Construction of an apartment building in Bellevue, Washington, from 2018 to 2020, with 26 months' progress condensed into 8 minutes. Music by: - / ikson - / liqwyd + / liqwyd #timelapse
Thanks, I am going to have something similar starting soon not far from me. I will see the corner of the building. What parts were the noisiest? I think there is only going to be 1 underground level, so less digging.
There was some piledriving, and arguably it was the noisiest days... but the hammering for 2nd-floor-and-up structures was noisy enough to wake me up every day too.
@@prcsprcs Thanks. I see they were drilling 0:15 and looked like that was for the piles. And not that many it seems. Yeah, I wonder about the nail guns. That was about half way through. Also wondering about the concrete truck as they probably going to be or go in front of my 2nd level window about 50ft away. They can't even shut the motor off as they have keep the concrete moving.
Ah yep, the concrete trucks were noisy. With that said, my brain is better at filtering out continuous low-frequency sound than constant impact ones, so the trucks were _slightly_ less bothering to me.
@@prcsprcs Looking to take a vacation at some point, but not sure when and travel these days are very sketchy. They haven't started on the building yet.
Couple of things to make you feel warm and fuzzy.. Inspection are NOT made by the structural engineers (Inspections are made by a 3rd party/Lab which consists of a kid or someone making about $12hr) That info is passed onto the engineer who is rarely on the jobsite. City inspectors rarely, if ever inspect anything except fire-caulking at frame stage. They depend on the Labs, (as explained above) to do the inspections. The general contractor or GC will cover the interior of the units or any wood products when they get saturated and mold caused by the rain. Time is of the essence and they must push forward and they will cover mold covered floors and wall studs to keep the job moving as they get bonus based on each unit based on time and budget. The design team will walk each unit and comprise a "punch list" but will typically not re-walk these items. This is left up to have GC who has 350 units+ he is trying to close on to get bonus. The owner of the project has no vested long term interest in the project. His goal is to close, get certificate of occupancies and sell the property as quickly as possible. Lastly, There are porto-potties supplied by the GC. These are all located on ground level. When workers are deep inside the complex or too far away, they will urinate and deficate in the tubs, (if available) or in closets of units all throughout the property. Hope you enjoyed!! Enjoy your new apartment complex!!
I live in a terrace house (row) where the walls are made entirely from brick, yet sometimes I still can hear my neighbors. How can it be acceptable to build an apartment building like this?
@@BargSlarg Same here. Our units are separated by 2 walls with a 1" air gap, stuffed with thick fiberglass insulation, and double drywall on both sides. I don't hear anything, and they have 3 young kids running around/screaming.
This comes up from folks outside the US anytime there's a construction video like this. They're called 5-over-1s and they are incredibly common in the US. Trees are plentifu, very low carbon, and create a safe building for earthquakes / fires when paired with sprinklers like we require. Concrete is expensive, has incredibly high carbon emisions, and comes with moisture penetration issues in wet climates like where this is built. Wood is a perfectly reasonble material to use. If other countries had low cost lumber they'd be using it as well.
How can you make something that big out of sticks... Absolutely ridiculous. Insulation is definitely horrendous too, probably worse than some 0th century mud house.
in china they make these out of concrete. here they make it out of plywood so developers can skimp costs. these things are fire hazards and they call them "luxury apartments"
Aah man i am crying on seieng this. I bought a house this month, my first. Sellers dint tell me. But there is going to be a similar 4 storey 150 condo housing coming up diagonally opposite my house. I am stuck. Feel like life is finished. Do you know is the noise pollution manageable.
6:54
ay i think that's me in the bottom corner there!!!
Where?
@@mannylikestoanimate legit i just lied
I went to Bellevue once...it was freaking cold
How did it take longer to construct a 4 story apartment building than it did to construct the Empire State Building?
Probably the amount of funding and other factors like weather could have affected the process.
Noone died building this apartment building
Probably ny state government was invested in Empire State Building build, and had more money and time to build, although NYC is very busy place.
Sep 20, 2016 to May 1, 2019
2 years and 7 months and 1 week and 4 days
@@zouhirkh0u122 nerd.
Nice
What type of floors
any anyone knows what is the name of the construction company that built it?
Thanks, I am going to have something similar starting soon not far from me. I will see the corner of the building. What parts were the noisiest? I think there is only going to be 1 underground level, so less digging.
There was some piledriving, and arguably it was the noisiest days... but the hammering for 2nd-floor-and-up structures was noisy enough to wake me up every day too.
