Most Expensive Construction Mistakes in the World (Part 3)

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Do you know of similar construction mistakes in your country? 🏗🤔

[@Hamzplays]

First

[@Corpseejb]

Not sure abt construction…..but “300” countries is a major mistake😅 4:28

[@iamraiyan111]

Dude you said more than 300 countries use nuclear energy, there is only 196 countries

[@clipscompilations4442]

@@iamraiyan111 196

[@iamraiyan111]

@@clipscompilations4442 sorry my bad😅

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

'More than 300 countries around the world use Nuclear power' ~Having 193 countries in the whole world, this is quite impressive

[@jdstep97]

Maybe this KZbinr is broadcasting from an alternate reality, one that has not just 300 countries on earth, but _more_ than 300. Sounds like an interesting place to visit one day. I suspect Bezos will get their before NASA.

[@MALLETPROBONO]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 It blew my mind when i heard it..

[@caelestigladii]

Makes you wonder what else in this video is misinformation.

[@regal6285]

I turn on the closed captions and it wrote 30. So I think he reads what he's saying and it's a mistype or misread

[@stars7423]

nameste🙏, i think he want to say ,around 300 nuclear power plant in the whole world

[@drunkenwoodelf]

"It's estimated to cost 7 billion dollars, 7 times more than the original bid of 1 billion dollars." I'm glad you did the math for me on that one, thanks.

[@DrDman14]

I was about to open the calculator app.

[@takenusername7469]

@@DrDman14 it's sarcasm lmao

[@MrMRMONKEY232]

Gotta fill out time to get them ad rolls

[@Littlemissdirtbag]

It's still a truly ridiculous statement. Sarcasm or not. Sometimes I wonder if anyone edits these videos before they open their mouth.

[@DeezNutzzs]

Y’all are all haters, let the man make his successful vids and stop wasting your time in his comments if you don’t like his videos. There’s other creators

[@puzzLEGO]

4:26 ‘More than 300 countries around the world use nuclear power’ the 196 countries: cool fact bro

[@mr.shadow3009]

There are 195 countries

[@ChessMatchups]

@@mr.shadow3009 197

[@rajanmanhas1074]

193

[@rajanmanhas1074]

2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

[@user-hx1ig4iz6b]

@@rajanmanhas1074 There IS NO 'country' of palestine ... if you insist there is, then WHICH countries BORDER 'it' ? Unless .... you are one THOSE against Israel, possibly ...........

[@ironfist663]

Fun Fact : Biggest mistake in the world is when the world estimated the number of countries to be 300 but it actually is 196...

[@VodkaCat08]

iPhone XS Wallpaper as a pfp, quite a unique choice.

[@Oystein87]

195 (197) countries... And he meant that 30 use nuclear power. 300 was a little too much :P

[@jojothepolyglot1866]

215 if you don't consider politics....That's according to the UN. There are countries not recognised by the West and vice versa.

[@solmoman]

189

[@Oystein87]

@@solmoman 195 (197)

[@pubert2024]

" *About 300 countries around the world* " Guys he's off-script

[@shark3744]

I was confused by that too, where is he getting that number from???

[@sanisacse6577]

@@shark3744 too much construction mistakes 😂

[@bach556]

He said more than 300 countries around the world 😂

[@luvssmau]

I guess he included non-existent continents' countries😂

[@thomascurrie8215]

Comes from him reading the script live without pretending and not thinking about what he just read.

[@edg8535]

The new Berlin airport should have been on this list.

[@stantory1822]

It was on the first list

[@brickonblock5183]

First Thing me as a german thought about upon reading the title

[@Nym146]

All of Germany should.

[@acat3772]

@@Nym146 Which one

[@Nym146]

@@acat3772 There is only one Germany and it was a mistake all along lol

[@yunush]

The best piece of information is at 4:25 that there are “around 300 countries in the world that use nuclear power to meet demand”. This guy is a true visionary.

[@zrencos]

LMAO i thought I hears that wrong. He probably meant cities or an issue with the script XD

[@homuchoghoma6789]

Если включить субтитры то там написано 30

[@tyrellcobb4665]

Makes you wonder what else in the commentary is bullshit

[@yunush]

@@tyrellcobb4665 yup, I also find the commentary a bit tinged with sensationalism and exaggerations. There are many other channel that are more authoritative like B1M.

[@nisheethnayan1287]

They just read the script.. they dont know shit

[@ExxonMobilCompany]

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[@marcelrobert9569]

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[@killaime3485]

"More than 300 countries in the world use nuclear power" Lmao

[@MrbilliskTV]

Nuclear is a bug scary word isn't it

[@alexdevries8761]

Considering there are only 195 countries its an odd thing to say...

[@patrickmiller5125]

I noticed that too. I was like da fuk????

[@NERGYStudios]

Exactly

[@atnfn]

Doesn't really sound like Biden but maybe it's a relative to Biden narrating this video.

[@Cavemanheartrock]

My parents always said I was a mega project that didn't turned out as planned.

