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In Atlanta, construction on a billion dollar football stadium
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Engineering Catastrophes

In Atlanta, construction on a billion dollar football stadium complete with a revolutionar...

In Atlanta, construction on a billion dollar football stadium complete with a revolutionar retractable roof was well under way. With a scheduled grand openi of March 2017, engineers didn't have time to lose. The outside of the stadium
and the interior itself doing the seating and all,
that was all on schedule

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In Atlanta, construction on a billion dollar football stadium
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complete with a revolutionar retractable roof was well under way.
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With a scheduled grand openi of March 2017,
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engineers didn't have time to lose.
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The outside of the stadium and the interior itself
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doing the seating and all, that was all on schedule.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:26
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: So how had a bridge built by two countries with - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: So how had a bridge built by two countries with
S06 • E04 March 25, the town of Bellmawr was recovering - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
March 25, the town of Bellmawr was recovering
S06 • E05 Like they had popped out or fallen down, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Like they had popped out or fallen down,
S06 • E08 But while this cutting-edge tower - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
But while this cutting-edge tower
S06 • E01 And they connected to the bottom - Engineering Catastrophes 00:54
And they connected to the bottom
S06 • E03 A man who crossed the bridge on a daily basis left the American side, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
A man who crossed the bridge on a daily basis left the Ameri...
S06 • E07 The mistake, it seems, could be traced - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
The mistake, it seems, could be traced
S06 • E06 And Germania, Hitler's vision for a world capital, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
And Germania, Hitler's vision for a world capital,
S06 • E05 {\an8}Witnesses reported that seeing the collapse - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
{\an8}Witnesses reported that seeing the collapse
S06 • E07 Dietmar Adam is a professor of geotechnical engineering. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Dietmar Adam is a professor of geotechnical engineering.
S06 • E04 [narrator] Despite the weather, work continued on the new ramp - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
[narrator] Despite the weather, work continued on the new ra...
S06 • E06 So the Schwerbelastungskorper was built to test the ground, basically. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
So the Schwerbelastungskorper was built to test the ground, ...
S06 • E02 But things slowed down tremendously when the roof came up. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:45
But things slowed down tremendously when the roof came up...
S06 • E05 [narrator] Thanks to the quick action of authorities, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Thanks to the quick action of authorities,
S06 • E10 [narrator] But no one had yet realized that Keiran was still inside. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] But no one had yet realized that Keiran was still...
S06 • E07 So the general process of planning a bridge is to find, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
So the general process of planning a bridge is to find,
S06 • E06 [narrator] Michel Richter is an architect and specialist - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Michel Richter is an architect and specialist
S06 • E08 Manchester, 2006. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
Manchester, 2006.
S06 • E09 FOSTER: The spire was designed to be 400 feet tall, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
FOSTER: The spire was designed to be 400 feet tall,
S06 • E05 More than 100,000 vehicles a day, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
More than 100,000 vehicles a day,