Ritom Pumped-Storage Plant Project - Tunneling under extreme conditions 

While at it, give Marti a raise too, that bloke was really key to the success of this project.

@@WatchDogxx Yeah I don't know who this Marti guy is, but he must be a swell guy. Making all of those decision singlehandedly. Hell, I hear they stopped the machine on a few occasions so he could get out and chew the rock up himself.

@@literarynick Marti is one of them "hold my beer" fellas...

I do 3d for a living, these guys did alot of work.

@@bitrage. They sure did. Really impressive and creative work. It helps tell the story so effectively

I agree very interesting and truly a marvel of engineering.

The only thing missing, (and one of the biggest questions I had while watching that), is the cost. Engineering the tunnel must’ve literally cost a fortune!

@@walterrutherford8321 around 250,000,000 CHF = 269,965,500 USD for the design, fabrication, installation and commissioning. Certainly a lot more if you want to include the engineering cost of this giant drill system :P

Can you imagine if only the Egyptians would have done the same for the pyramids all those years ago we would be able to stop speculating how they were built.

Oh and there are not Vimen Heminist here in any of these jobs...

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hes 2 above now we all agree

I second this comment. I clicked to add a snarky comment and stayed for the whole thing!

Yes, I agree.

I wholeheartedly agree

The Oscars would only benefit from such a category. It would finally be interesting.

@@HanSolo__ of course, it runs the risk of educating the populous. And since there are still people, especially in marketing, that believe 'because I found school hard and boring it means all types of learning are boring, therefore since I dont see any entertainment value in it no one could possibly enjoy and be entertained by a seemingly boring learning opportunity.... because I took marketing at the community college and this piece of paper I acquired using homework help sites says I know what people want...by measuring it against what I want...and anyone that doesnt share that opinion is wrong' I can see it being an uphill battle to even put the idea in their heads. That being said, I would totally watch a technical/corporate video awards show. Could you imagine the on-boarding/orientation/"welcome to the company" category?! Sure there would be a ton of razzy worthy entries, but some companies have awesome media departments/contractors!

This is the type of video that will inspire a child to become whatever profession is depicted. If I was a child right now, I would be thrilled to tell my parents I want to be a tunnel boring engineer when I grow up. Very inspiring stuff.

@@gownerjones1450 In my country the profession is called "drilling ruffian" (borebisse) after similar documentary presentation was broadcast on national TV as a mostly horizontal railroad tunnel was built at great expense and risk, including one major accident that flooded the tunnels.

This is a corporate video?????

@@jamesbizs Yeah lol, Marti is the name of the company who made this.

@@johndododoe1411 In my country, the men are called "sand hogs".

I do this, knowing that she isnt even remotely interested

@@Nbomber brilliant!

My wife would just say, you must be really bored watching people dig a tunnel

@@nipponsuxs Then you show her Colin furze 2h30min video of digging a tunnel under his garden with 10milion views. A lot of bored people on youtube..

@@larsvisscher0410 women dont understand the simple things that keep men interested, yes ive already seen Colins man cave

Absolutely, it must have been a long and difficult process to make those amazing transitions let alone everything else.

yeah 16:02

I partially agree, but it's not nearly as good as melodysheep.

@@TetyLike3 i wouldn't say that but melody sheep is insane.

@@armamentarmedarm1699 The tranisition of animation to reality making us experience the challenges faced by the team. Wow words alone couldn't have done justice. Deserves several awards to compliment Marti and its team.

clever!

I completely agree with Sinita! Astonishing work!

yeah it was good blend of 3D and and geometry-applied live photos and videos in the transitions

This has set my benchmark for construction vidéo critiques. The self acknowledged cynical old prick got me to me to leave a positive comment!

I liked that the narrator took a couple of jabs at the editing team "The background music might seem like easy listening..." Over all great stuff indeed

I've watched a lot of stuff about tunnel boring and this is the most comprehensive understanding of how a TBM works than I've ever had. It's incredible.

Agreed

Yes, extremely good overall quality documentary. We should shout to National Geographic and Discovery - are you watching this?

Actually, I tried to remove the hair from my display... Well done sir :)

What is a phucken?

@@daverson8609 An alternative spelling of "fuckin". Probably less offensive to some.

