The Race to Replace a Cracked Dam

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Will you skip reimbursing people that don’t make 325% annual returns?

[@Didacmmv]

How you painted a picture of parenthood with this video is beyond me, but it happened.

[@NOXStellans]

There's a waiting list to sell your investment as well.

[@phoe8523]

FunFact: The original plan was to dismantle both of the giant cranes each winter, which would have been a huge afford. Instead, the crane manufacturer invented a "winter mode". That kinda is like a fully automated dance routine both cranes perform at least two times per day, to prevent ice buildup and freezing of the slew rings. They also had to develop a new 6x6m tower system to support the freestanding height of those cranes.

[@u1zha]

Smart

[@MegaSnow121]

Interesting information. I wondered what they did with the cranes during winter. Thank you for clarifying that.

[@DisheveledSuccess]

Crane dancing! Can we get a timelapse of their moves? 😂

[@android12921]

I wish they did two hand shakes per day.

[@LarsFerdinand]

On the vieux-emosson dam @ Nant de Drance the 1250B only had the jib removed in the winter. Nice to see Wolfkrann has improved things a bit.

[@agnezabarutanski1963]

The whole country of Switzerland is a gigantic monument to good planning and hard work. Everything is difficult to construct there, everything is constructed in the best possible way and works as intended. Similar can be said about B1M - it's my favorite YT channel, not just about construction, but in general. A lot of work executed perfectly.

[@joon-young9589]

Money

[@freddoflintstono9321]

You're also up to your eyeballs in high tech pragmatism there (it's one of Switzerland's main exports) so I'm not surprised they built a concrete plant on the spot. As for blasting rock right next to a dam where the main concern is its diminishing ability to withstand earthquakes, yes, I can see the Swiss work out how to do that safely - they've been tunneling and blasting mountains for literally decades.

[@MattyEngland]

Rothschilds.... Say no more. Corruption and evil on an unimaginable scale. They leave the Swiss to their own devices, in return for them basing their evil banking empire there. Not to mention all their property they own there.

[@stephendoherty8291]

No you know why Hitler was told exactly how hard to defeat the swiss would be plus an amazing set of emergency nuclear bunkers

[@theviniso]

You could say the same about Japan. Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, a lot of mountains and people and very little free space, and yet, everything they build is quality.

[@LuGer212]

What a wonderful production, seriously ... blew my mind. I moved to Switzerland in March this year and as he said "The mountains, it's simply the mountains." There is something both humbling and rewarding what the scenery gives you. And what a wonderful use of the sheer force of nature.

[@geoffreycoan]

Fred clearly in his element, loving the size and scale of this construction

[@claudiot.crameri3195]

The height increase of the new dam has already been approved by the Swiss government. The new dam will be 23m higher and the capacity of the reservoir will increase twofold. Very cool video mate! Thank you and greetings from Switzerland :)

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

Something tells me that was part of the plan from the beginning and the reason why repairing the old one was deemed less suitable. Definitely a better use for that magnificent new dam rather than maintaining the level of the lake.

[@stefegiliomee]

How will the old wall be visible if the new wall is 23m higher?

[@frankeinfish]

@@stefegiliomee During the summer months it won't but the level is a lot lower during the winter months.

[@UnbeltedSundew]

Does that mean the old dam will be submerged?

[@Darkk6969]

@@UnbeltedSundew Yes. But will be visible during winter months.

[@silentblackhole]

Engineering feats like this leave me in awe of what humanity can achieve if it puts it's mind too.

[@NinjaSlothKingz]

And then just imagine that the dam and the mountains all around are like the point of a needle compared to the planet, while earth itself is smaller than a needle point in the galaxy.... which as scary as it is, that too is less than the equivalent of a needle point compared to the universe. Places, conditions, materials and an ecosystem like we could never imagine, awake or in our dreams and much more. So we with our tiny brains have so many things we can't even comprehend but mmit must be said we do entertainment well, whether music or movies, books or poems, comedy or love. We still have so much to see and feel I hope, our conscious can't be without level of importance. I believe we will outlast the universe in jannat and get the experiences I imagine and those I feel but can't imagine. Just need to be a good person and life a good life, but what a time we live in where the simplest things are seemingly impossible

[@potato.7490]

The original dam tho 🤯

[@martinbevk1695]

Its a big block of concrete. The old dam would melta ya?!?

[@jessegoodyear9890]

Dam, that was one awesome video! Fred and the team has out done themselves once again! Love the B1M!

