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Engineering Catastrophes

It's even the strength behindsome much larger structures, like this 11-story...

It's even the strength behind
some much larger structures, like this 11-story apartment
complex built in 1997

Full Transcript

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It's even the strength behind some much larger structures,
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like this 11-story apartment complex built in 1997.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:14
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E02 May, 2021, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
May, 2021,
S06 • E03 [narrator] Deformation has to be carefully monitored, so that extra shotcrete - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
[narrator] Deformation has to be carefully monitored, so ...
S06 • E01 So, depending on where you stand, how you look at it, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
So, depending on where you stand, how you look at it,
S06 • E05 Space was so tight, they had to close a road during construction. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
Space was so tight, they had to close a road during construc...
S06 • E08 [narrator] Winnipeg in Manitoba calls itself the heart of the continent. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
[narrator] Winnipeg in Manitoba calls itself the heart of th...
S06 • E09 In the early hours of Thursday, July 15th, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
In the early hours of Thursday, July 15th,
S06 • E07 Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior
S06 • E04 All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh.
S06 • E09 Six miles away inside the National Park, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Six miles away inside the National Park,
S06 • E07 But here, the wood also helps - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But here, the wood also helps
S06 • E10 So 432 Park Avenue - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So 432 Park Avenue
S06 • E04 The lights flickered. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
The lights flickered.
S06 • E06 {\an8}As the city grew, the hulls were swallowed up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
{\an8}As the city grew, the hulls were swallowed up
S06 • E05 [narrator] But big engineering can't be rushed without risking disaster. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] But big engineering can't be rushed without ...
S06 • E01 By using broken tile fragments, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
By using broken tile fragments,
S06 • E03 [narrator] By early 2005, construction was progressing smoothly, - Engineering Catastrophes 01:00
[narrator] By early 2005, construction was progressing sm...
S06 • E09 There were some campers up there - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
There were some campers up there
S06 • E08 [narrator] Dr. Gordon Goldsborough is from - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Dr. Gordon Goldsborough is from
S06 • E07 Projecting, or cantilevered balconies, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Projecting, or cantilevered balconies,
S06 • E04 [narrator] Kevin and his colleagues were unaware - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] Kevin and his colleagues were unaware