1.5 Years of Heavy Construction in 1.5 Hours

[@FlesHBoX]

Totally worth re-watching all of this again, since having it all in one shot makes it a lot easier to connect previous details.

[@RFC3514]

I'm pretty sure it's not all one *shot.* Grady did try, but the "Birdman" crew was busy. 😜

[@NikNak3841]

@RFC3514 agree, Very good document. I might enjoy watching it again 6 months from now. Depends on my memory?

[@NikNak3841]

@@FlesHBoX I enjoy the long form because I can always save and pause the video for viewing later. Short form, you always have the intro and exit added to them.

[@wennwenn1422]

this long format was a delight to watch from start to end. one feedback would be to utilize more graphics to explain the plan first and then move onto construction.

[@alamagordoingordo3047]

Same for me.

[@adamjosephbliss]

I hope you do more content like this series in the future!

[@IvelLeCog]

As as annual holiday special would be cool

[@riffzifnab9254]

IIRC they said it didn't get enough views to justify doing more, which is a shame.

[@johnnywaffles7551]

You've practically engineered one of the best educational channels on KZbin

[@as-qh1qq]

What a fantastic documentary! Pure distilled civil engineering, non-stop. The fill _and_ the narrator's voice are hypnotic

[@dittilio]

Watching the suspension on the trucks when they take off each concrete well segment really conveys just how much weight they're handling.

[@EdowythIndowyl]

The step-deck trailers in the video can legally haul around 48,000 lbs before needing an overweight permit. Most of the time, the load is between 43,000 and 47,000 lbs. Concrete is like a pour-able rock --- it's ridiculously heavy!

[@mimaitm]

These videos should be mandatory in schools across the world! I am shocked by how many people have no idea how the most basic systems in their city / society work. As always, you did a stellar job Grady. Salutations from Romania!

[@NikNak3841]

@mimaitm perhaps because they have not been to a university to learn Engineering? Our youth in the US have the opportunity more than I did 40 years ago. I took radio and TV repair VOpp in high-school because there was nothing else to introduce me. My own interest in electronics is what drove me. Today, anyone with an interest in Engineering can certainly test the waters on KZbin.

[@mimaitm]

You missed the point my friend. You don't need to be an engineer to know how water flows through a pipe, or what a pump does etc. I was talking about BASIC sistems, the simple ones.

[@phoenixcrp]

We take for granted flushing the WC without thinking how much work, effort and money goes towards such a banal gesture. To Grady and the crew, your work on this (and all the other) documentaries is admirable and shows your passion and dedication to practical engineering projects. Thank you so much for making it happen.

[@anon746912]

I'm hoping enough viewers agree with me and give this a(nother) watch and we can see more of this in future!

[@PrivateMemo]

If there had been a choice between the 90 minute video and episodes in the first place I would've watched it over the episodes. But I've already seen the episodes, so I probably won't now.

[@Platypus_Warrior]

@@PrivateMemo The long format allows full picture that is getting rare nowadays

[@MagicalAscension]

I enjoyed both the original episodes and this long form video.

[@NikNak3841]

I enjoy the long form because I can always save and pause the video for viewing later. Short form, you always have the intro and exit added to them.

[@Majorpain32677]

He's got 3.97 million subscribers I think he's doing okay

[@dirkus3722]

Did I watch every episode of this series as they released? Yes. Did I rewatch the entire project in a single video anyway? Also yes.

[@JESUS_CHRIST_US]

Did i drink vodka? Yea

[@bjjnut5777]

Goodness, that was really incredible to watch. Thanks for pulling it together and many thanks to the San Antonio River Authority for supporting you for letting it be filmed and made public. I never knew how much went into something like that. Stay safe.

[@jimwebb9328]

@30:23 "it almost looks good enough to drink" You're a sick man Grady.

