Cleaning the world's tallest building | Supersized Earth - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, has the world's highest windows. Dallas joins the team whose heart-stopping job it is to clean them.
Supersized Earth traces the spectacular story of how humans have transformed our world in a generation. In this awe-inspiring three-part series, Dallas Campbell travels the globe, visiting the world's largest and most ambitious engineering projects, exploring the power of human ingenuity and the making of the modern world.
In this episode, Dallas explores how we have been redesigning the planet as we build ever more astonishing places to live. In Dubai, he climbs to the very top of the world's tallest building - over half a mile above the desert sand - to help clean the highest windows in the world; and he explores how desert wastelands have been transformed into bristling forests of skyscrapers as we've conquered the sky and turned it into a place we can call home.
In China, the rate of change is accelerating as millions move into the cities; to keep pace, they have learned to erect 30-storey buildings in under three weeks. The world is changing underneath our feet too; Dallas dives beneath Mexico City with one of the two-man team whose unenviable job it is to keep the city sewers flowing, before examining a very new-world solution to this age-old problem.
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Its absolutly insane that humans can build something that tall.
@Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 1977 very true but tbh I believe aliens did that
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 1977 worrying isn’t it
Were like anta
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 1977 not to be a downer but this is much much taller than the pyramids, they are tsill very impressive
Padraig Pearce well this building was built in the modern days so it was so much harder to for Egyptians than us if they did build it
Now imagine those who built it.
Exactly! I have much respect for these guys. Even more for the people who built that mega sky scraper and others
Nobody built it, it is created by big bang, learn some science
God's Child exactly. Just how big bang created internet
@@godschild5587 just like your mom.
@@godschild5587 r/whooosh
These guys will be the most grateful ones when it rains.
Grateful?! No paycheck for them if it rains. I wouldn’t be happy
If anyone replies to me, they’re an Idiot.
⬇️😂
@@cleopatravii2385 I mean if they are permanently employed and get salary on monthly basis then it is cool for them. Otherwise they cannot blame the rain for not paying them now
Don’t think it rains in the middle of a desert in Dubai as often
Rain water is dirty and leaves marks, especially in a desert.
Think how much they get paid to do it once fs every three months they won’t mind missing it once or twice haha
Mad respect to these cleaners, it’s always the work that the world has deemed small, come out as the world’s hardest.
Ive been cleaning windows for 11years now. And, have a "STRICT RULE".. Nothing above two stories (20 feet) God bless these guys!
Lol
Lol
Damn u must be broke
@@laurentfrombelgium5721 Not everyone is as rich as you.
Yup that's definitely below 20 feet dude
Why Can’t You Have Windows That Flip? So You Can Clean Them From The Inside
true
Maybe it's not practical to ask for everyone's permission to clean each window from the inside.
The Unknown Gamer cleaning from the outside is 40x times faster
Why just dont let rain do the job?
Holler that would work in London lmao but good luck with rain in dubai
The more dangerous a job is, the higher the pay should be. Just my opinion
Stolen comment
@@1millionquestions299 Greetings and hugs friend
they are paid 200k
@@GeXExtremist thanks friend
Human traffickers should get paid the most then. And they do. Good for them
Imagine finishing the job, just to be informed that you missed a window
as they said, when they finish cleaning the whole building (within 3 months) they gotta start over. Lol
And when you miss a window you have to redo the whole Column top to bottom because of drips from above
@@MrWaffleOfficial id say thats a good thing. Means theyll never be out of a job
@@walter9733 i never said otherwise
L hahahah
when you risk your life for someone's view from the window
State of the world eh? sad but true. I wonder if hell is real because thats where these rich peoples will end up.
in reality driving your car to and from work is more dangerous then this job and its facts idiot
Styx Zero Stfu lmao
I've been a rope tech, doing engineering work for 6 years now. I've only known of two bad accidents in London, and they were because the guys were being complacent cowboys.
Like the other guy said, you've got a higher chance of dying on your way to work.
Styx Zero you act like all rich people start rich some people spend years starting off in poverty and end up rich because they actually do something about it
I wouldn't be cleaning those windows without having a parachute on my back.
