www.pedestrians.org Demolition of a warehouse in the Pentagon City section of Arlington, VA. The site will be the location of the new Amazon Headquarters Two. Produced by John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".
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@andyhughes58854 жыл бұрын
After a slow start, its amazing how this building seems to unzip itself section by section. Great video.
@doedoebirds12 жыл бұрын
yea thats right. or it would never get done
@nathanieldietrich1404 жыл бұрын
this is the best demo I have ever watched. This bulding is really well built. well done demo guys!
@carlsapartments89314 жыл бұрын
uh seriously... and is it also the only demo you have watched... I have seen way more interesting demos... this video sucked
@lachlanslightsandfans3 жыл бұрын
If you don’t like it, then don’t watch it. No need to complain
@terrywitherspoon34743 жыл бұрын
I remember that warehouse I worked on that job back in March great job Cam and Aceco.
@donnellwilliams39884 жыл бұрын
Whoever is driving those excavators is very skilled, i had to remind myself this is a demolition job not a kaiju movie. They are straight smashin this building. Love the video to it started slow at first next thing i know 10 minutes in the building walls & roof are just crumbling all over its self.
@petergraphix67403 жыл бұрын
Yep. Most people want this to go fast, but if you knock over the entire brick facade into the construction fence you're apt to kill a mom and her kids in a passing minivan. Plus environmental gets really mad if you make way too much dust at once. You mostly want this slow and steady with no surprises.
@neverseenbefore_56384 жыл бұрын
I actually love that this vid is so long.
@MagnetOnlyMotors4 ай бұрын
1:30 when you see the wall flex so easily it makes one wonder how it stood for so long against the weather !😮
@barrysmith45884 жыл бұрын
2 hours later......"oi....we've got the wrong address"
@36184994 жыл бұрын
(lmao) " YOU'RE SO SILLY! "
@christopherrodmell16943 жыл бұрын
That would be one of the dumbest mistakes a demolition crew could ever make, especially when I’ve mostly seen it happening in the US, No wonder why it’s important to actually be extremely cautious about checking if you’ve got the right building first, especially if it’s a VERY old building or house your demolishing
@lil_mousey59233 жыл бұрын
is it just me or were the lights still on in the building?????
@richardbolt4237 Жыл бұрын
I get a Big Bang out of watching these buildings being taken down.great videos
@kurthuck75924 жыл бұрын
Very cool watching what this piece of equipment can do!
@wileycoyotesr86234 жыл бұрын
Nice interesting video. Keep making them and learn along the way.
@nursejackie88913 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else think about the items left behind that could be repurposed elsewhere versus ending up in a landfill?Wouldn’t it be nice if they could allow one day where the public could sign a waiver to come and remove what they want before demolition begins?
@eitkoml2 жыл бұрын
The steel can be separated from the concrete and recycled. There isn't much chance of reusing the concrete. That stuff has to be poured new. I wonder if the brick facing is reused or thrown away, when considering that bricks do wear out over time.
@southwestxnorthwest Жыл бұрын
Most cities have ordinances now that a percentage of the building being demolished must be recycled; they probably already repurposed much of the building
@southwestxnorthwest Жыл бұрын
@@eitkoml Thats not true, concrete is recycled all the time. They crush it and use it as aggregate just like rock and gravel. The brick can be recycled as substrate for foundation or even sidewalks
@michellesilva9459 Жыл бұрын
@@southwestxnorthwest That’s all well and good, but too often there are salvageable items left behind such a light fixtures, exit signs, etc. that a lot of individuals or businesses could repurpose and in some cases upgrade from what they already have. But instead security fences go up, the building gets demolished along with these items and ends up commingled with all the concrete, wood and glass from the general demolition.
@manifoldbloom9774 жыл бұрын
I love how much the wall moves after one little tap lol
@scdevon4 жыл бұрын
You can knock a brick wall down with a feather. It's scary how many ancient brick facades there are towering over people on buildings in big cities which are basically balanced on steel beams.
@doedoebirds12 жыл бұрын
so true, that leaves me to think that he's playing , if your going to bring it down , bring it down , stop fucking around. if i was the boss he'd be fired by now.
@scotthanson78884 жыл бұрын
What many people don't realize is all that debris will be sorted , concrete steel, ect will be recycled. What cannot be recycled will have to be disposed of at a landfill. That is expensive. The less that is sent to the landfill the more profit the contractor makes.The operator is very skilled. Those are not garden hoses, more like high pressure fire hoses.
@wernerhiemer4063 жыл бұрын
And why not pulling out cables, HAVAC parts (which arent afixed the roof, scaffold would be too expensive or even scissor plattforms on wheels) from the inside before the concrete gets ripped? Here it is even not allowed to landfill the roofing.
