Emergency Repairs to WSSC's 54-Inch Water Main in Forestville - July 2013

[@vernontuck5605]

Everyone wearing clean clothes in this video are token workers for the benefit of the camera. The real men who did this job were barely filmed. Thank you gentlemen.

[@siobhanoshea9979]

You are so right my friend I do this type of work all the time in city council waterworks and you get pricks like this getting all the credit

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

Facts brother!!

[@Itstime1231]

probably engineers and interns going to take a look at the repairs.

[@burtan2000]

@@siobhanoshea9979The old timer with the push broom mustache, he's managing it. He's gotten plenty dirty before. The front line soldier going home filthy absolutely deserve more recognition. I'm just saying don't discount the engineers. I've worked as a laborer and as the engineer. Most engineers coming out of school don't know crap. THIS is how they learn. This stuff is a team effort. I disliked the shade that laborers would throw at me bc I CAN do their job. I've DONE their job. I'm slower and i'd need help as I'm rusty. But I could do it. But they can't do my job. Not with any amount of guidance. Not without spending a few yrs in classrooms and offices. In NY, the laborers (on any job with any public funding) make considerably more than the engineers. Entry level laborer holding a sign, pushing a broom, make about $40/hr not including benefits. 20 yr old kids making more than 30 yr old engineers with Master degrees, engineering licenses and $150k in debt. Both working the same project. Equipment operators on the project make $60/hr plus. That's how much VP's made at the large engineering company I worked at. Men and women with decades of experience and dozens of licensed engineers under them

[@doughboy4681]

Yeah they were too busy working. They wasn't worried about making a TikTok video on changing a huge pipe

[@barryguerrero6480]

Your were lucky to have an old-school boss like that, who knows how to take charge and get it done safely. It's a tall order. Well done.

[@fernandosalgado3589]

36 hours that’s hard work and dedication. Respect ✊

[@bulklogan539]

Well, something good comes out of this if your a city worker. OVERTIME BABY!!!!

[@jdwylde7]

Nope...I get comp time lol

[@wesbann]

Lesson learned : use ductile iron pipe material in the future for transmission main replacement projects!

[@edruiz8001]

I started out working under guys like john. I sure hope his crew takes away a shit load of knowledge that man has. I work in California and have been in the industry over 20 years and I see the younger guys so much different.

[@jchambers2586]

He's had a few beers

[@straxx99]

His name is Rudolph.

[@Intense_Cloud]

I worked for Spinniello Co. out of Pomona, CA, what a great team they have!

[@GickelsGaming]

My pops worked at WSSC as an inspector and damn he didn't get home until late when mains broke. He complained all the time about people taking their sweet times on the job and he got pissed at their foremen when people were standing around

[@fnkdrmr86]

That foreman guy seems like a real pain in the ass to work for

[@fernandosalgado3589]

He’s probably the man though

[@calidream9273]

That's how most of them are, construction is tough personalities

[@nathanielreid4967]

What makes you qualified to make such a character assessment? What should your statement say about you? That you are one of those lazy works that require a 'slave driver' to get things done in a timely fashion? just asking.

[@jeffflanagan2814]

That's usually how it works thou.

[@TheCrustyFry]

That’s big papa he’s alright

[@syruplus]

U know it’s a big pipe when they’re not turning the valve by hand

[@slit4659]

I'm a Retired UNION Steamfitter WELDER Local 342 out of CONCORD CALIFORNIA.....We put 2 new 72" Drinking water pipe in During the Winter and it Rained like Hell so we were tracking mud and who knows what Else into that pipe...When we were Done a Laborer washed out the Pipe with a Garden hose the best he could then he threw CLOROX inside to Disinfect it....And this was the Drinking water for the City of Concord California....

[@TheCrustyFry]

A bag of granulated chlorine every 100 feet in the affected section would suffice but A pipe that big I’d say every 20 feet just dump a bag before recharging

[@andrewshephard5623]

great boss on site that what you need leads men to do great job well do guys

[@mybeachshack]

Those motor-operated valves oughta get excecised now & then... It's only when machines DON'T work that we are reminded how powerful they are. 😂😢😢

[@Intense_Cloud]

Hydraulic valve turner, extend your back's life for sure😅

[@calidream9273]

The excavator's tracks look sketchy at 5:17

[@TheManLab7]

I hate those types of "look at me!" "I'm the daddy" with his capital D cess tanks.

[@ironbear8469]

And plumbers aren't essential?

[@mikh.574]

Smoking a Cigar on the job haha 5:23

[@nihalhettiarachchi2061]

If we emptied the water flow in the water main by using suitable valves which are well functioning it would be easy to do the repair.

[@nicholasortega3153]

What kind of psi does a 54 inch main have ?

[@Intense_Cloud]

Depends on the system pumps, and/or the reservoir height while at rest (not pumping). We usually pumped up to 150psi. And to regulate the pressure into the city (outlet the reservoir) we used pressure reducing valves (Cla-val) at specific points throughout the system.