[@arcanealchemist3190]

i think it looks like a milkshake

[@jfbeam]

As someone who worked waste water (summers a long time ago)... no, no it's not. The NC state lab says the discharge from the plant is "clean", but I'm not about to drink it. ('tho we are. the discharge is into a river used by other towns as the input to their water system.)

[@arcanealchemist3190]

@@jfbeam the timestamp is for low strength fill, which is concrete not the output of the treatment plant

[@WhatShallMyUsernameBe]

Omg omg omg omg an hour of practical engineering!!!

[@mpetrino7330]

Grady, hi from Calgary, Alberta , Canada. The perfect channel for us construction/civil engineering geeks. Although I work for civil engineering consultant and see work sites every day I still find the channel a must watch. Great series.

[@OfficialSamuelC]

Happy to give this entire series a rewatch in one whole video!

[@LeeAtkinson98]

On *hole* video

[@clayferguson340]

Agreed 😊

[@robandsharonseddon-smith5216]

Thanks! Amazing work. Really enjoyed your high quality presentation. Have to ask for more!

[@jimdavis6833]

One of the more fascinating videos you've posted.

[@49shinn]

Thanks Grady keep up the great videos!

[@nizzurtmontalgizzert6462]

Fantastic! Its great to see all the steps of a large project like this. Great work capturing this!All the hard work that went into presentation, production and editing...Professional

[@bs0025]

I’ve seen a lot of Grady’s videos and I find them all very interesting and informative. Being a plumber for the last 12 years plus my interest in seeing how things are built and operated makes this video even more captivating. KZbin auto played this from whatever I watched prior and I saw the run time of 1.5 hrs and thought initially kinda long but my new thoughts after watching it’s over already that felt like 20 mins. Anyways thanks Grady and Grady’s team for all your hard work and effort in making the videos you make especially this one. Thank you San Antonio River Authority, Utility Engineering Group, and MGC for your participation.

[@jrkc9218]

This just makes me appreciate construction so much more. I was completely ignorant to how many steps and complex it is…all the considerations. Just amazing

[@christopherblevins1968]

Normally, when I see a video that's over 1.5 hours, it's an automatic skip. But, I gave this one a shot....and, boy howdy, I'm glad I did!! It was so interesting that I got perturbed when a commercial would come on. PLEASE continue to do more just like this one!

[@Ayanda846]

Watching this from the beginning to the end felt so interesting and effortless. This is just amazing content I'd want to watch over and over again

[@stco2426]

Superb work on everyone's part. Really enyoyed this. I was surprised and amazed at just how well all the construction tasks were completed and that everyone got everything done. Well filmed, edited and voiced. All very professional and a lot of hard work. Many thanks for this!

[@waikikinz]

OMG.... I had one of the projects almost like this so I was super excited to watch it all. It's almost like soothing as Grady's voice is so calm... As I was heading this project and it was much more cahotic than this one (and because it was in China), I freaking enjoyed this video from beginning to end :D By the way, that hinges idea for the pumps, is a freaking brilliant idea. Only difference is that in my project, we had to precommission all pipes when delivered onsite because you could find lots of surprises in the pipes like gloves, safety hats, metal rods, cloth....

[@dvperr]

This has been a great video, coming from a wastewater operator/plant manager of 24 years this is very informative. Choosing Flygt is a win for me. 4 pump stations, and another 9 pumps in my plant, I wouldn’t spec another centrifugal pump.

[@thatroguescholar]

Please please please do more things like this, I had so much fun learning about this!

[@trati629]

Thanks

[@thielchang4470]

Bedankt

[@Bruinschuss]

Hey Grady, I use your videos to help my kid get a perspective on our society, and I ordered your book and game for our road trips. You and your team are a valuable service and are making an impact! More people need to know how the world around us is built! Speaking as a builder myself.

[@maxdeane1092]

You have managed to educate and entertain at the same time. Thank you.

[@sagerwraps9990]

I am a car guy, but this civil engineering stuff is so cool, i am mindblown.