@bettyprice6316Ай бұрын
What a great job to have, I'd love a go.
@BrightSpade113 жыл бұрын
1995: Dad, why is everything build out of concrete and steel? Well son, those materials are invincible! 2020: Me at the controls of those shears: Look at me dad! I'm invincible!
@Newberntrains4 жыл бұрын
bring us lots of updates :) love this footage that once strong warehouse looks flimsey as paper lol
@almostanengineer4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just goes to show how brick is only strong when it doesn’t have a gaping hole punched in it.
@jaiffee4 жыл бұрын
I would have LOVED to have had some of those stone cap blocks from the roof!
@arthureverett82204 жыл бұрын
When they tore down Shea Stadium,everything was laid into separate piles and recycled,even the asphalt from the parking lots. The rubble was all ground up on site for easy transport by large dump trucks to a recycling facility
@1000jpok3 жыл бұрын
Them pulveriser attachments are seriously powerful!
@richardyoung52174 жыл бұрын
When the wrecking shears touch the brick wall it flexes like cardboard.
@dubbeh4 жыл бұрын
this is just watchable at 2x speed
@theamerican70804 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that brilliant idea!
@TylersSirensandEAS4 жыл бұрын
D D thanks
@alexblower4 жыл бұрын
Ahh that's better
@PoppaCold13 жыл бұрын
excellent idea!
@frankiecrocker4 жыл бұрын
I have a home improvement project the Mrs has been nagging me about all winter, where can I rent one of those?
@williamradford88174 жыл бұрын
Demolition contractor's skill, making mice meat of the main walls, battling with re enforced concrete, what would have taken a long, time to build, is ripped down in a few hours
@antonioaraujo3029 Жыл бұрын
Parabéns, mto bom video .
@scrapman5024 жыл бұрын
It seems like he could just push the wall right over. But it looks like he's just having fun chewing up the walls.
@NorthernThinker4 жыл бұрын
I thought the first rule of Demolition Club was to cut the power.
@cditzler63133 жыл бұрын
yeah no kidding who left that light on
@scrapman5024 жыл бұрын
Hey Harry, I think I hear someone breaking in to the back of the Warehouse! (Harry:) It's just the rats!
@brendajanes41393 жыл бұрын
Holy crud! right around 3 minutes when that wall pack falls off the wall, you could actually hear the HID lamp exploding!
@justinfufun54834 жыл бұрын
we are looking for the spectacular collapse (59 mins on) but the whole aim is to bring it down a little at a time so no big section falls out into the street or causes another section to buckle and fail.If anyone had bumped a pillar inside this building it could have caused a deck of cards style or domino collapse. Good it is gone, only held together by crappy wire mesh and bad rebar.
@almostanengineer4 жыл бұрын
That’s an extremely flexible wall 😳
@arthureverett82204 жыл бұрын
Do they recycle the broken bricks into new bricks or does all this rubble go to landfills? Some buildings are torn down manually to recycle the bricks and the wood beams and rafters and resold as used at a discount to avoid landfill costs Sometimes the rubble is taken to shredder yards to reduce it to powder form. The powder is used to make new bricks and concrete blocks The steel beams and girders are shredded and sent to China as scrap and remanufactered as new automobiles and appliances. The USA then imports the autos and appliances from China
@RickJones2224 жыл бұрын
After an hour, why stop the video at 98% finished?
@ashrevlution34563 жыл бұрын
Was it first day behind the controls for the driver? Gosh. This was a painful watch.
@kansasross3 жыл бұрын
Frustrating to watch him pull down the brick facade when he could be pulling down pillars and walls. Like going after the wallpaper instead of the walls.
@oliversindel42022 жыл бұрын
Good Video
@jameseruera96423 жыл бұрын
do you salvage the bricks
@pauloconnor29803 жыл бұрын
Bloody truck went past at the very moment the roof collapsed(37:21)!!!!!
@rosshoward68523 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of the best jobs on earth 🌎
@mattchagnon56206 ай бұрын
Once this operator got warmed up and familiar with the structure, he went to town!
@user-yp6kn2uw4k4 жыл бұрын
What's year of the warehouse?
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
1950s.
@markymarc1364 жыл бұрын
why does the building still have power hook up to it during demolition? check around 13:40s mark and later on past the 15 minutes mark. there is a light bulb that is still on and it's clearly visible.
@hotgreg Жыл бұрын
So nobody thought to turn off the power? Why are the lights still on??
@kprop21254 ай бұрын
So this was concrete block with steel framing and brick veneer? Must be alot of asbestos in that place too.
@marcelw2234 жыл бұрын
First time operating this equipment? Or stretching it out to get lots of overtime maybe? This is painfully slow for demolition work.