[@nicholasortega3153]

Cool learning alot about that now going for my class d water operator license here in Texas

[@frankwacker3520]

Ihr sind die besten

[@maccamacca7762]

Multiple sluice valves not isolating reflects a poor maintenance/operation program i.e OPEX budget.

[@federalli169]

Hard hats and Steel Toe make it happen

[@pipeman4707]

I think these people need a comprehensive right of way matieance program..those trees on top your pipe is not helping you

[@jeremygilley624]

Man they look like there's a lot of supervisors there 😆 big deal gotta get water flowing again fast work though nice

[@timlynch9049]

You are exactly right, clean clothes office worker's getting some picture time in!

[@FromPlsNerf]

Very interesting thanks

[@williamcruz7976]

Non stop work.

[@corrychamberlin9539]

What a good laugh!!

[@conqueringlion420]

That belly’s about to blow to

[@ej3023]

Don't believe a thing he said... The 12-inch water main outside my house broke, and it took the city crew 2 days to fix... the city crew didn't even have to build an access road ! Either the city crew is super slow, or this crew is super fast !

[@TheCrustyFry]

It depends on the circumstances. Sometimes the water can be impossible to shut down and line stops will have to be used. It could have been super deep; lots of service lines etc. There could be many reasons for this although I am in the business myself and to fix a standard watermain break usually takes an 8 hour work day from start to final paving.

[@davidwillard7334]

There's Only Two ! Types ! Of Speed ! DEAD SLOW ! AND STOP !!! GOOD AS !! MAN !!

[@Theredeemedchild2]

I fixed a 12 inch T the other day. That's 3 connections with a 5 man crew in 12 hours

[@nathanielreid4967]

Ignorance can be cured but STUPIDITY can NEVER be redeemed🤦‍♂️. Given all the information it should be seen that you are STUPID.😢😢😢

[@Yeeuu-teeuube-in]

Sometimes they only take a couple of hours to fix sometimes it’s several days. Water main and the environment play major factors.

[@siobhanoshea9979]

This why you don't privatise our local authorities and hand it to proxy corner cutting contractors

[@mootymootmoot1679]

42" valves are a bitch to shut off especially if theres a bit of crap on the valve and can't get it to close properly turning it for ages And then the recharge don't wanna get water hanmer and blow it back up

[@Intense_Cloud]

At the beginning is a bitch to turn, then, still a bitch. Specially when tuberculation builds around inside the gate, then have to work it up and down several times, gaining only 1/8th of a turn at a time and is like 70 turns and it gets very hard at 55, not fun, not fun at all...

[@Theempiresf49]

If that pipe is active and it blows them guys standing on top is gone

[@WELLINGTON20]

Valves are shut.

[@PolishJoe1000]

Coupla hotties 2:59

[@JDL816]

1:10

[@christopherfernandez590]

I have a hat of wssc😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nicholastedeschi2867]

54 inch isn't shit we warm up with 90 inch with half the guys you got.

[@heronvarela9784]

Nicholas Tedeschi there always has to be one person 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@nicholastedeschi2867]

@@heronvarela9784 sure does 🇮🇹

[@heronvarela9784]

Nicholas Tedeschi since we’re texting bull we can do it with 1/4 of the guys there 🤷

[@P3tray]

@@heronvarela9784 since we're all just flexing on each other, I could have fixed this myself with some common hand tools and a plastic shovel

[@davidwillard7334]

If the Foreman ,was telling the Excavator Operator To bash the Pipe ! With the Bucket ! Why wasn't there ! A Concrete saw ! ? And Jack Hammer !? Surely a Crew ! That Large !! Would have had those ! THERE !!

[@drajik]

Its easier, faster, and safer to just break that size of line throughout the portion you are going to replace and afterwards you can easily cut it evenly past the broken edges on both sides with saws.

[@davidwillard7334]

@@drajik Thank God ! It's Not my Excavator !!

[@Okami88]

THE PIPE WAS ALREADY CUT THROUGH THE USE OF THE SAWS .... just like any demo of concrete etc you have to bash it to break it up even when cut by saw.

[@Okami88]

@@davidwillard7334 you have an excavator? You've never used a 300 machine to break concrete or demo? And think that there's going to be damage done. You're funny.

[@Okami88]

@@davidwillard7334 the job is being done properly. Have you ever done this type of work?

[@trinkladd]

5 guys working 40 standing around barking orders. What a waste of the publics money!

[@DarkyBlue]

A 7 minute clip to show 5 days worth of work.

[@I.AM.Issachar.]

typical union job 20 orchestra directors directing a one man band

[@DarkyBlue]

Typical whiner..

[@fuckfucku2]

🖕🏻

[@I.AM.Issachar.]

@@fuckfucku2 did i hurt your feelings?

[@lilcourtny08]

@@I.AM.Issachar. getting paid what the job calls for, I gut you are part of a illegal immigrant crew working for 8hr, zero breaks and no benefits

[@uterotourettes15]

He sounds so mad haha, I get it though. You'll have that on those big jobs..