@@daverson8609 are you joking???

@@daverson8609 you've gotta be phucken kidding me.

I worked for Robbins. The ingenuity of this process and it's history is amazing. The geology, hydro and path of this project is indeed extreme. Hats of to the team.

They held no pride, trust me. Just a job well done. The comparison to vile porn wasn't necessary either

That fallback gripper mechanism is fantastic, and explained extremely well. The way it can retract to make the diameter smaller is also very cool.

@@AR15andGOD

I know it's just a way of expressing your awe, but comparing the marvels of engineering to some actress getting fucked by a bunch of dicks is kind of insulting to the people who went through this amazing undertaking. I'm sure there are other, better ways to tell someone they're great, other than comparing their hard work to getting fucked by a bunch of dicks.

@@libertas5005 spoken like a true pseudo intellectual prude who is resentful of being involuntarily celebrate that they take pride in their supposed intellect and superficially pure. Taking pride in hiding behind a veil of sounding intellectual and superior. To bad that reveals you are too intellectual not to know that referring to something as porn is a colloquial expression more akin to something being arousing for a specific interest. Engineering porn in particular is arousing to those interested in engineering. So when you are done with your tempter tantrum, you're welcome to fornicate with yourself.

my jaw too wtf to even execute, produce, direct, narrate, script, a documentary like this monumental like Einstein said when hearing a Menhuin performance: now i know god exists now let me go to sleep, please

There's no ingenuity, you drill a hole, then you pump cement to fill the water holes, its as simple as you can get.

The teamwork is baffling

White men build. It's in his DNA. It's what he does. ...and it is good.

@@randomtux1234 lol - this downplays the project in its entirety. The documentary? All they did was film it. Not saying the conditions weren't difficult but the equipment does most of the work and sitting on a computer cutting clips together or speaking to a microphone is time-consuming but not difficult in any way. These guys designed and constructed an entirely custom machine for this project then fulfilled the project goal. The documentary... 🤦‍♂ Were you being facetious?

Not only dead. My worst nightmare is for the drill to break while drilling the wall

Haha, yup. Had to modify a quite expensive CNCed part for a one-off test system because I missed a screw and had to revise the design when the part was already in production. All I had on site were handtools so I did my best to get it right. I use my Sylvac Mikron to find the exact spot and mark it with a center punch. I measure and it's spot on. I grab the smallest drill bit they had in their tool box and drill a tiny pilot hole, measure, and it's spot on. Then I take a 2,5mm bit, drill a larger pilot hole, measure, and it's absolutely perfectly centered where it needs to be. So I take the 6,8mm bit, drill, measure and the hole is off by almost 3mm. Off into the trash the part goes. I went home early that day.

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All professions can be mastered. These guys seem just that. I wish our culture put less emphasis on the parasitic suits and more on the Workers🎉

Yeah pretty cool. Jesus that water looks so pristine. Like it would be super clean and tasty. This video is making me thirsty haha.

I thought the same. The transitions from animated to actual camera footage was just amazing.

@@BethePandaGames That was just chef’s kiss!

pun not funny

What you said is so simple, I can give you that number or more, if you are a good person . hihi

Agree!

It is truly a miraculous material.

Oh! While you are here I have a quick question: Do you think that mixing graphene into our concrete will improve its durability? Also do you think the concerns about the impermeability of concrete, its carbon and energy usage, and its aesthetics are valid? Do you think these have ways of mitigation or will their flaws just have to be dealt with.

I learned that most problems can be solved with concrete injections

It's a Swiss family owned company & it has subsidiaries in a dozen countries. Sales around 1.7 billion francs a year. Major projects by Marti AG include the Limmern pumped storage plant in the canton of Glarus , the Prime Tower in Zurich , the Löwenstrasse through station in Zurich main station as part of the Zurich cross-city link ( Weinberg tunnel ) and the renovation of the Lötschberg tunnel .

I just wanna way, love the username. 🤓👍

@@zombieregime just some random creation :)

@@dummyload7803 Having interests and hobbies in electronics and RF I appreciate it none the less 😁

And ladies!

Epic porn. High def corporate masturbation. Good to see you got off on it.

we are swiss, worlds best tunnel constructors 😀👍

Truly show, everyone puts their mind toward greatness anything is possible.