Houses Dragged Across The Ocean To Build A Floating City | Huge Moves | Spark
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- Two teams of building movers face the ultimate challenge: moving two entire towns - lock, stock and barrel.
On Vancouver Island, Canada a team of marine engineers led by visionary developer Mark Lindholm attempt to build and move a series of giant Floating Mansions to form a unique waterborne community. But can they haul the 85-ton luxury aquatic homes through 200 miles of treacherous seas from the construction site to their moorings without them sailing off course?
In Denver, Colorado we reveal how a team of leading skyscraper engineers are turning vertical construction methods horizontal to build, move and assemble an entire town of homes in record time. Will David and Roger Cohen’s radical ideas of building the world’s first full size house factory to create a town in record time transform how communities are created in the future?
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A house factory looks the way to go! In the UK this will probably take about 50 years to happen!
So much needless fuckery when you could just build the house in place as we've been doing for hundreds of years.
Haha, That's what I was thinking 🤔 This is moronic.,..
Yes , they are a fool.
Building on a production line is far cheaper than on site. Money is what makes the world move
They're obviously smarter than you 🙄
there are a couple valid reasons for building in a factory, in addition to cost savings, you also have better quality control. Look into manufactured home construction and you might be surprised. I also like the steel beams used in the Denver homes, the I beams that have become standard in new construction are a huge issue of you every have a fire. firefighters cannot enter those homes once they are burning due to those beams, as soon as they start to burn you've lost all structural integrity. in addition to the nasty chemicals that are being released from the glues as they burn.
I love it!!! hope they waterproof the particleboard
Wow, very clever Mr. Cohen!
Great job 👍
Nice ideas. The second one (on land), looks more like the house is build to stay on its place forever. So, it’s only a question of how economic that production really is. The floating houses. Well. What’s the point of building them if they are that fragile on water. They actually do that in the Netherlands too. But there they actually could move the house quite easily and the house itself is more stable in water. In that video it looks more like the houses are meant to stay forever too. But then. Why not build them on land? Also I wouldn’t be to positiv that those foundations will last long enough in water. It quite seems that the team didn’t really think through all the possible complications. As seen with all the problems they got with the transfer. They where easy to see from the start. I mean, they didn’t poured the concrete directly onto the platform. Didn’t build the platform to be sinkable. Didn’t think about a crane to lift them. So basically didn’t think about getting the houses from the platform into the water…. What else didn’t they think of ?
That type of Styrofoam absorbs water long-term as well. When will it get to heavy and waterlogged?
As for the homes built in Denver, that's a great idea and great work by the team 👍
Forever... We are living in the end times, there isn't much time left before the 7year Tribulation begins, this is all for nothing and it's not fair that one company pushes out all the small builders and handymen. It's kind of boring as well, just one architect and his ideas. I do like the floating home community though. Maybe not a good idea for couples with small kids and pets. Well everything is going to change soon and we'll get a fair system after the 7year Tribulation is over. Accept JESUS CHRIST as your Lord and Savior while you can!
Absolutely fascinating and brilliant 👏✅, in the Netherlands they have loads of floating 🏠 houses.
I guess they don't have basements.
@HARRY COKKIE , it means loads of houses mate.
Houses that are floating on water there ??
@@2degucitas Loads of floating homes have bassements.
As a local mariner, I'm shocked the lack of planning that goes into transporting top heavy buildings with poor floatation through the Dodd Narrows or anywhere for that matter. Did they consult anyone in the marine industry? Maybe a naval architect, to talk about buoyancy? Did they consult a tide table? Could have saved a ton of time and a ton of money.
On second thoughts, why didn't they truck them down to Victoria and launch them there?
I loooove all the Boom!s, Bang!s, and Crashes in the animated diagrams and illustrations!! They make me giggle
So nice to watch human efforts going to help people having a better life, your all doing an amazing job guys
5G will burn your brain out. IMO
A better life where they get to spend half of it in traffic.
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@@dailysquatch One day I will learn smiley and answer you.
