CONSTRUCTION SITE TERMS EXPLAINED || Basic terms used in the construction industry explained

[@sillyhead5]

This is the first video I've seen on this channel. If the other videos are even 10% as valuable as this one, I've just struck gold.

[@DieselandIron]

Glad they're helpful, thanks for watching!

[@thomasdewhurst3766]

Been doing dirt for 4 years and I still learned new stuff. Good video!

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you so much for the feedback!

[@CynthiaCobos8]

I started as a project assistant to land survey and civil engineering company. They didn’t have any training info or guide for me to learn. So here I am crash course on terms and info. Thank you so much! This helps me gather all the info I need to start my first week. I don’t have any experience, I got the job due to my writing skills. I’ll be writing their proposals so the terms they threw at me I had no clue what they meant. Thanks again and keep up with the videos 🤘🏽

[@DieselandIron]

That's awesome! Congratulations on the new job and I'm glad to help! Feel free to shoot me a message if there's anything else I can help you with. If I don't have an answer I have quite a few industry contacts I can reach out to as well. Thanks for watching!

[@starrstewart7083]

Splendidly to see Woodprix have new plans which helped me save some money and energy for this construction.

[@ryan_lexi]

Awesome video! This has been extremely helpful with our office. As she's usually not in the field, this video has quickly gave her more education and experience so easily. This has already helped speaking to customers and our guys, along with better organization. Incredible how just knowledge like this makes all the difference. Thanks!

[@DieselandIron]

Glad to help! Thanks for supporting the channel! Let me know if there's anything else you guys would like help on and I'd be more than happy to make a video on the topic.

[@samj1012]

No useless talk, short and clear, to the point. successful post, thumbs up. Thanks for sharing.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks Sam! I appreciate it!

[@jellyfish2591]

Hi! I've worked in numerous work places from waitress to security to housekeeping and office, I once worked in construction in Northern Alberta as a flagger, made my way into labourer and within a few days my supervisor threw me into a sheep foot compactor. this was back in 2017. but what I'm getting at is that today I applied for an all women's heavy equipment training course coming up in august! I am very confident that I will be successful and am looking forward to learning more from your videos!!! Thanks to your channel, ive already learned what seems like plently! hopefully I wont look as green LOL

[@DieselandIron]

That's awesome Richelle and congratulations! I'm sure you will rock it and you're more than welcome to hit me up with any questions. I've coached quite a few people getting into the business so feel free to reach out if you have any questions or issues. Congrats again!

[@justinscott3020]

This is an amazing video!! Thank you for making it so simple to understand and giving clear examples.

[@DieselandIron]

Absolutely. Check out the whole Down & Dirty series if you're looking for more info like this.

[@m.velasco2690]

So glad I found you!! my first road construction project and this is all gold. You're awesome.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching! Feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions

[@Suxvecita]

Site laborer here! I want to keep learning new things as my boss is giving me the chance to manage up and be more than a laborer. so I’m hoping to learn a little bit of all trades and just know construction words in general. as sometimes I don’t even know what the superintendent and foreman are talking about lol but I really do hope your videos help me out! I’m going to be binge watching a lot lol thank you!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching! Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions

[@mattfore6824]

Dude, this is great. I really appreciate you clearing up some of the mystery of construction sites. Nice work.

[@DieselandIron]

Really glad it was helpful for you, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any specific questions I can help you with.

[@noocnosaj]

Top-flight content, I will be watching way more of these videos. Thank you for taking the time to put the "breaks" in the timeline of the video. I lot of these terms I already knew. A lot, i didn't know. Thanks again.

[@DieselandIron]

I appreciate the comment and the support!

[@mikesbobcatservicesllc-mic6927]

Love your Videos quick and to the point when needed.

[@DieselandIron]

Glad they're helpful, let me know if there is a specific topic you'd like to see!

[@ConnorGhostHeart]

Thanks for the video, man. I am starting my first job in construction in a week, and this video helped to demystify the construction site, and taught me a whole lot of useful vocabulary.

[@DieselandIron]

Happy to help! Be sure to check out my video on swear words to fill out the rest of your vocabulary!

[@orygonian2883]

Your videos are going to be very useful for me. I recently volunteered for a new position at my existing work. Service and sales for all types of construction gear including a variety of different instruments. Getting to know the language will help me a ton. Thanks,

[@DieselandIron]

Happy to help! Let me know if you've got any questions.

[@Ktotheyle]

Loving these videos I’m getting into the business so I’m learning lots thanks you

[@DieselandIron]

Glad they're helping, thanks for the support!

[@relitzcc6049]

Great job! Very informative. Since I've mainly done masonry and foundation work, you definitely taught me a few new terms! Funny how maybe some terms are similar, and probably just based off of preference. For example, you brought up the term "bench" in regards to stepping the sides of a deep trench. My boss taught me that the term for that is "shelf" or "shelfing" Is that the same thing? or is there actually a difference? Anyways, I enjoyed the video. keep it up! :)

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! There are definitely some terms that carry over and some terms have slight variations. Benches are also referred to as shelves but it's not quite as common as "bench." Similarly the flag colors for sanitary sewer will vary a bit between green and brown depending on where you are. Thanks for the comment!