[@TheB1M]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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[@justindittburner216]

Incredible cinematography!! I love how the B1M has progressed over the years!

[@SirOpinesALot]

That's droneatography 😁. The best part is he made it in 4k so those of us with 2160p+ screens can salivate over the detail.

[@kentslocum]

This was an amazing video. Not only was the subject matter fascinating, but the cinematography and humor was first-rate, as well. I certainly hope we will be able to see footage of them draining the reservoir and dredging the bottom.

[@kumaradhikari6857]

😢

[@DMACHOLMAN]

I'm happy to have read you comment, I could have agreed more. Thank you to the the wonderful people who produce this program.

[@philrobson7976]

What would be really impressive is a story on how they built the first dam 100 years ago.

[@lucassaueressig1411]

For real

[@MarcusMaximillianAugustus]

what I came here to say!

[@DacMan777]

Exactly. it will be easier now.

[@georgelin8498]

Water level was likely low before they allowed the dam to start blocking the water flow

[@Russianmanpissinmyass]

Did it with bare hands No footage of it

[@vader94]

There is a dam in kerala India that is a century old and cracked yet the government doesn't wanna build a new one. It threatens the lives of approximately 10 million people. Maybe the next time you do a video on dam viewers from kerala like us wouldnt be on the face of the earth

[@Akku_Kl_05]

Facts

[@ayushsoni382]

They're too busy converting hindus into muslims and Christian. Once they are done. They'll build it.

[@rasenganchidori3544]

Yeah b1m could visit mullaperiyar

[@HUMAN2829]

😂

[@mandan8945]

Yeah but u still dont have toilets in India 😂😂😂

[@thepetermullins]

Thanks for this video, I drove past this epic construction site a few months ago and had no answer at the time to my wife asking, "What on Earth are they doing here? Is that a dam in front of a dam?!" B1M to the rescue!

[@carlshipley790]

Yet again an amazing production documenting the outstanding work this industry is doing. By far the best channel on youtube

[@TheB1M]

Dam! Thank you so much!!

[@MichelReymond]

Great documentary. I'm Swiss, and I'm really impressed to see the hard work necessary to make a country running !!! thanks B1M

[@SirRichardGranger]

My partner and I just returned from Switzerland and we’re blown away with how efficient and well thought out everything is from public transportation to architecture. Brilliant country and one of our favorites- we would love to move to Switzerland! Great video!

[@noel7777noel]

@8:35 "800,000 millionaires". That's a lot of business owners over charging their customers. Do their paying customers aggree to these expensive paychecks. Do these "800,000 millionaires have honest wages coming from honest paychecks, that a paying customer is agreeing too? Is that 800,000 doctors and mechanical engineers? Is that 800,000 white collar jobs. Or is this 800,000 white-collar crime. scalping real estate and predatory lenders to honest businesses. Money is used to trade goods and services. NOT is a goods and services. Is this 800,000 millionaires making money a goods and services. Is this 800,000 the Pauls is rob Peter to pay Paul. AKA for profit banking. Are these 800,000 millionaires actually providing goods and service other than "money makes money". Passive income communism.

[@issecret1]

Good luck making the Swiss want you to live there

[@noel7777noel]

@@issecret1 its the difference between not-for-profit banking and for-profit banking. To use the retirement savings account of the people working on this damn, to loan to build this damn. Well. Only people with jobs have a retirement savings account to loan money. Nobles don't have a job to have money to loan. Was that 800,000 mechanical engineers and doctors' retirement savings account to loan money through a third-party not-for-profit bank to loan money to build this damn?. can you list all the countries involved in this passive income communism? As a person who physical works for my money, AKA slavery. I want to avoid slavery. My house was foreclosured on. And 20 of these passive income criminals can to buy my house, all cash in the checking account. Now, this kind of cash in someone's checking account is not normal. So. The world bank has some explanation for me to confess. Why didn't blue collar workers buy my blue collar home? Why did you send these 20 passive income communist in the blue collar's neighborhood to buy investment homes? Most put a bid in sight unseen. If you are gonna have a passive income communism country, don't you think you should put in place, a no trespassing rule. For the passive income people to not trespass in the blue collar neighborhoods. To stay in your lane. A Glass-Steagall Act. To only use not-for-profit third-party banking. To use the retirement savings account of the people working on this dann, to loan to build this damn. Well. Only people with jobs have a retirement savings account. Nobles don't have a job to have money to loan.

[@zedballs]

@@noel7777noel yeah, you tell them, I'm sure the country that consistently ranks top 10 for happiness and is 6th in the world on GDP per capita without shilling oil is real worried about what you think about "communism". But let me guess, at least you're "free"?

