Warehouse Demolition Part 1 (Amazon HQ2)

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

1:30 when you see the wall flex so easily it makes one wonder how it stood for so long against the weather !😮

[@nathanieldietrich140]

this is the best demo I have ever watched. This bulding is really well built. well done demo guys!

[@carlsapartments8931]

uh seriously... and is it also the only demo you have watched... I have seen way more interesting demos... this video sucked

[@lachlanslightsandfans]

If you don’t like it, then don’t watch it. No need to complain

[@natg3361]

This is my all time favorite video so far

[@lil_mousey5923]

is it just me or were the lights still on in the building?????

[@nursejackie8891]

Does anyone else think about the items left behind that could be repurposed elsewhere versus ending up in a landfill?Wouldn’t it be nice if they could allow one day where the public could sign a waiver to come and remove what they want before demolition begins?

[@eitkoml]

The steel can be separated from the concrete and recycled. There isn't much chance of reusing the concrete. That stuff has to be poured new. I wonder if the brick facing is reused or thrown away, when considering that bricks do wear out over time.

[@southwestxnorthwest]

Most cities have ordinances now that a percentage of the building being demolished must be recycled; they probably already repurposed much of the building

[@southwestxnorthwest]

@@eitkoml Thats not true, concrete is recycled all the time. They crush it and use it as aggregate just like rock and gravel. The brick can be recycled as substrate for foundation or even sidewalks

[@michellesilva9459]

@@southwestxnorthwest That’s all well and good, but too often there are salvageable items left behind such a light fixtures, exit signs, etc. that a lot of individuals or businesses could repurpose and in some cases upgrade from what they already have. But instead security fences go up, the building gets demolished along with these items and ends up commingled with all the concrete, wood and glass from the general demolition.

[@andyhughes5885]

After a slow start, its amazing how this building seems to unzip itself section by section. Great video.

[@doedoebirds1]

yea thats right. or it would never get done

[@terrywitherspoon3474]

I remember that warehouse I worked on that job back in March great job Cam and Aceco.

[@richardbolt4237]

I get a Big Bang out of watching these buildings being taken down.great videos

[@donnellwilliams3988]

Whoever is driving those excavators is very skilled, i had to remind myself this is a demolition job not a kaiju movie. They are straight smashin this building. Love the video to it started slow at first next thing i know 10 minutes in the building walls & roof are just crumbling all over its self.

[@petergraphix6740]

Yep. Most people want this to go fast, but if you knock over the entire brick facade into the construction fence you're apt to kill a mom and her kids in a passing minivan. Plus environmental gets really mad if you make way too much dust at once. You mostly want this slow and steady with no surprises.

[@neverseenbefore_5638]

I actually love that this vid is so long.

[@jameseruera9642]

do you salvage the bricks

[@ashrevlution3456]

Was it first day behind the controls for the driver? Gosh. This was a painful watch.

[@markymarc136]

why does the building still have power hook up to it during demolition? check around 13:40s mark and later on past the 15 minutes mark. there is a light bulb that is still on and it's clearly visible.

[@frankiecrocker]

I have a home improvement project the Mrs has been nagging me about all winter, where can I rent one of those?

[@NorthernThinker]

I thought the first rule of Demolition Club was to cut the power.

[@cditzler6313]

yeah no kidding who left that light on

[@scotthanson7888]

What many people don't realize is all that debris will be sorted , concrete steel, ect will be recycled. What cannot be recycled will have to be disposed of at a landfill. That is expensive. The less that is sent to the landfill the more profit the contractor makes.The operator is very skilled. Those are not garden hoses, more like high pressure fire hoses.

[@wernerhiemer406]

And why not pulling out cables, HAVAC parts (which arent afixed the roof, scaffold would be too expensive or even scissor plattforms on wheels) from the inside before the concrete gets ripped? Here it is even not allowed to landfill the roofing.

[@barrysmith4588]

2 hours later......"oi....we've got the wrong address"

[@3618499]

(lmao) " YOU'RE SO SILLY! "

[@christopherrodmell1694]

That would be one of the dumbest mistakes a demolition crew could ever make, especially when I’ve mostly seen it happening in the US, No wonder why it’s important to actually be extremely cautious about checking if you’ve got the right building first, especially if it’s a VERY old building or house your demolishing

[@arthureverett8220]

Do they recycle the broken bricks into new bricks or does all this rubble go to landfills? Some buildings are torn down manually to recycle the bricks and the wood beams and rafters and resold as used at a discount to avoid landfill costs Sometimes the rubble is taken to shredder yards to reduce it to powder form. The powder is used to make new bricks and concrete blocks The steel beams and girders are shredded and sent to China as scrap and remanufactered as new automobiles and appliances. The USA then imports the autos and appliances from China

[@RickJones222]

After an hour, why stop the video at 98% finished?

