Im studying civil engineering and the videos that you post show the 'practical' side of civil engineering. Its refreshing to watch your videos because im mostly exposed to complex theories and maths.
@@Treehandler Definitely not, it's interesting content but explained in a very simple way. There's a lot of blanks that can be filled in with a bit of research and by asking a few questions.
@@kalle8836 What the fuck are you talking about? There's nothing wrong these videos, I've been to some of the places he's featured and trust me, getting the kind of access he does would take a lot of work behind the scenes.
Right on Boys. Hey do you think you could make your videos a bit longer. My son absolutely loves your channel as I myself am interested in any and all types of Heavy Equipment keep up the great content.
@@AaronWitt Yea, that would be great. Yes, we Germans love more technically detailed descriptions down to the smallest details. That's why technology "Made in Germany" is so high quality. longer videos would be great. Thanks to America🥰
Internet and yt is special. Lived next to the airport for many years, worked there on several constructions sites and yt shows me only english videos about those place. I am a german native...
I once missed a flight to Bologna, Italy while enjoying a couple of hot dogs and a beer in that airport. I had no idea how large it was. The announcer lady had been calling my name for several minutes but because of my poor hearing and them butchering my ultra-Anglo name combined with thick German accent, I ate right through it. When I got to the gate, it was empty. Turns out that the bus out to the apron to board the flight left 20 minutes prior to the time I thought I needed to board. Long story short - I had about a 2 hour, self-imposed layover to explore the place. The actual bus ride out to the plane was longer than I could have imagined.
I know you're well in with Cat and thats how you get on some of these sites, but itd be great to see some other machines, maybe even some more specialised stuff. Take a trip to the Netherlands, theyve got ao much cool gear over there. Especially the piling companies like Sterk and Kandt.
i was doing the exact same job at that airpot back in 2018 and it is nice to see how things have changed, or not...that is a never ending procedure, with a lot of noise, termin stres und security for me become to borig so i changed my job
there are machines that would rip that up and crush it in one operation, i think from vermeer. i remember a video where they were recycling an entire airport that was closed permanently . it may have been on your channel.
Keep in mind the concrete for airport runways is far different in mix and thickness than your average highway system due to the weights and impact it receives from the planes.
Mass concrete without reinforcing bars just seems very strange to me as a Carpenter for 40 years. I started my Apprenticeship in Carpentry way back in 1984. I was 18 and turned 19 during my first month of work. Some of the guys I first worked with talked about pouring the runways for Tullamarine Airport back in the lare 60s. Mark from Melbourne Australia
It actually would not save money. To elevate the whole taxi area, say 1500mm, you have a few different options. Pouring hundreds of thousands of cubic meters in concrete on top would get very expensive, very fast. Carting in hard fill (say crushed concrete from demos) to build it up and then pouring on top of that, cheaper, but far inferior strength because hard fill isn’t cohesive like clay, gravel and other such materials are. Carting in gravel, compacting it into a pad and pouring on top, is most likely not even technically feasible because the water required to bond the gravel together will have no where to escape once it hits the concrete at the bottom. Also, with the last two options, you’re going to have some serious headaches if the concrete underneath decides to crack, or the sub-base beneath the concrete starts moving up or down. Finally you have what’s shown in the video, rip out the concrete, reshape all the cohesive material sitting underneath that’s already there into the correct shape, then use the crushed concrete from the old taxiway to base up a pad for the new concrete on top. And since all the underlying material is cohesive, it’s very easy to compact it into reasonably solid sub-base. Ultimately you save a lot of money on either concrete or carting in 300-400,000 cubic meters of material. That being said, you probably still have to do some carting, but you always want to minimize it, because it’s a lot of trucks and a lot of Euros to move even a 100,000m3 of anything. Say it costs you €30 per cube to procure and cart in the material, at 17 cubes to a truck load, adds up quickly.
They could have left it as it was but…. The cost to airlines for simply adding the thrust needed to get up that elevation would be crazy over the years. The savings in fuel pays for that project in two years
I refuse to believe this was the easiest solution to resolving a 3 foot elevation difference between the terminal and the taxiways. You're telling me a plane that flies up and down 35,000ft can't overcome a 3ft bump? They didn't want to just excavate the new terminal 3 feet further down when they were building it?