Cool . I used to work for a builder mover in Boston ma for 15 years but I started part time I would take a vaca from regular job and work for him it’s cash . We jack up houses move them to a different location we could spin the house and I did some historic jobs we spun the house that they planned the Boston tea party in . Then we did a school that was built in 1700’s so we had the news paper there the streets had people watching like a parade . I was so pumped I just came back from a deployment I was NG oh so excited and when you make the move your going a idk 2 mph literally walking the house so you get the personal with your surroundings. I had my gateraid my dip on the main beam that sticks out a few feet .I worked full time after the army and it’s hard hard hard work everything is heavy like 50 lbs would be light to us you have the cribbing and your moving hundreds of things at some jobs. I was strong you get use yo it and it’s a lot of down time but you have to be vigilant making sure everything is secure. One mistake the house is ruined if your not level before you start jacking it up you could crack all the walls not every single one it does happen a lot even when you level it the problem may be the house itself
Did they really think this through? Weather😝 tides😕 timing😢 1st house could have been one story. 2nd could have been 2 and towed a week later. 3rd could have been the 3 story one, towed a week after that.... to minimise drama and learn from the first 2. What a nightmare. Fascinating to watch though.
Thanks Spark! That was very interesting 👍
As soon as this Kanook has a basement in one of these.... I want one.
They were building homes in factories in Fort Collins back in the 70s.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
"Think skinny, norm!" LOL :D
I've seen houses built in 30 days plenty of times. These match stick boxes nowadays go up quick. And fall apart quick too
The houses are so close together if one catches fire there all going to burn..lol
Well its not like they'll run out of water to put it out!! 🥶🤯
Smoooooke on the waaaaaater 🎵
🔥in the 🌌
Great documentary. Thanks
Gives a whole new meaning to "Big Box Store"
This is back from 2007. Unfortunately the housing crash caused them to stop at only 15 of the planned 237 houses.
However Colorado passed legislation for $40M (March 2022) in grants for “innovative” housing manufacturing which includes several new house manufacturing businesses like “Simple Homes” (which builds and ships panels/sections of houses in a factory environment). Another $400M bill is being considered for housing, 10% of which will again go to companies like this.
There we go the beginning of water world didn't think I'd see it in my lifetime
It's like an old Sears house but already put together for you! Lol
A house held together by wood, nails and tyvek. They will blast away during the next storm.
Fascinating, never seen anything like it!
At 40:26 was that comment from the woman revealing that they like to get freaky?? 🤣😂🤣 I think they had a swing hanging from the bedroom ceiling just like me! 😉😆😆😆
2:43 "So, you look like a very young couple. Do you still have children at home?"
Yes, they're 43 and 40.
Once a used car salesman, always a used car salesman.
Dale and Brenan
I live right on the coast In North Essex UK, we suffered the devastating 1953 floods as did other countries like the Netherlands. They devised floating homes some years ago, while we In the UK have new building requirements to make homes flood proof (to withstand moving water at a certain depth) but designed as NO living accommodation on the ground floor/ but would be just as easy to build floating homes..
I’m sure if your house floated, but still had a brick wall with a flood gate around it, they’d let you do it.
The problem is you have to dedicate some of your property to pilings if you’re on land and you’re just trying to avoid flooding.
The other problem is the foundations, the concrete ones are expensive and the rest of them aren’t suitable for land use.
The concrete ones require a deep draft however, they wouldn’t float unless there was more than 3-4 feet of water in which case the city probably isn’t relying on the homeowner to do flood protection.
I’ve always wanted to have a house that was on the beach, floating at high tide and on land at low tide.
Two problems however:
1. Utility connections are difficult when your house is always moving up and down
2. The waves might be somewhat of a problem, there’s ways around that but in most cases you’re probably better off with a flood gate.
It wouldn’t hurt to have a fully inland wet dock for your boat if you live in a flood area, just build it next to the street so you can open the flood gate to that without flooding your entire yard and house lol.
@@conanruisi interesting but another way would to have the houses built on stillts ? Or use hydraulics lift it out of the water set it down when waters low ?
@@batmscot6149 well the thing is if you had hydraulics you’d have to have hydraulic hoses, and you’d have to have electricity or a gas engine hydraulic pump.
With the floating foundation, it just floats. They’re already using the concept in places like Florida, New Orleans, and Amsterdam.
All of these places have very tidal areas that flood frequently and have previously had stilt houses.
The issue with a stilt house is that the height is fixed, and sometimes it floods more than you expect, and when that happens the stilt house still gets washed away.
A house that floats would float away a little bit if it flooded more than you expected, but you can still tether it to your property with an extra long cord so that it can be lifted back up and put right back into place if that does happen.
