High Voltage Tower Construction Timelapse Movie 720p HD

Watch in HD as a 200-foot, high voltage (500,000 volt) power transmission line tower is constructed in time lapse. This tower is just one of the many being built as part of a controversial green-energy project. This particular transmission line is intended to make electricity generated by the Tehachapi Wind Turbine Farm available to the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys.

While bringing much desired renewable energy into service, the power lines also traverse some very popular and ever-dwindling natural areas to the north of the greater Los Angeles area. Environmental groups and local residents fought the placement of certain portions of the route, arguing that sight pollution and fire suppression issues would result when the lines were placed so near to populated, recreational areas, but lost the battle against the big money.

In spite of the political and environmental pros and cons, the whole construction process is quite fascinating, considering that many of these towers are being erected entirely with air (helicopter) support, greatly reducing the need to cut new roads into the national forest. After the pads are cleared and the concrete foundations bored and poured, crews erect a number of these towers in a single day by assembling pre-engineered pieces, which were fabricated elsewhere and flown in as needed.

The large orange/red helicopter being used for the heavy lift operation is a Sikorsky (Erickson) S-64 Sky Crane, which has a lift capacity of 10 tons (20,000 LBS) and is also used for water/retardant drop in firefighting.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-64_Skycrane

The smaller, twin-rotor aircraft is a Kaman K-MAX helicopter, used for medium-lift operations. More info here: http://www.kamanaero.com/helicopters/kmax.html

The soundtrack is "Newton's Prizm" (Rev-Rev Mix) from the StarSpin EP/CD by Technician (yours truly). Full artist discography, MP3 downloads and CDs are available at the Technician website: HTTP://technician.jcmdi.com

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[nevzatdedemen]

Çok ilginç.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching! =)

[bigbob1122]

The timelapse and the music makes me think of playing Sim City when I was younger. You could zone stuff and then switch to timelapse to see everything being built. Cool video, very interesting.

[jcmegabyte]

Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed the show! =)

[thegaffergirls]

our dad used 2 do this .. woot woot .. thanks 4 sharing ...

[jcmegabyte]

It looks like quite an interesting job - but you definitely can't be afraid of heights! Thanks for visiting :-)

[mv4eva]

Guys, it reminds me of wasps building their homes.

[oldmanRick1]

The guys doing the flying are some of the best in the world.

[spinceara]

very interesting

[JCMDInature]

@APSracingUSA Thanks a bunch for checking it out =)

[APSracingUSA]

Great vid

[oienmac]

@bertrandka 'a ten on the safety meter'.. right up until the guy hops on the 'head-ache ball' and is airlifted out... that's just funny..!!

[jmfoxfire]

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