@giannalynnwreckingco.71104 жыл бұрын
No. This is good methodical demo. Brick and steel separate & less sorting before hauling. Critiquing a video without knowing the job or the building is stupit ain't it?
@kattrakee3 жыл бұрын
Building demolition lesson 101: Use the piece of machinery head that looks like a dinosaur and start knocking the bricks off first… Then… .. 😂😆🤣
@kattrakee3 жыл бұрын
No” no Dino; Don’t eat the rubble , it will give you indigestion, Good boy “! 🤗
@anthonygallagher1397Ай бұрын
Yes, I don't think the machines being used to it's full potential, haha.
@applesucks26334 жыл бұрын
New guy! Gotta learn sometime. Sure has those hydraulic lines in harm’s way a lot!
@anthonygallagher1397Ай бұрын
Not a brick tie in sight,no wonder the brickworks peeling like wallpaper, haha.
@36184994 жыл бұрын
" As interesting as seeing the demolition is the different methods each equipment operator uses. One mainly chews and smashes the structure in, while the other weakens the vertical supports and let's the structural weight bring down huge sections. "
@Darryl6034 жыл бұрын
Makes more sense to work from the top down.
@dentonthaves52164 жыл бұрын
You have to take a building down safely You cannot demolish a building really fast because for the safety for others. ( it's safety not speed)
@porscha9014 жыл бұрын
My dream job
@SamRobinson-fp3ml5 ай бұрын
Did you get your operator from the kiddie corral?
@markdoyle27394 жыл бұрын
Would a wrecking ball not be quicker for the red bricks areas anyhow.
@altesmoped28794 жыл бұрын
the building looked extremely unstable, thin walls and narrow beams, good that it was demolished
@Darryl6034 жыл бұрын
Usually, you scrap out the interior first. There's a lot of metal in there...
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
The rubble was sorted into metal, masonry and concrete, and misc. other debris. Each was hauled off separately.
@Darryl6034 жыл бұрын
@@JohnZWetmore That's one way to do it...
@huckstirred71123 жыл бұрын
@@JohnZWetmore you could make a ton by selling surplus instead of scrap
@295g2957 ай бұрын
Is this near Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia?
@JohnZWetmore7 ай бұрын
Eads and 15th. Very close by, but usually called Pentagon City rather than Crystal City.
@295g2957 ай бұрын
@@JohnZWetmore Yeah...that's it. West side of US-1, and east of Pentagon City mall, where I started a Volksmarch September 11 2004. I remember that USGS maps were ordered from Eads Street, before Reston VA.
@darronshirley7886 Жыл бұрын
Is this guy trying to take it down once brick at a time?
@jonbell230510 ай бұрын
You can bet that bloke in the digger will never be asked to rob a cash machine with a digger. Time he gets it out of the wall the money would be out of date 🤣🤣
@user-yf9rj2nh2z4 жыл бұрын
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@DoctorTech-n9f19 күн бұрын
The lights in the building were still on
@peterp11584 жыл бұрын
Take out a horizontal row at the base of the wall, and let gravity do the work.
@Trollberg60north3 жыл бұрын
This is painful..........
@honda25554 ай бұрын
Ist das in Zeitlupe gefilmt , wie lange will der sich mit dem bischen Halle aufhalten 😢😢😢
@SE-dc4vc9 ай бұрын
OMG! I just wrote a comment under a video of a wrecking ball used on Steel-Concrete. I wrote "Hey, you should use this on Brickbuildings, but thats all. For Steelconcret you need a hydraulic scissor!". And now this... You guys should swap heavy machinery xD (Edited:) Whats the goal? Just kill the brick-layer (yeah, ik xD) or wreck the whole object?
@maggs1313 жыл бұрын
Its interesting how springy a brick wall can be. Suddenly I'm not as thrilled I live in a brick house 🤔
@peon92823 жыл бұрын
Well, these bricks are just there to cover the concrete walls, so they aren‘t holding any weight and therefore you can just peel them from the concrete wall. Also a solid brick building usually has thicker walls.
@clementhuppe2274 жыл бұрын
I love
@adamtaylor313 жыл бұрын
That settles it....this is how i'm going to eat cookies from now on.
@andyhughes58854 жыл бұрын
Where is part 2 ?
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
Final editing of Part 2 has been delayed while I have been out filming other buildings coming down. Watch for it going online next week.
@andyhughes58854 жыл бұрын
@@JohnZWetmore Ok, great !
@davidtyndall96044 жыл бұрын
I wondered what happened to my bicycle.
@lappilappland37084 жыл бұрын
He is Using the wrong Tool ! He should use a flat Shovel for the Brick wall. The "Bity" is for massive Walls of Conrete/Steel.
