Concrete Paving for a Railroad Logistics Center
Welcome to the Ames Construction concrete paving train!
Ames is busy building a new railroad logistics center in Texas. The facility will serve as an essential hub for freight moving through the Port of Houston to and from America.
We visited earlier in 2023 when Ames was moving millions of yards of earth to level the site - if you want to see the grading, you can check it out here ( • Building a Railroad Lo... ).
But today, we're here to check out their concrete paving. Thanks to the expansive soil in Texas, concrete paving is the go-to method of road building.
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The ONLY thing wrong with your videos, too SHORT! I need more damn it!
I think the same. Cool content must be longer so his channel would get more viewers.
Working on it. This year will be the year
@@AaronWittI second that long form videos would be cool
@@FECosta-ei6pvI think he would have more than a mil subs with longer content
@@CheckOne2 Yeah, for sure.
If you’re in the concrete trade this video is just amazing! The operation is so flawless! I can’t imagine taking on a job of that size!
Yesterday we poured 10 yards kind of a messed up situation today we did 20 yards. These guys are pouring that much every minute.
@@steveanderson4768don’t feel bad, they have millions and millions in equipment😂
I saw similar machine pave several miles of I5 a few years ago. I was very confused when I first saw the process due to the lack of concrete trucks but then I realized that they were mixing it close by and hauling the concrete in regular dump trucks. I'd never seen anything like it. They had crews working a mile out in front laying the rebar to stay ahead of the paver.
Love seeing the concrete roads when I was growing up all roads in my area was concrete, I can still remember the first time I seen them laying asphalt road I thought it was junk, every road was concrete or brick
Great video, Aaron!! Keep them coming. I find them very interesting and educational. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for watching!!
27,000y³x4,000lbs per y³ = 108,000,000lbs of concrete + 2,000,000lbs in steel is a total of 110,000,000lbs of material placed. 30,000 feet of material is 5.6818 miles. 110,000,000÷5.6818=19,360,061.9521lbs of material per mile
Shoutout to the surveyors that make all of these large projects possible 🤘🏻
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Props to the Ironworkers who placed all that iron 👊🏽 C’MON!
Now that's a Permanent roadway!!!. There is some of thouse jobs i would not want to do. Like running that giant bullflote??. I hop they take turns with that thing. Thanks again Aaron.
Dude this was such an interesting vid. Things are a little different in Australia as you know. You've been here recently. The concrete paving is really quite hi tech. Impressive.
3:25 Tracking-in batter slopes....👌👌👌👌👌 Don't believe what anyone else tells you, tracking up & down is the correct way to consolidate & finish any cut or fill slope. 👍
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I'm surprised you don't see burn out. Marks from guy's Drag Racing on such a pristine. Beautiful flat streight, concrete.
Impressive operation
Now that is a MASSIVE project. Propos to everyone involved.
30years in concrete. Amazeing
Great job Aaron!
Shoutout to my dad he’s working there right now💪all the way from Utah
Great work Aaron!
Wow vraiment impressionnant ! In France we don't have concrete roads, it's not in our Construction Culture, we only have "asphalt concrete roads" that we call "enrobés".
We use roller screeds and A-frames when we do our road projects, but it would be awesome to work on a project with pavers. Awesome video!
Those bump cutters/screeds on the poles are 🔥🔥
The only job I have worked on close to this was runway paving for parking aircraft on , same sort of plant wetbatch and dump trucks but only 1000 yds a day . Great work!
One of the main roads about 20min from me was switching from asphalt to concrete in the town area of the highway and they had a smaller version of that machine. I didnt ever drive through as they were laying down concrete but looked interesting. Cool to see them actually in work, seems like they work identical to the asphalt machines just a different layout.
Great video Aaron
I never knew there are mobile concrete mixing plants as large as these or that they even exist. I don't think we have something like this in Europe. Makes a lot more sense than hauling the concrete from a normal concrete plant which is often far away. Great video!
Interesting!!
Love your video
I was apart of the crew who laid all that rebar
Thanks for making it happen!!