I wouldent have cleaned those windows without having wings on my back tbh.
The parachute would be unnessecary weight you have to Hold up, and even if the ropes would break, you'd Fall alone the building which hinders the parachute to open.
@@Jemand-if5dj loool, unnecessary? I understand your point however it's better than not having one. It'd give you a some chance. Thanks for your reply.
@@Jemand-if5dj
I'll take my chances, give me a parachute.
Jam Isaq you still wouldn’t do it😂
You could not pay me enough to do that job. I'm not to bad on heights, I used to be a brick wall cleaner and cleaned plenty of jobs 30 or so metres high or so with brick facades but this is just something else. These guys are truly brave in my opinion. I take my hat off to you for giving it a try.👍
What does a hat have to do with it?
@@kevinm5898it’s a sign of respect and acknowledgment
I am really impressed by the quality of the ropes that are holding them. I'm surprised how it's managing to hold the weight of the cleaners balls
This comment is so underrated😂 too good.
Lmao
Top comment
🤣🤣🤣 #1 comment!!
this gives me anxiety just looking at it.
The Conversation Closet By Tatiana solution: don't look at it.
@@Jbeats37 pure sarcasm
Lol same
Btw a lot of people died building that. Idk why any human needs to build something tall. Lmao
Same....
Don't worry guys, if they fall their helmets will protect them
Hope your comment was a joke
Ikr? Why wear a helmet then?
it's4RIEL it’s protection from the ropes and equipment that they have on. and if they accidentally slip on the wall and hit their head they won’t get as hurt...
Darth Plagueis and also winds could be a danger situation without the helmet
Ball Hawk totally will thanks ;)
I have always been scared of heights throughout my 67 years, but now over the past ten years I have started hill and ridge walking (like the CMD arête) where it is high and steep enough to frighten, but I have forced myself to come to terms with it to conquer my fear. I find one I am up there and occupied I am ok - as the say 'don't look down'. Nice to see Dubai from so high, my late wife and I spent much time there when we lived and worked in the Middle East (Qatar and later Kuwait). We would fly down for a days shopping and sometimes, like over Christmas and the New Year spent a week of two. The Dubai Metro Railway had just started being built when we first went in 2007. I still have all the gold and diamond jewellery that I bought Maureen in the Gold Souqs on those visits, even though she has been gone 5 years, wonderful happy memories.
@Geoffrey May your Maureen RIP. Amen.
Why put yourself at risk?
I have so much respect for the workers. Their job is not easy and requires a lot of courage. I hope they're paid well
Yet, “bad working conditions” for some, is an office with no espresso machine.
Randy Porter I was about to give this one a like, then I realized you spelled ”espresso” as ”eXpresso”... What a shame
mellepella Good catch ! "eSpresso" (corrected) compliments of an observant, astute viewer.
Randy Porter you’ve now earned my like :)
mellepella 😁👍 With small effort, comes great reward. Thank you !
lol
Imagine getting all the way up there and realizing you forgot to take the soap
Mike Murphy happens to me all the time
Or imagine dropping the soap
D-OH!!!!
No imagine going all the way up there and it starts raining
LOL
the fact that theyre risking their lives just to clean windows..
True but at least they get pay ✌😉
1 slip and they'll be in Hell. Or Heaven if Saved.
1 Slip and their fall arrester will save them. Your drive to work is more life threatening.
I think there should be a machine for cleaning up windows on buildings
There is, and was on the old WTC buildings.
Well Twins has an automatic one ! Had I meant 😞
Yeah girls thinks alot but doesnt do anything🤣🙉
They do have a machine on the building, they even designed a fancy mechanical window system to hide it, but they found that it's more efficient to use some poor people on strings instead.
Windows come in many shapes and sizes. Stains come in many forms, from rain drops to bird shit. Squeegee blades need replacing, machines break down.
You'd need a custom solution for every building. It won't be perfect, it'll still leave streaks and mess. You'll need RA techs to go over for maintenance anyways.
It takes less than a week to train and certify a RA tech in the skills to clean any window of any size. They'll be more thorough and they don't need maintenance.