[@manifoldbloom977]

I love how much the wall moves after one little tap lol

[@scdevon]

You can knock a brick wall down with a feather. It's scary how many ancient brick facades there are towering over people on buildings in big cities which are basically balanced on steel beams.

[@doedoebirds1]

so true, that leaves me to think that he's playing , if your going to bring it down , bring it down , stop fucking around. if i was the boss he'd be fired by now.

[@kprop2125]

So this was concrete block with steel framing and brick veneer? Must be alot of asbestos in that place too.

[@marcelw223]

First time operating this equipment? Or stretching it out to get lots of overtime maybe? This is painfully slow for demolition work.

[@giannalynnwreckingco.7110]

No. This is good methodical demo. Brick and steel separate & less sorting before hauling. Critiquing a video without knowing the job or the building is stupit ain't it?

[@SamRobinson-fp3ml]

Did you get your operator from the kiddie corral?

[@СолнечныйПарус-р7щ]

What's year of the warehouse?

[@JohnZWetmore]

1950s.

[@brendajanes4139]

Holy crud! right around 3 minutes when that wall pack falls off the wall, you could actually hear the HID lamp exploding!

[@pauloconnor2980]

Bloody truck went past at the very moment the roof collapsed(37:21)!!!!!

[@295g295]

Is this near Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia?

[@JohnZWetmore]

Eads and 15th. Very close by, but usually called Pentagon City rather than Crystal City.

[@295g295]

@@JohnZWetmore Yeah...that's it. West side of US-1, and east of Pentagon City mall, where I started a Volksmarch September 11 2004. I remember that USGS maps were ordered from Eads Street, before Reston VA.

[@1000jpok]

Them pulveriser attachments are seriously powerful!

[@dubbeh]

this is just watchable at 2x speed

[@theamerican7080]

Thank you for sharing that brilliant idea!

[@TylersSirensandEAS]

D D thanks

[@alexblower]

Ahh that's better

[@PoppaCold1]

excellent idea!

[@hotgreg]

So nobody thought to turn off the power? Why are the lights still on??

[@BrightSpade11]

1995: Dad, why is everything build out of concrete and steel? Well son, those materials are invincible! 2020: Me at the controls of those shears: Look at me dad! I'm invincible!

[@kurthuck7592]

Very cool watching what this piece of equipment can do!

[@markdoyle2739]

Would a wrecking ball not be quicker for the red bricks areas anyhow.

[@darronshirley7886]

Is this guy trying to take it down once brick at a time?

[@jaiffee]

I would have LOVED to have had some of those stone cap blocks from the roof!

[@kattrakee]

Building demolition lesson 101: Use the piece of machinery head that looks like a dinosaur and start knocking the bricks off first… Then… .. 😂😆🤣

[@kattrakee]

No” no Dino; Don’t eat the rubble , it will give you indigestion, Good boy “! 🤗

[@anthonygallagher1397]

Yes, I don't think the machines being used to it's full potential, haha.

[@richardyoung5217]

When the wrecking shears touch the brick wall it flexes like cardboard.

[@andyhughes5885]

Where is part 2 ?

[@JohnZWetmore]

Final editing of Part 2 has been delayed while I have been out filming other buildings coming down. Watch for it going online next week.

[@andyhughes5885]

@@JohnZWetmore Ok, great !

[@applesucks2633]

New guy! Gotta learn sometime. Sure has those hydraulic lines in harm’s way a lot!

[@Darryl603]

Usually, you scrap out the interior first. There's a lot of metal in there...

[@JohnZWetmore]

The rubble was sorted into metal, masonry and concrete, and misc. other debris. Each was hauled off separately.

[@Darryl603]

@@JohnZWetmore That's one way to do it...

[@huckstirred7112]

@@JohnZWetmore you could make a ton by selling surplus instead of scrap

[@arthureverett8220]

When they tore down Shea Stadium,everything was laid into separate piles and recycled,even the asphalt from the parking lots. The rubble was all ground up on site for easy transport by large dump trucks to a recycling facility

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Nice interesting video. Keep making them and learn along the way.