[@sloppyseconds6113]

They were right

[@archimedes2261]

All my parents needed was time 😁

[@ashaneperera1474]

@@sloppyseconds6113 shut up

[@sloppyseconds6113]

@@ashaneperera1474 no u

[@petef.4361]

Pulling out doesn't work!

[@criztercardell2742]

Original problem with the Hallandsås railway tunnel in Sweden was that the politicians in charge hade decided the location of the tunnel and started to redeem land long time before the geological survey was done. The first Geologist warned for the bad bedrock and recommended the tunnel to be built a some kilometers to the east, where the bedrock was more solid. He got kicked out of the project and and a "puppet" geologist was hired instead that approved the original location. The rest is history

[@ghost307]

That outcome is guaranteed whenever politicians make technical decisions.

[@mostluxury5075]

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[@dusk6686]

"Say this is a good idea, or say We are right. Anything else and you're gone." Mmmn, politics~

[@eirik874]

A "politician" should stay with politics and not anything they don't have the experience to do. It's so anoying when they have to push shit through and everyone knows it's a bad idea and then it goes to hell but it dosnt matter its tax money right? Haha

[@ghost307]

@@eirik874 The big problem is that they're not smart enough to know when lobbyists are lying to them...and they're too arrogant to admit that they don't know anything.

[@Robert-Italy]

The San Francisco Bay Bridge story mentioned the city government and showed an image of the US Capitol building in Washington DC. Also, as mentioned previously, I'm surprised to learn that there are at least 300 countries in the world - so many new places to visit after the pandemic!

[@silvercrystalreconess5761]

your right but its given 30 in the subtitles meaby he made an error

[@Ocean_The_Orca]

I live in sf and it took YEARS for the old bay bridge to be fully dismantled

[@raypitts4880]

cheap video we know better all he do is show up the cheapness of his video and makes a fool of himself

[@mpaulm]

4:26, more than 300 countries hey? I’m pretty sure there aren’t that many in total let alone ones that use nuclear power.

[@Adamcram]

Everyone makes mistakes brother

[@pubert2024]

he forgot his script

[@luism7248]

Its 30 actually😂

[@Jay-jq6bl]

@@Adamcram This channel more than others

[@MegaBuildsYT]

Sorry, we mean 30 countries 😅

[@SolaceEasy]

Shoddy work. Numerous mistakes. One: A picture of the state capitol building of Utah described as the city hall of San Francisco.

[@mostluxury5075]

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[@robertkendall6660]

They also highlight the western span of the bay bridge when talking about the eastern span at 9:14, and follow that with two shots of the western span. Then, starting at 10:10 they show the old eastern span being dismantled (with the completed new span in the background) as they talk about problems building the new span. Edit: at 10:24 they did finish with a shot of the new span being constructed with the old span still in use in the foreground.

[@btphelps]

Not to mention the city of San Francisco had ZERO financial responsibility for the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge. That was a CalTrans debacle.

[@paulklemencic6132]

@@btphelps Not to mention that Interstate 80 goes over the bridge, which is a Federal highway. Attacking and smearing the City of San Francisco local government over a Federal funded project, constructed by the California state government agency, is a particularly telling propaganda technique. And saying the replacement of the old crappy structure was due to earthquake concerns, instead of primarily durability and traffic concerns shows that whoever produced this video doesn't know what they are talking about... Just More internet nonsense.

[@edwardblair4096]

And they showed collapsed sections of the freeway that were damaged in the same earthquake but are completely separate from the bridge. From the introductory images at the start of the video I thought they would be two separate stories in the list (i.e. one being the Bridge replacement and the other beint the double decker Cypress structure in Oakland and Embarcadero freeways in SF.)

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

Top Luxury mentions mistakes throughout this series. However, Top Luxury should pay more attention to fact checking it’s information and proof read the subtitles.

[@talamioros]

well what do you expect of a channel with a silly name like "Top Luxury" rather than something about engineering, I'm just glad they know to spell honestly

[@eduardoramirezjr4403]

@talamioros LOL!

[@kjrehberg]

Obvious low-effort KZbin advertising fund grab is obvious.

[@jerryofsanfrancisco]

The Oakland/San Francisco bridge mentioned had an image of the collapsed freeway in Oakland which had nothing to do with the old bridge now demolished, or relative to the new bridge replacement. The freeway collapsed during the 1989 earthquake that caused a segment of the Oakland/San Francisco bridge to fail.

[@farakhzaman2453]

The Honolulu rail project would be a great one to add to your list. It started out on the west side of Oahu instead of where tourists are in Waikiki and has been plagued with issues. So far it’s about 10 years behind schedule and multiple Billion over budget.

[@wdf70]

Why the west side? There's nothing there except locals and some beaches.

[@Squancheeb]

I agree. The project has been going so long, the wheels on the trains are rusting.

[@PinkAgaricus]

That one condo building also, the one that has that hanging glass feature in Kakaako also applies. Howard Hughes we don't need a condo tower with a fancy feature like that. Actually most of the new construction in that area including the condos on Ala Moana shopping center applies too. Since most of the units aren't even being sold to residents. I would have rather preferred they repair that parking lot section. They knocked down a big landmark (ward warehouse) near that tower in question. Yup the town side developers have something to do with the rail because they're the ones that want it built through town to reach the area with the condo towers.