Logistically it's just easier this way, and who knows how much those machines will cost to design and implement.
why need weed when you can be this high
Lol
Lmao
Tried to get get top comment didn’t you?
Daniel Wnek everyone does
Just to get a little higher .🚬
I'm scared enough to be through the inside of the building looking down imagine being outside.
Literally me 😂❤
Me to
or imagine being hanging
Wow, this reporter deserves so much respect! 🙌
Babe: where r u?
me: im cleaning a window in the sky.
Babe: when r u coming back???
me: ill be there in 3 months. Love yaa to the sky!!
These people deserved to be paid just as much as celebrities.
They deserve to be paid just as much as bill gates, especially if they have fears of heights.
MrHallOfPain 😂😂😂😂😂
They make $12 to $25 a hour depending on how high the building is.
Being a high rise window cleaner I wish that was true
They should equip these people with parachutes in case they fall you know
It won’t work, have you seen how the building looks like? They will most likely crash onto roof on the building, and if the fall they will get tangled, and also there’s no place for a parachute
They have cables so that they don't fall.
Should they have huge piles of mattresses at the bottom in case the parachutes don't work?
alan smithee Yes
Valentinas karpavicius what about those squirrel looking parachute gliders lmao
Kevin Romero That would cost too much money and would just be useless
I am quite good at heights because it is also my job .. but this is taking Window cleaning to a totally new level.... 🙂
“Hi boss, yea sorry I’m not gonna make it in today. I’m not feeling very well”
Underrated comment😂😂
me: “i don’t get paid enough for this”
me : *FALLS*
Fortnite Jerry- fortnite is bad stop wasting ur life
Forgot u dont have one
Green Screen Lyrics you clearly don’t have a life if you’re over here commenting hate scumbag
Green Screen Lyrics also , delete your channel you are not gonna get anywhere .
Fortnite Jerry same to you
Fortnite Jerry I dont wanna have a youtube career anyway it could be bad like ali-a became a meme even though he was a great youtuber
The sad part is the windows don’t even look dirty😢😢😰
what? u can see a difference!
Then they’re doing their job.
That’s dubai!
Then it's better because they're being payed more by working more.
Well with the quality of the video uploaded, you won't see all the dust on those windows. If you live here, just parking your car for an hour will let you realize that you're breathing sand all the time.
The look on his face as he went over the edge was one of "god, why did I choose to be a journalist"
My heart sank everytime i watch these kinda videos.
Hats off to these gentlemen....... Man they are doing the toughest job in the world......... I could have died easily even if I look down from that height...........
@wes bd you're funny lol
wes bd hahahaha😂🤣
ganesh balakrishnan bd?
Yep. To honor them, I just made a Margehita & now I'm going into my backyard to climb on my hammock & relax
Pretty sure building it was tougher haha
u missed a spot.
Run4Kova right. go back up and get that window to the left
lol
Daily Scratcher the one on the left on the 142nd story, Suite 14. Grab a lunch break when youre done!
Run4Kova
Then go clean it goof
I'm a high rise window cleaner. Never heard that one before! 😒
If I were in his position then vomit would land on someone’s head.
Desert Rain
Gross
You’ll be so high that the air will disperse the vomit and land everywhere
Or on a freshly detailed bugatti.
For the sake of the people below, let’s hope there’s no chunks in that vomit.
Seriously you all have my heart in my mouth I couldn’t even look from inside the bloody window let alone climb out there 😮😳🙏🏻
They should make a new kind of window that can rotate. So you can clean the outside from the inside. Much safer and easier I would say!
You are a genius!
Cat Person oh..... don’t...?
Lex B Ok how about just me and u not cat fuck cat
Nigward I’m good! I have a boyfriend squiddy
Lex B yeah me
Amazing huh, They can send a man to the moon and build the worlds tallest building but none of those rocket scientists can come up with an automatic window cleaner........
they probably could but with the amount of windows on the building it would probably be insanely expensive.
Peter Bell You are probably correct.
And then they'd have to get people up there to fix the thing...
Well, they do have automatic cleaners for most of the building. If I'm not mistaken it's only certain spots that are manually cleaned.
It keeps people employed.