[@SirRichardGranger]

@@issecret1 , we don't have to convince anyone to 'want us to live there', lol. We didn't go to the most touristy locations, yet everyone was very friendly. Hell, our hosts only spoke German but we were still able to communicate completely fine (we speak english/french/some italian). Sure, it is different compared to living in the States in terms of culture- but honestly, it is much more enjoyable and less worry in terms of crime.

[@ELMS]

One of your best, Fred. It’s not just that the project is incredible, but the script and presentation is similarly impressive in communicating the complexity and uniqueness of it. What a story, well told. 👍

[@TheB1M]

Thank you so much! We worked so dam hard on this ✊️

[@Fred_the_1996]

Thanks a lot man

[@TimiLighthouse]

I was there for two building seassons as a rockblaster and excravator operator..drilling and blasting the hardes granit in swizerland away for the side fundament (removing over 20'000m³ of rock. 7 days a weak nearly 24h per day! It was an amazing time! 🎉

[@chiefychief23]

Great production, amazing backing scores, fantastic narration. I mean, what is there not to love with B1M content??

[@Squeeonline]

Too long for the content. Repeating itself so much. I've never shouted "get to the point" so much at a video.

[@andybrice2711]

I'd say this one is paced a little bit too much like a TV-show. It spends too long repeatedly introducing what it's about to say. Still fascinating and entertaining, but I definitely found myself upping the speed and skipping ahead in parts.

[@l1l1l1l1l1l]

thats exactly what is WRONG with it and makes it unwatchable.

[@Izmael1310]

Masterwork shady ads. You're welcome.

[@jellybean288]

could do without the photo flashes

[@TheB1M]

We want the best DAM puns you have GO 👇👇👇

[@goldcoast8549]

What do you call an unholy lake? Damned

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apize4SoaLZqnMU

[@GeographRick]

This is one of the best dam videos I have seen recently.

[@Viewer-zs6xj]

this video was two DAM awesome!

[@claudiot.crameri3195]

paDAM paDAM :)

[@jeringeorge129]

You should check about Mullaperiyyaar which is constructed in 1885 around and still government claims that it is in good condition, but people are in fear. Below is few information about mullaperiyaar According to the search results, John Pennycuick, a British Army engineer and civil servant in India, constructed the Mullaperiyar Dam between 1887 and 1895. The dam was built on the Periyar River in Kerala, India, and was designed to divert water eastwards to the Madras Presidency area (present-day Tamil Nadu). Pennycuick’s construction of the dam was completed in 1895, and it has since become a significant source of hydroelectric power for the region.

[@sp4nrs]

I’m a hydro engineer and you kept me entertained the whole time, so by my reckoning you’ve made a pretty good video! 😊

[@kleanish]

Is the second damn really contributing anything when it comes to active pressure? You have main lake pressure on to the first dam, the first dam, lake in between putting pressure on both dams, then the new dam. Is any force or pressure of the main lake being put on the new dam?

[@lutze5086]

​@@kleanishconfusing wordingof your question. All the pressure is currently on the old dam. When the new one is completed, the void between will be filled, and the new dam will take all the pressure. As there will be no difference in water level on either side of the old dam, it will not bear any of the weight of the water.

[@kleanish]

@@lutze5086 if I have two cups of water next to one another, one isn’t taking the pressure because their adjacent and the water level is the same though

[@lutze5086]

@@kleanish if you push an empty paper cup down into a large bucket of water, it will bulge inwards. Put a hole in it and the water will equalise and it won't experience the same pressure... Idk what you're talking about with these adjacent cups. I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you, or you not understanding me lol

[@lutze5086]

@@kleanish aka the old dam will essentially be a boat with a hole sunk in the new dams lake

[@REdgar66]

Now this is the kind of episode I love. Fred with boots on the ground and hard hat on head. It’s like watching a kid walking through the front gate at Disneyland for the first time! And of course the subject matter is, as always, exciting and educational. Thanks! ❤

[@yonatanschlussel]

This is probably one of my favorite videos of yours. This project is insane and spectacular. The video on nuclear fusion is probably the only one I've enjoyed just as much as this. You guys at the B1M are amazing

[@jcramond73]

The ingenuity of the Swiss people never ceases to amaze me !

[@andrelaroche200]

Incredible video, the pictures are stunning. I don't even understand how you can make such magnificent videos on a regular basis. Each time I watch a B1M video I feel like it's always better than the previous ones I watched. Congratulation, excellent work.

