Ironworkers connecting Oakland California HD

Union Ironworkers connecting in Oakland California . First video filmed with my new camera at 1080 p 60 fps . Trying to capture the structural scene and the working floor and the dedication and self will it takes to face your fears everyday . And the risks we take every day to provide for our loved ones !
Local 118 local 378 local 377 Bay Area Ironworkers
Abel Rivera and Scott teeter

[@mikepgk]

Good job brothers retired union Painter IUPAT Local 86 Phoenix Arizona

[@normandfogarty3505]

Love watching Ironworkers hang iron. Could watch all day. You guys are 100% BADASS!!!! Stay safe.

[@professorquack]

Amazing!! I could watch this for hours. Great seeing stuff built and all the hard work going into it.

[@Qwhz2630]

That's Right Union Ironworkers ...stay safe stay blessed

[@Dino-lu4mq]

I’m in. Start on Monday. It’s never too late for another trade & you are never too old. For J.T. RIP you were taken 40 years too early. Sorry for judging you. I will learn from that. Teach me from above. And for A.G. wherever the F you are, hope to see you again soon. Hope you are OK. Wish I can tell you both that I’m your brother now. I’m proud and will work hard & stand tall. Thank you for this channel my brother & keep the vids coming. Godspeed to us all.

[@jimcorbett6926]

Utterly amazing what these guys do...

[@dennislee5270]

You and Able gettin making it happen. Be safe fellas

[@DanDan-vq9jp]

That definitely some grown men work. You all definitely some of the best in the industry. Safe travels wood

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Hell yeah baby!!

[@Dino-lu4mq]

Hell yea about the POV angle & money shot. Your vids keep gettin better & better… stay safe out there

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Thank you bro!!

[@ethanpadgett258]

Hell yeah brother jiw outta 848 over here On The east coast good shit 🤙🏻💯

[@DG-uw6wx]

Making a Wheel! Good times.

[@mikeprice4103]

Oh yeah!!

[@sempaijack7549]

Shout out 118

[@manolitaespineira8930]

MY RESPECT FOR THE STRONG WORKS. HELLO FOR LONDON ENGLAND EUROPA. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👍👍👍👍😘❤💛💖🧡💙💚💝🧡💖💛❤

[@Emanuel_415]

Today was my first day under local 378. We are Santa Rosa working on the new courthouse off Ventura.

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Hell yeah bro ! I’ll be at that job site today helping out and getting some overtime ! I’m with Shuff steel to man ! I’ll see you there

[@Emanuel_415]

@@Dirtywhiteboy118 what the heck I didn’t see you haha 😂

[@Emanuel_415]

@Jose Hernandez I’m only 1st period apprentice so I’m just helping welders set up. It’s going good though!

[@Emanuel_415]

@@Dirtywhiteboy118 today I was helping Murphy

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

I was on the roof all day !

[@robertmayorga4839]

My boy able!

[@joseluis2975]

Saludos y bendiciones

[@manolitaespineira8930]

THANK YOU FOR NICE VIDEO. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💙💚💝🧡💖💛❤💙💚💝🧡💖💛❤

[@hansdekkers2196]

Ik heb Jaren lang op deze manier gewerkt. Zonder veiligheid en stoer over de balken lopen . Dit kan ook onder door de flens. Maar mooie beelden , mooi beroep ( als je jong bent )

[@dominicteresi3835]

Who's hanging the iron

[@Dinoxt12]

Good Workers

[@ryanburbridge]

Thanks for posting! What local are you guys up north? 433 in SoCal.

[@jesusvalenzuela570]

What’s the difference from local 118 and 378 besides one ☝️ being in Sacramento and the other one ☝️ in Benicia ?

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

That’s the difference my man is the area . We’re all ironworkers you just join the local that’s closest to where you live at .

[@michaelcranton4672]

DirtyWhiteBoy, I’m living in SF and trying to get into local 377. I just got out two years ago and have been preparing to get into the trades. I’m coming in after my daughters Xmas vacation. I’m willing and able to do whatever. I enjoy your videos and have been practicing knots and buying up tools. Do you have any pointers for me or does anyone on here? I’m not new to hard work.

[@luishernandez05]

Local 86 always looking for new IW . I'm about to journey out next week .. just be confident and humble and learn something new everyday and you'll be alright brotha

[@Fishing4fun76]

Local 34 piledrivers you will thank me later

[@LSUtiger607]

Can someone explain to me how are you can pre-drill holes on a 50 foot beam and have them lined up perfectly with the existing structure? It seems even temperature swings during the day could cause those holes to fall out of alignment. I just don’t understand how they get that precision.

