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The whole Marti youtube channel is a marvel for engineering geeks like me. If you have the occasion, you should take a look (talks about tunneling, big machines
by Faaak 2y ago
The whole Marti youtube channel is a marvel for engineering geeks like me. If you have the occasion, you should take a look (talks about tunneling, big machines, etc)
- AdamJacobMuller 2y agoFor a contracting company the videos are exceptionally well produced. They remind me of something more like an early-era discovery channel show like extreme engineering. They just need to get mike rowe to narrate.
- OJFord 2y agoI was more impressed by the OP seemingly from Swiss public body. The Marti one in GP is exactly the sort of sales demo type video I'd expect 'for a contracting company', though with lashings of high speed chase or shooting narrated video (you know, the 40% ads, 50% rehashing what we've seen or telling us what's to come, 10% content variety) for some reason.
- mgdlbp 2y agoFor the bridge only, Marti also made a more sufferable cut in German, that is on the OP channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLX3C0eg3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJLX3C0eg3g) The segue from CG is much more sensible
- sschueller 2y agoThis one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AV2NcyX7pk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AV2NcyX7pk is insane. Elon's Boring Company is a joke in comparison.
- firebaze 2y agoFascinating. Thanks for that link.
- tim333 2y agoElon's company is targeting different things - cheap and fast, unlike the company in the video doing technically hard but probably not cheap.
- esalman 2y agoIs fast and cheap always better though.
- jfoutz 2y agoFast. Fast always wins. Trying something, regardless of outcome teaches something about the world. The more trials, the more you roll the dice, the more you learn. I really hate being wrong, but it is much better to be wrong a lot, and quickly understand why. The alternative is to try nothing. It’s kinda sad.
- 0xFF0123 2y agoIt does depend on the domain though. Sometimes moving slowly and carefully can result in a faster successful outcome than throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoYes, sure fast wins when building a bridge. Or a tunnel. Which then collapses. Safe wins, this is not Facebook where people share some holiday pictures. "but it is much better to be wrong a lot" I disagree, "Oh the bridge collapesed, I was wrong! But this is much better than being right" - Nope.
- tifik 2y agoThey use a tunnel boring machine to bore a tunnel with a 45° slope. They do go into the mechanics of how they make this insanely massive machine drive up a grade that steep, and how they ensure it doesn't slide backward. I was glued to the screen more than with most movies. If you like channels like Practical Engineering, you will enjoy this.
- em-bee 2y agoI was glued to the screen more than with most movies i was going to say something similar. this was better than the action movie i saw earlier.
- etrautmann 2y agoAgreed - most interesting YouTube video I’ve seen in many months.
- baq 2y agoI watched this at 2x expecting a mildly interesting educational video. This was a mistake. Almost forgot to blink.
- pwarner 2y agoI've watched these. They're excellent. They make me wonder why these European companies don't compete in US infrastructure projects?
- deaddodo 2y agoBecause there are American (or Canadian, British, etc) companies that do what's necessary for American Civil Engineering. When it is worth it, American public works entities do reach out to German (and other national) companies. As to issues like this specifically? Because the US generally has wider freeways/highways, so is less impacted by single/double lane shutdowns for surfacing. In addition, many states have opted for less long-lasting quick pack asphalt for surface streets which can be resurfaced in place and ready to drive on again in a few hours. I know it's Internet rhetoric to assume America and it's government are incompetent, but the Civil Corps of Engineers, CalTrans, etc are actually pretty good at their jobs. The biggest horror stories are jobs given to private entities that go overbudget and overtime.
- p_l 2y agoArguably a big chunk of issue is that a lot of projects that were built by government now are only paid for by government... through the nose.
- robertlagrant 2y agoIt's a monopsony, no? So if you ingratiate yourself with the buyer, you're in.
- acdha 2y agoOne factor you’ll see in many areas of government is the second order cost of eliminating civil service positions. It’s most common to talk about how contractors usually end up costing more and being less efficient due to additional overhead and conflicts of interest, but there’s a deeper problem that the government doesn’t have a staff of people with the knowledge and experience to select and manage contractors. That’s how you end up in situations where none of the alternatives are better than eating the cost of a bad plan or accepting a lower project lifetime, and because it’s a managerial failure the blame is often spread between three or more organizations and often has no effective accountability.