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Engineering Catastrophes

Joshua Laplywas chief engineer Joshua Laplywas chief engineer at the Colorado Departmentof...

Joshua Laply
was chief engineer Joshua Laply
was chief engineer at the Colorado Department
of Transportation. Those cracks just started
getting bigger and bigger until they opened up
to eventually be
feet in dimension

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Joshua Laply was chief engineer
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Joshua Laply was chief engineer
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at the Colorado Department of Transportation.
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Those cracks just started getting bigger and bigger
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until they opened up to eventually be feet in dimension.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:46
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
5
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 • E07 The inspection discovered that the Swiss side was - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
The inspection discovered that the Swiss side was
S06 • E02 [narrator] The new state-of-the-art stadium would stand 30 stories tall - Engineering Catastrophes 00:27
[narrator] The new state-of-the-art stadium would stand 3...
S06 • E01 That's having been said, the trajectory of growth - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
That's having been said, the trajectory of growth
S06 • E09 What made this monument so special was that all - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
What made this monument so special was that all
S06 • E03 With the river still flowin underneath us. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
With the river still flowin underneath us.
S06 • E05 [narrator] For safety, the road was quickly shut down. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[narrator] For safety, the road was quickly shut down.
S06 • E06 {\an8}So to build heavy structures in Berlin is a difficult undertaking. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
{\an8}So to build heavy structures in Berlin is a difficult ...
S06 • E07 {\an8}The two ends were out almost two feet. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
{\an8}The two ends were out almost two feet.
S06 • E01 So, the engineers went for something much more radical. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:41
So, the engineers went for something much more radical.
S06 • E05 [Joshua] Closing a road is not something to be taken lightly. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[Joshua] Closing a road is not something to be taken lightly...
S06 • E10 [narrator] But this was no hurricane. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
[narrator] But this was no hurricane.
S06 • E09 Not only that, they would move, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Not only that, they would move,
S06 • E06 [narrator] With these difficult building conditions and the war ramping up, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
[narrator] With these difficult building conditions and the ...
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Instead of happy holidays, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: Instead of happy holidays,
S06 • E05 [narrator] Over the next two days - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] Over the next two days
S06 • E10 [narrator] The stadium's roof had collapsed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] The stadium's roof had collapsed.
S06 • E09 CHACEL: We didn't know if it was going to move 24/7, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
CHACEL: We didn't know if it was going to move 24/7,
S06 • E02 [narrator] Work began in 201 - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Work began in 201
S06 • E06 Nevertheless, Hitler was still determined - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
Nevertheless, Hitler was still determined
S06 • E08 At one point, that was the biggest skyscraper - Engineering Catastrophes 00:22
At one point, that was the biggest skyscraper