With hydraulics you would still have the same issue as a stilt house, what happens when it floods taller than your hydraulics? Your house gets damaged or washed away.
I grant you it would totally work to get the house out of the water in lower waters but if you’re building your house to avoid floods by using stilts or floating foundations then you probably have a lot worse than low waters to deal with.
Many people only have low waters, and in this case they simply use a brick wall around their property with a flood gate to close up any openings and water tight the barrier.
Although even in inland America it’s been shown that there can still be flood waters higher than the roof of your house so depending on where exactly your house is located will determine the most cost effective method of keeping your house alive.
But for high waters, or high tidal fluctuation, the most reliable option is a floating foundation with a hole on each corner for your dock piling so that you don’t float away.
I recommend making your dock piling twice as tall as your house, look at your local areas flood waters to determine if it should be taller and make sure you give it a little bit extra in case the water just doesn’t stop coming
I was in that 1953 flood in the Netherlands. Our home had 8 feet of water and mud in it, luckily we were able to be safe upstairs. Many people were not so lucky. It was a horrible time. This disaster caused the Delta works to be built. A system of dikes, locks and huge movable pontoons that closed when storms were expected. Now the worry is that this project will not save us from floods when climate change causes the oceans to rise.
@@tinacatharinaeden2711 yes but that’s only a worry in places like your country where the government fear mongers you into thinking that it will happen in your lifetime.
Not unless there’s nuclear war, or all of the power plants, nuclear and coal all explode. Or, I suppose if the rapture happened and there was a giant crevice in the earth that went all the way to hell, that would probably melt the ice caps.
But if global warming isn’t the reason why you think it won’t save you from floods then I’m listening.
But as soon as you say “global warming” my response becomes space radiators
Showing the "stage 1...2...3...4" progress of the houses & what's done at each stage is very interesting. There's a small manufactured home maker not too far from me & I've always wanted to know what was happening in each stage. Thanks.
There have ALWAYS been house boats …. nothiing new!!!
Allot cheeper to buy a Bayliner 50' yacht. Plus, you can take it to all the beautiful gulf islands.
I'm guessing at about 12 minutes into this, that this video is taking place after the fact or at least not finished until they finish and so the houses/towns are already built, but IF they ever do build more... when Air-Crete is mixed properly/at the right consistency, it is basically as sturdy as regular concrete and near as light as the Styrofoam, with the added benefit of also floating, much like true lava rock will float, because it is full of tiny air pockets...Anyway they would need to run a test for it's durability to water and if it is good and it can hold the same weight as what they are already using if not more, then they could use it and the foam instead of using the regular waterproof concrete!!! Then they would have a fully floating base/foundation under the house.
IF it were me I would design the float to be bigger by 3' on all sides so you have that extra floatation should it ever be needed, but also have like a 3' deck/porch all of the way around and/or buffer between the houses, but mostly for the extra floatation!!!
Just my thoughts!!
Ha, I thought the same things!
INSURANCE must be very high and what about the taxes how are they taxed BEING on the water!!
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They are very nice looking floating homes, but placed so close together. You would literally look right into your neighbors home and they into yours. :( The technology on both projects is very interesting. It seemed like somethings were not very thought through and needed to be worked out during the moves. But that may have been done for 'drama'. All in all 2 cool projects!
Concrete is very weak when it is new, especially a Concrete box.
Floating houses are what we need in Lismore, NSW, Australia.
Interesting , Thank You. An interesting concept
WTF ! How depressing a factory in your back yard and hundreds of similar houses and not one real tree for miles !
this has "industrial accident" written all over it.
NOW THATS I N O V A T I O N
Going through all that trouble and expense that came with those houseboats, just to live 5 feet away from neighbors on either side, just doesn't make sense.
Could probably get a secluded 20 acres on a lake for the cost of all that.
Awesome, I would love to have ave a floating house right on the water then step outside to a boat, what a great concept
Great Job these projects house x the people 👍🇺🇸
This is pretty unbelievable, if one of my mates said " there's a floating neighborhood being built and transported miles down a river", I would've called him a "liar".
Two great ideas for housing... In a world where housing shortages are practically universal, I would think that ideas like this should have global appeal!
Why would you float the houses off with a strong running tide ?!!
Asking for trouble !!