[@whobee8868]

Just a word about the safety berms you are essentially correct about them however this is generally the rule All safety berms are to be half the size of the biggest tire on the job In other words if you have off road trucks hauling that have 6ft tires you need 3 ft berms. This is according to MSHA standards MSHA is mine safety health awareness So when when I’m on my cut I always have a 3 ft berm up because we have trucks with 6ft tires If you have big trucks hauling they may not feel the one ft berm and go right over them. So use safety berms they do save lives. I do everyday

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for the information! I've never taken any mine safety courses so this is really good information to have.

[@joeykunz]

Great video man, appreciate it. Looking forward to the laser and grade stick tutorials

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks Dave! It'll be a bit for the laser tutorial but it is in the schedule. Thanks for the comment!

[@jc-ul8ip]

Super helpful simple butnto the point

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@thedavidjacob3011]

Just subscribed ! Much respect and love the passion brother 🙏🏻👊🏻

[@DieselandIron]

Sorry for the delayed response! I appreciate the support my man!

[@grasshoppersworld9617]

Thank u for ur time I learned alot from u

[@DieselandIron]

Glad the videos are helpful, thanks for watching brother!

[@assassinlexx1993]

This was great for me understanding the grade and slope . In my backyard . Noob for terms

[@DieselandIron]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching.

[@glennmorin7431]

Great job, on all the videos. I'm in my later 50's & you learn something new. Drove Dump Truck mostly but can run loaders, back-hoe loaders, excavators, pavker/rollers, art. rock trucks, etc. Can't operate them really good, but can get by. One thing I wanted you to add, with reference to flag colors, etc. White is "steam"/steam line (in Canada, anyway). Many bigger cities have district steam heating systems, to heat buildings, offices, etc. Many University's & Colleges have high pressure steam lines with "condensate" return lines. So, "White" is steam. Very dangerous if you hit one of these lines. Keep up the good work.

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you so much Glenn and thank you for the bit about steam lines. Those aren't too popular outside of major metropolitan areas and I totally forgot to mention them.

[@Backdaft94]

Funny in my area white is for proposed excavation area, and is used to show where the utility locators need to do locates.

[@franciscomartinez4654]

A lot of great info what is a flow line?

[@DieselandIron]

It is the path that water takes through a pipe. So when you're talking about the flow line you're talking about the water line inside the catch basin and the pipe inverts.

[@jorgevillarreal4210]

Do you have a video on blueprint terminology?

[@DieselandIron]

See if this answers your questions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWbLpKmpicytkKc

[@gavvowavvo]

you’re awesome dude thanks so much

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for the support brother!

[@kellychase2564]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! Numbie here. Loved Your Easy, No-Nonsence Approach. I learned a lot Friend. Thank You So Much-:)))

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching! Feel free to reach out if you've got any questions.

[@blackw4t8r]

Also we call slope grade. And control points are RLs reference levels. The staff is marked in centimeters and meters. But I loved your video it was cool to see the similarities and differences

[@DieselandIron]

That is interesting to see the differences and similarities from different countries. One of my dreams for this channel is to eventually travel around the world working with different crews in different countries to highlight that exact topic.

[@blackw4t8r]

We I New Zealand mark our services with yellow for gas. Blue for water red power purple is Fibre green is telecom. Sanitary sewer and stormwater can be marked with white. We use spray paint to mark out. Gas is yellow because Canaries are yellow and miners used to use canaries to detect gas. Most services have marker tape just above them so that when you dig you find the tape first.

[@DieselandIron]

I had never thought about the yellow color for gas being associated with canaries. That's a pretty interesting factoid! It would be nice if all the services in the US had marking tape but unfortunately we have to find the utilities with our shovel or our bucket teeth. One can dream....

[@blackw4t8r]

Mostly pot holing to find services in NZ is done with hydro Excavation as its not likely to damage the service. In fact best practice says no digging within 500mm (18") of services with excavators. Some councils say no shovels either. As they've been known to cause damage. Even though hydro costs about $160 per hour that's cheaper than a service strike. Lol Email me sometime buddy

[@luissabino1650]

thanks for everything u are the best

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@Nofolo1]

well done brother, great job.

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you so much!

[@caseymacdougall3430]

Can you make video on benching and loading trucks from a large pile thank you

[@DieselandIron]

Try this and see if it helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZDbaYSXha-nqsk I'll try to get a video put together this season of how to bench onto a pile.

[@caseymacdougall3430]

Thanks your video's are more helpful than you think

[@DieselandIron]

@@caseymacdougall3430 I appreciate that!

[@jhf99991]

Great video!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks Joel! Do you live in Colorado by chance?

[@slicvic1988]

You've help me alot bro your awesome

[@DieselandIron]

Happy to help my man! Let me know if you have any questions!