[@makeouthilldesign8408]

He did add this to a list already

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@bubcat54]

My wife is planning a kitchen remodel. It should be stiff competition for everything in this video.

[@skeetskeet9371]

This comment 🤣

[@algrayson8965]

Kitchen remodel. You can have every meal delivered by DoorDash for decades for what this remodel will cost!! Jenn-Air everything: too pretty to ever soil with cooking. Only for looking: showing off to her friends. $20,000 range. $15,000 fridge. Engineered quartz countertops $20,000. And I'm probably YEARS (decades?) out of touch!! Go ahead and let her divorce you now before she “spends” $100,000+ on a kitchen ”remodel.” Then divorces you anyway, leaving you in another humongous debt. She’ll unload you, Mr Nice Guy, in favor of some “Chad” who will treat her like 💩. Has she been exercising, dieting, losing weight? Umm, humm.

[@skeetskeet9371]

@@algrayson8965 damn, who hurt you?😂😂

[@johncaputo5538]

@@skeetskeet9371 His mother. Made him despise women.

[@AbrarTsuya]

Haha... Epic comment 😂

[@Nubbe999]

The Swedish hospital Karolinska should also be on this list. Total cost so far: 2 billion Euros, cost for changing one door: 120 000 Euro. The 17 most expensive building in the world.

[@louisrafaelcom]

Can we talk about his pronunciation of Kronor?!?

[@slopedouche5460]

If it contains trim Swedish nurses then we must make exceptions😜

[@Nubbe999]

@@louisrafaelcom 1,2 miljon kronor or 120 000 euros

[@skandinaviskman]

@@louisrafaelcom What about it? His pronunciation of kronor is very good.

[@mostluxury5075]

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[@MikeDayConcrete]

Amazing demolition, awesome video!

[@Toro_Da_Corsa]

KZbinrs intentionally put in mistakes in their videos so wise guys like you will habitually correct them in the comments. Thus driving up the popularity and viewership of the video. Well done Top Lux. Works like a charm.

[@CrewElite]

I also do this 😂

[@sophierobinson2738]

I just came to see things fall down.

[@davidstoyanoff]

Well, I started landscaping my yard this Spring. It's now October and my cost over run is out of sight!

[@ProudiPhoneOwner]

Poor project management, I see, Well, time to demolish your yard then. I deem it unsafe lol.

[@marksanders768]

"More than 300 countries around the world..." - What definition of "countries" are we using, here? By most definitions, there are fewer than 200 countries.

[@alfrredd]

I think he meant 300 nuclear plants around the world or 30 countries with nuclear power plants around the world.

[@lautheimpaler4686]

No. There are 195 members of UN. And 205 members of FIFA. And there's also West Sahara which is a member of neither.

[@imho2278]

Including the tiny ones...Basque, Monaco, Brittany...

[@devontewhite6080]

😂just like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ3almOQjqloebc

[@nekosimp7751]

Heres a construction fail that happened in my city (adelaide, australia), the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, construction began in 2011, then it was estimated to be a $2 billion project, this was going to be the most expensive building ever constructed in Australia and the largest hospital in the country. Im not sure when they originally planned to have it completed, but i know it was delayed a while, finished in 2016, but when it 'finished', it just sat there unused for about 18 months due to the issues inside. Also 2 workers died during construction, and they went $500 million over budget (i think this deal worked such that the building companies paid for all of it out of pocket, and they owned it, and once it was done and up to standard, the governemnt would lease it from them. So when it was built but no up to standard, the gov just said they dont want it until its ready, i know this cuz my dads in that industry). Once it did open, it was just plagued with problems, to start with it was more of a hotel than a hospital, theres no wards, each patient gets their own room with their own ensuite bathroom, and these were fairly spacious, so the capacity of the hospital was much lower than it could have been. But to go with this there were no lounges for patients (idk much about hospitals), so apparently healthy patients couldnt discharge themselves, they had to wait for a nurse to come to them, do the paperwork with them in their room before they could leave. Compounded with there being no lounge for incoming patients, this meant the hospital filled up fast and you had ambulances stacked out side because there was no space inside the hospital for them to leave their patients. The hallways were too slim, so you could only wheel one patient through at a time, if there was someone coming the other way, one of you would have to maneuver into a room to let the other pass, its just so stupid. Apparently there were times when the lights would go out during operations due to a software issue. This is just a snapshot of the problems, theyve already build another (smaller) hospital to account for this, and more are planned, though none are of the scale of this one.

[@callanbull]

Ahh yes, the software for the lights....

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

China wouldn't happen to be a shareholder in the developer, by any chance...? 😂

[@devontewhite6080]

😂😂😂just like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ3almOQjqloebc

[@mech-E]

It’s not a construction failure if there isn’t a problem with the execution. A planning, funding, design, or change in demand, isn’t really construction failure

[@kap1526]

Agreed.

