be made more efficiently, etc., etc. The knowledge needed to design and build this one "simple" lift station is staggering!

[@rstomahawkty]

This is INSANE, and it was just one wastewater station. With all the work and knowledge that went into this, i finally see why people call their toilet "a throne." What a luxury to have a sewage system because this sh*t is complicated, and now I can begin to understand why much of the world doesn't even bother with trying to install a system - this is not only insanely complicated to build, but just one well is extremely costly and time consuming. Who would have ever guessed this would be so interesting. You may have just invented a whole new category of KZbin with this series. It reminds me of watching a tv show that releases one episode a week and the episode ends on a cliffhanger so you can hardly wait to find out what happens on the next episode. Everything about this is baffling to me and your effort in this is sincerely appreciated. It's brilliant.

[@rightblend]

This series is both phenomenal and very exciting. I noticed that the viewership was a bit lower, but I hope that the Nebula numbers make up for it. I really enjoyed this!

[@bdubbsmark]

All the added extra production shows, and I greatly appreciate it! This series has gone above and beyond what you invisioned it to be. This is on par with what Discovery, History, and other channels used to put out in their former lives. Thanks so much for putting in all your effort.

[@dawidcham]

Total respect. From the cloaca maxima to Joseph Bazalgette and beyond, we've gotten so used to the fantastic work that engineers do to hide away things that we'd rather not think about, that we end up taking all of that for granted, at our peril.

[@moosesnWoop]

I love how Grady introduces these videos, it's not the stock standard intro, each video is curated and scripted well. It's enjoyable to watch and imo top shelf KZbin

[@rickpetrinack1540]

Grady hi from Alberta Canada. As an engineering technologist/PM construction is my life and I love it all. I cant pass a construction site no mater how big or small and not take a look. I've had the pleasure of watching Practical Engineering for quite some time now you do a great job of choosing content, producing the episodes and most of all your commentary. This series is a great example of all that. Although I know the basics of a wastewater lift station I've never been part of designing or managing the construction of one, But now I know all the details. Thanks for your time and effort its appreciated. At the office we watch your episodes as a group during lunch. Makes for great conversation, brings together the senior partner PEng's, Tech's and PM's. We encourage everyone to subscribe and support the channel. Thanks from all of us here please keep them coming.

[@josephbunverzagt9535]

Hi Grady, love your channels! This new sewage pump series has been great. I have 2 reasons it resonates with me. (1) I am a mechanical engineer and have designed similar (yet smaller) lift stations for small communities and apartment/mixed use sites. (2) I live in a small rural township, we are getting our own lift station installed right now! As the township expands the sewage will be lifted and pumped to the larger nearby city. This small rural township (Harlem) is located in Ohio. And in case you haven't heard "intel is coming to Ohio". Unfortunately I live 5 minutes away from that new Intel site. I really hate to see the development come, but watching your show and seeing it happen in my own backyard at the same time has been very cool. Thanks again for all your hard work. I am also anxious to see the last part and hear what the specs are for the pumps.

[@fensoxx]

This series is so fantastic. It feels like the culmination of the promise of KZbin (or Nebula). Very thankful you’ve made this. It is so interesting…and I’ve done some of this type of work.

[@ag135i]

Big Constructions take years and years to complete with mishaps and errors despite best efforts by top experts.

[@Jinakaks]

I hope you make more practical construction videos! While it may cost a lot more and not be as popular as your other videos, I think practical construction is a very valuable series. This series has the potential to be as iconic as How its Made!

[@Jinakaks]

Christ is King! Salvation is through Jesus Christ alone! By grace through faith, Not through works, so that none may boast.@@Iris-lh7rf

[@AbhishekAgarwal14]

While I was always interested in mega projects, your videos are instilling a new appreciation for public infrastructure pieces, big or small. I now look at construction differently. So much to learn. So grateful for this. Thanks Grady, you are doing great work. Hope you will continue making video series like these.

[@jeffsinsights]

I'm a civil engineer and you are basically living my dream. Back when I was "doing my time" as an EIT I used to love going out on weekends and finding stuff to film, and studying filmmaking and seeing how I could express civil engineering in a more creative way.

[@skivvy3565]

Loving these heavy construction of a sewer pipe series. Thank you so much. Please keep em comin

[@taxi317]

You're darn straight we don't want no fake drama! You rock Grady! Love your no nonsense engineering videos. Better than any major network!

[@paulkinzer7661]

I've done just enough concrete construction work to have healthy respect for anyone on a big team putting it in. The prep work before the pour is so vital to getting it done right (says the guy who mostly did prep work), but when the pour starts, you'd better hope little goes wrong because the countdown on setting starts as soon as the mud comes down the chute. Knowing just how far the process of setting has gone determines just what you need to do -- and precisely when to do it! -- as far as all the steps needed to get it finished properly. Hats off to the folks who do this work!

[@burke615]

I'm still enjoying this series immensely. Thanks so much for making it, Grady and team! This channel has given me new respect for civil engineering.

[@Jake.r.reinhart]

I appreciate the workers allowing the filming. I would hate to be filmed working but I enjoy watching!

[@johnbiden7303]

Construction worker from Canada here, watching on my lunch break, it's cool to see the differences in US v Canada construction, hopefully there will be more practical construction videos after this series

[@WilliamRozear]

I don't usually leave comments, but this has been such a fantastic series that I am compelled to do so. I love what you do and subscribed to nebula because of this series. Truly fantastic work! Thank you so much!

[@shawnharrington8980]

I hope this series works out. I like how Grady explains things. When tell people you work in construction they often have no idea how things get done. I love the practical engineering videos too. As a commercial/industrial electrician I interact with hydrologic systems and pumps and I appreciate the information on how they work/ have problems. Sometimes you hear about an issue without fully understanding what it is doing to the system.

[@isavedtheuniverse]

Grady!!! I love this, its so amazing. This is like the adult/long form version of How Its Made. Hopefully it works out for you to do this with other projects because it is some of my very favorite stuff on youtube right now.

[@paulpalmas9034]

Love this new series and want to see more like it. Totally agree that we don’t need any of the drama that would be required if it was on a broadcast network. Would be great to do a practical construction series on a residential property that is off grid. Would be good to cover things like: digging and installing a well, solar panels and battery technology. Partnering with someone like Matt Risinger on new building techniques could also be beneficial.

[@jimmybonse7151]

I’m a construction professional and absolutely love this content. PLEASE keep making it! There is an audience

[@probowie]

Grady.... wonderful video. I'm an Engineer too and spent 2 years filming the construction of a 500 acre manufacturing facility.. I appreciate the "drone, new camera gear, and lawyers" comment. Love your videos... Keep em up!

[@skivvy3565]

Rewatching the entire series since Grady said they’re getting less views than his usual content . Please let these series continue!