It would be expensive and not a great option in terms of strength. To elevate the whole taxi area, say 1500mm, you have a few different options. Pouring hundreds of thousands of cubic meters in concrete on top would get very expensive, very fast. Carting in hard fill (say crushed concrete from demos) to build it up and then pouring on top of that, cheaper, but far inferior strength because hard fill isn’t cohesive like clay, gravel and other such materials are. Carting in gravel, compacting it into a pad and pouring on top, is most likely not even technically feasible because the water required to bond the gravel together will have no where to escape once it hits the concrete at the bottom. Also, with the last two options, you’re going to have some serious headaches if the concrete underneath decides to crack, or the sub-base beneath the concrete starts moving up or down. Finally you have what’s shown in the video, rip out the concrete, reshape all the cohesive material sitting underneath that’s already there into the correct shape, then use the crushed concrete from the old taxiway to base up a pad for the new concrete on top. And since all the underlying material is cohesive, it’s very easy to compact it into reasonably solid sub-base. Ultimately you save a lot of money on either concrete or carting in 300-400,000 cubic meters of material. That being said, you probably still have to do some carting, but you always want to minimize it, because it’s a lot of trucks and a lot of Euros to move even a 100,000m3 of anything. Say it costs you €30 per cube to procure and cart in the material, at 17 cubes to a truck load, adds up quickly.
Well let's check the scoreboard its 1776 to 0 then we won two world Wars and took no land for it having supplied at one point or another most of the world with food and needed goods remember that there were 30 or so countries involved in world War 2 and and the usa supplied all none hostile nations with food and goods as well supplied war materials then at wars end we supplied food and goods to those nations that lost moving up to a million of tons a day during the Berlin airlift. Oh yeah walked on the moon! So yeah that's why
What a poor picture! I am from Germany, and I'm a builder, don't you all wonder why there is only a single excavator? Cause in germoney you have to represent your GDP during working! Other country's need a quarter of time and half the cost for this work! Germany economy is destroyed by its government!
Fraport hat mit Absicht die Dauer des Baus verzögert. Vllt kannst du dich noch an das kleine Probleme Corona erinnern, als der komplette Luftfahrtbereich und besonders die Passagiere, eingebrochen sind. Bis sich die Zahlen erholen ist das Terminal fertig. Davor bringt es niemandem etwas für viel mehr Geld ein Terminal dahinzustellen, wenn die Passagierzahlen auch locker über die anderen beiden Terminals abgefertigt werden können. Und ja, in Deutschland funktioniert bei weitem nicht mehr alles wie noch vllt vor ein paar Jahren. Aber dieses rumgeheule bei jedem einzelnen Thema, egal ob die Politik überhaupt damit zu tun, geht mir so dermaßen auf den Sack. Langsam wird die Politik nur noch als Sündenbock dargestellt, der hinhalten muss, wenn irgendwas nicht läuft. Bitte auch mal das Hirn einschalten, Fraport ist eine private Firma, da hat der Staat nichts, aber auch absolut gar nichts mit der Vergabe von Verträgen oder sonstigen Baulichen Vorhaben zu tun!
Im studying civil engineering and the videos that you post show the 'practical' side of civil engineering. Its refreshing to watch your videos because im mostly exposed to complex theories and maths.
keep after it!! It's a lot more fun after school. And be sure to work in the field during summer break
You’ll never find any complex theories or math on this channel!
@@Treehandler Definitely not, it's interesting content but explained in a very simple way.
There's a lot of blanks that can be filled in with a bit of research and by asking a few questions.
@@peterfalconer-h3kbro just move on to someone elses videos, make videos like this urself and see how “easy” it is,
@@kalle8836 What the fuck are you talking about?
There's nothing wrong these videos, I've been to some of the places he's featured and trust me, getting the kind of access he does would take a lot of work behind the scenes.
Right on Boys. Hey do you think you could make your videos a bit longer. My son absolutely loves your channel as I myself am interested in any and all types of Heavy Equipment keep up the great content.
Most our future videos are 15-20 mins and will hopefully get longer as we go into next year. Thank you for watching!!
@@AaronWitt Yea, that would be great. Yes, we Germans love more technically detailed descriptions down to the smallest details. That's why technology "Made in Germany" is so high quality. longer videos would be great. Thanks to America🥰
Great job and greetings from Germany to Aaron !
Let's go!
Started my excavator operator class this week. You've been a huge catalyst and inspiration 🎉
Internet and yt is special. Lived next to the airport for many years, worked there on several constructions sites and yt shows me only english videos about those place. I am a german native...
Wir brauchen mehr Baustellen RUclipsr :D
Thanks Aaron. Very well explained. I find your videos very informative. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!!