[@jamesmerutka889]

I really appreciate this one, good sir. Kudos

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@timscurria9600]

Well said. Your videos are spot on Sup.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks Tim! I appreciate the support my man.

[@darrellmabry699]

Also love you videos good job and the information is so valuable

[@DieselandIron]

I sure do appreciate you watching. Without the support of you guys I'd be talking to myself! 😂

[@dirtzilla500]

good vids, very informative

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you! I appreciate the support!

[@elministrojr6351]

Question if you are a heavy machine operator and and the work zone is like 5 hours from your house you are obligated to go right or they don’t send people that far ? And what is the farthest distance cause I don’t get that

[@DieselandIron]

Most companies will talk about travel at the time of hire so it isn't a shock when you have to travel. Generally they will have a policy where they will pay for a hotel or give you a per dium if a job is over so many miles from the home office.

[@seanlicht6083]

Ole slumper in the mixer got a chewin lol

[@Codyhunts]

Where you at in Michigan man?

[@DieselandIron]

We are in central Michigan just north of Ann Arbor. Are you in Michigan?

[@leolopez4928]

Nice video, thanks!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching Leo!

[@robjuliano4272]

Awesome just Awesome

[@roypeck2969]

That’s a very good video I’m a machine operator

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@darrellmabry699]

I don't know if you did a video like this yet. But can you do one explaining what the different color ribbons represent and how a combination of ribbons can mean one thing

[@DieselandIron]

I thought about putting together a video on this topic until I did some more homework on it. Unfortunately there aren't any hard and fast rules on ribbon color. There are some "generally accepted" rules but a lot of surveyors and companies don't adhere to them. I'd hate to send people out the door thinking they know what's going on just to have them screw something up because their company doesn't use the correct ribbon colors.

[@seyemghebru7247]

yo to everyone out there reading this...dr.jordan b Peterson said in his book (12 rules of life)am not sure if that is the right name of the book...but one of the rules was ""imagine the person that you are talking to/listening to has/knows something that you don't know...diesel and iron..is the man you should for sure listening to...big up bro...may My Lord and saviour bless jesus Christ bless you richly...much love...you should open course online or something bro...am from Canada and i will be the first to sign up for it...my word...stay safe and all your beloved family...bless up..support this great channel everyone...real talk.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for the awesome words my man! Who knows what the future holds for this channel! You guys make it all possible!

[@diegosalinas3157]

Very usefull information...

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching my man.

[@Cohhor]

I agree with everything but, the spade is the flat square one, the one for digging is called a shovel.I know it’s hard to believe, but I’m not kidding lol

[@DieselandIron]

That is malarkey....

[@environmentsbydesign12]

great vid

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@GilMcGillivary]

Can I use my own metal detector instead of a probe rod?

[@DieselandIron]

No, you will want a probe rod

[@Zair123]

Thanks

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@FamousStarz007]

Thanks❤

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@alexwatson6370]

Technically, if you add topsoil the top of the topsoil would be finish grade

[@DieselandIron]

Fair enough

[@howardpavingexcavating6450]

Awesome !

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@TK-wi5zo]

Should have talked about witching sticks lmao

[@DieselandIron]

Haha that's true! I still know guys that use them

[@slugs5797]

What company do you work for?

[@DieselandIron]

I use to work for Dan's Excavating here in Michigan. I'm currently working for myself doing this channel.

[@crzykev11]

When you mention shovels you’re actually kinda wrong. A spade isn’t so much for digging as it is for scooping loose material out of a hole. A sharpshooter is for breaking up said material and spade removes the material

[@DieselandIron]

Agreed but, nobody uses a sharp shooter in this side of the business that I've seen. It's either a spade or a flat. Back in my landscaping days we used a sharp shooter.

[@derrellcooper3733]

I been trying too get my foot in the door doing this can you help me out and find a school for me i live in California

[@DieselandIron]

I would encourage you to skip the school and hire in directly with a company. Start learning from the ground up and you'll be far better off. All you need to do is start applying. We are super short on people so you shouldn't have a problem getting in.

[@LANDSCAPING-jt2bs]

are you a contractor or an opratre

[@DieselandIron]

Operator

[@LANDSCAPING-jt2bs]

cool can you do more heavy equipment vlogs but make them long like over 20 m

[@davidrodgers9244]

"Don't get excited" too late lol

[@aureliolimas7919]

Who doesn’t know what material is 😂

[@DieselandIron]

People who have never been in the industry

[@aureliolimas7919]

@@DieselandIron yes I know bro, I thought you were gonna talk about general construction terms for all divisions not only yours as All-in rate ASTM ETA FYI Bid package BOQ Cost codes GMP HVAC IFB IPD RFI SOW Is never too late to learn bro and I’m one of those guys who likes to to learn from others good video 👍

[@DieselandIron]

@@aureliolimas7919 most of these terms won't really apply to your everyday field guy. Supervisors will start getting into some of these but for the most part your average stick puller won't deal with cost codes or knowing what was included in the bid package. Thanks for watching man