Wow so nice sir
Thank you so much, Aaron! This video was extremely informative. I have a quick question: what did the crew do to cure the concrete using these machines?
awesome video...
just yesterday i saw some short of this clip now KZhead give me full length
Nice job keep it up
Cool Video!
WOW unreal machine's at work there doing an unreal job 👏🏻👏🏻 will expansion joints be cut too? Also the steel looks amazing 😜 although in 🇮🇪 we would just mesh re bar 😁
What's the idea with the smaller 3 or 4 ft sticks between cross bars? Add support, but on a budget? Around here we put cross bars across the entire lanes every foot and 6 inches on long runs on interstates
Love the videos! They need to be long like a show!
Dude you should do some videos out at USA parkway in Reno. Construction out there is absolutely insane. 500k- 1 million+ sq ft tilt ups going up everywhere. Google is building right now along with many others
thanks for the tip
Nice work fellas! Did Ames share anything about the mix design? PSI?
That’s about $8 million in just concrete where I am from. Before rebar and construction. Crazy.
yes concrete has got really pricy about 250-300 / yd . used to be 130 only a few years ago pre covid
first concrete i ever bought was $37.25 a yard and i thought that was insane!@@ronblack7870
You should go to the Scout project in Blythewood,SC.
Nice video
You should include an explanation on the testing in your videos.
Do you not need any expansion gaps? How do they avoid expansion and contraction problems?
Everything is bigger in Texas!
Wonder why there aren't expansion joints? Or are those only needed in areas with freezing temps?
Typically with concrete paving those joints are cut using floor saws during the curing process.
Typically with concrete paving those joints are cut using floor saws during the curing process.
They will come back and cut expansion joints. You need them in Texas even more than cool climates. In that part of Texas it’s not uncommon to see days of over 100 degrees with a bright sun beating down. The concrete expands a bunch so you need the expansion joints to keep it from buckling.
@@Bill_N_ATXdo they cut just so deep or all the way through the slab and bar and put an expansion joint material in there and seal the top of it with some sort of caulking?
yep @@shaunybonny688
I know rebar has been in question for a while as to if it rusts as well as cheap from China, so wondering if anything special about the rebar ?
That road would be a good drag strip haha
Thanks . You're improving . Always remember that you aren't the story and you will get better and better .
Chrome Whites attraction during rentry the causes for black heat tiles. Black attraction burnt up is burnt up.
Song during the batch plant?
How long does the whole build for something like this take? Are crews driven and flown in?
Time to upgrade to the 982M 💪🏼
The only thing missing is using metric units in addition or total
sorry for asking but isnt like milion times faster and cheaper to put frets into compacted stone bed ?
Would’ve asphalt been cheaper??? Curious on the difference between the price per sf of asphalt and the concrete
this is bad ass
Does Ames lay out all the rebar and tie it? Or do they hire out Rod Busters? The rebar work is impressive in its own right.
They had a separate crew on this job
@AaronWitt makes sense, I do residual and commercial Footings/foundations. After doing 500ft of Rebar a day, I ponder sui haha I can't imagine 11000ft all at once. Great videos and channel! 👍🏾
Would love for you to come out to our jobs in New York. Sullivan construction group. Very young group trying to tackle the warehouse industry head on!
Pardon my ignorance as I don’t work in this industry but if anyone knows when can they opt for an asphalt system rather than concrete ?
The side profile of that concrete at the end 😩
We had a 120-foot column that almost fell over. The video is on my channel
Ah another fine Minnesota company! I've been on their payroll! Gee, I wonder if they are signatory in TX?
How do I get a job with the paving crew ? I’m a paver operator out of Fort Worth Texas. Wanting to travel for work
Wondering if doing this when it's cooler weather is also a factor?
To some degree yes. However as summer temperatures have continued to rise, some plants offer a nitrogen treatment before dispensing the mix. For us it’s not feasible for our clients to pay up for that. For the government on an accelerated schedule, they’ll pay up. During the massive heat wave in the summer we shutdown for safety and because we couldn’t get concrete in spec. Generally we try to avoid pouring on 90* days. Plants primarily use a combination of ice and chilled water. Last summer getting concrete in spec with those methods was tough. In my area, the infrastructure industry is recognizing these weather extremes and is pricing for it and is respecting workers health.