[@DerWaschbar2]

These are construction projects, they're not an iPad, a piece of software or a Beyonce concert. That's in that sense we mean "construction" mistakes, it's the projects.

[@MikeySlou]

All part of construction in the sense of real estate.

[@tookitogo]

Agreed.

[@AttilatheThrilla]

3 of these are literally construction failures

[@matthewyabsley]

Alien 1: We found an intelligent species. Alien 2: Their construction skills seem to be quite good. Alien 1: Yes but they only build them so they can blow them up afterwards.

[@commentor3485]

Because explosions are fun.

[@raf530i]

Well, I can cite 2 in Brazil: the Angra 3 nuclear power station has gobbled money for decades without ever being completed, and the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon, it generates only a fraction of it's nominal power because of fluctuations in river flow and the lack of a proper reservoir for the dam. Those 2 can make almost any other project of this list look cheap in comparison when you look at the money already invested in those.

[@jamysalmeida18]

Both bilions constructions

[@zyrppa]

Angra 3 costs are 0,75 billion, Olkiluoto 3 is 5,5-8,5 billion

[@lcg3092]

A hydroplant generating only a fraction of it's nominal power is normal. That happens with pretty much any renewable energy that relies on natural forces for energy production instead of controlled input of fuels... While yes, Belo monte average production of 40% is below the national average of 55% for hydroplants, it's not nearly the lowest in the world, and having huge revervoirs to keep capacity close to 100% all year round is not always viable and can have huge enviromental consequences...

[@jamysalmeida18]

And we are talking about constructions that cost billions, and that just scratch the surface off the ocean. If we join all the small millionaires constructions, maybe we make billions and billions in money.

[@mostluxury5075]

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[@exowye]

You should include Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the Philippines Construction Cost : $US 2.3 billion Issues: 1. Plant revealed over 4,000 defects. 2. Was built near a major geological fault line. 3. Close to Volcanic Mount Pinatubo.

[@scyllajk2757]

4:26 "More than 300 countries around the world use nuclear power" Yeah believable

[@shaggings]

look at the captions, he misread the script.

[@dhondgesamarth1430]

Kingdom Tower Jeddah Tower is going to become most expensive construction mistake

[@MegaBuildsYT]

We covered that project in Part 1 of this series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYemgIyLjdCYgck

[@lemapp]

In the mid 20th Century, fast growing trees were discovered in Brazil. Since there are few major roads in the rain forest, a giant floating paper mill was built. By the time, the massive structure was floating up river, it was further discovered the trees lacked the fiber needed to make paper. For decades the iron hulk is rusting away.

[@ABU_BEKIR_SIDDIK]

What’s it called?

[@pomelo9518]

very late, but how do trees not have fibre?

[@j.sierra5703]

It's videos like this that make me feel better. There are times when I do something dumb, like measuring a wall and I don't take into account an electrical outlet. But after watching this... damn!!! It really puts things into perspective.

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@maxosall6972]

04:27 more than *300 countries* around the world?! In which planet?

[@pubert2024]

Earth and marz

[@MrAngryGorilla2000]

My planet, has more land mass, a tiny bit bigger than Earth. Same gravity.

[@Rupss.87]

4:29! 😂 The quote "More than 300 countries use nuclear power..." Made my day 😁

[@superduper9357]

I'm somewhat glad to see no projects from my country are on there considering our governments inability to cost a project!

[@billyhills9933]

I know what you mean. You watch the video to be amazed at the stupidity of people while also hoping that the next project is not from your country (because you're well aware of the crap that your country has been involved in). BTW UK talking.

[@letsburn00]

I've found that even the private sector can't price things correctly. In my country, 2 projects worth $30b each ended up being almost $10b over budget. In each case because of poor descisions made by management. Sadly, yes men who say everything will be fine get promoted as "dynamic" and people who try to get things done right are called "negative", even though they will make more money in the end.

[@alexkilgour1328]

Yes, I'm surprised that 3 current Hydro projects in my country (Canada) didn't make the list. They are all many billions over budget (and behind schedule) and will result in electricity that is much more expensive than the current markets.

[@sloppyseconds6113]

@@alexkilgour1328 Canada doesn't have billions of dollars, what a terrible waste

[@alexkilgour1328]

@@sloppyseconds6113 well, I'd rather they not waste tax money, but exactly what is it that you think happens in Canada? We are a G8 nation, with a pretty strong economy. Ya, our budgets are in the billions.

[@Eirexeyes]

Love your channel mate. I'm not long a subscriber but I know I am going to love your channel...

[@billyhills9933]

I love the idea that in videos that celebrate great human achievements, there are always people advocating for their own country while in videos that look at the complete f**k ups that have occurred, people also clamour, "what about this from my country." You gotta be the best, even if it's at being the worst.

[@Johnnymagnet92]

Yep, it's called entitlement billy

[@Lucivius27]

I think its more like they want their country to be mentioned. A sense of pride they may feel even of its bad piblicity.

[@Shaquillyonilly]

4:26 somebody’s going to have to explain, there’s 196 countries (depending on who’s counting), nowhere near 300.