Dang, I plan on getting myself a mansion, pirate style! ;)
and they are floating away and its only a moving tide. great idea man
This is nothing new, I've seen a video from the Netherlands and the houses are floating houses, so they go up and down with the tide, electricity, sewer and water are connected with flexible hoses. A really good idea if you have a bike and a boat for transportation.
Wahaha his house wasent build for this freezing conditions? great built
Is that Denver guy building on a landfill? Pretty unusual topography.
just curious to know how long will they last in the water before they have to be pulled out to have their hulls redone ? .because even houseboats can sink after a while .
Looks like 30-50 years given standard conditions. I imagine things like being bumped against the sidewalk or landing on the ground during low tide/heavy loading might reduce that, as could things like flooding/sewage backup, or other impact trauma. Potentially even rust might affect the lifetime of the concrete.
That sausage was massive 😲
That's what she said...
I would put the warehouse on rails and move it down the rails instead of moving all the houses to its foundation from the warehouse.
Maybe they should do that for the flooding areas of Australia! It looks like some of it is. My son is a tankerman for a fuel company out of Houston, TX. They haul the barges of oil to their destinations. He should be getting his pilot's mariner's license soon.
Aloha hugs 🤗 I am happy for you GBY
That reads as if that could be amazing employment.
How did he come to think of doing that for a living ? That's pretty interesting 🤔
Awesome awesome. Now build an underwater city
WOW, for a crew that builds for a living, I'm amazed none of them was smart enough to line the barge with visquine or heavy black plastic for the foundation pour. Even with diesel or some other surfectant to release from the wood decking on the barge platform, there is ALWAYS a bit of stick. Considering the vast amount of knowledge we possess with bridge work piling builds and the hydrocrete products for direct water contact with tidal force, I would have expected SOMEONE to at the least GOOGLE something. I guess the Canucks have a limited google base.
Looking into the future.......I see courtrooms.
I give it ten years before issues begin piling up......Beginning with some joker racing around in a outboard throwing monster wakes......These structures are VERY close to each other.
AJ gosh and Gui Tardzan- Amazing how disdainful you uninformed people can be. Comments about Google is just about your level.
@@dianemcewen6484
And here you are....Doing a drive-by comment with zero information content....If you're looking to pick a fight, bring some ammo!
Seattle has always had a thriving houseboat community on lake Union for over 100 years.
If concrete\does not crack
let much water in the house could last for many years but must keep in mine any part of closed cell foam with water contact over a period of time ends up 4 per cent saturation and ice or snow on the roof adds weight at times it pushes the foam is interceded to water
Freedom??? No yard etc .... confined to within 4 walls... freedom ?! 🧐
Even if one of those homes were mine, I'd still be more concerned with the guy's safety than my own home.
Could have connected the barge to the crane while they attach their own Air Pressure valves and Release valve to the barge to allow the air out and water in, to sink it while still carried by the crane and all 4 houses could have been floated off all at once. Afterward begin to pump air into the barge pushing out the water and return it to the surface..
In the Netherlands they have those floating houses for many years!
I can't believe that they'd _'rush'_ this job(!), given that it's obviously going to be sooo expensive if they damaged and/or sunk it!!
Or are they racing against the clock for reasons such as incoming weather (besides building the home/s in time for the new residents and owners to move in...)?
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How do i get one of those houses. I would like to live in one.
Viewing from 313 motor city Detroit Michigan USA 🇺🇸 .
Its like 90% needless drama.
Gotta make a show somehow lol
Its always been that way. If you want straight factual presentation the get 📚
Yea, I got that from the music selection right from the get go. So skipped through 90%. Lol.
How will you do the electrical ground ?!
the first method reminded me of a hydro hoist for my boat I sold to an older guy but on a larger scale . he almost dumped the boat on us on the dock . Just watching I knew what was going to happen lol
I was raised in a house boat. The foundation needs to be wide than the floor plan. The only house that I saw being built with no walkway around it tipped over because it was not balanced
I've researched over the years and am wondering what mix of concrete they're using and why they didn't use some sort of elastomeric long lasting polymer coating on the exterior? I'd used something like with embedded copper or something to prevent growth or at least slow/retard the growth unless wanting. I'd also use close cell foam unless the foam itself is sealed as well. Furthermore, seems a UHPC mix would be the ideal mix to use for the concrete to be absolutely safe. Then again, might be builds only designed to last like 30-60 years versus real materials for generations and maybe 1000+ years.