[@TheB1M]

We LOVE what we do!

[@suncleTV]

Strong Top Gear (JC time) vibe too!

[@Mr.MachuOfficial]

YOU SHOULD MAKE A DOCUMENTRY ABOUT WORLDS STRONGEST MULLAPERIYAR DAM WHICH HAS A DURABILITY OF 999 YEARS FROM 1956-2855 SITUATED IN KERALA.

[@royarsofficial4788]

😂😂😂

[@urbanfutures]

This is a very interesting and informative video about the challenges and solutions of replacing a cracked dam. I admire the engineers and workers who are working hard to ensure the safety and sustainability of the water supply for millions of people. I hope they can complete the project successfully and avoid any potential disasters. Thank you for sharing this video with us. 👏👏👏

[@JanB1605]

Actually, this dam is *not* for water supply. In Switzerland water is generally pumped from the underground and not treated with chemicals if avoidable. This dam is for power production purely. And they want to increase the height of the dam to better use the water they get, but it is somewhat controversial because of environmental concerns, as absurd as that might sound.

[@GazMoby]

Always a good day when we get a B1M video. 👍

[@abinabraham6317]

Any keralites here?...mullaperiyar dam could be replace like this..

[@sureshkaimal8892]

decommission mullapperiyar

[@iammubashid]

yes, decommissioning is not practical, but a new and better dam is the answer

[@ashbingeorge8985]

✋

[@anss1212]

Building a new dam will be an ecological disaster. Other measures should be look at...

[@iammubashid]

@@abinabraham6317 whatever it is, every problem has a solution, they have to find a solution which is good for both states.

[@christiandavagnino2468]

One of the most epic B1M videos of the last years.

[@peterixon8708]

This video was simply breathtaking; not just the scenery (I really did love the James Bond references), but the engineering works behind everything we, the ignorant public, often know nothing about. Thank you for taking us inside so many spectacular places. It puts my country's Snowy Mountains scheme in perspective. I'm also your quintessential Arts graduate. I served 43 years with engineers, many military; none could explain complex projects or engage my attention as you do. A fantastic presentation this one. Love your work. Thank you for what you are doing. My wife and I are about to holiday in North America (including the Hoover Dam) and I suspect there are a great many dams and bridges on that continent in the same need of replacement as this Swiss one profiled.

[@johnstejskal6084]

You might be interested to visit the site of the failed St. Francis dam in Santa Clarita, and the untrustworthy Hollywood dam. Both Mulholland creations...

[@peterixon8708]

Ah John, funny old world, this one. I have an Australian cousin. She's lived and worked in Hollywood, Laurel Canyon and Beverly Hills for decades. We are staying with her in late September, so I shall make a point of looking at the Hollywood Dam, but I shall avoid walking on it or going anywhere downstream of it. Thanks for the 'insight' nevertheless. The world is stuffed if America goes under, yet so much of your infrastructure is in a dire state.

[@PRC_E5]

I remember going there as a teenager with my grandparents. They live in Konstanz, Germany and we went through the alps, over the Furka Pass, walked in the Rhóneglacier and then up by this lake/dam. If you follow this one lane road up above the lake to the other side you’ll run into another dam with a glacier on the other side. The whole area is beautiful.

[@johnevans6399]

Just how talented were those planners and builders of 100 years plus? These vids are just too good, congratulations to the whole team.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

The quality of your videos always blows my mind. The production, editing, sound, and proper use of sky-high drone footage adds epicness that is only ever seen on million-dollar-budget television documentaries created by billion-dollar companies.

[@andywithers592]

Very interesting well made video. I live in Switzerland and was camping at the bottom of the Grimselpass a few years ago and saw the towers of the huge concrete batching plant come past on low loaders! Assumed at the time perhaps they were wind turbine masts. I was hiking up on the pass about a year later and saw everything in place. Thanks for explaining their purpose. Had no idea it was a new dam being built. In the video, it describes the connection between the other reservoirs in the area, if you look at some of the drone footage of Grimselsee, you’ll see a river magically appearing out of the mountainside. This is the outfall of a pipe from Bächlisee to the south. Keep up the good work. All the best from Switzerland!

[@katherinegarlock2249]

Fred was grinning like a kid in a candy store driving to the site. It was honestly adorable.