[@thecat0767]

30 countries us nuclear power he just added a extra 0

[@kotaylor2]

The Big Dig? Interstate rerouting in Boston, Mass. I remember it being way over budget. There was even a death to a car driver when a panel fell.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Yep, the two I was thinking of were the Big Dig and California's high speed train to nowhere.

[@kotaylor2]

@@JeffDeWitt Yes. Most, if not, all high speed rail goes way over budget.

[@idofx8722]

As a Californian I can confidently say that we are one of the most incapable states in our country when it comes to construction projects. Which is surprising considering we have such a large influx of people from all over the world.

[@spyr0guy]

This is a certified Hyperloop Moment

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@drummingspain207]

It doesn't matter who's doing the work... who have you got at the helm???

[@idofx8722]

@@drummingspain207 People focused on parties and jabbing at the political right it would seem.

[@KT22672]

@@idofx8722 For California though they have been like a blue state for decades idk why politics would even get brought into this lol

[@travisfinucane]

The video highlighted the western span of the SF/Oakland bay bridge on the map. The video showed earthquake damage to the western span, and the Cypress viaduct in Oakland. They retrofit the western span--replacing all the riveted girders with box beams.

[@ooogyman]

Exactly. The video should clarify that the repair of the bridge wasn't considered too expensive, as the bridge was repaired and re-opened a month after Loma Prieta. It was the retrofit that was considered too expensive, and thus plans to replace the Eastern span moved forward.

[@Mike__B]

Yeah all that talk with the video that was shown is very misleading. Also it wasn't the city (not sure which city, San Francisco?) who's problem was replacing the bridge, that was a a California project. Unfortunately politicians who's eyes were bigger than their wallets decided the eastern span should be a symbol (which usually translates to overly expensive) instead of doing a simple (and MUCH cheaper) causeway type design similar to the San Mateo bridge. It still had lots of cost overruns, but something tells me a simple concrete deck cause way would have been more than sufficient with not much of an overrun.

[@travisfinucane]

@@Mike__B Of course it became part of the GS Warriors logo, so there's that.

[@Mike__B]

@@travisfinucane Oh damn didn't even realize that.

[@TristanMorrow]

@@Mike__B That was the CalTrans proposal, but it's the Oakland side so what got built is what the Oakland City Council wanted...

[@jasonb6860]

The Site C dam in British Columbia, Canada, was estimated to cost 8.3 billion. So far, it's cost 16 billion and still isn't close to being finished. Only about double the estimate, but so far more expensive than anything in this video. But that's what happens when you try to build a dam on soft soil that isn't suited to keeping a dam in place.

[@archimedes2261]

That money could have been used to build much more worthwhile structures and infrastructure instead of wasted like that.

[@spankymcflych]

They just keep throwing good money after bad. None of the politicians involved from either party is willing to say it was a mistake and cut their (our) losses.

[@seanhiscock]

Muskrat Falls, Labrador. Estimated $6 B then increased to $8B. Already well over $13B & still not operating due to software concerns.

[@jasonb6860]

@@seanhiscock ho lee sheet

[@Madscientist9898]

They sure know how to screw Canadians both west coast and east coast

[@greg55666]

When you're talking about the problems with construction of the Eastern Span, all your video clips are of them taking down the OLD span, not building the new span.

[@greg55666]

@Kim Jorgensen Yes I know. That to me was less obviously misleading, because I didn't think anyone would mistake it for the bridge.

[@ColeArmstrongSF]

Also it was the Eastern span that had the collapse during the earthquake, yet when he introduces it he says it was the Western span and shows photos, map, and statistics of the Western span.

[@chatteyj]

Yes as a Brit I am totally confused by the SF bridge segment, I will have to google what bridge is actually standing in SF now to understand better.

[@greg55666]

@@chatteyj Oh, well, it's not actually complicated; I can explain it. There is an island in the middle of the Bay, Yerba Buena Island. The bridge goes through that island. So there's the western span that goes from the island into the city, and the eastern span that goes from the island into Oakland. The western span is two huge suspension bridges connected together in the middle. The eastern span used to be a simple ugly box girder bridge. That's the part that fell down during the earthquake. That's the part they finally replaced

[@testcardsandmore1231]

Cool to see the Hallandsås tunnel here! I live in the eponymous county of Halland and this project made top stories on the news for decades! They started digging and boring when I was 16. I had turned 39 by the time I finally got the chance to travel by train through the tunnel for the first time on its opening day.

[@AEMoreira81]

That's nothing compared to the Second Avenue Subway (Stubway?) in NYC...which finally partially opened decades after it promised. Its ridership was already accounted for as it relieved what had been an overcrowded subway line nearby.

[@Rockport1911]

4:20 Everybody wanted Nuclear power gone after Fukushima, but these days nuclear power is a very efficient source that saves on CO2 pollution. Sadly according to that project, nobody knows how to build a nuclear powerplant anymore...