Working on this site rn, sad to have missed you
so close yet so far
@AaronWitt only benn Here since September man
Only been Here since September man
3:21 - That hammer looks like it's auditioning for 'Thor: The Construction Chronicles
I once missed a flight to Bologna, Italy while enjoying a couple of hot dogs and a beer in that airport. I had no idea how large it was. The announcer lady had been calling my name for several minutes but because of my poor hearing and them butchering my ultra-Anglo name combined with thick German accent, I ate right through it. When I got to the gate, it was empty. Turns out that the bus out to the apron to board the flight left 20 minutes prior to the time I thought I needed to board. Long story short - I had about a 2 hour, self-imposed layover to explore the place. The actual bus ride out to the plane was longer than I could have imagined.
If the operator in the 395 could actually use a breaker 😂, excellent video keep em coming.
I know you're well in with Cat and thats how you get on some of these sites, but itd be great to see some other machines, maybe even some more specialised stuff. Take a trip to the Netherlands, theyve got ao much cool gear over there. Especially the piling companies like Sterk and Kandt.
i was doing the exact same job at that airpot back in 2018 and it is nice to see how things have changed, or not...that is a never ending procedure, with a lot of noise, termin stres und security for me become to borig so i changed my job
You must have had to put so much effort into producing this film.
Thanks.
Estoy impresionada por la cantidad de esfuerzo que pones en tus videos. ¡Sigue así! 💪
Do some Underground mine tours if you can. Crazy cool equipment down there .
I was in an out of there many times when there was a huge Air Base on the south side called Rhein-Main Air Base.
The new Terminal 3 is build in that exact same location!
there are machines that would rip that up and crush it in one operation, i think from vermeer. i remember a video where they were recycling an entire airport that was closed permanently . it may have been on your channel.
6:29 my friend that is not a 787. That is an Embraer Ejet. 😂
Keep in mind the concrete for airport runways is far different in mix and thickness than your average highway system due to the weights and impact it receives from the planes.
Plot twist… Aaron has been working for CATERPILLAR since the beginning.
I love excavator ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nice project bro
Mass concrete without reinforcing bars just seems very strange to me as a Carpenter for 40 years. I started my Apprenticeship in Carpentry way back in 1984. I was 18 and turned 19 during my first month of work. Some of the guys I first worked with talked about pouring the runways for Tullamarine Airport back in the lare 60s.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
I guess that a layer of concrete over the ground is never loaded in tension thus it's ok to not have any steel reinforcement (?)
Hope to see more diversity than Cat :D Great stuff still :)
Is there a reason why they can just build onto of the current runway? Would save a heap of money not having to dig it all up
thy need to lay new utility
@@isakcecko8508 Then just cut the existing concrete on the path of the new utility...
It actually would not save money.
To elevate the whole taxi area, say 1500mm, you have a few different options. Pouring hundreds of thousands of cubic meters in concrete on top would get very expensive, very fast. Carting in hard fill (say crushed concrete from demos) to build it up and then pouring on top of that, cheaper, but far inferior strength because hard fill isn’t cohesive like clay, gravel and other such materials are. Carting in gravel, compacting it into a pad and pouring on top, is most likely not even technically feasible because the water required to bond the gravel together will have no where to escape once it hits the concrete at the bottom. Also, with the last two options, you’re going to have some serious headaches if the concrete underneath decides to crack, or the sub-base beneath the concrete starts moving up or down. Finally you have what’s shown in the video, rip out the concrete, reshape all the cohesive material sitting underneath that’s already there into the correct shape, then use the crushed concrete from the old taxiway to base up a pad for the new concrete on top. And since all the underlying material is cohesive, it’s very easy to compact it into reasonably solid sub-base. Ultimately you save a lot of money on either concrete or carting in 300-400,000 cubic meters of material. That being said, you probably still have to do some carting, but you always want to minimize it, because it’s a lot of trucks and a lot of Euros to move even a 100,000m3 of anything. Say it costs you €30 per cube to procure and cart in the material, at 17 cubes to a truck load, adds up quickly.
@@taylorsmith2330 Thanks for a great response
Great Video
Great vid Aron. Are you returning and up dating us on the airport's progress. Hope so, that would be very interesting
In 2023 Frankfurt was the 16th busiest airport in the world with 59 million passengers
Tbh that surprised me, I thought it would rank higher
I was less then 2 weeks away from being born in Frankfurt '89 🙌🏿
Thx for the vid Aaron and crew.
Why removing concrete to re-add fill and re-add concrete, versus adding fill + concrete on top of the existing ?
Why is every machine in your videos a Cat?
where’s the charlotte douglas airport video at?
Good video but, and im not an engineer here, why is there no reinforced steel inside the concrete?
They could have left it as it was but…. The cost to airlines for simply adding the thrust needed to get up that elevation would be crazy over the years. The savings in fuel pays for that project in two years
Sentimeeters? Are you ok, Aaron? What happened to the standard measuring units like "that much", "heavy as f*ck" and "bananas"? 😁😁😜😜🤘🤘
They don’t have to have the official orange/white checkered flag on the equipment?