[@jurjenberger5626]

Thanks for this video! 3 hours away in Wallis is the Grande Dixence Dam. More than twice the height (largest in Europe), and the reservoir 4x the size (also largest). I’m Dutch but have visited many times. Coincidentally though; this dam is also built in front of the old one! (to increase capacity) When the water level is low, the old one becomes visible (only in winter though, but images available on Google). Here too a pump and pipe system (100km!) collects from other reservoirs, many miles away straight through the mountains. I would love a video about it, it’s the most impressive feat of engeneering I know. Love your content, keep it up! Cheers from NL. 🇳🇱👍🏻

[@jurjenberger5626]

And funny thing most don’t realise; the sun carries the water from the sea into the mountains, so basically this is solar we’re talking about 🤔.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

​@@jurjenberger5626 With a little help from wind. Wind from different pressure levels, partly due to the sun & partly due to planetary rotation AND THE MOON. So, _way_ cooler than just our nearest Star's forces!

[@jurjenberger5626]

@@JP_TaVeryMuchhaha ok you’re right thanks! 👍🏻🌖🆒

[@TalesOfWar]

This happens more often than people realise too. A lot of reservoirs around England were created by putting a bigger dam in front of an existing one that's then lost under the water, until the levels get low enough due to drought or something. A lot of them were also old villages in a valley, it's rather fun to see old bridges, and what remains of the houses or church towers poking out when they're low.

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

@@TalesOfWar I'd love to know an example of a double-barrelled dam in the UK please. Agree that it is fun to clamber around an unfortunate old village and sad deconsecrated church, all normally under the surface of the reservoir. When you're a kid. Then your dad tells you about the careful removal of the "contents" of the graveyard, the accompanying hose pipe ban meaning no paddling pool to ease the relentless heat and how you're really going to earn your 50p washing his cars because your little arms can barely lift the watering can. Ahh the joys of the summer of '75!

[@Dave_Sisson]

Exactly the same thing happened in Victoria, Australia. The concrete arch Sugarloaf Dam was completed in 1929 with the dual purpose of generating electricity and storing the spring snow thaw so it could be used for irrigation in summer. It was at the base of the mountains and not at a high altitude. But it also developed a crack and houses downstream were fitted with alarm bells in case the dam failed. In 1955 it was replaced with the much larger rock walled Eildon Dam which holds 3.4 million megalitres. But when water levels are low, the old arched dam can still be seen.

[@benjaminshropshire2900]

It's interesting seeing what is considered "huge", I've toured a dam for a reservoir that is over 60km long and has an *active* capacity of just under 2.5 *billion* megalitres. At the same time, it's *way* easier to get to so this is still impressive.

[@justaskin8523]

What the hell is a "megalitre"?

[@LarsFerdinand]

@B1M Fun fact: The cranes they are using on that dam are 2 Wolff 1250B. So happens to be that they're doing it because of the great experience a 1250B (the first one ever made) made on another Swiss dam in 2012-2014, the Nant de Drance project which is currently on of the biggest "batteries" in Europe, with 950mW pump/turbine at the flick of a switch. So, they are using the same crane model and also at Nant de Drance, the height was 2240m and to get to workplace was through the more than 10km tunnel complex inside the mountain. Another fun fact: The concrete plant inside the mountain was actually bigger than the one in the vieux-emosson dam. I actually was the crane driver of the 1250 B 😉

[@LarsFerdinand]

An even better fun fact from that project in Nant de Drance: the same way the water goes down, goes up, 400 m, vertically inside the mountain. One of the supervising engineers told me the pressure would be 40bar. Now just imagine, water going up on a 3 meter tunnel 400 m against all the water up. Sadly at that time there wasn't B1M around to visit it, otherwise it would have been for sure featured. In Switzerland they just go to great lengths to do their stuff. Think big or go home construction mindset.

[@nicolasclerc1986]

I was also thinking about Nant de Drance. It would perfectly fit this channel.

[@majochjaroslaw1866]

Respect and Great Admiration for 600 builders from 1920s. ..back then it was really Hard Job

[@sadjaxx]

Hear, hear!

[@Prosper_NA]

Civil engineer in the dam safety sector here, good work! This video captured everything really well! A couple fun facts for viewers who are not overly familiar with dams. First is that most dams have cracks and leaks like this one. Some leaks seem quite violent, but ultimately may not pose great danger to the structure. Second, many dams move a little bit year-to-year; sometimes even upstream due to water pressure on the toe or the geometry of the foundations. The people who operate these projects are tireless and attentive, so thank your local power generators, not just the engineers that draw the stuff on paper!

[@Elucidator-]

Those 25 minutes flew by again. @Fred and the team: well done again. This is why the B1M is one of my favorite channels on KZbin. Keep making the content with the passion you always do!