@darronshirley7886 Жыл бұрын
Oh damn I fell asleep it's ok he only got 3 more bricks down in my hour nap
@JL-rx6hl4 жыл бұрын
at 7.20 why are the lights in the building still on, that must mean the electrics are still live
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
It's just daylight coming in through the hole reflecting off the shiny light fixture. If the circuits were live, it would have made for some very interesting video when the wiring was severed.
@ewanlaffin51974 жыл бұрын
Ok I'll take your word for it but I still wouldn't wanna be the guy on the other end of that water hose.👹
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
@@ewanlaffin5197 I've filmed demolitions where they knocked over a light pole they shouldn't have and got a nice shower of sparks. There were no sparks with this demolition.
@waynep3434 жыл бұрын
One layer thick brick buildings.. oh my...
@wernerhiemer4063 жыл бұрын
Three layer cardboard with a smiley ..... oooh my gawd. All the product will be smashed on sorting fascility.
@clausb.2032 Жыл бұрын
"so schauts aus",, super demolition..
@romeotubal87134 жыл бұрын
The bricks crumbles like brownies
@MrJohn1966elliott4 жыл бұрын
That's building are very weak. too easy to break out. It is very dangerous to fall down.
@paulinhodamaquina3 жыл бұрын
Gosto de trabalhar em demolição
@godhasleftthebuilding32243 жыл бұрын
he just tries to salvage the red bricks
@kpadmirer Жыл бұрын
The brickwork appears to be merely decorative.
@k1hasard Жыл бұрын
What is the significance of the orange bicycle in the frame now and then? Is that a representation of a cyclist injury or fatality? In New York city they have white bicycles at the locations of cyclist fatalities, they call them "Ghost Bikes".
@JohnZWetmore Жыл бұрын
The colorful bicycles on the construction fence are an art project. We also have Ghost Bikes in this area (all too many), and they are white.
@k1hasard Жыл бұрын
@@JohnZWetmore Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it.
@TheMNrailfan2274 жыл бұрын
Ah, an opening for the public to see all pot joints inside this shady place
@mitchblackmore52303 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one confused as to why it seems he's trying to be 'gentle' while he demolishes the building?
@anthonybasile50354 жыл бұрын
What a waist. The lights can be reused
@aptkan4 жыл бұрын
Demasiado zoom, no se ve el derribo completo.
@steveharris10944 жыл бұрын
If he doesn’t move any faster the equipment going to rust.
@valdirdebemfeliciano69103 жыл бұрын
Esse trabalhador deve receber por hora por causa da demora em fazer o serviço.
@williamhayes10584 жыл бұрын
The use of a garden hose for dust control was useless
@Darryl6034 жыл бұрын
The ones on the hoses don't have a clue...
@gabrielquiroz98063 жыл бұрын
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@blawknox3 жыл бұрын
If this guy was any slower you'd have to drive a stake beside him to see if he moved
@johnnypoppyhead41164 жыл бұрын
send the bricks to the poor ..they can build shelters
@kansasross3 жыл бұрын
Pulling bricks and cutting concrete wastes time, energy and money. The operator should concentrate on pulling out pillars and columns then floors. This would cut the demolition by 75 per cent.
@user-ju4ll3yg3j3 жыл бұрын
does not want to expose high-pressure hoses under the debris.
@doedoebirds12 жыл бұрын
he's afraid the machine is going to brake a nail..
@arthureverett82204 жыл бұрын
They stole this design from prehistoric dinosaurs and flying reptiles!!!
@dancingnature4 жыл бұрын
That was the first thing I thought. That’s a dragon!
@tonto23364 жыл бұрын
Camera to close.
@cpd91484 жыл бұрын
The person filming this is actually across the street using the zoom on the camera
@experimentaltvextv65383 жыл бұрын
More wide shots.
@kurtismckemmie48504 жыл бұрын
A wrecking ball would have this down by 45 minutes
@dawnlynch76914 жыл бұрын
Why were they spray water on the building when it was being knocked down
@JohnZWetmore4 жыл бұрын
The water helps to control dust.
@johnlasschuyt30984 жыл бұрын
this man will be fired in holland. he is affraid to hurt the stones
@zundapp9404 жыл бұрын
niet echt handig mooi gebouw voor rooie en beton hij draait er menggranulaat. en ik zal er een sorteer grijper op zetten en daar na de schaar pas
@wernerhiemer4063 жыл бұрын
Ja echt wie mit Pflastersteinen.
@cditzler63133 жыл бұрын
I am not really understanding unless yall are just milking the job why gingerly knock bricks off if you aint trying to keep any knock the building down and get on with it