@@jafinch78 one of the houseboat builders decided that 50 years ago he was going to start a business replacing the old growth giant logs that were used in the 20s 30s as floatation for house boats. He hired a company to make fiberglass logs. It was an excellent choice. My brother owns the prototype. He built a 2 story house on the float. It floats in about 2 feet of water.
@@gailloron3483 Awesome, thanks for sharing that. Wondering by chance if you happen to know what the resin used with is and the gelcoat? Wondering what the lifecycle of that material is and also if anything is used to prevent growths by chance?
I don’t know the details. The man passed away before he could get his business off the ground. He had put an old hour boat on the new foundation and my mother had the foresight to buy it. My sister live in it for a few years bu the house needed a lot of repairs so may brother bought it and built his dream house on it that was 2005 that he got occupancy permits.
Interesting idea, but.....not really convincing. Like the owners of those homes must always consider, that the weight INSIDE their homes is more or less evenly distributed. What about having a big party with everybody gathering in the living room at the same time? The house would start to tillt I guess. And it is hard to believe, that they didn`t consider the width of the spreader in advance for it to be long enough so the lifting cables wouldn`t harm the houses in any case. Like adding some extra feet for extra security.
I just wanna know how they gonna straight them houses out. Leaning all kinds of ways. But one house on the giant barge would be awesome
Put the mother in law quarters in the high side of the bobber 😊
Wow
I visited the Victoria marina and saw a floating house called Aphloathaus.
I think it's pretty cool because we stayed in nooka landing they had houses built on the barge off the shore and they called the resort I thought it was cool they shut off the electric that night at 11:00 there was a hotel on a barge on the northern part of Vancouver Island
If you use Lewis law of proton spin and make it alter gravity and heat then it can move across space like surfer on a wave
Float homes are interesting but, the min $1000 per month mooring fees and a min 5k buy in fee are absolutely ridiculous.
less room to dock your boats now, wonder what the docking fees for a house in Victoria is......love the idea of floating homes.
This looks like a way more complicated process than what we do normally to build houses
It was always free territory on the waters, but I'm sure most governments found a way to tax the balls off of these kinds of settlements, especially in such rich snobby real estate areas as Victoria, where they can afford it.
Aren't these just fancy boat houses ?
Quite right, the Dutch are decades ahead with various types of floating homes, those well-meaning Canadians could have cut down thier learning curve by 50 %.
You actually think those Canadians haven’t researched every detail of every project even vaguely similar this this one ? If so, you don’t know Canadians.
The Dutch are first and best at most things.
i think i'd hire them to build my plantation and mansion with a lighthouse and a heliport
might as well make it atlantis
Tsunami
house dont sit level in the water now what?!
Never had any trouble keeping the houseboat I lived on level. Even with wood log floats, and still after we switched to high density styrofoam-
Great life- nothing better than living on the water- well I 'spose travelling/RV'ing- like glamping- only it's year round.
Either one gets my vote for best lifestyle ever! 💗
Ballasts
Slide the couch over
Why didn't they just cut the sides of the barge and use it as a floating platform. That would be better than having a bunch of solo units when they could be stronger together
I WONDER HOW THEY WILL DO IN A STORM ??
Sears once shipped a whole house by rail to your site.
44:30 rackoons welcome.. 😅
40:30 And that folks, is why I'll never get married again. Poor bastard!
Why studs and OSB? Dark ages construction. But hey, they roll the on air.
30:30 wheel loader
A five-year snow event wasn't anticipated? Really. I hope he said that just for the tv.
Should tow by the corner to cut resistance
one question, what happens to floating homes in a hurricane
Don't know, no hurricanes in Victoria though
What an amazing documentary an awsome way to start my new year haha just chilling before bed it’s 12:55am January 2021 F$$k 2020 all the way from New Zealand
nice company there...instead of just digging up that little tree they push and ram it over LOL
25:00 If they are on the huge tug, why do they have to 'finish' before the tug arrives?? They have ~6 days of towing, the crew could be building on the houses for 6 days while under tow.....but what do I know....
When polluting on land just ain’t enough!!
Umm...sorry your house sank...lol
so youre basically mooring a sailboat in a harbor with the sails raised. what could go wrong amirite
I see nothing but problems for the three story floating homes in the future.........5 to 10 years......imo
only thing im thinking about these float homes is where does the plumbing go to? does all the shit n piss and toilet paper just get flushed out into the ocean?