[@kwankuenlee8047]

No wonder they appear to be quite proud of this project. Thanks for sharing !

[@pakhilnair]

It's incredible to see the upward trajectory of B1M's video quality over the years!

[@cnl1213]

Really can't go wrong with the choice of scenery as backdrop here--from the mountains to the water to the tunnels within, every bit is as harrowing as the project itself.

[@hakaase]

Great editing! I’m really proud of you all seeing how the vision and scale of this channel has evolved since it started. Definitely my favorite video yet. Cheers

[@drewaugenblick8440]

thank you for using 4k to record this incredible scenery. You really did take us there. Nice job. when your country is shaped by this incredible natural beauty, you can understand why you never see trash on the ground in Switzerland. Clean and pristine almost everywhere.

[@kealapuaonetamureamoreno8301]

Our Host is an amazing ORATOR.he carries the interest of the listener by keeping his voice, inflection and overall demeanor in his presentation very calm and induces the listener to concentrate on the topic at hand! I was not too keen on Construction but have now acquired an keen interest! The latest of which is the emergency construction of a secondary dam in Gisele, Switzerland. The previous presentation was about the experimental construction in the Saudi’s Arabia desert. Keep the projects coming, you’ve stirred my interest!

[@KOL630]

Incredible project and a special mention to those men toiling endlessly to build it. Respect to those construction workers 🙌🏼

[@user-Merovingian1980]

they get 6 months off paid ,,

[@robertkerby2581]

An Absolutely Epic Construction Project 8n Switzerland! Well done, Sir!

[@template16]

An excellent video with each part of the process explained fully. As a non-construction person it was informative and very watchable. Thanks Fred.

[@J3scribe]

I appreciate all the months of effort your team put into creating this video. You really did your homework. Very impressive!

[@motopolak]

The drone shots from above are amazing. I had to pause several times and just marvel at the view (especially at 21:51) .... absolutely incredible scenery.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

The production quality and presentation here is simply the best. I salute you, B1M team, and please keep going. Thanks for the goosebumps.

[@MauriceNaundorf]

I was at the restaurant of the Grimsel Hospitz just 3 days ago. It's great to see this video now! Didn't know what the constructionsite was and for sure did not know about all those tunels. The weather was so bad it looked like Silent Hill (the fog from 14:45 times two) and it just poured rain non stop.

[@100StepProgram]

Kinda amazing how they can build a dam thinner. You would think they would just go thicker for safety but clearly the engineers believe it’ll be strong enough.

[@evobsm2328]

? "Believe" ? You mean scientifically proven and built after numurous designs and tests?

[@100StepProgram]

@@evobsm2328 fucks your problem? So I used “believe” instead of “know” big deal, literally has nothing to do with the point of my comment

[@evobsm2328]

@@100StepProgram fucks your problem? Clearly you think you know better then the engineers who build these dams. And clearly it seems that one small little comment is enough to trigger you. I think YOU have a problem bud

[@bavarianmonkey8326]

​@@100StepProgramto be honest, using the word "believe" in this context is problematic because it implies a subjective opinion. Engineers do not believe, they know, based on the data available. You could use other words, but please do not use believe. One does (some do) believe in god, but this is engineering, not religion. This is why it actually works...

[@lantaguy7]

This is one of THE BEST videos you've produced! Scenic, fun (Bond), use of various photographing techniques...I could go on. Keep 'em coming my friend. YOU ROCK!

[@BunkerSquirrel]

This documentary is nearly as epic as this dam project. Outstanding work on this!

[@stefanschneider3681]

I‘m from Bern, so I know the area a bit … I hope you took the chance to ride the Gelmerbahn, about 7 km back down! It was built to help construction of lake Gelmer, which is connected to the whole Grimsel-dam-System. Now it’s a major attraction since it’s one of the steepest railways in the WORLD 😮😂! Thanks for another great video. If you are interested in other construction projects check out Marti Groups videos (Ritom for example, steep underground tunneling) or the Durchmesserlinie Zurich, in my eyes one of the finest engineering marvels and nobody talks about it …

[@TalesOfWar]

Is that the railway with all the really tightly curved viaducts snaking up the mountain side? Switzerland is a place I absolutely need to visit, but I need to save many pennies for that lol. It's not the cheapest place in the world to visit!

[@stefanschneider3681]

@@TalesOfWar You are probably thinking of the Brienz Rothorn Bahn, also an incredible piece of engineering and over 100 years old ! The Gelmer Bahn goes straight up, is much shorter - but damn is it steep!