@@jonr9574 LOL 😂, " weather extremes" ... it's called summer . Another democrat spreading nonsense.
Yes. They can use hot water at the batch plant or use cold water / ice in summer. At least that’s most common. Concrete produces heat as well
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If you think that concrete job is amazing, next you should do an airport runway...
Do they offer per diem
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Great stuff- why concrete not asphalt?
Concrete last longer than asphalt and less maintenance
Retrofit raptor engines and Chrome shuttles. Just saying 15km @770mph is what
Goodness, i wonder how many hands are in this project.. financially.
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Why not ashfault?
Call SpaceX csx rolling start G force relief. Build space like final design intentions
Straight 30,000'?
6:30 oof the garbage bag being dragged along ruining the texture
Rubs hands together, texts the boys about the new land speed challenge were about to set in the middle of the night
This just a basic idea. Rocket engines could start brought up to primes and electric rail like a aircraft catapult. Saving fuel to get back
Like sub grade just dirt ? Good base is bank pit run packed then 4 inch packed then road crush packed just saying
Am only a operator just wondering guess it depends if it gets cold n you get frost
Funny how they make all these logistics centers/Hubs. But yet load rates are at an all time low.
Im so glad you stopped telling us about your morning commute, your hippy coffee drink, a quick tequila drink with all your manbun freinds and the sunday fun-day, and this video is about the concrete, and the job, and the work they are doing.
Interesting video, but your audio was all over the place.
6:52 ready for traffic nearly ? Concrete needs a 7 day cure minimum, and full strength after 28 days. Even if they are using “high-early”, I can’t see anything but the foreman’s golf cart on there so soon. Love your content. Big plans for 2024 ?? 🍁🤙
Yes I speak in layman terms and it’s not a 100,000 vehicle per day highway
i think he means it doesn't need any more work but doesn't mention the expansion joints need cutting
I see no tridems in this video.
how much curvature in the road was accounted for given that its 30,000 feet long. it looks really level to me. kzhead.info/channel/PLkrgH6sL5X9OSYwa_sU-a6SaGgcErMbLh.html
If they just use gps it should be fine. If they used a laser screed then the middle would be low and ends high.
I think Aaron is developing a strange accent on this roadshow lol "payvement"
Explain to me? I worked Construction for over 40yrs. Just saying.
Why concrete? Why not tarmac?
hot texas not heavy duty enough . even asphalt roads that are heavy duty get a layer of concrete below.
Shout out to Cleveland Texas. This is literally down the road from my house.
Thats amazing,
Should have put it in another state
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Why concrete? I’d imagine way more expensive. Cna probably too cot that same road white asphalt 4x for the price
You are correct asphalt is way cheaper but concrete is way stronger meaning it will last longer and can handle more weight. Being a train yard its mostly going to see a lot of semi truck traffic. Asphalt roads will require alot more maintenance once it starts to give out.
@@iamjuanmenchaca most definitely. My only thought is it’s way easier to mill / lay asphalt every few years. I guess they can diamond grind the concrete every so often.
@Mack.of.all.trades there's roads out there that were paved in the 70s and they are bearly seeing a diamond grinder. Not unless the subgrade gave out then thats a different story. But if its built right from the ground up concrete has a very long life span with little to minimum maintenance. I guess you gotta weigh both options and choose one.
Seems like the progress isn't vague, it is very concrete. 😁😁😜😜
How much of this project is due to the recent infrastructure bills passed by a bipartisan Congress? I'm willing to bet a good share of it is due to the latest legislation initiated by the current Administration. This is why the GDP is at a very desirable percentage. This will advance America's economy way more than any tax breaks for the 1% by providing great paying jobs.
do they need any masons down there i would love to work with those machines
Curious what brand your hy vis vest is
Bro I feel bad for the inspector making the cylinders 😂