[@ch-ir8ld]

I don't have any construction experience but after watching this video I have applied to several construction companies for a superintendent role

[@Skullair313]

Average KPMG consultant behaviour

[@kimohono5667]

Lmao

[@ABAli-tl9dw]

Thanks! Well done. A super tiny annoying thing is when presenting a group of units is interleaving conversion between systems. For example, “50 kw to pump 800 per minute gallons up to 30 feet”, it is to follow I feel if they’re all narrated in one system at once and then narrating the equivalent values in another system. Enjoyed the video immensely.

[@JPFR65]

I first watched this in the episodic fashion when in was first uploaded. It was nice to see it again uninterrupted from start to finish. I look forward to viewing more construction videos like this.

[@jwinsatt]

Excellent! Why am I excited about a re-run about sewage processing?!?!

[@jfbeam]

Pumping. Processing is a different thing. :-) (See also: PBS Terra: Where Does the Poop Go? - waste water treatment at McMurdo.)

[@rudycramer225]

Very, very, very impressive. More of these please. This was rivetting to watch. The awesomeness of all the engineers and tradesmen. The test gauges, the seals. Just the best.

[@SethEssington]

The bag, string, and vaccum trick is a common thing to do when the conduit run is extremely long. We use the string to pull a very strong rope called "mule tape" through the conduit. We then attach the mule tape to the wires being pulled with a series of knots called "half-hitching." The really thick conductors are pulled using a very strong rope which is attached to a pulling machine. Right now, I'm in school and we are currently learning about motor control systems and how to read ladder diagrams. This was a great video and I hope you make more of these!

[@tumbleddry2887]

That was awesome! And no doubt a lot of work. I'd love to see more of these documenteries on civil projects ( the construction of a municipal water tower, for example, would be very interesting).

[@MikeHarris1984]

This was an awesome series! I hope to see more of these. I'm sure San Antonio likes the advertising and public relations part of these videos!

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

No sh.. Sherlock!

[@jrid22]

I have always enjoyed your practical engineering videos Grady. Even more so enjoy the practical construction channel. Being in the industry for 10.5 years I’ve gotten to taste a little bit everything. Starting as a labor hand and moving to carpenter, lead man and now operator holding an NCCCO card. I’m still very much in love with this industry and love to see how others in this field do the same work. I’ve been involved with the construction of a handful of these larger pre-cast lift stations. Watching this left me with some new knowledge and even confirmed ideas I’ve previously had. Keep up the outstanding work.

[@AaronAdams-ji8oj]

This reminded me of what content was like when I was a kid watching Discovery and the History Channel. This is awesome. Really appreciate the work that went into a seemingly mundane construction project.

[@dori-]

I’m a woman and I love these videos! I’m fascinated watching complex projects come together, whether it’s seeing the precision of heavy machinery, the problem-solving required in tricky situations, as in the backfill stage, or the transformation of raw materials into something new. These construction videos offer a mix of engineering, creativity, and teamwork in action, making them both educational and highly satisfying to watch.

[@kimohono5667]

Cutie pie

[@dancemachine497]

That was absolutely fantastic. I'm such an Umarell already, but mostdef in 2052 when i turn 72 for sure :D Many thanks to you and your team for make such a great dicumentry of all processes involved all the way down to the "mundane" or funny (pizza break) around that site. It is truly hi-tech engineering, planning und careful execution. Are more of these in the works? This is informative and relaxing alike. ♥

[@alexng704]

I remember when I was a kid I was able to walk into or get very close to some of the construction sites and watch. Now days, nearly all job sites are off limit. We need more documentaries like this to show to children and those could be engineers for inspiration. Very well done and thank you!

[@workingguy-OU812]

Quite the video! What a project to get together, Grady! I imagine that removing the shoring system is heck on the excavator's bearing system with all those hard pulls.

[@ronaldwilkins6056]

and the shoring plates in this vid pulled way easier than what I've seen in person, it can get pretty violent for lack of a better word.