[@vikranthreddy7736]

Using the same water again and again to generate power. And thats called the real RENEWABLE energy, fantastic job swiss engineering

[@chrischrill]

This might be the best B1M video I have seen. Such a professional production, amazing locations, and great level of detail without going too deeply. Awe inspiring.

[@Jetiexperte]

The editing of this video is on a WHOLE other level! 😍

[@briansmobile1]

As a mechanic of over three decades I've developed a keen eye for detail. Here's an example of this below. Did no one else notice the attractive young female holding a vibrator tip the size of a bowling pin at 12:04? I did. I noticed that.

[@guy990]

Your channel is incredible, so rare to find high quality b roll of magnificent engineering marvels and soft well spoken narrators reading off an incredibly detailed but not technical description of the engineering marvel. First time I saw your thumbnails I thought this channel was related to a big media company or Bloomberg lol. Fascinating video, the pacing, music and delivery is incredible for a video on this platform.

[@brettmorton7365]

You can see why Bond and Top Gear both love this area... look at those roads! Thats one impressive build! Thanks Fred and all the team for another amazing video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@eliteiel9747]

A really well made documentary about an amazing project in a beautiful country. Thanks for that!

[@Bromand01]

I am from Afghanistan (a country landlocked similar to Switzerland, surrounded by Hindu Kush mountains, tons of potential dam areas, made of various ethnicities, and hoping for absloute neutrality)... the only problem is that we lack educated people. Now by watching this amazing documentary, once again I am feeling hopeful for my country.

[@gratitude6573]

Unfortunately the country is too tribal, uneducated and a religious based backwards government. Afghans had the opportunity to grow substantially whilst the USA was protecting its democracy however Afghans being tribal took great pleasure in diminishing its own people for wealth that was taken out of the country in the billions. President Karzai being the main offender and biggest criminal of them all.

[@tikitiki7610]

bring in the engineers from the Swiss for the design. then put your pre-selected workers through a Swiss designed school to learn their portion of the construction. when the first class is partially thru the school, bring in another class to follow. After that project is close to conclusion, rotate the workers through the schools again. just be sure to have good teachers. perhaps then everyone concerned will benefit.

[@gratitude6573]

@@tikitiki7610 afghans are too lazy, they had democratic rule under the global militaries for over 10 years. The minute they withdrew afghans went back to tacloban because they’re too lazy and tribal to stand up for themselves. China will rule Afghanistan next.

[@paulbennett772]

This is an outstanding, broadcast quality documentary! Subscribed.

[@frei000]

I rarely comment content I watch on YT but these Videos are getting better and better. I think by now this is my favourite yet. Super comforting interesting and well narrated. God job, please more of that.

[@tsint]

Wow, interesting and fantastic production quality. Probably the best B1M video, yet!

[@origamisteve]

I know this is off-topic, but that tour guide seemed like such a nice dude. Like a grandpa you wanna give a hug. That and his accent when speaking English was quite unique in a good way.

[@markitobarca]

1.1k like in 49 minutes. Absolutely brilliant stuff by bm1. As a person with no idea how building/constriction works I absolutely love this content. Thanks team. Australia loves this

[@rigor_ii-i]

The B1M. I've been watching this channel for a good 6 years now. It's still amazes me from the research and full on documentary of each project. Fred Mills is one the most entertaining and fun person. To explain such complex and mind-boggling infrastructure projects around the world. This DAM and the location is so beautiful. Truly, Switzerland is one of a kind when it comes to building and redefining the definition of dams how it's build and operated. Hopefully I could see this in person after its finished in 2025. I hope you could cover some amazing projects around Southeast Asia. It would be interesting see that side of the world when it comes to infrastructure projects.

[@prototropo]

My machinist dad and his "Greatest Generation" buddies all held hydroelectric plants in awe. They had an unshakable pride in Boulder Dam (only later stupidly renamed Hoover Dam). I always admired the arcuate geometry of that design to transfer the immensity of the water's weight to the valley's rocky flanks; it's possessed of a visual grace that seemingly mocks the titanic power generated by the entombed dynamos. These dams, many erected in the 1930s, evoke both Steampunk and Streamline architectural appeal, either way projecting a reassuring, 20th-century utilitarian confidence that fueled the political fortunes of both Stalin and Roosevelt.