[@LSUtiger607]

@@svensvrgen6336 I’m not asking how the holes get aligned. I’m asking how they achieve the accuracy during the drilling of the holes.

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

The shop fabricates the steel, using detailed shop drawings. They have all the holes, clips, copes, etc on there, the diameters and locations, everything. These drawings have already been submitted by an engineer, approved, then a detailer provides a working set of drawings to the shop and erector. It's not like cutting 2"×4"s onsite, each piece is marked and shipped in sequence for it to be set. In dense urban areas, there is very little room for storing materials, including steel, onsite.

[@LSUtiger607]

@@peteywheatstraws4909 I suppose I’m asking a different question. Let me try again. Suppose you erect two 50’ members vertically, spaced 100’ apart. Then you install a cross member at the top, bridging the two vertical ones. If those vertical members are erected just a fraction of a degree off it will be enough to cause the pre-drilled holes to fall out of alignment. Hell, even changes in temperature (ambient) of the steel cross member could be enough to move the holes out of alignment. So I guess what I’m asking is, how do you erect vertical members at the foundation level to the accuracy required to accept pre-drilled bolts/holes?

[@quentin7135]

@@LSUtiger607 that’s why you plumb your columns. If your columns are plumb they’ll be in line and everything will be square. If temperature moves anything it would have to be the whole building not just one column line

[@boomfuq8277]

@@LSUtiger607there is a lot of sway and give in 50’ columns that’s why we carry our sleever bars when’s it’s off a little or a lot you use the leverage of your tool or if it’s real bad a tool called a come along (that was the tool that they used on the tube brace) that pulls the structure together if it’s too narrow you pull your bar and pry it out

[@tdematteo01]

Dumb Question. I see a lot of videos of guys connecting beams. It seems they get a few bolts in and move on. Is there another crew that comes behind the connectors and torques the bolts? Thanks. Great videos

[@braddeutschman7522]

Yes there is a bolt up crew who falls behind and stuffs bolts. Then a crew with a tc gun to torque all bolts.

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

Yeah, bolt up gang, then plumb and impact the building.

[@danielsoares3737]

What's the rate out there?

[@dxmyr]

30 starting

[@tlove0311]

I’m looking to get into 118. How long does the process typically take? Lovin the videos!

[@DG-uw6wx]

When I went through it was 3 years.

[@bak2812]

Sacramento, first you need to know someone from 118........

[@bak2812]

@@DG-uw6wx old timer!

[@waypoet2609]

@@DG-uw6wxyea it’s about 3 years unlike other trades which takes 5 years

[@kingme1931]

do you need to go to school for this job?

[@dxmyr]

right after you start they send you to class. if you're union. like a month or two max after you start.

[@sandydiongzon1476]

Next week I'll travel to Saudi Arabia, can you gave me some advice for I'm sa first timer. Thank you 🙂

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Plan the work , work the plan

[@shahadathossenrazib1088]

🇧🇩

[@Herecomesthethruth]

I used to erect steel buildings, believe it or not the only part that scared me was when the beam was being lowered or going overhead

[@ILTelevisionNetWork]

My dog trey

[@chrismoody1342]

Child’s play. Big tinker toys.

[@MyScotty7]

Walking the steel is banned unless we really have to in the UK. I feel safer walking the steel rather then being in a 185ft cherry picker (mewp)

[@skitown11]

Ain't no non union job. Guaran-mother fuckin teed!

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

We aren’t rats I can guarantee you that

[@mr.peavey603]

Load hanging of a come along. Risky. Could slip. Always use a chain fall.

[@adamv82]

Why would a come a long slip?

[@mr.peavey603]

@@adamv82They just aren't designed to suspend loads. Ment to pull.

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

You never send a brace header with a chain fall that’s unheard of dude . 3 ton Harrington come alongs. Never once in my career seen a chain fall to send a brace .

[@jordzzzzzzz]

The come along is only there to pick up the deflection from the 1/16” slop in the bolt holes. Excellent rigging, have done the same on very similar pieces

[@bak2812]

Another Bullard ruined by a connecter!!! Paint, really?

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Blah blah blah

[@bak2812]

@@Dirtywhiteboy118 Do you know M. Grecco?

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

Lol . Yes

[@bak2812]

@@Dirtywhiteboy118 Omg, he worked for me in the early 90's for Madison Industries....He boomed around with me. Those were the days!

[@Dirtywhiteboy118]

@@bak2812 he’s still around running work grumpy old bastard now days hahaha cool guy tho

[@fucksusan420]

Whats the point of having harnesses and tie off lines if you arent going to clip into them?