[@workingguy-OU812]

@@ronaldwilkins6056 dang - I'd be wary if I were an equipment rental company with excavators.

[@hankwong2859]

Thanks!

[@christopherleadholm6677]

I've been watching each tid bit you've put out and good to see a culmination of it all here.

[@CSDragon]

Remind me of this in 4-5 years so I can let my future children watch it. Kids love wholesome construction videos.

[@devo1977s]

Never noticed that Grady has the perfect last name for school Textbooks books 😂

[@TheOriginalFaxon]

Also a fitting name for someone in the Civil Engineering field considering how much grading has to be done. It's like having the surname Smith while having a job forging knives or something.

[@oetken007]

This documentation deserves the utmost respect. Fabulous work! Thank you very much.

[@alanclark639]

I'm one of those pensioners now - but with a slight difference in that l used to run construction sites even bigger than this one here in the U.K. This job is vastly superior to one of our similar projects - we're catching up - the major new sewer for London is equal but it took about the same time as the Pyramids to complete (if it actually is fully complete!) Every time it rains heavily here - and this is England I'm talking about - raw sewage flows straight into many of our rivers because it has nowhere else to go. I take my hat off to your planners - doing this job before it was needed.

[@kimohono5667]

Dude, thanks for the movie. The lil ones made it all the way thru and loved it. 100s of questions flew .... Some answers were made up, most of them got rectified as the video went thru . Thanks, Brady

[@JPBlock73]

Just finished watching, and have to say this was absolutely fantastic! I love these long format, detailed deep-dive videos, and would happily watch this kind of thing all the time. Practical Engineering has become one of my favorite YT channels 😁

[@MathijsMooij-c5e]

Hi Grady! Thank you for a great and informative video! As the product architect for Flygt products (see our products 1:20:00 into the video), I am very thankful for bringing this to the world! Please let me know if there is anything I can help with in upcoming videos or personal interest and pay us a visit when you are in Sweden, you are so very welcome! Many thanks and we at Xylem (Flygt and Godwin amongst many other brands) are looking forward to upcoming content!

[@StarFireDistributor]

First class video, explanation and coverage of all the construction processes from breaking ground to the final commissioning, that goes into setting up a suburban sewage transfer system. Well done Grady Hillhouse from Western Australia

[@Demonicwolf9]

Love the mega video. I loved watching the first time.

[@rogertune6884]

Top notch Grady! I enjoyed your presentation. I work for a potable water utility so I have not seen the sewer lift station side. I really enjoyed this.

[@JoshJ_EKY]

This was an awesome video that showed great detail and great explanation of each facet of a wastewater project and the role each piece of the project takes in the function of the pump station. I used to be a PM in the heavy civil/wastewater construction industry and have since switched to another industry but I have very fond memories of my experience in that sector. Most people would have never seen this type of work unless they have worked in it and you captured the complexity and process of this work, perfectly. This video made me miss it, thanks for sharing!

[@robpeters5204]

This was one of the best videos I’ve seen in a very long time. Thank you for your tireless work and all those sandwiches you endured in making this video. Looking forward to more of your excellent made videos that are always accurate and on point. Take care and Happy New year!

[@innocenttakawira9819]

Totally worth ever min & sec of the entire 1:36:34. I soldiered through endless adverts thrown in by KZbin. Bravo 👏🏾 what a well put together video and narration.

[@JAY-wb2fv]

In water treatment 20 years. Been around many lift stations. This presentation was very well done. 👏👍

[@p3chorin543]

I love your practical construction series, Grady! I've been putting it on in the background while I do things around the house, it's oddly relaxing. It feels like How It's Made!

[@mpcgamingclips]

Fantastic production, great to have it all in one video! Thank you for providing this incredible content, free of charge, for all of us to enjoy. Many thanks from the UK!