I refuse to believe this was the easiest solution to resolving a 3 foot elevation difference between the terminal and the taxiways. You're telling me a plane that flies up and down 35,000ft can't overcome a 3ft bump? They didn't want to just excavate the new terminal 3 feet further down when they were building it?
pls spain next and denmark pls answer
They need some road trains to speed things up. Even just a 2 trailer set up with 1 dolly 🙄
These Videos are way to short. We need at least 45min.
I hope that they work faster than on road projects in Germany, otherwise is going to be the year 2050 🤣🤣
you didnt explain why they need to demolish the taxiway and why they cant just build over it🤨 in the begining of the video
Needed to be updated. Probably add in new infra and other utilities and give the old site a bit of new life?
exactly he said the runway was good and it was stable
It would be expensive and not a great option in terms of strength.
To elevate the whole taxi area, say 1500mm, you have a few different options. Pouring hundreds of thousands of cubic meters in concrete on top would get very expensive, very fast. Carting in hard fill (say crushed concrete from demos) to build it up and then pouring on top of that, cheaper, but far inferior strength because hard fill isn’t cohesive like clay, gravel and other such materials are. Carting in gravel, compacting it into a pad and pouring on top, is most likely not even technically feasible because the water required to bond the gravel together will have no where to escape once it hits the concrete at the bottom. Also, with the last two options, you’re going to have some serious headaches if the concrete underneath decides to crack, or the sub-base beneath the concrete starts moving up or down. Finally you have what’s shown in the video, rip out the concrete, reshape all the cohesive material sitting underneath that’s already there into the correct shape, then use the crushed concrete from the old taxiway to base up a pad for the new concrete on top. And since all the underlying material is cohesive, it’s very easy to compact it into reasonably solid sub-base. Ultimately you save a lot of money on either concrete or carting in 300-400,000 cubic meters of material. That being said, you probably still have to do some carting, but you always want to minimize it, because it’s a lot of trucks and a lot of Euros to move even a 100,000m3 of anything. Say it costs you €30 per cube to procure and cart in the material, at 17 cubes to a truck load, adds up quickly.
It’s cheaper in the long term do build new
I wanted that bucket to have a thumb so bad
Not really a thing for machines in Europe.
yeah thumbs are quite rare in Europe
Thumbs were cool 20 years ago. You Americans need to get up with the times
@@pete5044 I know, I know, us stupid Americans with our opposable thumbs. Obviously a waste.
very disappointed for short video
Why does the American talk like the world belongs to him?
Critical German? Jealousy rears its ugly head in many ways.
Well let's check the scoreboard its 1776 to 0 then we won two world Wars and took no land for it having supplied at one point or another most of the world with food and needed goods remember that there were 30 or so countries involved in world War 2 and and the usa supplied all none hostile nations with food and goods as well supplied war materials then at wars end we supplied food and goods to those nations that lost moving up to a million of tons a day during the Berlin airlift. Oh yeah walked on the moon! So yeah that's why
Hope these guys are paid up front... Germans spending money they do not have
What a poor picture! I am from Germany, and I'm a builder, don't you all wonder why there is only a single excavator? Cause in germoney you have to represent your GDP during working! Other country's need a quarter of time and half the cost for this work! Germany economy is destroyed by its government!
Get yourself a windbag like trump who will promise you anything. In fact, you can take the real trump off our hands and most of his followers.
Fraport hat mit Absicht die Dauer des Baus verzögert. Vllt kannst du dich noch an das kleine Probleme Corona erinnern, als der komplette Luftfahrtbereich und besonders die Passagiere, eingebrochen sind. Bis sich die Zahlen erholen ist das Terminal fertig. Davor bringt es niemandem etwas für viel mehr Geld ein Terminal dahinzustellen, wenn die Passagierzahlen auch locker über die anderen beiden Terminals abgefertigt werden können. Und ja, in Deutschland funktioniert bei weitem nicht mehr alles wie noch vllt vor ein paar Jahren. Aber dieses rumgeheule bei jedem einzelnen Thema, egal ob die Politik überhaupt damit zu tun, geht mir so dermaßen auf den Sack. Langsam wird die Politik nur noch als Sündenbock dargestellt, der hinhalten muss, wenn irgendwas nicht läuft. Bitte auch mal das Hirn einschalten, Fraport ist eine private Firma, da hat der Staat nichts, aber auch absolut gar nichts mit der Vergabe von Verträgen oder sonstigen Baulichen Vorhaben zu tun!
Another sick one!
thank you for watching!!