[@chrissmith3587]

Honestly we really need to standardise a lot more, it’d basically fix all issues for nuclear reactors

[@owlcapone8779]

I mean nuclear power have gotten subsidies for decades and they still are hella expensive and also take way too long to build. It's money that held back nuclear power, not environmentalism. I mean China also has issues with the same nuclear power plant technology Olkiluoto uses and I need not remind you that China is not known for stellar environmentalism or construction safety to explain for the cost of nuclear plants. Also MSR and thorium are not even viable at this time.

Thermal power plant Šoštanj (Slovenia) Estimated construction cost in 2006, 440 000 0000 euros, final construction costs 1.412.655.460 euros. In the best scenario investments spent on the construction of Teša 6 will be repaid in 23 years, not in 16 years, as envisaged in the plan.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

skill testing question re swedish tunnel: what's cheaper, drill hundreds of exploratory holes from the surface, down to the point where the tunnel will be (and maybe a bit further to be certain) assessing the type of rock and dirt you're going into, or barge ahead with the biggie tunnel boring machines and 'learn as you go'?

[@allaboutperspective650]

After 23 years every newspaper in Sweden concluded that there was a light on the end of the tunnel.

[@pradeepmane1998]

Thanks for the video.

[@MrAM4D3U5]

I would almost subscribe to this channel if it were not named “Top Luxury”

[@khein2204]

yeah, same

[@bugtester3804]

You forgot about German airport "Ber" whose costs were 3 times or more than initially expected and the whole build phase took over 12 or 14 years longer than expected to be completed, finding issues within every single installed component lol

[@marc.levinson]

The Bay Bridge in SF was a big mistake but gotta say it's pretty beautiful.

[@fredothechimp]

It wasn't really a mistake, it was just mismanaged. The end result is pretty good. That said it's pretty misrepresented here, yes the initial cost was 1b, but that was over a decade prior. The cost was destined to go up by the time it was constructed.

[@seanthe100]

It's stunning the view coming into SF is awesome.

[@r3wturb0x51]

@@fredothechimp while beautiful, the condition of the road surface on the bridge is poor. Guess it’s hard to do maintenance with the sheer volume of traffic going across it daily

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@IndependentBear]

At about 9:10 images of the Cypress section of the freeway passing through Northern Oakland are passed off as images of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge. The total visible damage to the bridge is the one 50-foot section of the upper deck that fell onto the lower deck shown shortly afterward. And, yes, according to all the news reports the cantilever span between Yerba Buena (a.k.a. Treasure) Island and Oakland were deemed unstable, being built on sand instead of bedrock. The broken span was fixed and used for years until a new span could be designed and built to replace it.

[@CityGeek]

I love this series!

[@k34561]

Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant in Shoreham Wading river NY. It was commissioned in 1986 then decommissioned in 1989 because no evacuation plan was approved. Cost $6 billion. Check the wiki page. My high school friend's father was an operator. We got a personal tour of the reactor around 1980. It was before it was fueled, so we even got to crawl through access hatches into the core.

[@missouriresole4726]

Woww

[@nothingtoseehere1221]

Can just leave it like that, what was it like insidee

[@robloxkerlmartin1230]

Ok

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@neuralwarp]

Once a contract has been signed, any extra costs should be absorbed by the contractor and their insurers.

[@madengineer270]

You would never have any contractors. Already hard enough in construction. Many times it’s political and someone with a big ego that holds up construction. Then takes more time to correct the mistake and that has a compound effect.

[@r3wturb0x51]

Lol, that’s not how it works bud.

[@qwill8254]

In your dreams .....

[@idahopotato5837]

Plans can change on a daily basis. Regulations too. No construction company would build a mega complex. As it is most of these just cost the taxpayer. Politicians that sign off on them should be hung.

[@birdo623]

That's why it's an estimate

[@jacobyorton]

4:26 More than 300 countries use nuclear power. That's pretty damn impressive, considering there are 195 countries in the world (give or take a few, depending on who you ask)!

[@silvercrystalreconess5761]

your right but its given 30 in the subtitles meaby he made an error

[@wbwarren57]

“300 countries around the world“. Thank you for making this mistake so early in the video so I didn’t waste my time watching the rest.

[@reese8397]

I never had a price for a nuclear reactor in mind, but now that I know it's around a few billion it's just one more thing on the list of stuff Bezos could afford.

[@mrniusi11]

so?

[@reese8397]

@@mrniusi11 So there are tons of videos trying to show that level of wealth in a comprehensible way, since most people can't fully gasp it. And this is just something else cool they could mention.

[@delta6378]

Most nuclear reactors are way cheaper than olkiluoto 3. Also bezos could not afford 3billion for a project like this, atleast not easily since his wealth is tied to amazon stock its not just sitting in some bank vault :D

[@wmason1961]

If Bezos had the inclination to spend money that way he would not still be rich. One thing all billionaires have in common is that they don't waste money. And why do you care? Jealousy? Envy? Or Greed? Pick one.

[@arthas640]

Yeah but hed have to build 5 before hed get lucky enough to find a reactor that disnt get shut down by idiots who freak out about nuclear power plants. I swear there has to be more nuclear related projects that get shut down half way through construction then ever get used, and many get finished and never get used for anything but a massive boondoggle

[@Kozuu7]

Imagine living in a nearby building and missing the memo about the demolition then suddenly half your city explodes.