Dude I give that Journalist HUGE props that was impressive he went out there and clean those windows that high up haha
Dubai is always having sand storms. What a bummer for those guys
Sounds like a real pane in the glass!
LMAO! This comment is really underrated.
Very underrated! 😂
Smashing old chap!
So underrated
I thought they were having a smashing time.....
I'm never going to moan again when I've gotta clean my house windows
what
Lol what
😂😂😂
JOE dont moan your family will ask you whats going on
Imagine you see a window that’s not clean and all of a sudden you hear someone named joe start moaning really loud
At that point i would just say nobody’s gonna see the windows that are super dirty and I would get down
I've done a bit of rappeling myself nothing like this but to me the scariest part is when you first put your wait in the harness and rope
@Christopher Powell alright I guess you no more about me then I know about me
The important thing is
Did you do the S Technique?
GTZ 15 he did
ruclips.net/video/0v7Xlfa3twQ/видео.html I’m glad I’m not the only one
You'd think they'd have found a more effective way to clean the tallest building in the world's windows
They would if it weren't for the robot unions.
This is the most effective and safe way.
This video made me more tense than any horror movie I have ever seen in my life.
Intense indeed! You would think that we''ll have developed drones that would be capable of handling this dangerous task in the near future. Kudos to all window cleaners of all tall buiildings in the world!
I would love to do this as a job. But I need to wear a parachute backpack in case I fall.
I'm not sure a parachute would help much
Patrick Star yes it would. Base jumpers jump off buildings shorter than that.
Optimistically, if your using your kit properly... you arent going to fall
Unless there's an earthquake.
Even if an earthquake happened... its going to be a serious quake if theyre affected by it
You have my genuine respect. Stay safe fellows.
They are probably safer than a window cleaner on a ladder. I used to clean around retail premises and have had people walk into the ladder, skateboarders collide with it and even people back their cars into it. All this and I used to put down cones and signs for safety.
I can't even watch this without extreme anxiety!
Outstanding. You're doing good work here.
He FEEL relief after he reach the floor, i got same feeling too by just watching
they should have parachutes incase a rope breaks
You won’t have much room to open one when your a foot away from a building
a parachute wouldnt do anything because it would catch on the side of the building, the only way it would work is if they pushed off the side of the building first.
They'll hit a terrace below, it's futile.
Parabéns a estes homens por este serviço muito arriscado, para mim eles merecem um ótimo salário.
Hats off to these men .They have nerves made of steel
fuck that, should put car window wipers on the windows instead
Yeah lol
Or just make them "turnable"
Calvin Wong hahahahahaha
I can't count how many times this had my heart fluttering out of control
sal70228 do you need a pepsi?
lol, pervert
あ Layla Malinday あ lol right why would someone ask a girl that
Women would never do these types of job's but they complain about the wage gap
Andre Walker I'm gonna stop you less than a minute into you posting that remark.
I am sure there's PLENTY OF women who would do this job .
Unreal. Couldn’t imagine
Once you get past 100ft i imagine a few thousand more is no big deal. It all kills you the same, with the burj you just get a scenic trip down.
10 feet is enough to kill you, tho
Yeah....cherish those scenic memories.
@@oghuzkhan5117 you can be standing on the ground, fall over and die if you hit something hard like a curb. It sometimes happens in "king hit" attacks. Most falls from 10 feet are survivable though.
Why can't they just make those windows turnable or something...
Someone leans against the glass and it flips............... Woops
If i would design the windows they would have a lock.
yeah but if that lock fails.................
ApsiV11 the glass in this building is structural and actually holds weight. Also it's much cheaper to have the window washers just wash it from the outside.
ApsiV11 Or... just have hoses attached on the outside that automatically spray the window which can be controlled from the inside.. then you could have some kind of drying system or something for it also.. That would better. Even with a lock thing people could hack that and cause chaos so.. that could also be trouble
Hats off to those man 🙏🙏🙏
The rigs they're in are extremely reliable and safe. Statistically you're more likely to die on the drive to work.