[@hagemann1]

Great Video again. There was another interesting dam strengthening/repair project some years ago in the alps. At Kölnbrein dam in the Malta valley in Austria cracks appeared in the concrete of the dam and water started seeping through the dam. There, a concrete support arch structure was built on the air-side of the dam to take some of the dam's load. Between the two structures a large number of elastomeric bearings have been installed to facilitate a well defined load transfer between the original dam and the support structure at the lower part of the dam. The original elevation of the top water level could be safely reached again after the remedial works.

[@PeacockEarings]

The filming on this episode was amazing. Your crew has been really stepping up those b-roll shots. The slow-mo shots, those drone shots *chef's kiss*. And that send off bahahah I see what you did there.

[@Kresnov]

Iv'e worked on photoshoots several times taking cars from GB to that very place overlooking the dam, I can honestly say it is one country I would love to move to, Everything works.

[@alexandercarder2281]

Man I absolutely love these videos and especially Dams and skyscrapers and the more unique mega projects like the Lift company you did in Finland 🇫🇮 that was so amazing how they use an old mine shaft to test the lifts 😊

[@shackti1699]

That power generation system is next level. I was not expecting that!

[@cuba3433]

My friend !. Sinceramente quiero darle las gracias por su gran trabajo. Los videos de usted son súper buenísimo. T.y..

[@imjody]

You even go as far as to educate us about stuff that occurred on the stinkin' road TO the final destination in which we are mainly discussing in this video. Absolutely marvelous, The B1M. You continue to kill it. Thank you for your magnificent content, and for continuing to instill knowledge in me now for numerous years. :) 💖

[@PeterRiddell]

One of the best videos you've made, Fred. You're clearly in love with this build! Fascinating.

[@EamonnMooney]

It looks cold in the winter there, but in the summer that one hot damn!

[@coreyarmstrong7966]

Love it when B1M uploads

[@TheB1M]

Thank you so much!!

[@FluxStage]

Amazing episode team B1M! Great editing too, shout-out to Fred Bond.

[@eatonkuntz]

Missed opportunity to title this "The Race to Replace a Damned Dam"

[@CandleWisp]

Nice😅

[@ARJUN-xd2nd]

There is a dam in kerala,india which is called mullaperiyar dam it's over 100 years old it's made of surka and rock now everyone has feard if it will break or not if it breaks half of kerala will be under water

[@GeekyMedia]

This was absolutely sensational. The James Bond cuts were amazing 😂 looking forward to the podcast episode covering this too

[@peteranon8455]

Best Dam video I've seen in years.

[@HariSC]

Love everything about Switzerland ❤❤

[@gaivscaesar]

This might be your best video yet. The production quality is amazing, I am always impressed with each upload. One question though, what happens in the decades to come when the old dam eventually does deteriorate and fall apart, won't that damage the new one? And how will the new one be taking all the weight of the water when the old dam is still going to be there? Won't it be holding the reservoir back, and the new dam only holding the smaller portion between them?

[@turboshaft1959]

the old dam will have water pressure on either side, cancelling eachother out. the new dam will have the pressure only on one side thus taking the load

[@akavierocultado6413]

Well I'll be Dam-ned. That was a great video! With beautiful sights. On an amazing topic! Well done!

[@danbUzZ1-]

it's truly amazing how not more than a month ago I was sitting there, taking pictures with my family, completely oblivious of what was going there, I didn't even realize they were building a new dam, I only noticed the gondola which I thought it was gonna be for tourists. Went back to the pictures and video I took and it was right there in front of me. I'm in shock. Amazing piece of engineering and a true masterpiece. Now I gotta go back when it's all been finished in 2025.

[@meawwow]

I have YT Premium, but I don't know if the benefits reach the channel B1M. I cannot just watch such amazing content and not pay for it. Great work B1M Love from India

[@musicat3330]

Yes, in fact a viewer with youtube premium is many times more valuable for channel revenue compared to an ad-supported viewer.

[@joeking4206]

These videos are as good as any major TV company documentary. I do t know how you do it but I’m very glad you do 👍

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

3:20 video begins. you're welcome.

[@albinjaison4560]

Have you heard about mullaperiyar Dam which is situated in kerala (India)

[@EA_customersupport]

Yes, its a structurally compromised dam

[@optical_ideas]

This isn't just informative, it's an epic documentation

[@14BRIANBOY]

Beautiful videos scenes. Drones have advanced the number of spectacular video landscapes many times over. We're all getting to see shots that would otherwise never happen. The technical aspects of building a dam are enormous. This video gives us a hint at the amount of material, people, planning that go into building a dam. Most of us just take for granted, that we have electricity at our fingertips.