[@danielhickmott5800]

Sounds like 911!

[@ThoseWhoKnowBalkan]

@@danielhickmott5800 none of the planes, all of the fun

[@scuti2]

yes

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@xvnexus8814]

2:03 i love how instead of fixing it, they're all like "IM GOING TO SUE YOU!" "NO IT'S THEIR FAULT I SWEAR"

[@chesskw]

4:32 how do more than 300 countries use Nuclear Power when there are less than 200 according to the UN? Curious! 😅

[@luigimario6722]

Clean energy seems to have come a long way. A few years ago only 15% of countries had nuclear power, now that number is 150%

[@darthdaddy6983]

The sloppiest demolition ever , some of those buildings came down sideways , lol

[@slopedouche5460]

I think the Chinese intended to drop them like that but it looked like one “hung up” and didn’t completely fall. Their are no real attorneys in China so we all can relax. ….. right?

[@drtee51]

@@slopedouche5460 Yes. Where life is cheap.

[@Bsquaredplus2]

Was thinking the same thing, looked like a toddler knocking over a lego tower. That or Jenga.

[@darthdaddy6983]

@@Bsquaredplus2 Lol Definitely looked like Jenga , yes .

[@calebfielding6352]

They couldnt afford enough explosives after bribing the government officials.

[@jacoblavallee7918]

Love these videos

[@LostInThe0zone]

I'm curious to know, for some of these projects who's timelines spanded many years, how much of the cost increases can be attributed to inflation.

[@dr.2335]

Spanned*

[@dollarbantai7943]

@@dr.2335 Spandex

[@williambrandondavis6897]

@@dr.2335 Have you ever noticed how you never witness really smart people correct others when they make commons mistakes? The opportunity attracts half witted morons that feel a need to compensate for a lack of intelligence. Congratulations! And for other news today the sky is blue and water is wet. Smh

[@devingolias5747]

​@@williambrandondavis6897 Have you ever noticed how you never witness really smart people condemn others for correcting others when they make common mistakes? The opportunity attracts half witted morons that feel a need to compensate for a lack of intelligence. Congratulations! And for other news, everyday people waste over one billion hours watching KZbin videos.

[@marilynwebb2939]

There's a high school in my home town that was built backwards, meaning the entrance was supposed to face a busy street but instead faces a side street. Although it wasn't as expensive as some of those featured in the video, the engineer in charge of the project took this failure to heart and committed suicide because of it.

[@dgronzega8073]

Yeah, my neighbor told her contractor that the garage was supposed to be on the RH side not the left. Compromise got her a landscaped backyard.

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@cavinvidito1582]

Did the contractor too- take his own life?

[@userBZDZ]

"An earthquake in 1989 drew attention to it's faults" I see what you did there.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@ibimstroll1254]

I´m missing BER Airport Germany in this list.

[@hydorah]

When he said the Millenium tower tilt had increased from 15cm to 22 inches, I thought that sounded dodgy. Then when he said nuclear power was used by 300 counties, I knew I had to stop watching this video. No point in hearing flawed 'information'. There are less than 200, total!

[@ricr.4669]

"Most Corrupted Construction Mistakes" I fixed the title for you.

[@proudchristian77]

Seriously interesting, & wow the blowing up skills & keeping them in center , wow nice job people's ! 👏

[@baggereu810]

i'm dying bro, he said that more than 300 countries around he world use nuclear power but if i am not mistaken there are only around 195 countries in the world so where in the world did he get the additional 105 countries hahaha!!!

[@HeyIts_B_A_618]

I just want to say how amazing it is that over 300 countries use nuclear power. That fact is even more amazing since there are only 195 countries on Earth.

[@sahilalisaiyed5924]

Haha

[@ryanironheart4154]

If you do future videos on expensive failures, suggest you look into the Ottawa, Canada LRT system. Its 1st phase opened a couple of years ago way over budget and has since been riddled with severe problems.

[@val4414]

Such a shame. A very rich country and educated country can't build a damn tramway in its capital city in the 21st century.

[@letsburn00]

That's the problem with a lot of these projects. You need to have 99% uptime. Which blows out costs enormously. Often to 300% above what a greenfields project would cause. Plus, in countries with strong rule of law, the government can't just take everything, you need to go through the courts.

[@volvoguy122s]

Also watch for the CA high speed rail. It will be at the top of this list by completion.

[@devontewhite6080]

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[@daybird2]

At 3:33 you show a picture of a courthouse in Utah while talking about a problem in San Francisco. Any particular reason?

[@cdclemensen]

Don’t know if this is how the narrator usually sounds but his “I’m pissed” tone is perfect.

[@caarlooz100]

Hidroituango in Colombia. It was planned to be the largest hidroelectric in the country, but in the construction landslides blocked the tunnels of water evacuation and the damn started to flood. Then they had to flood the house of machines with all the equipment inside. There are some incredible videos of what happened there.

[@clorox1676]

holy shit! what a disaster. I don't remember hearing about that on the news.