[@sqeekykleen49]

I remember going on field trips from school, my absolute favorite was to the wastewater treatment plant in Carlsbad/ Oceanside...❤ the skimming ponds ..😮 the intake had 4 12' wide x 24' deep fast moving water. Scary how fast the flow was... A different area had aeration tanks... at the end the river of treated water went to the ocean where a little test sample retriving station was... for the laboratory on site. They had a system to collect sewer gas and generate electricity from generators run on it!

[@milk-it]

The theme of the music combined with the time lapse reminds me of playing SimCity.

[@ralphg1891]

This is exactly the kind of content I watched as a kid on VHS, Discovery and Science Channels. I loved watching shows of construction and how things were built. Thanks for this Grady, please please do another video like this of another project!

[@MichaelAussie05]

Thanks to Grady and the PC team and all those involved in producing this entertaining and informative documentary. I also think that documentaries like this are not only necessary but essential for a well informed public. Not everyone would find this fascinating but it is brilliant to know there are people like Grady and the PC crew producing content like this so that the general public can get an insight into the essential services that are provided so that we can live in a functioning society relatively stress free. Cheers.

[@jimmysurfed]

I worked as an engineer on many projects that required industrial construction methods like you've recorded on this project. I think this is an excellent visual documentation of a project from an engineering perspective. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@chrissometimes7473]

There all kinds of videos about construction projects available on the Internet, of course, but as an engineer, this is probably the best I have ever seen. It's all the detail that makes it so interesting - the details usually glossed over in the other videos. I know it was 1.5 hours long, but it certainly didn't seem like it. Well done, Grady. By the way, the book is great too!

[@matthewfoster1675]

Awesome! From someone that's done that work for quite some time, it's refreshing to see someone that actually has some knowledge about the stuff and put it in the educational format. Very good job!

[@conniegerlach9529]

Thank you for the video. I enjoy watching stuff like this. I can see all the expertise needed in projects like this plus I like watching workers with tools and equipment making things work. Maybe you could do a future video on the engineering and designing of these projects on how they approach something like this and what kind of issues they have to take into consideration in the design process.

[@Marcus_Aurelius_1978]

Hi Mr. Hillhouse, fantastic series! But I wonder, what do you think if it is possible to make a small aeries about the sewage treatment facility of San Antonio?! It would be a logical follow-up to this series. Sure not everybody wants to see where their excretions finally end up. But modern sewage treatment plants are more sophisticated than those 30 years ago! I always wondered what happens to the stick of digested food after I push the flush button!? I don't see many reports about how a modern sewage treatment facility works! Can you help, please!?

[@556MSL]

Very cool, I was an apprentice rod buster on a big new build like this 20 years ago in south west Michigan. That shoring system is new to me and impressive. Nothing like repetitive hard work to perfect process. Thanks

[@randyosburn533]

Retired environmental engineer after 40 years in this industry. You did an excellent job explaining how this lift station works and showing the important details. Congratulations to the entire project team. Job well done.

[@jvepps]

I absolutely LOVE these series!

[@jeff2235]

Thanks Grady. Excellent video- as always. You have the best engineering videos out there and you teach without making us knuckleheads feel ignorant. That's the icing on the cake. Thanks! Don't stop what you're doing!

[@ohasis8331]

Having worked in construction much of my life, I can certainly attest to the great satisfaction of seeing a project come together. Thanks for piecing the previous videos into this documentary.

[@billswan2890]

I Worked on lots of these projects big and small all over Washington state in my 40 plus year pump repair and sales career. A great trip down memory lane.

[@oopskapootz7276]

Obrigado!

[@MrGoesBoom]

Love all your vids and your passion for civil engineering and how you explain things. I really enjoyed the longer format and hope you sprinkle them in amongst your usual stuff at a future date, though I realize they take way more time and effort to produce and edit. Gonna be a good hour and a half watching it all in one go

[@pfsteinbach]

Grady, I greatly enjoy your videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and this long video was a real eye-opening look at the huge amount of design and engineering that goes into infrastructure projects. Wow!