[@williamradford8817]

Demolition contractor's skill, making mice meat of the main walls, battling with re enforced concrete, what would have taken a long, time to build, is ripped down in a few hours

[@bettyprice6316]

What a great job to have, I'd love a go.

[@honda2555]

Ist das in Zeitlupe gefilmt , wie lange will der sich mit dem bischen Halle aufhalten 😢😢😢

[@antonioaraujo3029]

Parabéns, mto bom video .

[@kansasross]

Frustrating to watch him pull down the brick facade when he could be pulling down pillars and walls. Like going after the wallpaper instead of the walls.

[@scrapman502]

It seems like he could just push the wall right over. But it looks like he's just having fun chewing up the walls.

[@k1hasard]

What is the significance of the orange bicycle in the frame now and then? Is that a representation of a cyclist injury or fatality? In New York city they have white bicycles at the locations of cyclist fatalities, they call them "Ghost Bikes".

[@JohnZWetmore]

The colorful bicycles on the construction fence are an art project. We also have Ghost Bikes in this area (all too many), and they are white.

[@k1hasard]

@@JohnZWetmore Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it.

[@aptkan]

Demasiado zoom, no se ve el derribo completo.

[@justinfufun5483]

we are looking for the spectacular collapse (59 mins on) but the whole aim is to bring it down a little at a time so no big section falls out into the street or causes another section to buckle and fail.If anyone had bumped a pillar inside this building it could have caused a deck of cards style or domino collapse. Good it is gone, only held together by crappy wire mesh and bad rebar.

[@3618499]

" As interesting as seeing the demolition is the different methods each equipment operator uses. One mainly chews and smashes the structure in, while the other weakens the vertical supports and let's the structural weight bring down huge sections. "

[@Darryl603]

Makes more sense to work from the top down.

[@JL-rx6hl]

at 7.20 why are the lights in the building still on, that must mean the electrics are still live

[@JohnZWetmore]

It's just daylight coming in through the hole reflecting off the shiny light fixture. If the circuits were live, it would have made for some very interesting video when the wiring was severed.

[@ewanlaffin5197]

Ok I'll take your word for it but I still wouldn't wanna be the guy on the other end of that water hose.👹

[@JohnZWetmore]

@@ewanlaffin5197 I've filmed demolitions where they knocked over a light pole they shouldn't have and got a nice shower of sparks. There were no sparks with this demolition.

[@almostanengineer]

That’s an extremely flexible wall 😳

[@DoctorTech-n9f]

The lights in the building were still on

[@Newberntrains]

bring us lots of updates :) love this footage that once strong warehouse looks flimsey as paper lol

[@almostanengineer]

Yeah, just goes to show how brick is only strong when it doesn’t have a gaping hole punched in it.

[@dentonthaves5216]

You have to take a building down safely You cannot demolish a building really fast because for the safety for others. ( it's safety not speed)

[@scrapman502]

Hey Harry, I think I hear someone breaking in to the back of the Warehouse! (Harry:) It's just the rats!

[@Kerplakistandan]

Once this operator got warmed up and familiar with the structure, he went to town!

[@rosshoward6852]

This has to be one of the best jobs on earth 🌎

[@maggs131]

Its interesting how springy a brick wall can be. Suddenly I'm not as thrilled I live in a brick house 🤔

[@peon9282]

Well, these bricks are just there to cover the concrete walls, so they aren‘t holding any weight and therefore you can just peel them from the concrete wall. Also a solid brick building usually has thicker walls.

[@altesmoped2879]

the building looked extremely unstable, thin walls and narrow beams, good that it was demolished

[@anthonygallagher1397]

Not a brick tie in sight,no wonder the brickworks peeling like wallpaper, haha.

[@Trollberg60north]

This is painful..........

[@porscha901]

My dream job

[@oliversindel4202]

Good Video

[@doedoebirds1]

Ah did the roof come down to fast for you, did it cut down or throw your play time...

[@paulinhodamaquina]

Gosto de trabalhar em demolição

[@kpadmirer]

The brickwork appears to be merely decorative.

[@dawnlynch7691]

Why were they spray water on the building when it was being knocked down

[@JohnZWetmore]

The water helps to control dust.

[@valdirdebemfeliciano6910]

Esse trabalhador deve receber por hora por causa da demora em fazer o serviço.

