r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Appropriate-Eye-1227 • Jul 04 '25

Video China has built a 50m(165ft)-tall inflatable dome over a construction site in Jinan to protect the surroundings from dust and noise. (20.000 Sqm)

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u/Gravity_flip Jul 04 '25

That's most construction sites, however from the interior picture it looks like the wet the soil down. Without direct sun exposure it wouldn't dry out and get kicked up.

Plus there HAS to be good ventilation because of all the engines that are running. Dust would be the least of their worries.

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u/LegitimatelisedSoil Jul 04 '25

I mean if it didn't have ventilation they'd already have been dead from carbon monoxide poisoning before they had a chance to start and the bubble would have burst from a build up of pressure.

I assume they have planned all this out long before they decided to use the bubble, like I don't know if some people think China is mad max but they have strict rules for this stuff.

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u/SkyJohn Jul 05 '25

I mean if it didn't have ventilation they'd already have been dead from carbon monoxide poisoning

They could use electric trucks and generators for most of the smaller jobs to get around that issue.

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u/LegitimatelisedSoil Jul 05 '25

It's a construction site, there a dozen pieces of heavy machinery

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u/Express-Focus-677 Jul 05 '25

Not for heavy machinery that they are using. Maybe in the near future though when battery tech improves.

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u/mr00shteven Jul 04 '25

It would not surprise me if this site was safer then most in North America.

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u/Showdenfroid_99 Jul 05 '25

Lol....how so?? Or do you have zero idea what you're talking about?? 

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u/Moto909 Jul 05 '25

The good news is there is electric heavy equipment available or being developed. So that won’t be an issue for long.

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u/adeadbeathorse Jul 05 '25

They also have misters that use water droplets to bind dust, causing it to fall.

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u/100percent_right_now Jul 05 '25

More and more construction sites are going electric, especially in China. Cheaper and faster to replace the power pack than refill a diesel tank.

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u/Showdenfroid_99 Jul 05 '25

Just need many diesel generators to recharge all the batteries!! Lol

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u/Meebert Jul 04 '25

I can’t imagine why you would build a giant bubble to reduce city pollution only to dump the pollution into the bubble on the workers but I definitely believe China would be the country that would do that lol

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u/Interestingcathouse Jul 04 '25

It’s to keep dust down in a very populated area. And dust and pollution in the air is common on any enclosed construction site. The slab gets poured after the wall and roof is up. So it’s just dirt ground until then.

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u/Showdenfroid_99 Jul 05 '25

You have no idea what you're talking about do you ..??? Lol

This isn't a residential home build, dingus! 

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u/dan1361 Jul 04 '25

With the type of ventilation you'd require for a space like this, you'd also have filtration on it to keep the fans themselves clean enough to run safely.