[@jjlpinct]

Great series!

[@usacomp2k3]

This was fascinating! I have a friend who does design for commercial projects and we were just talking about one of his lift stations yesterday. Great timing. This really helped give me a visual for what’s going on. Thank you so much.

[@balfit]

Congratulations, excellent work Grady and Team! I'm sure I am not the only one usually skipping 90m+ videos... But somehow I knew this will be worth watching; and I wasn't disappointed the least. Nice job!

[@RandomNullpointer]

You can't skip it when you know it's Practical Engineering.

[@balfit]

Being a developer, I also cannot help myself admiring your excellent name choice. :-) Ps this stoobid app is rather buggy when it comes to addressing someone…

[@ianphillips7778]

Cameras everywhere, filming every detail. A huge effort and a great result. Thanks

[@KDMusic62]

Loved watching all the episodes together like this. I've always enjoyed watching construction and getting to see all of the details was a real treat for this old pensioner 😊

[@simonwahlstrom1296]

Fantasic video! Really well made and very interesting. Would love to see more content like this!

[@linolafettatnet]

That was really cool, thank you for the effort of following this construction for such a long time and then editing everything together. Really puts some light onto the hidden infrastructure we all use daily.

[@dittilio]

That vacuum trick with the string is absolutely witchcraft. I'm immediately looking around for a conduit to try it on. Possibly one of the best construction documentaries I've ever seen. The minimal abstractions like drawings and animations were perfect, just enough to clarify what we're looking at, while leaving the practical elements intact. The shoring panels being the prime example.

[@sqeekykleen49]

The automated 'tube' the drive thru bank uses....

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

new video! oh just combined old videos that I watched as soon as they released. it was a really nice series and I hope this helps more people to watch it

[@steelshepherd6843]

A thoroughly comprehensive overview with detailed explanation sections of a very interesting process. Thank you. I'll share this to my son who will hopefully share this within his high school construction class.

[@rosieposie1760]

Thank you for having a really nice 1.5 hour video to just shut off my brain to. I watched these when they came out initially. all in one vid is great.

[@yazidghanma7424]

Great episode. When I saw it’s more than an hour long I thought it will be boring but once I started watching I enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for sharing.

[@SONY-jt5mb]

thank you very much for such an amazing video. I love to see how really construction projects go

[@danielkeene-lopez3527]

This is an amazing video. Thank you everyone involved for moving the sewage. And thank you for taking so many precautions in ensuring a long lasting safe sawage system

[@CptDallas]

Amazing work on this video! Whole new appreciation for construction and engineering.

[@trainman2k]

Thank you for all your efforts! I really enjoyed this video and will be looking for video about other large construction projects. I've enjoyed every one of the "Practical Engineering" videos I've seen.

[@M_0892]

This is great! Really gives a good understanding of what comes into play with this real kind of projects. Real practical engineering. Thx so much for posting

[@dungeonmaster2417]

Excellent. Not yet retired but enjoy the long format versions of these. Hopefully more to come. Interesting to see the similarities and differences between US, UK, and European civil engineering projects. I have limited experience with Asian projects but that's a different kettle of fish altogether.

[@justaskin8523]

Not gonna lie...I did doze off twice during this. But it was not by any fault by the filming, construction, or presentation. It's amazing to see all of this. It's amazing, just the sheer amount of concrete needed for a project such as this. Some questions: 1. How high does a lift station typically raise the sewage for the next leg of its trip to the processing plant? 2. How far can that sewage travel before it needs to be lifted again for another leg? 3. What is a typical slope in degrees and inches per lateral foot for sewer lines? And does this change depending on location on the globe or geographic/weather conditions? 4. Speaking of weather, what is done differently to keep sewer lines from freezing in very cold zones? Thank you very much for this; it was super interesting!