[@caarlooz100]

@ gracias por las correcciones amigo, en las noticias y los grandes medios siempre culparon al invierno por lo que paso, pero no me sorprende que el mayor error haya sido la negligencia.

[@handsomeent3403]

“More than 300 countries use nuclear power”

[@mtpender69]

That's more countries than actually exist.

[@LinkStorm13]

And I was like: Yeah, of course a lot of countries use nuclear power... Hmmm... 300 countries... Thats how many percent of all countries again ...? Someone made an oopsie :D

[@Toro_Da_Corsa]

KZbinrs intentionally put in mistakes in their videos so wise guys like you will habitually correct them in the comments. Thus driving up the popularity and viewership of the video. Well done Top Lux. Works like a charm.

[@janjohansson3873]

They way you pronounced olkiluoto was perfect!

[@etherico3041]

I don’t know anything about drilling or construction but for the tunnel I’m a little confused on how rock that was too soft for drilling procedure broke the first drill bit

[@mohammadmiras7791]

Rocks have breaking point , when the matrix and other material such as sand deattache from themselves u can push a medium force to that point and it breaks

[@christianplatzbecker1784]

The Elbfilamony, the BER Airport, the A 20 Highway, the A 1 Rine Bridge at Leverkusen ( all in Germany). PS the underground LRT in Cologne are a Desaster

[@matthiashartge5520]

Elbphilharmonie ;)

[@RationHans]

Elbphilharmonie wird das Geld zumindest wieder reinbringen Hahahahahaa

[@JSCHM]

Stuttgart 21?

[@pauljmorton]

As a Finn, I must commend the near-perfect pronunciation of Olkiluoto. Effort was clearly put into it. Unfortunately Eurajoki was very off, however.

[@Psi-Storm]

That nuclear power plant is just one of many that are struggling to get build, and will be so expensive in the end, that the electricity price per kwh will be astronomical. The french also have a nuclear plant that is almost ten years late.

[@Keinapappa]

@@Psi-Storm I bet that both have the same french contractor (Areva).

[@DavidHowell01]

Big fan of your videos. Very cool.

[@johnfitzpatrick6544]

MGM spent $450 million for absolutely nothing, That sums up Las Vegas!

[@BluRey100]

07:53 YOU STATE THAT THE ROCK WAS TO SOFT TO WORK WITH AND IT BROKE A DRILL. HOW CAN THAT BE?

[@kezzmexx2476]

You can have stuff break in more then one way

[@MattiasKSe]

The drill used hydrolic things (dont know the propper term) that pressed against the mountain to keep the drill in place, but the mountain was to soft to keep the drill in place and cracked.

[@illyasvielemiya9059]

other major construction failure is when my parents build my life from ground up but I still didn't get the job to repay them.

[@929er13]

you shouldn't have to repay them ish if you don't want to 💀 they brought you into the world because they wanted a human pet and they should take responsibility of the life they brought into existence, not until a government tells them to, but until they can. and then you can give back if you want, but really nor you nor no one should be forced to repay anything. pretty sure no one chose to be brought into this world and become a monetary burden on their parents for liket the 18 years society tells them they should care about their kids.

[@RixtronixLAB]

Vote up, nice video clip, thanks for sharing it :)

[@michaelsmiley15]

As far as California's high speed rail is concerned we don't know if a completed high speed rail will ever be done in his state because of cost they refuse to accept federal funding and their fundraising efforts have been unsuccessful in raising the billions of dollars needed to complete such a project

[@archimedes2261]

In China it would have been built in no time and with far less capital.

[@madengineer270]

Yeah and instead of doing a pilot to Sacramento they wanted to go to LA but ran out of tax payers money and ended up in Fresno. Lmao. And they want more taxes. What a joke.

[@seanthe100]

@@archimedes2261 how much oil does china produce vs import in comparison to the US?

[@Pqndchannel]

@@seanthe100 almost a quarter as much.

[@henryostman5740]

@@archimedes2261 In China if they want your land they take it, if you object you are sent to a labor camp and make Nike shoes for $1 a day. Oh and construction workers get $2 for a 12 hour day.

[@halwis]

"...weren't ready for the exacting standards for building a nuclear reactor." Wow.

[@Bobrogers99]

Years ago, good workmanship was valued. From laborer to CEO, a company could point to its structures with pride. Today it's all about the money. Too many laborers and workmen view the job as just a paycheck. The corporate officers cut all the corners they can to increase profits. Once the inspectors succumb to the lure of money we're doomed! Indeed, I wonder how many flaws and faults are hidden in the structures that are still standing, and how many will collapse when they are stressed.

[@chrissmith3587]

The pats just survivor bias of the buildings left, it was always about money And inspectors are generally well ran in the West, tho China in particular is not great at this

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[@amanbhatia338]

At 4:28, when you said, there are more than 300 countries use nuclear power. Up until that point, I was only aware of 197 countries . Thanks for sharing this out of the world information with me.

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[@shasyendra]

4:25 "More than 300 countries" !? In which parallel universe are you living? When did the world get 300 countries 😂😂

[@AlecGraggamoor]

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