@@prcsprcs Thanks. I see they were drilling 0:15 and looked like that was for the piles. And not that many it seems. Yeah, I wonder about the nail guns. That was about half way through. Also wondering about the concrete truck as they probably going to be or go in front of my 2nd level window about 50ft away. They can't even shut the motor off as they have keep the concrete moving.
Ah yep, the concrete trucks were noisy. With that said, my brain is better at filtering out continuous low-frequency sound than constant impact ones, so the trucks were _slightly_ less bothering to me.
@@prcsprcs Looking to take a vacation at some point, but not sure when and travel these days are very sketchy. They haven't started on the building yet.
Couple of things to make you feel warm and fuzzy..
Inspection are NOT made by the structural engineers (Inspections are made by a 3rd party/Lab which consists of a kid or someone making about $12hr) That info is passed onto the engineer who is rarely on the jobsite.
City inspectors rarely, if ever inspect anything except fire-caulking at frame stage. They depend on the Labs, (as explained above) to do the inspections.
The general contractor or GC will cover the interior of the units or any wood products when they get saturated and mold caused by the rain. Time is of the essence and they must push forward and they will cover mold covered floors and wall studs to keep the job moving as they get bonus based on each unit based on time and budget.
The design team will walk each unit and comprise a "punch list" but will typically not re-walk these items. This is left up to have GC who has 350 units+ he is trying to close on to get bonus.
The owner of the project has no vested long term interest in the project. His goal is to close, get certificate of occupancies and sell the property as quickly as possible.
Lastly,
There are porto-potties supplied by the GC. These are all located on ground level.
When workers are deep inside the complex or too far away, they will urinate and deficate in the tubs, (if available) or in closets of units all throughout the property.
Hope you enjoyed!!
Enjoy your new apartment complex!!
Just the fact it's wood framed is reason enough for me to never step foot in such a building.
Which Camera or equipment was used to make this timelapse?
I live in a terrace house (row) where the walls are made entirely from brick, yet sometimes I still can hear my neighbors. How can it be acceptable to build an apartment building like this?
Sound insulation depends on what's within the walls and whats layering it not really about the material itself
Because it's not unacceptable
you wont hear them trust me
I live in a duplex made entirely from wood with sound insulation, I have never heard my neighbors aside from their Garbage disposal
@@BargSlarg Same here. Our units are separated by 2 walls with a 1" air gap, stuffed with thick fiberglass insulation, and double drywall on both sides. I don't hear anything, and they have 3 young kids running around/screaming.
Why switch to wood after the foundation? Why not build something permanent?
concrete or brick are way more expensive than wood framing
@@LrdZannywood frames needs to get banned by the federal government.
This comes up from folks outside the US anytime there's a construction video like this. They're called 5-over-1s and they are incredibly common in the US. Trees are plentifu, very low carbon, and create a safe building for earthquakes / fires when paired with sprinklers like we require. Concrete is expensive, has incredibly high carbon emisions, and comes with moisture penetration issues in wet climates like where this is built. Wood is a perfectly reasonble material to use. If other countries had low cost lumber they'd be using it as well.
I slowed it down to see more details
How many units?
Type D School Bus
Someone has the demolition of the old building recorded too! th-cam.com/video/iZjnjwKQonY/w-d-xo.html
I wonder how much wood they used
Wood is cheaper than masonry, and they convinced West Coast Cities that fire-treated wood is "non-combustible." The places are a firetrap.
@@RobinPoeCode on an apartment building is going to require sprinklers.
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What is city
Bellevue
I mean seriously. One unit on fire and the whole building will be ashes!
Building code requires sprinklers.
How can you make something that big out of sticks... Absolutely ridiculous. Insulation is definitely horrendous too, probably worse than some 0th century mud house.
I really despise the "meh' architecture that looks like a child was playing with wooden blocks.
Can’t have shit in Detroit
why wood? Wouldnt you be able to hear your neighbours. nah.. cant be legal
where dem bricks and steel, gonna crumble in 30 years at max.
wont even get build permit for this in india
in china they make these out of concrete. here they make it out of plywood so developers can skimp costs. these things are fire hazards and they call them "luxury apartments"
Too bad they make appartment buildings from wood.
Aah man i am crying on seieng this. I bought a house this month, my first. Sellers dint tell me. But there is going to be a similar 4 storey 150 condo housing coming up diagonally opposite my house. I am stuck. Feel like life is finished. Do you know is the noise pollution manageable.