[@tonto2336]

Camera to close.

[@cpd9148]

The person filming this is actually across the street using the zoom on the camera

[@waynep343]

One layer thick brick buildings.. oh my...

[@wernerhiemer406]

Three layer cardboard with a smiley ..... oooh my gawd. All the product will be smashed on sorting fascility.

[@experimentaltvextv6538]

More wide shots.

[@jonbell2305]

You can bet that bloke in the digger will never be asked to rob a cash machine with a digger. Time he gets it out of the wall the money would be out of date 🤣🤣

[@peterp1158]

Take out a horizontal row at the base of the wall, and let gravity do the work.

[@gabrielquiroz9806]

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[@TeimonKauppa739TeimoJake]

did this have asbestos

[@lappilappland3708]

He is Using the wrong Tool ! He should use a flat Shovel for the Brick wall. The "Bity" is for massive Walls of Conrete/Steel.

[@cditzler6313]

I am not really understanding unless yall are just milking the job why gingerly knock bricks off if you aint trying to keep any knock the building down and get on with it

[@rosasantiago8830]

Va siguió ya tengo

[@williamhayes1058]

The use of a garden hose for dust control was useless

[@Darryl603]

The ones on the hoses don't have a clue...

[@anthonybasile5035]

What a waist. The lights can be reused

[@adamtaylor31]

That settles it....this is how i'm going to eat cookies from now on.

[@mitchblackmore5230]

Am I the only one confused as to why it seems he's trying to be 'gentle' while he demolishes the building?

[@SE-dc4vc]

OMG! I just wrote a comment under a video of a wrecking ball used on Steel-Concrete. I wrote "Hey, you should use this on Brickbuildings, but thats all. For Steelconcret you need a hydraulic scissor!". And now this... You guys should swap heavy machinery xD (Edited:) Whats the goal? Just kill the brick-layer (yeah, ik xD) or wreck the whole object?

[@davidtyndall9604]

I wondered what happened to my bicycle.

[@steveharris1094]

If he doesn’t move any faster the equipment going to rust.

[@kansasross]

Pulling bricks and cutting concrete wastes time, energy and money. The operator should concentrate on pulling out pillars and columns then floors. This would cut the demolition by 75 per cent.

[@ПаладинУтер-м2ц]

does not want to expose high-pressure hoses under the debris.

[@MrJohn1966elliott]

That's building are very weak. too easy to break out. It is very dangerous to fall down.

[@romeotubal8713]

The bricks crumbles like brownies

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Ah, an opening for the public to see all pot joints inside this shady place

[@laurencecope7083]

Not very strongly built.

[@godhasleftthebuilding3224]

he just tries to salvage the red bricks

[@darronshirley7886]

Oh damn I fell asleep it's ok he only got 3 more bricks down in my hour nap

[@clausb.2032]

"so schauts aus",, super demolition..

[@김시종-t5f]

안녕하세요 올레 회장님잘보이선니다 감사합니다 좋아요

[@zundapp940]

niet echt handig mooi gebouw voor rooie en beton hij draait er menggranulaat. en ik zal er een sorteer grijper op zetten en daar na de schaar pas

[@wernerhiemer406]

Ja echt wie mit Pflastersteinen.

[@topgrafter2007]

im guessing the operator hasnt much experience in demo work, as its tedious to watch someone working so slowly lol

[@DaddysFastestSwimmer]

That or that job pays by the hour.

[@topgrafter2007]

@@Archhistbuff soz but your wrong, ive worked on many demo jobs in the UK and thats just pure slow! if you watch enough videos on here you will see what i mean!

[@giannalynnwreckingco.7110]

They're doing a fine job on this demo. Stop being an armchair operator and show us your skills.

[@David-yk9hm]

The operator is doing an excellent job. Don't know what you're talking about. He doing it professionally .

[@gedungisphoopnuchle9121]

It must be me, it's difficult to enjoy a video if the operator doesn't know wtf he or she is doing!!

[@1000jpok]

You probably wouldn't know how to start the fucking machine let alone operate it.

[@rosasantiago8830]

Pide Dios selva señor ayume🙏

[@banjoplayer7396]

Not for anything but I have been doing that type of work for a long time and it should not have taken that long to take that building down so many times bricks almost took out a HD hose , any way if you need guidance on your next building let me know because time is money on jobs like that so if you’re interested get back to me I’ll see your reply