12 Responses:

1. Elusis says:

   11 years ago at 6:27 pm

   Man, I wish I knew when I became a public works nerd, but that was cool. Except that I wanted to see a cam view of the cable going under the bridge at one end.

   • jwz says:

     11 years ago at 6:32 pm

     Maybe it's when public works started featuring *giant frickin' robots with video cameras on them!*

     • Elusis says:

       11 years ago at 7:51 pm

       To my shame, I have to admit to being totally enamored with the London Underground, which I understand (from having spent an entire day in their museum) was built ENTIRELY without the help of either robots or video cameras.

       • Lun Esex says:

         11 years ago at 7:44 pm

         Only if by "entirely" you mean "until recently."

         BTW, if you missed out on the 6 part BBC documentary "The Tube" that they broadcast last month, you'll want to head to your video acquisition service of choice post-haste.

         It's pretty clear from seeing in the doc how the London Underground is already straining at capacity that no matter how well they prepare, transportation-wise the London Olympics this summer are going to be a huge clusterfuck.

         • Elusis says:

           11 years ago at 9:16 pm

           OK, this series is one part commercial for London Transport, one part guilty reality TV, and yet I CANNOT STOP WATCHING IT OM NOM NOM WHERE IS MY ANORAK

2. Aaron Brown says:

   11 years ago at 6:45 pm

   "[...] military-grade Hummer [...]"

   That's what she said.

3. MattyJ says:

   11 years ago at 12:33 am

   After this weekend we'll have that zipper truck on the new Doyle Drive bypass. I have a huge public works boner for that thing.

4. Ted Mielczarek says:

   11 years ago at 9:33 am

   I feel like they missed out on an opportunity to colocate a rollercoaster along the track of the cable.

5. pavel_lishin says:

   11 years ago at 10:39 am

   "A steelworker could be heard singing."

   "SOMETHING SOMETHING ON THIS FUCKING CABLE"

   Classic.

6. Jeremy Leader says:

   11 years ago at 7:24 pm

   Did you notice the helmet cam on one ironworker's hardhat? I wonder if he'll post some video somewhere?

7. gths says:

   11 years ago at 9:24 am

   Holy crap this is awesome. Wait, you said that already. Engineering porn, hmmmm.

8. Chris Brent says:

   11 years ago at 4:58 pm

   I'm just assuming someone is making an amazing time lapse of the Doyle Drive demolition, I mean it's an opportunity too good to waste.