I almost had a heart attack watching this
There's no medically you can tell you "almost " had heart attack
@@garethhancock8525 you must be fun at parties
@@lmao9526 ~ thanks for the positive feedback. Yes I've been told I'm fun at parties, 😂
@@garethhancock8525 normie
@@eeeesyywuwiz2836 ~ thanks sir boaz
At that height does anybody really care if the windows are clean or not?
The people from the interior would
Raul Troxler The people who are on the inside
It is Dubai so yes yes they do
This job is incredible
I salute these man😭😭
Been an outdoor climber for many years. Knowledge overcomes fear. Knowing how it all works, I'd be more worried the building would fall over before my gear failed. Idk, I didn't take any place in building it.
How about the ropes, are they 100% trustworthy?
I would actually like this as a job, heights make me nervous but I'm not scared of them, just imagine how cool this would be to do, the view and all. Might get repetitive over time though.
Smitty Smith
True true
I mean any job would get repetitive but at least you get to be in one of the coolest cities in the world
I'm also not afraid, I just get vertigo
95TurboSol I k
95TurboSol I hope u don’t fall of
Salute these brothers.
Someone has to do it, respect to this guy’s. No locals wan’t do this kind job
There's gotta be a better way....
Show me da way ma brudda
AI will solve this.
I have a solution
Yah Saves maybe in 2100 or more
@@omarzaragoza7432 loool
My heart is racing just watching the video!! I couldn't do this job.
I so hope they’re being compensated like double what they’d normally earn.
Aw GEEZ I get cold chills through my body...
Excuse me sir, gonna need you to go back out there & get the lil spot you missed 😢
Bruh imma tell em "only if they momma going back with me"
In my experience it doesn't take too long before it is just a boring job and the height really is no big deal at all. Really the worst part of window cleaning is the long term effect on your health from repetitive stress of holding a squeegee and torquing your finger and wrist joints. I have some serious osteoarthritis in my fingers from 28 years of window cleaning.
Water fed pole mate.. 👍
This requires intricate skill. Wow
Now imagine the camera man
he do be flying though
If do this job i need 100 ropes on me and parachute 😂😂😂
chupapa ness lol
😂🔫
I need more ropes perhaps 300.
A rope ain’t gonna help you if you fall😑
@@daymonpancheri9700 that's kinda wot their using tho
“higher than the worlds previous tallest building”
YA DONT SAY
I said, "Wait, what?" as well at first, but the platform he's *descending* to is still higher than the previous tallest building.
This is insane!
These the real g’s respect💯💯
What a magnificent piece of human engineering. Hats off to those who built it, and these washers, I could never do such a thing
I used to be a high-rise window cleaner for years This is absolutely awesome. Highest I ever went was 55 stories. Very safe by the way people
Crazy 😧. That's a lot of windows too.
Give that reporter an award
Imagine if there was a massive earthquake while they did that.
+Blazerfan4life
Yes, but the size and weight of their balls will surely hold them steady, so it's unlikely they will notice anything much.
+ZnNlove Efil best comment ever read in my entire life. Hahaha
Blazerfan4life well dont imagine it
Imagine if one of them has diarrhea.
cathedral94 💩
Why not just install Drones with wiping abilities and fly them up to windows?
The more we rely on machines the less jobs there are. Also, it's cheaper.
good idea.. i am electronic engineer and glade to be take such project in my final thesis
or rotation windows
+Layla Malinday good idea
Because of the reflective window tinting that buildings use, I think.
OMG that's brilliant. .
0:45 "I need a bucket"
damn this guy was prepared to mlg
the lenth of this. video is 4:20 that's pretty dank with buildings
Reece Hall what are you, 12?
I'd have to clean my pants instead of the windows....
I couldn't do this. No way.
Two words for this cleaners (Awesome people)
Nice to see that Tom Scott works for the BBC
If i clean 24k windows I better get a Good payout and I’m out lol
Music was perfect for that scenes
The music here is the overture to Alfed Hitchcock's classic movie Vertigo!!! So a very fitting choice
Wow! You are so brave!
My hands started sweating just watching this video and I felt like I kept slipping off trying to grab the rope! So much anxiety and I'm just watching on my phone sitting on the couch!
Crazy seeing those buildings in the background look tiny....